Sunday, April 27, 2008

For John Cusack fans, and other righteously cool folks

First off, let me say that if you are reading my Blog, and are not yet a John Cusack fan then you owe it to yourself to educate yourself about this excellent and under-utilized actor. He is, IMHO, one of the finest American actors of our generation.

So please allow me to set your feet on the path...
The Sure Thing
Better Off Dead
One Crazy Summer
Say Anything
The Grifters
Bullets over Broadway (despite its Woody Allen pedigree)
Grosse Pointe Blank (if you haven't seen this movie please give yourself a kick in the ass)
Con Air
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
The Jack Bull
Being John Malkovich
High Fidelity
Serendipity
Identity
The Ice Harvest

Now that we've gotten all that out of the way, let's talk about War Inc.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0884224/
http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/warinc/

This looks like it'll be a real blast. John and Joan Cusack as well as Dan Akroyd, reunited from GPB, plus [Sir] Ben Kingsley (see him facing off against Morgan Freeman in Lucky #Slevin) and Marisa Tomei...all together in a film that combines the best elements of The Lord of War and GPB (I know, it was ALL good).

So, it opens May 23rd. Well, maybe not in San Antonio. We'll likely need to wait a bit longer for the Wells Fargo coach to deliver to the reels. ;)

B.

1 comment:

AnnaM said...

What happened to Must Love Dogs?

You cannot possibly leave out this movie, being the return of the 'great coat' as my mother calls it.

And Grace is Gone... both excellent examples that age has not dimished this actors range of talent, flexibility, nor his appeal.

I just had to put in my five cents.