Hanks Bank

Jamie and Al dive into the ethics of Hollywood pay scales and there is a triumphant return of our favourite segment "Does Tom Hanks Piss In This Film?" What else would you expect from our review of Captain Phillips? 

Hey, do you guys remember the Matrix? This is nothing like that. Well, maybe its a bit like that, but worse. This week we watched Cloud Atlas so you didn't have to. Lean back, put on some smooth jazz in the background, and remember - Tom Hanks doesn't do Yellowface in this movie. We wish we could say the same for all the actors...

Jamie's on a brief sabbatical, so Al decided to loose his GOD DAMNED MIND. Listen as he pieces together a Tom Hanks related murder mystery out of an old unreleased episode (the missing Elvis has Left the Building tape). Fictional Jamie drops LSD and decides to become a farmer. Finally, we have successfully managed to sell out, so thanks to our sponsor's for this episode - Sominhanx - the only sleeping pill endorsed by Hanks Bank, and The Tom Hanks School for Typewriter and Sony Products Repair.

No, that is not a useless title where a Tom Hanks podcast has put the name Tom Hanks in the title, that is the actual title of this project. In 2012 Tom Hanks made a post-post apocalyptic animated show for Yahoo Screen. Yes, you heard that right. The boys delve in to the absolute weirdest thing on Hanks' IMDB and are truly bewildered from start to finish. 

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, what is this, a review of Jamie's mic technique? Listen as the boys review what was once called "The worst best picture nominee of all time"! Also Al has an apology to make and Jamie gets even angrier than he did at Larry Crowne

What happens when you let Tom Hanks LOOSE and he writes, directs and stars in a Rom Com with Julia Roberts? Uhhhh... Well you get two quite frustrated podcast. Also what happened on Al's camping trip and why is Alyssa hosting the podcast now? All this will be answered on this weeks Hanks Bank 

We finish the Toy Story trilogy in style! Jamie and Al wax philosophical about a film series that defined their childhood, we get the first ever actual crying on the podcast and Jamie shows off his Spanish knowledge.

It's yet another IMDB controversy! That's right, in the spiritual sequel to Band of Brothers, the boys yet again have a bone to pick with the Internet Movie Database. Also we catch up with what's going on with the aliens and Al is under a blanket for some reason! 

It's the sequel to the Da Vinci Code! That means 100% more dumb shit, 100% more conspiracy theories, and brand new this time 100% more Tom Hanks running. Jamie and Al break down Tom Hanks phoning it in for a silly romp through the Vatican, and we also have a return of Friends Foughts TM with an AUDIO Friends Foughts! 

Colin Hanks playing Tom Hanks' son as someone who wants to make it in the entertainment industry but can't do so without making use of personal connections? WHO CAME UP WITH THIS? If Al last week got very annoyed at the politics of Charlie Wilson's War, Jamie gets equally annoyed at... magic? Also we discuss the merits of John Malkovich and whether magic is real. 

This week we look back at the questionable geopolitical decisions of the United States circa 1950-1984. Also we learn Jamie doesn't know anything about history and the triumphant return of one of our favourite segments "Does Tom Hanks F*ck In This Film" 

Huge Simpsons Super-Fan and host if the SciGuys Podcast Corry joins us this week to discuss everyone's favourite yellow family's venture onto the big screen. We learn all about how a 22 year old could become a Simpsons fan, Jamie almost gets kicked off the podcast and we get the most in-depth explanation of the Aliens yet. 

How many hosts of this Podcast? 2. How many stars do we rate Tom Hanks out of? 5. 5 minus 2? 3. 3 points to a triangle. Illuminati confirmed. That's right we're diving into some conspiracy bullshit today as we look at the much maligned but wildly successful Da Vinci Code. Also we discuss family trees, the stupidity of Dan Brown and finally Al gives Jamie a riddle that takes him the whole episode to solve. 

That's right did you know Tom Hanks was in Cars? You'd be forgiven for missing him, and the boys are once again driven to fury by a film that Tom Hanks is barely in. But that doesn't come close to Al's fury at the entire concept of this film. How does the Cars economy work? Who is a human car and who is an animal car? How are cars born? Who knows, listen to us try to figure it out

In 2004 or maybe 2002 or maybe the 1980s Eric Idle made a mockumentary about a fake Beatles Band. Now we have to watch it. Also we throw it back in Classic Hanks Bank style with a Parody Song about Al's mistakes. 

Elvis isn't dead, so this film is based on a faulty premise, and Al deleted his version of the podcast in protest.  As such, the Bouncy Boys had to record a makeup episode in which they recap the recap of a movie that Jamie couldn't actually watch in the United Kingdom. They've declared the original episode a classic "lost episode", that you can only get on bootleg vinyl (and even then, it's only Jamie's track).  So lean back, crack open a cold one, and enjoy the finest twelve minutes of audio that money can't buy. 

Everything is getting weird this week! Tom Hanks has an Eastern European Accent. Stanley Tucci is the most underpaid villain of all time. Jamie brings back all the baby yodas to life using magic. Despite being a film about a man trapped in an airport for months on end, an experience we can all relate to right now, Spielberg's The Terminal cheers the boys up immensely, so tune in for the happiest you've heard us in weeks! 

This week the boys are reviewing the Ladykillers. No, they aren't looking in the mirror and discussing how gosh darned attractive they are! It's the 2004 Coen Brothers film based on the 1955 film of the same name. Does this revival of a British classic hold up? Do Al and Jamie hold up amid an ongoing pandemic and self quarantine? Or does it all just come crashing down upon itself? Listen in to find out!

TOM HANKS GOT CORONA VIRUS AND WE'RE ONLY A WEEK AND A HALF BEHIND THE NEWS. We discuss the ongoing pandemic and how it might actually be a good thing for Jamie! But to avoid the panic we find solace in a much simpler time, 2003. With George W Bush and post-9/11 America making weirdly patriotic documentaries claiming to be the only country with Freedom. But hey, at least we get to hear Tom Hanks pretend to be Abraham Lincoln. 

Remember when airplane travel used to be romantic and exciting rather than terrifying? Journey back with the bouncy boys to last week, when our biggest concern was whether or not Tom Hanks had a good boston accent (spoilers, he doesn't).