Posts Tagged ‘John Cusack’
Episode 48 – I’m Thinking of Ending Things
For this episode of the podcast, we review Netflix‘s new Charlie Kaufman film, I’m Thinking of Ending Things. We also play the franchise prequel edition of F-Marry-Kill. At the end of the podcast, we review the 2013 Nicholas Cage thriller, The Frozen Ground. Download the…
READ MORESIFF Interview – Atticus Ross – Love & Mercy
Spencer interviews composer Atticus Ross from the biographical drama Love & Mercy at SIFF 2015.
READ MORESXSW Film Review – Love & Mercy
Love & Mercy tells the story of Brian Wilson, a member of The Beach Boys and the creative genius behind their hits. The film jumps from one point in Brian Wilson’s life in the 1960s (played by Paul Dano) to Wilson in the 1980s (played by…
READ MOREFilm Review – The Bag Man
The Bag Man (2014) starts out in midstream. A crime boss named Dragna (Robert De Niro) hires Jack (John Cusack) – one of his most trusted men – to carry out an important mission. Jack is to retrieve a black bag, take it to a…
READ MOREFilm Review – Grand Piano
If you’d never heard of or seen a trailer for Grand Piano (and chances are you haven’t so how did you even find this?), I imagine the conversation going something like this: Me: Just saw that movie Grand Piano. You: Grand Whatzit Now? Me: Elijah…
READ MOREFilm Review – Lee Daniels’ The Butler
There is a fine line between sentiment and sentimentality, and for the greater part of its running time, Lee Daniels’ The Butler performs a stunning balancing act. This was a relief for me, because seeing the words “Based on the True Story” appear before the…
READ MOREEpisode 228 – Catherine Zeta-Jones
In honor of the release of Side Effects, Spencer and Greg discuss Catherine Zeta-Jones.
READ MOREFilm Review – The Paperboy
Sweaty and gross. Those are the first words that come to mind when describing the new overheated melodrama from director Lee Daniels, The Paperboy. While it sports a notable cast with all the ingredients for an interestingly lurid character study, the whole affair ends up…
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