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. Hall, how the film is generally considered the Coens’ worst, and for some reason a major detour into the career of Jack O’Connell.

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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 performances of Paul Newman, Daniel Craig and Jude Law, and plenty more.

You can follow Ryan on Twitter at @ryanmcquade77 and Mitchell at @itismitchell.

Follow Conor on Twitter at @scruffyl00kin and The B-Side at @TFSBSide. Listen to The B-Side here.

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 fascinating, daring production schedule, how Hanks was the one who came up with this idea and kicked it into high gear, and how it may just be the most committed and passionate performance of his career (and maybe his best). We also for some reason spend a lot of time talking about the awards prospects of the Chris Pine thriller The Contractor.

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You can follow Ryan on Twitter at @ryanmcquade77 and Mitchell at @itismitchell.

Jay can be found on Twitter at @MrJayLedbetter and you can hear him and Ryan on the Extra Film podcast by subscribing to InSession Film.