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THE LADYKILLERS

By | March 2004

IN THEATERS! It’s been ten years since Hanks took home an Oscar for his shapeshifting performance in the role of “Forrest Gump”. “The Ladykillers” is a wispier concoction to be sure but Hanks acts up a storm and shows he’s still got the comic stuff…

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