John Cusack

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  • Love & Mercy

    Movie Review | Matt Looker | 26th June 2015

    The Beach Boys: squeaky-clean surfers, or the subjects of sordid sex scandals, substance abuse and psychotic breakdowns? Whatever your level of familiarity with these endless harmonisers and their incredible off-stage history – fatherly abuse, drugs, rivalry, death, links to Charles Manson, drummer Dennis Wilson falling out with lead singer (and cousin) Mike Love and then marrying his daughter – the chances are that you don’t know the whole history…. because, frankly, there’s just so much to tell. Any Beach Boys biopic just couldn’t possibly do justice to their entire 53-years-and-counting career. Thankfully, this new film focuses on band figurehead and recognised musical genius, Brian Wilson. And even then, it still feels like just a drop in the ocean.

  • Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson pisses off co-stars with unequal name layout

    Movie Feature | Matt | 1st June 2013

    Just fucking pick one - Curtis or 50 Cent. You are literally the worst thing to ever happen to graphic designers.

  • The Raven

    Movie Review | Ali | 10th March 2012

    The Raven is a fairly neat concept in theory. A down and out Edgar Allen Poe (John Cusack) is hired by old-timey police to solve a series of grisly killings based on his own macabre stories. There's a little bit of Saw, a touch of Basic Instinct and even a smidgen of Sherlock Holmes in the screenplay; it's equal parts gothic horror, murder mystery and action adventure, just a few doors down From Hell. It's not a bad idea, but that description probably makes it sound a little more exciting than it actually is – for all its shadowy intrigue and booze-tinged whimsy, The Raven is a story that even Poe would admit needs a few rewrites.

  • Hot Tub Time Machine red-band trailer

    Movie Trailer | Ali | 23rd January 2010

    What happens when dumb ideas get made into dumb movies? Answer: they look awesome.

  • 2012

    Movie Review | Ali | 12th November 2009

    Take a look at this week's release schedule: the distinctions between the choices couldn't be more clear. If I want to go and see a film, I'll go and see Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon. If I want to go and see a movie, I'll go and see Roland Emmerich's 2012.