November 2009 Artist of the Month: John Cusack

Twenty years ago we fell in love with Lloyd Dobbler as he held his boom box over his head and professed his love in song to the tune of “In Your Eyes” by Peter Gabriel. Two decades have passed and John Cusack still is making memorable performances across many genres. He has played a puppet master, a detective, an ordinary store owner, a hit man, a disgraced baseball star and, with the release this month of 2012, Cusack takes stab at leading man in an action film.

Cusack has never been one to take the convention role, playing mostly offbeat and underdog characters. With is wide variety of roles and parts, we cannot even dream of covering it all but we will attempt to break his body of work down and cover the basics.

As a celebrity he has shied away from the spotlight but this month we will shine the spotlight down on his career and dissect the good and the bad. The following is how we plan on breaking down Cusack’s work and the schedule for viewing. Join us each week as we discuss Cusack's movies on the Weekly Blend Audio Show:

Widescreen Warrior.com Presents: John Cusack

Week of November 2nd - 8th: Period Pieces
• Eight Men Out
• Road to Wellville

Week of November 9th - 15th - Romantic Comedies
• Say Anything
• High Fidelity

Week of November 16th - 22nd - Drama
• Pushing Tin
• Martian Child

Week of November 23rd - 29th - Sci Fi/Thriller
• Identity
• 1408

Full filmography available at IMDb