The Grifters, 1990. Directed by Stephen Frears. Starring John Cusack, Anjelica Huston, Annette Bening, Henry Jones, Sandy Baron, Michael Laskin, Pat Hingle, and Xander Berkeley. SYNOPSIS: A small-time con man is caught between his professional criminal mother and conniving girlfriend. Released as the first in 101 Films’ new Black Label range, highlighting cult movies from different […]
Poster and trailer for Distorted starring Christina Ricci and John Cusack
Ahead of its release next month, a new poster and trailer have arrived online for the upcoming thriller Distorted. Directed by Rob King, the film stars Christina Ricci, John Cusack, and Brendan Fletcher; take a look below… Lauren (Christina Ricci) and Russel Curran (Brendan Fletcher) decide to move away from the bustle of the city […]
Greed has a price in first trailer for thriller Blood Money
Ahead of its theatrical and VOD release next month, a poster and trailer have arrived online for director Lucky McKee’s upcoming thriller Blood Money which stars John Cusack, Ellar Coltrane, Willa Fitzgerald, and Jacob Artist; take a look below… Three friends on a wilderness excursion must outrun a white collar criminal hell-bent on retrieving his […]
Christina Ricci and John Cusack to star in Distorted
Minds Eye Entertainment has announced that Christina Ricci, John Cusack and Brendan Fletcher are set to star in the thriller Distorted, wich is being directed by Rob W. King (The Humanity Bureau). The film will see Ricci as Lauren Curran, an artist who suffers from bi-polar disorder and who is recovering from a devastating personal […]
Movie Review – Southern Fury (2017)
Southern Fury, 2017. Directed by Steven C. Miller. Starring Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, Adrian Grenier, Johnathon Schaech, and Christopher Coppola. SYNOPSIS: A Southern business owner attempts to rescue his crooked brother from a local gangster. Soon to join the Netflix pile of awful action films that no one would willingly good pay money for, sees […]
Movie Review – Arsenal (2017)
Arsenal, 2017. Directed by Steven C. Miller. Starring Nicolas Cage, Adrian Grenier, John Cusack, and Johnathon Schaech. SYNOPSIS: A Southern mobster attempts to rescue his kidnapped brother. Is there a better way to ring in a new year of movies with some more material to add to the Nicolas Cage ‘Losing His S*** Montage’? The […]
Second Opinion – Chi-Raq (2015)
Chi-Raq, 2015. Directed by Spike Lee Starring Nick Cannon, Teyonah Parris, Wesley Snipes, Angela Bassett, Samuel L. Jackson, John Cusack. SYNOPSIS: When an 11 year old girl is caught in the crossfire of gang warfare on Chicago’s South Side and dies as a result, the women decide it’s time to put a stop to gun […]
Movie Review – Chi-Raq (2015)
Chi-Raq, 2015. Directed by Spike Lee. Starring Nick Cannon, Teyonah Parris, Wesley Snipes, Angela Bassett, Jennifer Hudson, John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson. SYNOPSIS: A modern day adaptation of the ancient Greek play Lysistrata by Aristophanes, set against the backdrop of gang violence in Chicago. Evidently, Chi-Raq – a loose adaptation of the ancient Greek play […]
Movie Review – Cell (2016)
Cell, 2016. Directed by Tod Williams. Starring John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, Isabelle Fuhrman, and Owen Teague. SYNOPSIS: When a powerful signal is broadcast across mobile networks worldwide, cell phone users’ minds are instantly and dangerously re-programmed. Heading north through New England in search of his wife and son, Clay Riddell (Cusack) is joined by a group […]
Movie Review – Dragon Blade (2015)
Dragon Blade, 2015. Directed by Daniel Lee. Starring Jackie Chan, John Cusack and Adrien Brody. SYNOPSIS: Set in China during the Han dynasty (206-220 AD), Dragon Blade follows Huo An (Chan), an official framed and enslaved for a crime he didn’t commit. Soon thereafter, however, he meets a Roman soldier in Cusack’s Lucius and the […]
