John Cusack

The story of an American spy who arrives in Shanghai during the winter of 1941 to discover his friend has been killed. Driven to investigate the murder, he is drawn into an ever increasing web of mystery, conspiracy and deceit. Shanghai is set in China just before Pearl Harbor when most of the country has been taken over by the Japanese.

Tom Selznick, the most talented pianist of his generation, stopped performing in public because of his stage fright. Years after a catastrophic performance, he reappears in public in a long awaited concert in Chicago. In a packed theater, in front of the expectant audience, Tom finds a message written on the score: Play one wrong note and you die. Without leaving the piano, Tom must discover the anonymous sniper₂s motives and look for help without...

A couple reunite years after they first met, fell in love, and separated, convinced that one day they'd end up together. Near-misses bring the two close to meeting a number of times, but fate will have the final word on whether it was meant to be. Special features: commentary, behind-the-scenes, deleted scenes, theatrical trailer, and more.

"When college student Walter Gibson gets set up for a date with an incredibly gorgeous blonde, he's ready to go to the ends of the earth -- or at least across the country -- to capitalize on this 'sure thing'. Paired up with tightly-wound co-ed Alison Bradbury via the campus ride-share program, he heads west for Los Angeles. But as the obstacles begin to pile up, he and Alison begin to form an unexpected bond and soon Gib must choose between the sure...

In the course of one magical evening, Jonathan and Sara meet unexpectedly, then parted ways, determining that fate will guide their future if they're meant to be together. Years later, both engaged to other people, they continue to wonder if, despite time, distance, and the obstacles that conspire to keep them apart, they will one day meet again.

Cameron Poe is a highly decorated U.S. ranger who is convicted of manslaughter after protecting his wife in a drunken brawl. Finally, after eight years, he's being paroled and is going home to his wife and daughter. His ride home, the Jailbird, is also transporting society's most vicious murderers to Feltham Penitentiary, Lousiana's toughest maximum security prison. A surprising escape is made on board the plane as the cons seize control of the plane,...

Lily works for a bookie, placing bets to change the odds at the track. When her son Roy is hospitalized after an unsuccessful con job that leads to a beating, she finds that even an absentee parent has feelings for her child. Lilly doesn't warm to Roy's girlfriend Myra Langtry, and soon the two women compete for Roy in a battle that quickly turns dangerous.

A kaleidoscopic look at the extraordinary events of 1930s America, from high society to life on the streets in Depression-era New York City. Based on the events surrounding Marc Blitzstein's controversial musical about a steel strike, to be produced by the Federal Theater Program.

It's six a.m. and twenty degrees below zero on a December morning in Chicago, and a cab driver picks up his day's first passengers. This represents fourteen hours in the life of a cab driver as he picks up fares from the good and bad parts of the city while emotionally connecting to many of his passengers including a depressed rape victim, stoners, randy lawyers, a drug runner and a race to get a pregnant woman to the hospital.

Eight men out: Based on the real-life Chicago White Sox scandal of 1919, the film tells the story of eight baseball players who plan to throw games for money, and the scorn and anger the scheme earned them. Hoosiers: Based on the real-life story of a small-town basketball team in 1951 Indiana and its inspiring coach who led them to victory over much larger adversaries. Raging bull: A biographical film widely hailed as the greatest film of the 1980s,...