John Cusack and Chiwetel Ejiofor (Redbelt) have been cast in Roland Emmerich’s sci-fi summer blockbuster movie 2012. An academic researcher opens a portal into a parallel universe and makes contact with his double in order to prevent an apocalypse predicted by the ancient Mayans. December 21st 2012 is the last day of the Mayan calendar, [...]

One of the things I’ve learned over the past year is that interviewing celebrities is hard. Interviewing writers and directors is much easier. Stars, for the most part are charismatic but empty, while writers, directors, and talented actors have much more to bring to the conversation. One thing’s for sure, I’ve never, NEVER showed up [...]

Grace is Gone was probably the most talked about film at Sundance this year (aside from the Dakota Fanning rape film and the Bestiality Horse documentary). The Weinstein Co scooped up the film, and Clint Eastwood enjoyed the flcik so much that he asked to score the film. You can hear some of that score [...]

When I saw the movie poster for Grace is Gone on Cinematical, I immediately thought that The Weinstein Co used a quote from my Sundance review. I quickly realized that NY Post and Richard Roeper were the names under the quotes. The following quote did run in the review I posted last January:
“Cusack is brilliant. [...]

Earlier today we reported that The Weinstein Co/Lionsgate had decided to release Michael Moore’s Sicko up against Disney/Pixar’s Ratatouille and Live Free or Die Hard. A bad release date if there ever was one. Now The Weinstein’s Dimension Films is finally making a smart move. They have moved the John Cusack Stephen King adaptation 1408 [...]

A movie trailer for Martian Child has hit the web. The movie has an interesting concept: A science fiction writer (John Cusack) adopts a child who believes he’s from Mars. Seems like a mix between Daryl and K-Pax. The movie also stars Joan Cusack, Amanda Peet and Oliver Platt. The trailer looks cute, check it [...]

My Mom was very sick the years before I entered Middle School. The only times I saw her were in the Hospital. I was young so I was kept out of the loop on how things were really going. But one night at the hospital all the relatives were there. My dad even slept over [...]