Bucky’s Basement Podcast

This week on Casting Cage, we crack open the 2007 Nicolas Cage thriller Next — the movie where Nic plays a clairvoyant who can glimpse the future… but mostly uses that power to avoid danger, dodge the FBI, and aggressively pursue Jessica Biel.   The government wants his gift to stop a catastrophic terrorist attack. Nic Cage wants a quiet life, a breakfast martini, and to get laid. Naturally, thing...

WE BACK!!!!! KINDA!!!!   Bucky, Oldboy, and Juicebox got back in the studio to make sure we remembered how to do this whole podcast thing.  We'll be back next week with a new episode of Casting Cage.  In the meantime, enjoy us being us.  

This week in the basement, we’re rolling out the Fast Pitch welcome mat to our guest straight from the Mile High City — songwriter, creative mind, and manager of the New Orleans style brass band Brothers of Brass Little Mikey Colefax! Mikey and the guys step up to the mic with some truly original concepts for the movie title  Sharon Simpleton: The Truffle Pauper — a title as wild as the pitch's th...

This week, the dudes saddle up with fellow podcasters Wally Analog and Rowls Royce from The Old Guard to tackle the fiery chaos of 2007’s Ghost Rider! With a cast packed full of legends—Nic Cage, Eva Mendes, Sam Elliott, Peter Fonda, and... Wes Bentley(?)—there’s plenty of hellfire to dissect. From devilish deals to barely death defying bike stunts, the crew breaks down the cast, plot, and gloriou...

This week we're excited to have the guys from " The Old Guard " podcast sit down with us for a Casting Cage episode this week.  But before we bring you that, we decided to sit down with Rowls and Wally and get a little background on who they are and how this collaboration came about.  Enjoy!

DONATE TO 2ND HARVEST Boy Howdy, do we have a great episode for you this week! Fast Pitch is on deck and we have a special guest in the Basement with us, our dear friend: Shana Watkins!  We drew a dreaded 5 word title: An Education Corals Misfortunate Blossoms. Is Shana up to the challenge? Are the guys? Listen in to find out we're their imaginations take them. You won't be disappointed. Because i...

Not the bees!!! On this week's Casting Cage episode,  the dudes review the infamous 2006 production of The Wicker Man. We know you've seen the memes...   With deplorable ratings from critics and fans alike, we ask "Is this movie really that bad?" Or is there more going on and it's an intricately plotted out film with subtle details and clues? You'll have to listen in for varying takes from our guy...

We did it, you guys! We made it to the 100th episode of Bucky's Basement! If you're not impressed, well, we certainly are. Some highlights: We discuss our podcasting history (Coolwhip and Sugarcane's RedBox Movie Reviews & Raising Nashville), as well as some of our favorite past episodes of Bucky's Basement.    We also bring a fresh Fast Pitch episode with a twist. The word Sack only contains...

On this week's Casting Cage episode, the guy's review the 2006 Oliver Stone flick: World Trade Center. With stars Nicolas Cage, Michael Pena, Michael Shannon, Maggie Gylennhall, Jon Bernthal, and Maria Bello, it's bound to be an instant classic about one of the most tragic days in U.S. history? Right? Right?....right.   Join the guys at Ground Zero as they dig through the plot, attach new Taglines...

This week, we have a very special guest joining Bucky's Basement for a Fast Pitch episode, Nashville comedian:  Shane Soltzfuz   After a sweet Macho Man Randy Savage impression by Juicebox the guys land on a two word title this week: Get Slaughtered! We don't want to spoil the pitches, but we're going into some unique places. Plus, Shane sheds some light on what Bucky is like outside the Basement....

It's 2005. Do you know where your kids are?   This week, we have a Casting Cage episode with the dudes reviewing the Nic Cage cult classic (?), The Weather Man. Starring Hope Davis, Nicholas Hoult, and the ever talented Sir My Cocaine (Michael Caine said in a cockney accent).    We learn Bucky is in Love with Nicolas Cage (it finally happened, you guys). We also get wildly different views on who (...

Yo. We got another hum-dinger of a Fast Pitch episode for you. This week, the guy’s draw the challenging title: “Demonic Victory at Yummy Yard.” While the title certainly invokes a dark presence, you also have a light-hearted side to it. And each pitch goes in a completely different direction. We’ve got evil architecture uncovered, futuristic cyber-punk possessions, and a story about a couple runn...

