Post Tagged with: "John Cusack"

by / on March 19, 2013 at 3:00 am / in Reviews, Vault Reviews

VAULT REVIEW: IDENTITY

It’s crunch time for my celebrity meet-n-greet preparation. I’ve been more than a little excited at the thought of meeting Danny Glover and Gary Busey as you may have noticed with the vault selections, but there are other stars in [...]

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by / on June 9, 2012 at 3:00 am / in Editorials

THE INGENIOUS LOGIC OF HOT TUB TIME MACHINE

It is my deeply held spiritual belief that the film known simply as Hot Tub Time Machine has been poorly ignored in it’s own era.  The genius that flows through the script and is personified in the excellent performances will [...]

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by / on May 12, 2012 at 3:00 am / in Editorials, Everything Else

JOHNNY BOY

There comes a point for many actors where they turn into one of two things.  Sometimes, they become caricatures of themselves.  Al Pacino, Jack Nicholson, Christopher Walken, Robert DeNiro and other actors from the 70′s are so comfortable with their [...]

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by / on April 28, 2012 at 1:43 am / in Theatrical Reviews

NEW RELEASE REVIEW: THE RAVEN

It is possible to make a pretty engaging or at least curiously interesting narrative using historical figures, even if the basic premise is viciously ridiculous. For instance, I am really looking forward the upcoming film Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter, even though [...]

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by / on February 24, 2012 at 6:13 pm / in News, Trailers

THE RAVEN TV SPOT OFFERS A GLIMPSE OF THE MURDER AND MYSTERY

I’ve already documented some of the marketing for the coming Edgar Allen Poe-themed mystery thriller The Raven. In this film John Cusack plays the heroin-fueled mystery writer, who must cooperate with the police in order to solve a series of murders that [...]

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by / on January 25, 2012 at 6:32 pm / in News

NEW POSTER FOR THE RAVEN PLAYS AS YOU WOULD EXPECT

I am a pretty big fan of the show Castle, in which Nathan Fillion plays Rick Castle, a mystery author who helps a cop solve murders. The pilot of that series involved a serial killer who used Castle’s novels as [...]

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by / on December 9, 2011 at 3:00 pm / in Reviews, Vault Reviews

VAULT REVIEW: CON AIR

Con Air lands in the third spot of my five-part Un”Cage”d Christmas series. So far we’ve experienced crazy Cage and considerate Cage, but are you ready for country Cage? Coincidentally, today is the birthday of Cage’s Con Air costar, John [...]

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