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...film centers on a nostalgic trip to a ski resort, where the group hopes to relive the bacchanalian days of their youth. “We were young, we had momentum,” laments Cusack??s character. Surprised to find the entire town rundown and decrepit, they console themselves with alcohol, drugs, and a mysterious hot tub. In the morning, they wake up in 1986, which the film recreates in painstaking detail. There are a number of funny references to Poison, “Miami Vice,” Jheri curls, Ronald Reagan, and when MTV actually...
...John Cusack is drinking a beer. Two if he’s having it for breakfast. 7. For every man in embarrassingly short shorts. 8. Every time a character repeats a line from earlier in the movie. 9. When things can’t get any worse for John Cusack??and then it starts raining. 10. For every horny trucker. 11. During the closing credits when you find out that the cowboy’s real name is Sunshine Parker. —Staff writer Rebecca A. Schuetz can be reached at schuetz@fas.harvard.edu...
Thus, the play’s creators set out with an unenviable task: create a musical about the best novel about music, find an actor to match the classic lovable jerk who is Cusack??s trademark, and craft scenes that evoke such pathos as Black’s finale performance of “Let’s Get it On.” The play’s book, written by David Lindsay-Abaire, abridges and bastardizes Hornby’s work; the cast, directed by Walter Bobbie, lacks any semblance of vocal or acting talent...
...Analyze That.” The years have not been kind to Ramis and his stellar career hits rock bottom with his latest film,“The Ice Harvest.” Despite Ramis’ attempts to create visually intriguing scenes, John Cusack??s (“High Fidelity”) bitter wit, and Oliver Platt’s (TV’s “The West Wing”) slapstick drollery, nothing can save the hackneyed storyline of this too-dark comedy. Based on the novel by Scott Phillips and adapted for the screen...
...most when he talks about the music that motivated his performance. To “reinspire” himself, Cusack turned to music. At one point in filming, Ramis noticed something unusual in the sink in one of his shots, and upon further inspection found that it was Cusack??s iPod. Indeed, Cusack lights up with interest when asked about the music that motivated his performance. At the beginning of filming, “I gave Harold some mixes,” he says. “I always have music playing in my head?...