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Post-Patriotic Revolutionary Kids Night Out! (Indybay newswire)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:44:08 GMT

, a12-year old tomboy takes off in search of her father after he is forced to suddenly travel west to take a job in the northwest timber industry. Along the way, she befriends a young drifter (a very young John Cusack). A veritable how-to for radical kids: Truancy, train-hopping, vagrancy, hobo camps, friendship, loyalty and animal liberation.

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War, Inc. *1/2 (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:01:00 GMT

This review originally appeared Wednesday. Directed by Joshua Seftel. With Ben Kingsley, Hilary Duff, Joan Cusack, John Cusack and Marisa Tomei. Distributed by First Look Studios. 1 hour, 46 mins. R (violence, profanity and brief sexual material). Playing at: Ritz Five.

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John Cusack talks to Naomi Klein (Leftnews.org)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:36:08 GMT

–Cusack and Klein. It is nice to see that Cusack’s politics are rather good. War Inc is based on Klein’s book.

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Cusack not at his best in political 'War' (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:01:00 GMT

This John Cusack-driven exercise in scorched-earth political comedy is neither as dark nor as timely as intended, and certainly not as funny.

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Stalked: Bad Lieutenant,Silver Cord,2012 (Filmstalker)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:01:00 GMT

... Roland Emmerich's 2012. He will play the partner of Amanda Peet's character, who is the ex wife of John Cusack's character. Emmerich's apocolyptic disaster film starts filming next month. McCarthy wrote and directed The Visitor. The news comes from .

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Thomas McCarthy takes a role in ”2012” (FilmoFilia)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:52:05 GMT

Thomas McCarthy joins John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Thandie Newton, Danny Glover and Oliver Platt, taking a role in Roland Emmerich’s ”2012” McCarthy will play the boyfriend of Peet, who is the ex-wife of Cusack’s character. “As an actor, I’ve never worked on anything with this scale before, and I always go see these movies,” he [...]

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More on Emmerich’s 2012 (LIBERTAS)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:46:40 GMT

There’s a little more news out now about the casting for Roland Emmerich’s next end-of-the-world epic, 2012. In the fine print of this Hollywood Reporter article you’ll note that both Danny Glover and John Cusack are now attached to the project. This for a film that will apparently make “several brief but glaringly awkward attempts [...]

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Kevin's Review: War, Inc. - A Funny Shell Company (FirstShowing.net)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:13:43 GMT

Nowadays it's hard to find a film that offers anything one might consider refreshing when it comes to the Iraq War. So much has been done already - and done badly - that mere mention of the subject matter is apt to draw exhausted sighs. Naturally, I approached John Cusack's War, Inc. with the some [...]

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Not enough ammo in 'War' (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:01:00 GMT

... Call it Blunderbuss Satire.The film is obviously a labor of love for star/cowriter/coproducer John Cusack, though, so points for trying. Points, too, for hiring the 1990s absurdist novelist Mark Leyner (Et Tu, Babe) to help Cusack and Jeremy Pikser pen this shaggy-dog tale about American intervention in the mythical country of Turaqistan.The film is spurred by the commonly...

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Grace is Gone DVD Review (IGN)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:12:00 GMT

... movies made in Hollywood, but it will certainly rank as one of the best in this emerging subgenre.John Cusack plays Stanley Philipps, the manager of a Home Depot-like superstore who spends his days quietly watching over his two daughters Heidi (Shelan O'Keefe) and Dawn (Gracie Bednarczyk), and awaiting the return of his wife Grace from her tour of duty in Iraq. When two officers arrive...

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War Inc DVD Release Delayed (SpoutBlog)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:03:14 GMT

Why has its distributor suddenly bumped the DVD release of John Cusack's war satire by three months?

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Happy Birthday Kathy Bates, John Elway And John Cusack (Absolutely Fabulous)

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 18:30:15 GMT

... social responsibility, personal growth and respect. June 28 is the same day that Kathy Bates, John Elway and John Cusack were born. Kathy Bates turns 60 Kathy Bates is best known for her roles as Annie Wilkes in the 1990 film “Misery” based on a novel by Stephen King and as Eveyln Couch in “Fried Green Tomatoes.” She has several awards and award nominations to her credit and...

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Les News, 062808 (Pink Is The New Blog)

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 18:10:13 GMT

... offering Britney Spears a chance to perform at the VMA s again this year :) Tichina Arnold is 37, John Cusack is 42 and Kathy Bates is 60 years old today. Click HERE to see who else is celebrating a birthday today. Would you pay $1,500 for a James Bond book ? Verne Troyer puts an end to the Mini-Me Sex Tape … and for that, I will be eternally grateful.

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Intelligence News - DVD Review: War, Inc. - Newsblaze.com (Global Geopolitics News)

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 16:00:12 GMT

DVD Review: War, Inc. - Newsblaze.comWith the scope of its runaway anti-war passion overriding its sense of purpose, the social satire War,Inc. fashions blunt humor as the chosen weapon of political persuasion, while sacrificing impact. Producer, co-writer and star John Cusack is House Seeks Bush Transcripts In CIA Case - CBS News(AP) A [...]

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Today in History - June 28 (The Washington Times)

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 04:01:25 GMT

Today's Birthdays: Blues singer-musician David "Honeyboy" Edwards is 93. Comedian-movie director Mel Brooks is 82. Senate Armed Services Chairman Carl Levin, D-Mich., is 74. Former White House chief of staff Leon Panetta is 70. Rock musician Dave Knights (Procul Harum) is 63. Actor Bruce Davison is 62. Actress Kathy Bates is 60. Actress Alice Krige is 54. Football Hall of Famer John Elway is...

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London is shanghaied into star role as Harvey Weinstein's saviour (Times Online)

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:49:04 GMT

... were led to believe that the problem lay in the film's subject — China's war with Japan. John Cusack plays an American who comes to 1941 Shanghai during the Japanese occupation to investigate the death of his friend, only to stumble across government secrets. Related LinksA six-week shoot is now under way in London, giving work to more than 500 people, including every Chinese extra...

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'War, Inc.' tries satire to sell anti-Iraq message (The Washington Times)

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:30:00 GMT

It's easy to see what director Joshua Seftel and star John Cusack were going for with "War, Inc." Antiwar film after antiwar film has bombed at the box office, but they were all downers (including Mr. Cusack's own groaner, "Grace Is Gone"). What's the one antiwar film from a previous generation that everyone loves? "Dr. Strangelove or:

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'War, Inc.': For Cusack, Satire Proves to Be a Losing Battle (Washington Post)

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT

If it's true, as the showbiz saying goes, that dying is easy and comedy is hard, then political satire is akin to breaking rocks in the hot sun. In "War, Inc.," deadpan actor John Cusack does his best to mine sharp polemical material from the rich vein of the Iraq war and the appalling combinatio...

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A roll call of unreleased movies in Ireland (The Irish Times)

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 03:51:33 GMT

... the US: The Great Debaters , directed by and starring Denzel Washington; Grace Is Gone , featuring John Cusack as a widower whose wife died in the Iraq war; and The Hunting Party , with Richard Gere and Terrence Howard as TV journalists on the trail of a Bosnian war criminal.Battle in Seattle , Stuart Townsend's directing debut, drew a packed house at the Dublin International Film...

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Satire's saber needs a little sharpening in "War" (Denver Post)

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 03:30:55 GMT

"War, Inc." is a brave and ambitious but chaotic attempt at political satire. The targets: the war in Iraq and the shadowy role of Vice President Dick Cheney's one-time corporate home, Halliburton, in the waging of the war.

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