On this week's Casting Cage episode, the guy's explore 2005's Lord Of War . With stars like the beautiful Jared Leto , so-so Bridget Moynahan , the talented Ethan Hawke ,  charming Eammon Walker , and the enigmatic Donald Sutherland (?), it's bound to be a hit, right? Right?   Loosely based off a real person , the story is that of an international drug runner profiting off war and death. Truly a p...

This week, the guy's draw the unfortunate title of "Chrome Clue Then Timid Stew" for an interesting Fast Pitch episode. Tough, tough title, but they somehow persevere: Crafted Superhero orgin stories, fallen punk rock idols, and a former game show contestant destined for better things. And AI cast Nic Cage in it's movie!! (It's definitely keeping tabs on us)   Also, Oldboy sidetracks into an embar...

Ever wonder what the Founding Fathers did in their spare time? Yeah, us neither. But Nic Cage sure does in the 2004 blockbuster (?) National Treasure! Have you seen it? Yeah? And did you love it?? Yeah??? Hold on, we're going to guess how old you are....   This is one of Nic Cage's most well known movies. It's a Disney flick. It focuses on conspiracy theories, long lost treasure, and American Hist...

Last night I dreamed I was on a game show where the host had the face of Nic Cage, the buzzer was a jar of bees, and every question was just the word “why” whispered in reverse. I lost. My consolation prize was front-row tickets to  “Brother Ropes and the Two Neighbors”

On this week's Casting Cage episode, the guy's review 2003's Matchstick Men.  You've seen it, right? Ridley Scott flick, believe it or not. Yeah, Sam Rockwell is in it, too. It got 7.3/10 on IMDB and has a 83% score on Rotten Tomatoes...you sure you haven't seen it? No? Hmm. Well, neither had we, actually. Take that back, Bucky did see it a long time ago, but clearly forgot the plot, so...yeah.   ...

This week Fast Pitch gets weird with the title “The Light That Parents Tight.”   What starts as a baffling phrase turns into three wildly different movie pitches. Bucky delivers a twisted tale of overbearing parents who discover their kids reading a classic children’s book. Juicebox dives into a sci-fi/horror/love? story that explores how far new parents will go to fix a broken relationship. And O...

This week, the guys at Bucky's Basement review 2002's Adaptation for another Fast Pitch episode. Where to begin...it's a fictional film about real life screenwriter Charlie Kaufman, adapting real life novel, The Orchid Thief, for the big screen,  unsuccessfully... ? Yeah, we confused ourselves, too. Starring, Nic Cage in a dual role, Meryl Streep (she is hot), and the fabulous Chris Cooper (where...

This week on Bucky's Basement,  we have a Fast Pitch episode. The Sack giveth out the title "Many Imps." And Bucky is pissed because he doesn't know what an imp is.   We've got three fresh movie pitches: Juicebox delivers us a long lost, legendary taping of a mysterious game show, Oldboy doles out a story about a Matriarch playing a devilish game with her family over her MLM fortune, Bucky spins u...

On this week's episode of Casting Cage, the guys review John Woo's 2002 WWII epic, Windtalkers. Nic Cage plays a shell-shocked soldier tasked with guiding a Navajo code talker safely through the U.S. invasion of Saipan. Is one stab with a bayonet lethal? Is Peter Stormare's character secretly a foreign agent (that accent...)? And whatever the hell happened to Christian Slater?!!!! He's so cool!  ...

On this week's Fast Pitch episode, the guys draw the title 'The Stairway Caller.' Does a title like that lend itself more to Paranormal Horror or Rom/Com? Listen to find out which direction Juicebox, Bucky, Oldboy, and ChatSmith take their movie pitches.   Also, we have an interesting story from Bucky where he gets star-struck by Kid Rock! True story.    Always unique. Always fresh. In 15 minutes...

Bucky's Basement presents a unique episode of Casting Cage this week, where we review a film directed by Nicolas Cage: 2002's "Sonny" (Cage does cast himself an interesting minor role, one Acid Yellow, which we delve into). This film stars James Franco as the titular Sonny, a male prostitute in 1980's (?) New Orleans, pimped out by his mother, Jewel (played by Brenda Blethyn). There is a lot to un...

On this weeks episode of Fast Pitch: Juicebox tries out his firecracker "mouth sounds" Who are the biggest asshole drivers?   Nissan Altima vs Dodge Ram The guys write a pitch for a movie titled "To, Again".

On this week's episode of Casting Cage, the guy's review the 2001 war epic: Captain Corelli's Mandolin. What's up with all these accents? Is mediocre Mandolin playing really a panty dropper? Would it be a better movie if Christian Bale and Nic Cage switched characters? Find the answers to all these burning questions and more only on Bucky’s Basement.