The Films of John Cusack
- Grosse Pointe Blank
- Money for Nothing
- The Road to Wellville
- Eight Men Out
- The Grifters
- High Fidelity
- Identity
- Being John Malkovich
- The Butler
Badly miscast as Nixon, while Alan Rickman is terrific as Reagan.
The Films of John Cusack
Badly miscast as Nixon, while Alan Rickman is terrific as Reagan.
The Films of John Cusack
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)
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)
Ensemble Casts (especially “All Star Cast” type films)
Ensemble Casts (especially “All Star Cast” type films)
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)
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)
Ensemble Casts (especially “All Star Cast” type films)
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)
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)
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.
the list just isn’t right without it, but now I’ll
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Films that straddle across genres
Contains elements of horror, comedy, drama, social commentary, fantasy, and romance, all mixed into one film.
Films that straddle across genres
Combines sf, noir, horror, police procedural and tragic romance.
A great movie.
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
Comedy, adventure, fantasy, and romance.
Films that straddle across genres
Technothriller, character study, crime drama, cautionary tale, political satire, romance.
And another great movie!
Films that straddle across genres
Mystery/Film Noir/Action/Animation
Films that straddle across genres
Sci-fi, action, comedy, romance and a musical
Films that straddle across genres
noir, sci-fi