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1 day ago · Critics Consensus: Shanghai is crippled by a weak story and fatally undermined by clunky direction, making for a period political drama that lacks all of its key components. Synopsis: In the months...
Clem. No somos animales. Tony. 2014. The Bag Man. Jack. There’s lots more of John Cusack to watch out for in 2014. In Love and Mercy, he’s playing the role of Brian Wilson, the founding member of the Beach Boys. His other upcoming ventures include Maps to the Stars, Drive Hard, The Prince, and Cell.
May 19, 2021 · For a look at Cusack's impressive career, keep reading for our picks of the best John Cusack movies. 16. Better Off Dead. Warner Bros. Of the many pop culture references that will force guffaws ...
- Say Anything..
- Bullets Over Broadway
- Being John Malkovich
- Runaway Jury
- The Journey of Natty Gann
- Better Off Dead
- Anastasia
- Eight Men Out
- The Butler
- Grosse Pointe Blank
- Say Anything…
- Identity
- Bullets Over Broadway
An adaptation of the powerhouse novel by John Grisham, Runaway Jury is one of the most entertaining legal thrillers of the 2000s. John Cusack stars, alongside Academy Award winners Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman, and Rachel Weisz, as Nicholas Easter, a seemingly reluctant juror in a high-profile lawsuit against a gun manufacturer. The case, along wit...
An early Disney adventure film featuring a surprisingly dark and realistic setting and tone, starring a female protagonist with a wild animal sidekick, no less. The Great Depression is the backdrop of Natty's journey, and one of the mentors that helps her along the way is fellow wanderer Harry, played by John Cusack. Harry helps Natty learn the nua...
Though not critically successful in its own time, one of the most savage teen black comedies of the ’80s is Better Off Dead.Fortunately, it has found its contemporary audience as a cult classic. Cusack stars as Lane Myer, a suburban ski bum who, after being dumped by his girlfriend, finds himself miserably seeking an end to his life or a way back t...
According to the official story, the last royal monarchs of Russia were executed by revolutionaries, but rumors and conspiracy theories about a possible survivor never really died down. Plenty of con artists took advantage of people searching for lost monarchs or obsessed with romantic ideas of rediscovering a secret princess, and John Cusack lends...
For lovers of baseball and movies, there are several classic must-see films. Amongst the dramas, Eight Men Outstands as one of the best. The film is a semibiographical dramatization of the 1919 World Series and the ensuing “Black Sox Scandal” which dealt with eight members of the Chicago White Sox who conspired to intentionally lose the World Serie...
In a movie that features several actors playing famous historic figures, John Cusack takes on the role of Richard Nixon. This is the story of Cecil Gaines, a former slave who became a butler in the White House and oversaw the best and worst of the US administrative power for several decades before the Civil Rights movement culminates in a personal ...
John Cusack is a master of comedic roles that toe the line between comedy and tragedy, for example, Grosse Pointe Blank. In the film, Cusack stars as Martin Blank, a depressed hitman who finds himself in Grosse Pointe, Michigan for his ten-year high school reunion that brings him face to face with memories of the past and uncertainty for his future...
The directorial debut of filmmaker and Rolling Stone contributing editor Cameron Crowe, Say Anything...is one of the definitive romantic comedies of all time as well as a quintessential teen romance dramedy. John Cusack stars as Lloyd Dobler, an underachiever without any measurable plans for the future who falls in love with the class valedictorian...
Though most known for comedic roles, Cusack has his forays into the darker territory of action or horror. For example, the psychological slasher film Identity. Identity, an adaptation of the Agatha Christie-style whodunnit (think And Then There Were None), revolves around ten strangers who find themselves in an isolated hotel. Isolation quickly tur...
From the eclectic mind of famed filmmaker, Woody Allen comes Bullets Over Broadway, a black comedy crime film with a story that marries John Cusack’s comedic acting with Allen’s writing beautifully. Cusack stars as David Shayne, a juvenile playwright freshly arrived on Broadway in 1928. Forced to cast a gangster’s girlfriend and finding himself ste...
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- Say Anything (1989) The actor became the face of a generation as lovesick Lloyd, a kickboxer who falls hard for the class over achiever Diane, who in turn falls for him.
- High Fidelity (2003) As the owner of a used record shop, Cusack is terrific as the decent guy who has just split with his long time girlfriend. Devastated by the loss, he cannot wrap his head around why she has left him for an older, wealthier guy.
- Love and Mercy (2015) Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys was a musical genius, gifted beyond belief, but he was also bi-polar, and when off his meds was a danger to himself and others.
- Grosse Pointe Blank (1997) Very funny black comedy that allows the actor to work again with his gifted sister Joan, an extraordinary acting talent. Cusack co-wrote the film, no doubt bringing to it much of his droll personality.
Director Rob Reiner Stars John Cusack Daphne Zuniga Anthony Edwards. 5. The Journey of Natty Gann. 1985 1h 41m PG. 7.0 (6.9K) Rate. 66 Metascore. In the 1930s, a tomboy runs away from her guardian to join her single father who is 2,000 miles away, where he has found work.
Oct 14, 2021 · Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil (1997) Clint Eastwood ’s 1997 adaptation of John Berendt’s book Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, follows journalist John Kelso (John Cusack) as ...
