AMERICA'S SWEETHEARTS

GENRE:  Comedy/ Romance
MADE:  2001
CAST:  Julia Roberts, John Cusack, Billy Crystal, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Hank Azaria
DIRECTOR:  Joe Roth
WRITER:  Billy Crystal, Peter Tolan

PLOT:  Celebrity sweethearts Kiki and Eddie had a messy split leaving Lee, a movie publicist, to make everything right for the promo of their up and coming film that could quite possibly put both of them at the top again.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Notting Hill, When Harry Met Sally, Forgetting Sarah Marshall

SCORE:

1408

GENRE:  Horror/ Thriller
MADE:  2007
CAST:  John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson
DIRECTOR:  Mikael Hafstrom
WRITER:  Matt Greenberg, Scott Alexander, Larry Kraszewski, Stephen King

PLOT:  A writer who specialized in the paranormal takes up in room 1408 for the night in the Dolphin Hotel, said to be haunted he sets out with much doubt that anything will happen.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  The Shining, The Ring, Silent Hill

SCORE:

HIGH FIDELITY

GENRE:  Comedy/ Drama
MADE:  2000
CAST:  John Cuasack, Iben Hjejle, Todd Louiso, Jack Black, Lisa Bonet
DIRECTOR:  Stephen Frears
WRITER:  Nick Hornby, D.V. DeVincentis, Steve Pink, John Cusack, Scott Rosenberg

PLOT:  A man going through a break-up looks back at his past and recounts his top five break-ups.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  The Break-Up, He's Just Not That Into You, Sidewalks Of New York

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IDENTITY

GENRE:  Drama/ Mystery/ Psychological Thriller
MADE:  2003
CAST:  John Cusack, Ray Liotta, Amanda Peet
DIRECTOR:  James Mangold
WRITER:  Michael Cooney

PLOT:  During a rain storm one evening ten strangers become stranded at a Nevada Motel when the way out of town becomes flooded.  The night becomes a fight for their lives when they realize they are being killed one by one by someone amongst them.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Shutter Island, The Others, The Machinist

SCORE:

BEING JOHN MALKOVICH

GENRE:  Dark comedy/ Drama/ Fantasy
MADE:  1999
CAST:  John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener, John Malkovich
DIRECTOR:  Spike Jonze
WRITER:  Charlie Kaufman

PLOT:  A puppeteer and his love interest, his coworker, find a way to make easy money when they stumble upon a portal in their office that leads into the head of John Malkovich the movie star.  There on ensues a bizarre love triangle between the puppeteer, his wife and the co-worker.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Adaptation, Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, The Hudsucker Proxy

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