The Boy Who Lived
Braden's Last Pick
Starring: Tom Hanks!
Musical Movies
Typecast?
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Hagrid first brings Harry this, from The Sorcerer's Stone.

A Birthday Cake
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Two women from opposite sides of the pond who are unlucky in love decide to swap home and, in the process, maybe totally find their soulmates.

The Holiday (2006)

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Hanks plays a young man growing up in the 50s with learning difficulties and a low IQ, whose essential innocence, niceness and luck cause him to rise to greatness.

Forrest Gump (1994)

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Tim Curry as Dr. Frank N. Furter, and catchy pop songs to boot!

Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

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Adam Sandler starred in this movie, where he played the loveable Billy.

Billy Madison (1995)

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This is why Harry received no letters from Ron or Hermoine over the summer, from The Chamber of Secrets.

Dobby stole them

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Stars Constance Wu and Henry Golding. Rachel Chu (Wu) visits her boyfriend's (Golding) family on a summer trip to Singapore and notices he fails to mention a few details...like the fact that they're mega rich, hard to please, and, oh yeah, that he's the country's most eligible bachelor.

Crazy Rich Asians (2018)

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Hanks is the dashing Harvard symbologist Dr. Robert Langdon, who deciphers occult signs in Renaissance artworks about Jesus in this clunky adaptation of the bestseller by Dan Brown.

The Da Vinci Code (2006)

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Andrew Garfield stars in this musical movie, based on Rent creator Jonathan Larson‘s autobiographical musical.

Tick, Tick... Boom! (2021)

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Adam Sandler starred in this movie, where he played the loveable Happy.

Happy Gilmore (1996)

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What was the profession of Stan Shunpike?

Operated the Night Bus

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Come for the gorgeous dresses, stay for the "Bennie and the Jets" bar duet between Katherine Heigl and James Marsden.

27 Dresses (2008)

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Hanks as the FedEx employee who is marooned on a desert island.

Cast Away (2000)

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Arguably the crown-jewel SNL film (it’s this or Wayne’s World), John Landis‘ mega-hit stars Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi as soul musicians determined to save a Roman Catholic orphanage from foreclosure.

The Blues Brothers (1980)

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Adam Sandler starred in this movie, where he played the loveable Bobby Boucher.
The Waterboy (1998)
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They were the defense against the Dark Arts teacher in the fourth book/movie.

"Mad Eye" Moody

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This rom-com is just the story of a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her—after a long, complicated love story, that is. Julia Roberts plays a world-famous actress (a stretch, right?) who falls for an average Londoner (played by Hugh Grant).

Notting Hill (1999)

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Clint Eastwood directed Hanks in this true-life hagiopic about a heroic airline pilot who, with staggering coolness under pressure, landed his damaged US Airways Flight 1549 on New York’s Hudson river.

Sully (2016)

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Director Bill Condon‘s vivid adaption of the Tony Award-winning 1981 stage musical—about a pop music group The Dreams and their struggles with fame and fortune

Dreamgirls (2006)

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Adam Sandler starred in this movie, where he played the loveable Longfellow.

Mr. Deeds (2002)

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There were two items that acted as "portkeys" in the Goblet of Fire book/movie. Name one.

An old boot or the TriWizard Cup

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Renée Zellweger’s hapless heroine and her competing love interests—played with distinctly British charm by Colin Firth and Hugh Grant—became an instant hit in 2001.

Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)

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Hanks plays Josh Baskin, the boy who resents the rules laid down for kids, wishes to be big and then … well … be careful what you wish for.

Big (1988)

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The cast includes: John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer, James Marsden, Amanda Bynes, Christopher Walken, Allison Janney and Zac Efron, and Queen Latifah.

Hairspray (2007)

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Adam Sandler starred in this movie, where he played the loveable Lenny Feder.

Grown Ups (2010)