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Thursday, 04 November 2021

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'Finch' review: Tom Hanks, a cute dog and a lovable robot — what more do ...

Newsday 04 Nov 2021

MOVIE "Finch". WHEN.WHERE Streaming on Apple TV+ ... Dying from radiation poisoning, Finch builds a robot so that someone will care for his dog Goodyear after he's gone ... The film, from a screenplay by Craig Luck and Ivor Powell, streams on Apple TV+ beginning on Friday ... ....

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Review: Tom Hanks, a robot and a dog in ‘Finch’

Poteau Daily News 04 Nov 2021

He wanted it to be a calling card and despite some initial rejections, his last name proved apt since his idea charmed Ivor Powell, the associate producer on “Blade Runner” and “Alien,” who co-wrote the feature, Robert Zemeckis, who produced, Hanks, “Game of Thrones” director ...

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Tom Hanks, a robot and a dog in ‘Finch’

Taipei Times 04 Nov 2021

He wanted it to be a calling card and despite some initial rejections, his last name proved apt since his idea charmed Ivor Powell, the associate producer on Blade Runner and Alien, who co-wrote the feature, Robert Zemeckis, who produced, Hanks, Game of Thrones director Miguel ...

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Finch Review: Tom Hanks' post apocalyptic film is an emotional ride with a robot as ...

Pinkvilla 04 Nov 2021

One of the biggest elements that director Miguel Sapochnik (of Game of Thrones fame) and writers Craig Luck, Ivor Powell play on with this film is that they throw the traditional 'human and his pet' story trope out of the window ... Luck and Powell present a story that tugs at your ...

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Finch Review

IGN Insider 04 Nov 2021

Finch debuts on Apple TV+ on Nov. 5. Apple TV+’s Finch stars Tom Hanks as an engineer trying to survive in a stunningly bleak post-apocalyptic wasteland with the help of a robot he builds from scavenged parts and scanned books ... The script by Craig Luck and Ivor Powell feels like a soulless imitation of better films ... .

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Review: ‘Finch’ stars Tom Hanks, a robot and a dog — what more could you want?

Wtop 04 Nov 2021

toggle audio on and off. change volume. download audio. WTOP's Jason Fraley reviews 'Finch' ... Last year, he starred in the underrated submarine flick “Greyhound,” which is well worth watching if you missed it ... or Johnny 5 ... The script by Craig Luck and Ivor Powell is pretty bleak with moments of comic relief between very sad moments ... Source .

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On Apple TV: Tom Hanks takes a post-apocalyptic road trip with his dog and robot ...

The Patriot Ledger 04 Nov 2021

Picture this ... manufacturer ... On Netflix ... Louis bunker ... On with the show ... Naturally, each of these remembrances begins with “Once upon a time …” As in, “once upon a time” Hanks wouldn’t be caught dead in a sap-fest like this one dreamed up by neophyte writers Craig Luck and Ivor Powell for Apple TV+ ... Turn on the twinkle ... .

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‘Finch’ review: Tom Hanks battles the elements alone. Didn’t he do this in ‘Cast Away’? ...

Finger Lakes Times 04 Nov 2021

Then he heads back to his warehouse bunker, where he lives with his scruffy dog, Goodyear ... Jeff is naif-like and eager to please and this forever exasperates his maker — “I know you were born yesterday, but it’s time for you to grow up!” Finch barks — but at least screenwriters Craig Luck and Ivor Powell gave Jeff a personality. Goodyear is simply ... .

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Finch review – Tom Hanks takes his dog and robot out on the road

The Guardian 03 Nov 2021

... an adorable robot? A bit like this strange, sentimental sci-fi on Apple TV+ – co-written by veteran British producer Ivor Powell (who worked on Ridley Scott’s Alien and Blade Runner) and directed by Miguel Sapochnik.

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Film Review: ‘Finch’: Post-Apocalyptic Sci-Fi With a Troubling Message

The Epoch Times 03 Nov 2021

PG-13 . 1h 55min . Drama, Sci-Fi ... Initially titled “BIOS,” the spec (unsolicited) screenplay was penned by first-time writers Craig Luck and Ivor Powell ... That was in 2017.

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Review: Tom Hanks, a Robot and a Dog in ‘Finch'

NBCBayArea 03 Nov 2021

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Finch, review: Tom Hanks is upstaged by his robot dog-sitter

The Daily Telegraph 03 Nov 2021

12 cert, 115 min. Dir. Miguel Sapochnik. The Earth is dead, or close enough to it. The ground is a desert, the sun obscured by a blizzard of grit. Then, from out of the yellow-grey gloom, a figure emerges ... But Craig Luck and Ivor Powell’s script denies him the kind of unfussy heart-to-heart moments where he tends to do his most emotionally incisive work.

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‘Finch’ Film Review: Tom Hanks Road-Trips the Apocalypse With a Robot Instead of a Volleyball

The Wrap 03 Nov 2021

... commenting on the end of civilization (the film decides it is allowed, greedily and obviously, both “American Pie” and “Road to Nowhere” when it should have chosen only one), writers Craig Luck and Ivor Powell and director Miguel Sapochnik traffic in the thuddingly familiar.

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Hanks, Jones winding man-machine duo in ‘Finch’ | Movie review

Cascade Business News 03 Nov 2021

(Courtesy of Apple TV+). And here we have one of the little issues with the script, penned by industry unknown Craig Luck and Ivor Powell, an associate producer on Ridley Scott classics “Alien” (1979) and “Blade Runner” (1982) who was impressed with the 20-page version of the script the former had written as a film school-graduation project ... ‘Finch’.

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Tom Hanks, a Dog, and a Robot Go on a Sad Journey in Finch

Vanity Fair 03 Nov 2021

We’ve seen Tom Hanks make cute with a Dogue de Bordeaux, with a volleyball, even with Julia Roberts and a moped ... In Finch, which was written by Craig Luck and Ivor Powell, there is no quest to redeem humanity; that sorry ship has sailed long ago (following a solar flare that led to annihilating world war) ... That’s really all there is to it ... Sigh ... — .