Admittedly, I'm a latecomer to the fan club of John Cusack. I didn't fall for him until "Gross Point Blank", possibly the best assasin movie of all time (well, there's Leon, but after watching the unrated version of that I just felt a little ill,...
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Admittedly, I'm a latecomer to the fan club of John Cusack. I didn't fall for him until "Gross Point Blank", possibly the best assasin movie of all time (well, there's Leon, but after watching the unrated version of that I just felt a little ill, so that's out for me.) My husband had to introduce me to "Better off Dead" (ok, it's goofey, but I get the appeal). Then The Journey of Natty Gann, which I loved, but then he's in a lot of stuff I wouldn't particularly want to watch, despite him being cute as a button and talented. Sorry, perving on the actor only goes so far, ya know? It might be good stuff but it's not for me. Anyways, then he's in Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, which has the very best soundtrack I've ever head bar none (I mean, Clint Eastwood sings "Accentuate the Positive". Whoa! And he's good!). Then Being John Malkovitch... which is such an amazing mind-trip of a movie. It's surreal, but somehow exceedingly awesome, and I had some serious doubts. It's funny, too. He's perfect in that movie, him adn John Malkovitch both do this amazing thing between them where somehow they seem to swap bodies... it's the most incredable thing I've ever seen, a real acting job like you wouldn't believe. You sit there and laugh in disbelief...ok, enough about that, carying on. He does some weird stuff, but also some straightforward stuff - and brings something offbeat to everything he acts in. He's a personal sweetheart too, with ethics (!) - not a jerk at all - and that's saying something in Hollywood. Integrity! I could kiss him. Seriously. Except then my husband would be annoyed... Oh, well, I'd settle for a handshake then. And an autograph. He's awesome.

The trouble with Ralph is that he's so smart as well as so cute, and then you add that accent... It's irresistable. He does a bunch of decent movies, and then he does a flop like the Avengers, which I actually loved, but apparently nobody else...
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The trouble with Ralph is that he's so smart as well as so cute, and then you add that accent... It's irresistable. He does a bunch of decent movies, and then he does a flop like the Avengers, which I actually loved, but apparently nobody else did. I'm glad he's gone Voldemort - playing the evil guy - because he was in danger fo being pigeonholed as the romantic lead in a bunch of sappy movies after "The English Patient" and "The Constant Gardner". He's got intense down pat though; that subtle not-overacting intense that just gives us girls goosebumps. Definitely my cup of tea, even if some of his movies aren't.

To say that Ian McKellen is an amazingly skilled actor is to state the obvious; he's been in movies since the 60's, and theatre before that - he started in Shakespear in England, for heaven's sake. He's been Gandalf (and I can't imagine anyone...
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To say that Ian McKellen is an amazingly skilled actor is to state the obvious; he's been in movies since the 60's, and theatre before that - he started in Shakespear in England, for heaven's sake. He's been Gandalf (and I can't imagine anyone else in that role) and Magneto (somehow, ditto) and ...The Toad in Flushed Away? ZeBeDee in the magic roundabout? What's up with that? See, the man is a pro actor - he'll take voice parts, weird parts, work on strange movies - and somehow there's usually something respectable in everything he touches. You don't get to be a big-name star like him, looked on in awe by even big-name Hollywood types, by being a work snob.

Who is Kaiser Sose? Who is the serial killer describing the seven deadly sins in blood? Who's the middle aged husband doing pot and perving over his daughter's friend? Who's Lex Luthor? Who's the sweetheart teacher telling kids to Pay it Forward?...
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Who is Kaiser Sose? Who is the serial killer describing the seven deadly sins in blood? Who's the middle aged husband doing pot and perving over his daughter's friend? Who's Lex Luthor? Who's the sweetheart teacher telling kids to Pay it Forward? They're all the same guy. He is a serious, serious genius, an actor on another level altogether. There are some actors that you just take seriously, and he's one of them. He hasn't hit the tripple digets for movies yet, but he's still a real pro. I won't be surprised to see him acting 20 years from now, just as strong as he is today. He does a wonderful creepy guy, and another wonderful sweet guy, and then the mix of the two that just gives you the giggling chills...