Tom Hanks and Helena Zengel in a still from News of the World (category: TBC), co-written and directed by Paul Greengrass. Tom Hanks and Helena Zengel in a still from News of the World (category: TBC), co-written and directed by Paul Greengrass.
Tom Hanks and Helena Zengel in a still from News of the World (category: TBC), co-written and directed by Paul Greengrass.

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News of the World movie review: Tom Hanks anchors slow-burn western by Bourne films director Paul Greengrass

  • Tom Hanks plays an American civil war veteran escorting a young German girl (Helena Zengel) he encounters back to her aunt and uncle in this 1870s-set drama
  • Alongside the ever dependable Hanks, Zengel is the real coup – and the surrogate-parent-child bond between the two will keep you engaged until the end

Topic |   American films
James Mottram

Updated: 8:30pm, 11 Jan, 2021

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Tom Hanks and Helena Zengel in a still from News of the World (category: TBC), co-written and directed by Paul Greengrass. Tom Hanks and Helena Zengel in a still from News of the World (category: TBC), co-written and directed by Paul Greengrass.
Tom Hanks and Helena Zengel in a still from News of the World (category: TBC), co-written and directed by Paul Greengrass.
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