John Cusack Articles
THE GODFATHER, THE GODFATHER PART II, HIGH FIDELITY: Packard Campus Screenings
Marlon Brando as Don Corleone in The Godfather This week at the Library of Congress Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation’s in Culpeper, Va.: John Cusack stars in Stephen Frears‘ comedy High Fidelity (2000), in which the owner of a Chicago record store recounts his top five breakups. Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather Part II (1974) will be screened on the [...]
Filmmaker Feng Xiaogang Calls Harvey Weinstein “a Cheater” at Shanghai Film Festival
Gong Li, John Cusack, Shanghai Golden Horse winner Feng Xiaogang (right), among whose credits are A World Without Thieves, Assembly, and If You Are the One, called US mogul Harvey Weinstein "a cheater in the eyes of many Chinese moviemakers," according to Jonathan Landreth at The Hollywood Reporter. Feng voiced his criticism at a discussion held at the 2010 Shanghai International Film Festival. Weinstein wasn’t [...]
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON Does Okay; DIARY OF A WIMPY KID in the Black: Box Office
Chief Stoick (Gerard Butler) How to Train Your Dragon (top); Anne Hathaway as The White Queen, Alice in Wonderland (bottom) How to Train Your Dragon, featuring the voices of Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, and America Ferrera, grossed an estimated $43.3 million at the North American box office this weekend, according to Box Office Mojo. DreamWorks Animation’s new 3D feature boasted $10,678 per screen [...]
Box Office Predictions: HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON, HOT TUB TIME MACHINE
Hiccup (Jay Baruchel) How to Train Your Dragon (top); Clark Duke, Craig Robinson, Rob Corddry, John Cusack Hot Tub Time Machine (bottom) How to Train Your Dragon opens today in North America. Expect box-office receipts to soar even if actual attendance drops. Thanks to the success of James Cameron’s Avatar and Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, 3D venues have decided that the Great Recession is [...]