John Cusack has been one of our most underrated actors for quite sometime. He made a name for himself in such 80's flicks as, Better Off Dead, One Crazy Summer and Say Anything. What people forget, is what a talented force he can be. He's popped up in such films as Fat Man and Little Boy, The Grifters, Grosse Pointe Blank, Pushing Tin and last year's critically acclaimed Being John Malkovich.

His new film High Fidelity isn't only a dead-on look at the intimate world of music retail, it's also an honest and sometimes painful look at dating. Cusack plays the owner of a Chicago record store and when he's not vending vinyl, he's constantly messing up in the romance department. Through some very funny flashbacks, he evaluates his love life in a dialogue with the audience, while trying to save his current relationship.

Stephen Frears (Dangerous Liaisons, The Grifters) directs this beautifully adapted film and gets some major help from a truly gifted cast that includes Tim Robbins, Jack Black and Lisa Bonet. (High Fidelity is based on the novel by the beloved British writer Nick Hornby and was originally set in England.) As a member of the music retail business, I really found this film to be devilishly funny. It's also hip without being pretentious.