Tom Hanks

Maybe because comedies are easier sells to the viewing public than dramas of old age… Maybe that is why Tom Hanks' recent film, A Man Called Otto, is categorized as a comedy-drama, rather than a straight-down-the-line drama. I find two hours of screen time about a man insulting those around him and drowning in the misery of his beloved wife’s death lacking in laughs, at least for the most part.

Shadowland Stages in Ellenville, New York presents the world premiere of "Safe Home," written by Tom Hanks and James Glossman, based on stories from Hanks' book "Uncommon Type." The play stars Emmy Award-Winning actor Timothy Busfield whose credits include playing Elliot Weston on the TV drama "thirtysomething" and Danny Concannon on Aaron Sorkin’s "The West Wing." He has hundreds of credits acting, producing, and directing.

Best known for directing such successes as "Addams Family Values," "Get Shorty," and the first three "Men in Black" movies, Barry Sonnenfeld's importance…

Sheri Bauer-Mayorga and Thomas Chulak from Chatham Bookstore in Chatham, NY join us with this week's Book Picks.List:What I Found in a Thousand Towns by…

On rare occasion do I see a film that so challenges me, that has so much going on in it, that I come out of the theater thinking, “I must give this movie…