Articles tagged "john cusack"

Decade-Dense: The 60 Most Memorable Films of 1999 Feature

Part 4: All About My Mother to Sleepy Hollow (October - November 1999)

by PopMatters Staff

[26.Mar.09] :. Outsiders and oddballs make up Part Four's formidable filmmakers, an idiosyncratic collection of dreamers and visionaries.

Decade-Dense: The 60 Most Memorable Films of 1999

Decade-Dense: The 60 Most Memorable Films of 1999 Feature

Part 1: The Thin Red Line to Star Wars Episode I (January - May 1999)

by PopMatters Staff

[23.Mar.09] :. The first part of PopMatters' look back at the films of 1999 is bookended by the long awaited return of two cinematic auteurs of wildly different styles, Terrence Malick and George Lucas.

Decade-Dense: The 60 Most Memorable Films of 1999

Cinema Qua Non - Indispensable DVDs Feature

Cinema Qua Non - Indispensable DVDs: Part 3

by PopMatters Staff

[16.Oct.08] :. Day Three - The final ten, a cross-culture collection teeming with big ideas, larger than life visions, and perhaps the greatest documentary on rugby you've probably never heard of.

Cinema Qua Non - Indispensable DVDs

Film Review

Igor

by Lesley Smith

[19.Sep.08] :. Igor fences Eva into a very old-fashioned position: literally a man’s creation, she helps to "civilize" the all-male society.

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The PopMatters Fall 2008 Movie Preview Feature

Talk, Talk, Talk: September 2008

by Bill Gibron

[9.Sep.08] :. From wars both past and present to a number of nail-biting thrillers, September is sizing up as a potentially profitable one.

The PopMatters Fall 2008 Movie Preview

News

Reluctant celebrity John Cusack goes for a career makeover

by Mark Caro [Chicago Tribune (MCT)]

[12.Dec.07] :. CHICAGO—Joyce Piven remembers John Cusack as a high-schooler playing a charismatic anti-hero in the Piven Theatre Workshop’s adaptation of J.D. Salinger’s short story “Just...

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Grace Is Gone

by Cynthia Fuchs

[7.Dec.07] :. As its title suggests, however, the careful, compelling melodrama Grace Is Gone focuses on what happens when she does not return.

Martian Child

by Cynthia Fuchs

[2.Nov.07] :. Based on David Gerrold's semi-autobiographical novella, the movie digs its thematic hole early, and never finds a way out.

Five questions for ‘1408’ star John Cusack

by Terry Lawson [Detroit Free Press (MCT)]

[22.Jun.07] :. John Cusack is not big on genre films, and the only bona-fide thriller on his resume is 2003’s “Identity.” But when Cusack was sent the script for “1408,” about a...

1408

by Cynthia Fuchs

[22.Jun.07] :. Abjuring the "spook-house bullshit" -- which he believes he knows inside and out, being a purveyor himself, Mike thinks he's seen it all.

Monkey Business (Part 3: July)

by Bill Gibron

[3.May.07] :. Finally, a month with only one remaining series contender. All wizard based Potter-y aside, this will be the most tenuous time for the business called show. After a strong start, the eccentric collection of entertainments here could make or break this potentially record shattering motion picture season.

The Ice Harvest (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[23.Nov.05] :. If Charlie appears seem energetic, if not exactly inspired, it's only because he's in constant, circular motion.

Must Love Dogs (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[29.Jul.05] :. This family thing is looking rather grim now, as if it's about to swallow the rest of the movie whole.

Fat Man and Little Boy (1989)

by Matthew Callan

[3.May.04] :. The viewer is left feeling that the Manhattan Project would have been a fantastic topic for a miniseries, but is an awful one for a 120-minute studio flick.

Runaway Jury (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[16.Oct.03] :. Besieged by John Grishamish plot twisties, the actors in Runaway Jury do their best to fashion an emotional coherence.

Identity (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[9.Sep.03] :. As James Mangold neatly puts it, these characters are running along 'a kind of Möbius strip of hell.'"

Identity (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[24.Apr.03] :. Amanda Peet, not incidentally, throws some fine, even sublime, attitude.

Max (2002)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[6.Feb.03] :. Max is less concerned with making Hitler sympathetic, or even very specific, than it is in using him to illustrate a series of ideas.

The Road to Wellville (1994)

by John G. Nettles

[18.Oct.02] :. Contrary to Kellogg's message, self-denial is ultimately the disease, not the cure.

Serendipity (2001)

by Tracy McLoone

'Serendipity' offers absolutely no surprises -- and therefore, no unpleasant ones.

High Fidelity (2000)

by P. Nelson Reinsch

In keeping with the spirit of the film itself, I humbly offer the top 5 reasons the new film High Fidelity is worth seeing.

Cradle Will Rock (1999)

by John G. Nettles

Tim Robbins has never been shy about being one of them damn Hollywood liberals -- pro-union, anti-death penalty, solidly Green, married to Susan Sarandon.

Being John Malkovich (1999)

by Cynthia Fuchs

The new movie Being John Malkovich is about celebrity culture, as it inspires, frustrates and pummels you into such desire. It offers its protagonists and you the chance to imagine being a celebrity, with one small hitch: the only celebrity you can be is John Malkovich.

America’s Sweethearts (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

Truly, Julia Roberts leads a charmed life.