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Written by James M. Tate / 12/14/2025 / No comments / anthony edwards , daphne zuniga , eighties , john cusack , nicollette sheridan , road movie , rob reiner , sex comedy , tim robbins , viveca lindfors

DIRECTOR ROB REINER'S ROAD MOVIE COMEDY 'THE SURE THING'

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiExCxRD0qBQ2II1ORBgK2lF2-T1B_V-DYyexIntFzZ-6JntAr2XztzmgEYQeYTUs5pzy06F5Ul1bmWLlexFS5fDOL8wPmfiU4zMGUdQ7xcps0JaIHTYa-X5MgkbfHb2dJcht5B3zfqjInm0nQwvFFLzucpr2Bx994d4RMoartMyra2UavXAd1L60efudCs/s1016/Screen%20Shot%202025-12-15%20at%2012.13.55%20AM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="710" data-original-width="1016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiExCxRD0qBQ2II1ORBgK2lF2-T1B_V-DYyexIntFzZ-6JntAr2XztzmgEYQeYTUs5pzy06F5Ul1bmWLlexFS5fDOL8wPmfiU4zMGUdQ7xcps0JaIHTYa-X5MgkbfHb2dJcht5B3zfqjInm0nQwvFFLzucpr2Bx994d4RMoartMyra2UavXAd1L60efudCs/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202025-12-15%20at%2012.13.55%20AM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>John Cusack painted like Andrew McCarthy in THE SURE THING Year: 1985 Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>In director Rob Reiner's road movie THE SURE THING, his more mainstream-vehicle-followup to the groundbreaking <i>rockumentary</i> THIS IS SPINAL TAP, side-characters played by Tim Robbins, Anthony Edwards, Boyd Gains, and 
Lisa Jane Persky are so overly one-dimensional, the two leads, John 
Cusack and Daphne Zuniga, seem even more real... <br>
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Polar opposites Cusack, as an endearing goof, 
and Zuniga, an uptight hidden beauty, journey cross country to Southern 
California... Cusack to meet a gorgeous blonde (the sure thing) and 
Zuniga to see her stuffy fiance... </p><p><span></span></p>

anthony edwards, daphne zuniga, eighties, john cusack, nicollette sheridan, road movie, rob reiner, sex comedy, tim robbins, viveca lindfors

DIRECTOR ROB REINER'S ROAD MOVIE COMEDY 'THE SURE THING'

John Cusack painted like Andrew McCarthy in THE SURE THING Year: 1985 Rating: ***1/2 In director Rob Reiner's road movie THE SURE THING,...

PLANES

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">year: 2013 voices: Dane Cook, Stacy Keach, John Cleese, Teri Hatcher, Anthony Edwards, Val Kilmer rating: **</td></tr>
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In the world of underdog characters, a little crop-dusting plane named Dusty Crophopper stands, or rather, flies alone. Unlike other put-upon heroes, he is, right off the bat, utterly intrepid and gracefully confident and knows exactly what must be done. First he's gotta qualify against really fast jet planes and then compete in an around-the-world race. Sound easy? <br />
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The way Disney tells this basic story, there are few problems for our little flying engine that could – expect he's afraid of heights, and one plane will do anything in the Tortoise/Hare dirty trick fashion to make him lose everything. After all, the longshot Dusty has taken all the media from his competitors including a Spanish romantic, a British snob, two sexy females and that one cocky villain. But it's really nothing stressful, no worries... he has his future all mapped out.<br />
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The problem with PLANES, other than seeming like a bland straight-to-DVD semi-sequel to CARS, is the downtime between each leg of the race. Dusty and his two closest friends (a gas station truck and an old war jet serving as a tattered mentor) talk up a tedious storm during overlong pockets of downtime, making those high-flying scenes the only thing to look forward to… And while the colorfully rip-roaring aerial shots are pretty darn cool, especially in 3D, the action can  be easily matched by playing PLANES THE VIDEO GAME in the cozy confides of home.

2013, anthony edwards, computer animated, disney, stacy keach, val kilmer

PLANES

year: 2013 voices: Dane Cook, Stacy Keach, John Cleese, Teri Hatcher, Anthony Edwards, Val Kilmer rating: ** In the world of underdog ch...

Written by James M. Tate / 8/24/2012 / No comments / anthony edwards , comedy , corey parker , diane franklin , eighties , lara flynn boyle , quirky , savage steve holland

SAVAGE STEVE HOLLAND'S THIRD FILM 'HOW I GOT INTO COLLEGE'

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>year: 1989 cast: Corey Parker, Lara Flynn Boyle, Diane Franklin </u></td></tr>
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Savage Steve Holland is an underrated/underused director, and yet, just about everyone knows of his first two films. Both starring John Cusack as a frustrated teenage cartoonist, BETTER OFF DEAD and ONE CRAZY SUMMER are character-driven cult classics...<br />
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In Holland’s third and final theatrical release, HOW I GOT INTO COLLEGE, about a lovelorn teenager attempting to con his way into higher education, the titular plot keeps Savage Steve from providing the usual frantic anything-goes adventure as Corey Parker, who transformed pretty well into a geeky private in BILOXI BLUES, provides decent comedy chops but lacks Cusack's universal every-kid charm, as well as the ability to headline an entire movie, comedy or otherwise. The signature Savage animation is replaced by two doomed goofballs stuck in dire situations, from being surrounded by sharks to skydiving, part of "Stress Questions" Parker can’t answer on his S.A.T. test. Sadly there are no David Lee Roth numbers here (Holland was Dave's stock video director and previously used his solo tunes, plus one by Roth-era Van Halen, in the first two of this Gen-X "teen trilogy" of sorts).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Taylor Negron w/ Corey Parker How I Got Into College SCORE **1/2</u></td></tr>
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A pre-famous future TWIN PEAKS and WAYNE'S WORLD starlet Lara Flynn Boyle is a beautiful brain who yearns to attend the same coveted University, As the apple of Corey Parker’s eye, their romance blossoms without any struggle. And this quirky soup has way too many cooks...<br />
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Anthony Edwards and a group of competing admission officers distract from our hero’s plight. Worthy enough as side-characters, the grownups have so much screen time that the underdog theme gets lost in the mix. Yet despite its flaws, COLLEGE tries with a big heart. Plus it features the extraordinary cute BETTER OFF DEAD Diane Franklin's cameo as Richard Jenkins' (Parker's dad's) young trophy wife. Prepare to be envious. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Diane Franklin as a really hot young step mother</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Diane Franklin in HOW I GOT INTO COLLEGE</td></tr>
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