Movie Marathon (Part 3)

The Films of John Cusack

  1. Grosse Pointe Blank
  2. Money for Nothing
  3. The Road to Wellville
  4. Eight Men Out
  5. The Grifters
  6. High Fidelity
  7. Identity
  8. Being John Malkovich
  9. The Butler

Badly miscast as Nixon, while Alan Rickman is terrific as Reagan.

The Films of John Cusack

  1. Grosse Pointe Blank
  2. Money for Nothing
  3. The Road to Wellville
  4. Eight Men Out
  5. The Grifters
  6. High Fidelity
  7. Identity
  8. Being John Malkovich
  9. The Butler
  10. Say Anything

Includes an often-copied meme of Cusack standing with a boombox held above his head. Cusack won the lead role of Lloyd Dobler over several young leading males, including Judd Nelson. A few years earlier, Nelson played the role of John Bender in The Breakfast Club, after Cusack (who was director John Hughes’ first choice) turned it down.

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NEXT: Ensemble Casts (especially “All Star Cast” type films)

  1. Casa de los babys dir. John Sayles

Chronicles several different women (all played by bankable actresses), most American, but some not, in Mexico to adopt babies. Rita Moreno is the proprietor of the hotel they stay at who works with the orphanage’s lawyer to get the most money possible out of the women.

Ensemble Casts (especially “All Star Cast” type films)

  1. Casa de los babys dir. John Sayles
  2. Short Cuts dir. Robert Altman

Ensemble Casts (especially “All Star Cast” type films)

  1. Casa de los babys dir. John Sayles
  2. Short Cuts dir. Robert Altman
  3. Magnolia dir. Paul Thomas Anderson

Ensemble Casts (especially “All Star Cast” type films)

  1. Casa de los babys dir. John Sayles
  2. Short Cuts dir. Robert Altman
  3. Magnolia dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
  4. It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World dir. Stanley Kramer

The main cast included Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Buddy Hackett, Ethel Merman, Mickey Rooney, and Phil Silvers; dozens of other comedians made cameo appearances.

Ensemble Casts (especially “All Star Cast” type films)

  1. Casa de los babys dir. John Sayles
  2. Short Cuts dir. Robert Altman
  3. Magnolia dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
  4. It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World dir. Stanley Kramer
  5. The Women (1939) dir. George Cukor

With an all-female cast featuring some of the era’s biggest stars: Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, Paulette Goddard, Joan Fontaine, and more.

Ensemble Casts (especially “All Star Cast” type films)

  1. Casa de los babys dir. John Sayles
  2. Short Cuts dir. Robert Altman
  3. Magnolia dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
  4. It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World dir. Stanley Kramer
  5. The Women (1939) dir. George Cukor
  6. Tropic Thunder dir. Ben Stiller

Ensemble Casts (especially “All Star Cast” type films)

  1. Casa de los babys dir. John Sayles
  2. Short Cuts dir. Robert Altman
  3. Magnolia dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
  4. It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World dir. Stanley Kramer
  5. The Women (1939) dir. George Cukor
  6. Tropic Thunder dir. Ben Stiller
  7. Ocean’s Eleven dir. Steven Soderbergh

George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Andy Garcia, Julia Roberts, Bernie Mac, Casey Affleck, Carl Reiner… great cast.

Ensemble Casts (especially “All Star Cast” type films)

  1. Casa de los babys dir. John Sayles
  2. Short Cuts dir. Robert Altman
  3. Magnolia dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
  4. It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World dir. Stanley Kramer
  5. The Women (1939) dir. George Cukor
  6. Tropic Thunder dir. Ben Stiller
  7. Ocean’s Eleven dir. Steven Soderbergh
  8. Dinner at Eight dir. George Cukor

Marie Dressler, John and Lionel Barrymore, Wallace Beery, Jean Harlow, Billie Burke plus several character actors who would become ubiquitous(Oh that guy!) through the '30s and '40s. Featured lots of snappy pre-code dialogue.

Ensemble Casts (especially “All Star Cast” type films)

  1. Casa de los babys dir. John Sayles
  2. Short Cuts dir. Robert Altman
  3. Magnolia dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
  4. It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World dir. Stanley Kramer
  5. The Women (1939) dir. George Cukor
  6. Tropic Thunder dir. Ben Stiller
  7. Ocean’s Eleven dir. Steven Soderbergh
  8. Dinner at Eight dir. George Cukor
  9. The Grand Budapest Hotel

Starring: Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, Harvey Keitel, Jude Law, Bill Murray, Edward Norton, Saoirse Ronan, Jason Schwartzman, Léa Seydoux, Tilda Swinton, Tom Wilkinson, Owen Wilson, and Tony Revolori.

WHEW.

  1. Casa de los babys dir. John Sayles
  2. Short Cuts dir. Robert Altman
  3. Magnolia dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
  4. It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World dir. Stanley Kramer
  5. The Women (1939) dir. George Cukor
  6. Tropic Thunder dir. Ben Stiller
  7. Ocean’s Eleven dir. Steven Soderbergh
  8. Dinner at Eight dir. George Cukor
  9. The Grand Budapest Hotel
  10. Murder on the Orient Express (1974) dir. Sidney Lumet

the list just isn’t right without it, but now I’ll
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Films that straddle across genres

  1. The Phantom of the Paradise

Contains elements of horror, comedy, drama, social commentary, fantasy, and romance, all mixed into one film.

Films that straddle across genres

  1. The Phantom of the Paradise
  2. Dark City

Combines sf, noir, horror, police procedural and tragic romance.

A great movie.

  1. The Phantom of the Paradise
  2. To Be Or Not to Be (1942)

Panned by critics at the time because “black comedy” as a film genre didn’t exist; people saw both political commentary and a screwball comedy, and didn’t know what to make of it.

Films that straddle across genres

  1. The Phantom of the Paradise
  2. Dark City
  3. To Be Or Not to Be (1942)
  4. The Princess Bride

Comedy, adventure, fantasy, and romance.

Films that straddle across genres

  1. The Phantom of the Paradise
  2. Dark City
  3. To Be Or Not to Be (1942)
  4. The Princess Bride
  5. Limitless

Technothriller, character study, crime drama, cautionary tale, political satire, romance.

And another great movie!

Films that straddle across genres

  1. The Phantom of the Paradise
  2. Dark City
  3. To Be Or Not to Be (1942)
  4. The Princess Bride
  5. Limitless
  6. Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Mystery/Film Noir/Action/Animation

Films that straddle across genres

  1. The Phantom of the Paradise
  2. Dark City
  3. To Be Or Not to Be (1942)
  4. The Princess Bride
  5. Limitless
  6. Who Framed Roger Rabbit
  7. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

Sci-fi, action, comedy, romance and a musical

Films that straddle across genres

  1. The Phantom of the Paradise
  2. Dark City
  3. To Be Or Not to Be (1942)
  4. The Princess Bride
  5. Limitless
  6. Who Framed Roger Rabbit
  7. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
  8. Bladerunner

noir, sci-fi