This week it’s time for one of Tom Hanks’ most notorious misfires, and one of our hosts might have at least a slight defense of it. Ryan and Mitchell are joined by Dan Mecca (The B-Side) to discuss Joel and Ethan Coen’ 2004 remake of The Ladykillers. Discussion includes Hanks’ Colonel Sanders performance, the Cannes award-winning work of Irma P. Ha…

There is only one guarantee. None of us on this podcast will see heaven. This week, we’re joined by Conor O’Donnell (The B-Side) to break down Sam Mendes’ elegiac gangster father-son road trip drama Road to Perdition. We discuss perhaps the darkest role of Tom Hanks’ career, the high and low filmography of Sam Mendes, the incredible supporting perf…

This week we are joined by friend of the show Jay Ledbetter (Extra Film podcast), who’s known Ryan longer but is better friends with Mitchell, we swear. Jay rides hard for all things Finch as we center the episode on Tom Hanks’ reteaming with his Forrest Gump director Robert Zemeckis for 2000’s Cast Away (not Castaway). We discuss the film’s fascin…

This week we are joined by podcast extraordinaire Slim (The Letterboxd Show, 70mm) to discuss Steven Spielberg’s 1998 World War II drama Saving Private Ryan. We hear about Slim’s early love of The Money Pit, along with plenty of talk on the phenomenal lineup of very ’90s dudes who appear alongside Hanks in the film, the massive appreciation the vet…

You’ve got some friends in us! In this week’s episode of Acting Out, we’re doing things a little differently. Rather than focusing on one film per usual, we’re tackling the entire Toy Story franchise, assessing how the series develops over its 25 year run and what Tom Hanks brings to the iconic role of Woody. We also get several camp stories from R…

Let’s go to the moon! Or… maybe not. On this week’s episode of Acting Out, we’re talking about Ron Howard’s 1995 space drama Apollo 13. We discuss how this is (easily) Howard’s best film, question why he hasn’t made more films like this, examine the film’s portrayal of America’s relationship with astronauts and the space race, and dissect a very fi…

Acting Out is like a box of chocolates, and this week we’re giving you a dose of 1994’s Forrest Gump. Teaming up with Robert Zemeckis for the first time, we discuss how the film was such an unstoppable juggernaut that it netted Tom Hanks his second Best Actor win at the Oscars in consecutive years. We also get into some of the questionable decision…

On this episode of Acting Out, we discuss Jonathan Demme’s 1993 drama Philadelphia, starring Tom Hanks as a lawyer with AIDS fighting discrimination and Denzel Washington as the bigot who defends him. We talk about Hanks’ first Oscar winning performance, whether Washington is secretly better (and the lead), the absolute barnstorming success of the …

Is there any crying in baseball? Let’s find out! On today’s episode, Ryan and Mitchell discuss Penny Marshall’s 1992 film A League of Their Own, a critical and commercial home run and a rare early supporting role for Tom Hanks. Our conversation includes our favorite baseball movies, the glory that is Geena Davis, the film as a useful history lesson…

Something strange is going on in this neighborhood! On this week’s episode of Acting Out, Ryan and Mitchell head into The Burbs for their Tom Hanks series. One of Hanks’ left-field swings, The Burbs was a flop on release but has garnered a cult following in recent years and it’s easy to see why. We discuss the film’s many alternate endings, the tal…

On this week’s episode, Ryan and Mitchell are thirteen going on thirty with the film responsible for Tom Hanks’ first Oscar nomination. We discuss the stunning horror of the first section of the film, the, erm, troubling age gap questions of the central romance, the iconic giant piano sequence, and how Big took Hanks from star to superstar. Be sure…

Hello, and welcome to Acting Out, hosted by Ryan McQuade and Mitchell Beaupre! In this podcast, we look at the careers of specific actors, taking a curated selection of their filmography and doing an episode per film to analyze why they remain an actor we love to discuss. We’ll chat about their biggest hits alongside some of their daring swings, an…