![Tom Hanks takes on the Western genre when he plays Civil War veteran Captain Jefferson Kidd in “News of the World,” as he works through the grief of losing his wife and protects a stranded girl, Johanna Leonburger (Helena Zengel). Photo Credit: Universal Pictures](/images/resized/images/news/2016/300_dec31/9_100_100.jpg)
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Running Time: 118 minutes
This feature from Universal Pictures opens Dec. 25 at operating cinemas. It will also be available for streaming on demand Jan. 15.
While 2020 has been a quiet year for many of us, that certainly hasn’t been the case for Tom Hanks. In addition to some personal events that wound up garnering media attention, he recently wrote and starred in the submarine thriller, Greyhound. And to close out the season, the performer has taken on the lead role in News of the World, a new western from director Paul Greengrass (Captain Phillips, Jason Bourne, 22 July). The movie may feel a bit old-fashioned and measured in some respects, but it...