One Cage at a Time

It’s hard to believe that Nicolas Cage has been acting professionally for 40 years, has over 100 credits to his name and he has never once been in a Western, well that was until now. In fact in 2022 Nic shot two of them back to back just to make up for lost time, one was Butcher’s Crossing and the other was a film one critic summed up by calling it the mild, mild west. So saddle up partner as we d...

What happens when you bring one of Nicolas Cage’s most insane characters back from the dead and drop him in the middle of a mediocre crime drama? Well, you get a mediocre movie with a bafflingly strange character who is a shell of what made him interesting in the first place. So join us as we journey through a boring slog that one critic called the worst movie of 2017: Arsenal When a protective ol...

Believe it or not, once upon a time Nicolas Cage was considered “too quirky” to star in an action blockbuster but luckily for us, Nic took this to be a challenge rather than a roadblock and in 1996 he embarked on a nearly 20-year action voyage that only Ghost Rider Spirit of Vengeance had the power to shipwreck. So how in the name of Zues’s butthole did a quirky indie film character actor, fresh o...

Nic Cage, John Cusack, John Malkovich, Steve Buscemi, Ving Rhames Danny Trejo and Dave Chappelle hopped onto an airplane with Jerry Bruckheimer and the guy who directed the Rick Astley video for Never Gonna Give Your Up, not a joke, and together they managed to get every freak and creep in the universe to churn out an action classic that may just be the most recognizable performance of Nicolas Cag...

Everyone has to start somewhere, even if you’re the grandson of a legendary composer and nephew of one of the greatest directors of all time, though I’m sure that helps with getting auditions. Nicolas Coppola was no different when he co-starred in a variety show television pilot opposite the one and only Crispin Glover long before his turn as George McFly in Back to the Future. So enjoy as we bask...

Sandwiched between Rush Hour 1 and 2, a pre-accusations Brett Ratner tapped everyone’s favorite “Man” to star in a heartfelt loose adaptation of It’s a Wonderful Life that has largely been forgotten despite pulling in $125 million at the box office. We watched as he burned up in The Wicker Man then saw him get pelted by fast food in The Weather Man but before either of those roles Nicolas Cage sta...

In 2011 Sony pictures, desperate to hold onto the film rights to Ghost Rider, made a movie so unbearably bad that it single handedly ended the franchise, lead to the rights of the character to revert back to Marvel Studios and forced Nicolas Cage to quit doing blockbuster films for good. Join us as we suffer through an absolute dumpster fire that not even Nic Cage, Idris Elba, Ciaran Hinds and Chr...

In 2005, the man who brought us Gattaca and The Truman Show teamed up with Nicolas Cage to shine a light on the shady underbelly of illegal arms trafficking and produced a film is just as relevant now as it was then. So break out your Kalashnikov’s and pour a few lines of cocaine and gunpowder as we breakdown one of my all-time favorite Nicolas Cage films: Lord of War. Yuri Orlov lived the America...

What originally started as a sexy teen exploitation film to capitalize on the popularity of a 1982 Frank Zappa song turned into a surprise hit that has since become a cult classic but more importantly it featured the very first starring role of a man who would go on to become a legend. Sure, Nicolas Coppola had been in a few things, but Nicolas Cage wasn’t born until the 1983 romantic comedy: Vall...

Two years before his production company Spectrevision cast Nicolas Cage in Mandy and Color Out of Space, Elijah Wood teamed up with everyone’s favorite actor for a movie that was released exclusively to DirecTV that oddly enough features the final film performance of Jerry Lewis’ career. With those weird details in mind, kick back as we break down a 2016 crime thriller black comedy that’s, trust m...

A film about Nicolas Cage, starring Nicolas Cage as Nick Cage. Did someone steal our fan fiction novel? This may be the single most meta movie ever made and a Nicolas Cage fans wet dream but does this self-referential love letter to Nicolas Cage do the man justice? We’ll find out as we breakdown an aptly named homage to everyone’s favorite actor The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. With his ac...

What the hell even is this movie? A live action anime, a western, a samurai film, a post-apocalyptic grind house thriller, an art piece, an assault on the senses, the weirdest most annoying film I’ve watched in years? Maybe all of the above. So, strap in as we breakdown the movie Nicolas Cage says is the wildest film he’s ever made, for better or worse: Prisoners of the Ghostland. In the frontier...

Team the legendary Ridley Scott coming off Gladiator, Hannibal and Blackhawk Down with the one and only Nicolas Cage and you’re sure to have a smash hit on your hands, right? Not so much. Which is a shame because this largely forgotten critically acclaimed 2003 film features a phenomenal performance from Nicolas Cage that’ll make you want to laugh so hard you’ll PISS BLOOD! So, enjoy the insanity...

In Nicolas Cage’s illustrious career only one film he’s appeared in has ever been nominated for best picture. Sure, there have been plenty of snubs: Deadfall, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, Jiu Jitsu, Never on Tuesday, Willy’s Wonderland, just to name a few. So what is it about this Cher starring romantic comedy that sets it apart? We’ll find out as we break down number 8 on AFI’s top 10 romant...

In the midst of financial troubles, Nicolas Cage turned down a huge Expendables 3 pay day to team up with director David Gordon Green and a young Tye Sheridan to make a film most people have likely never heard of…and it’s an absolute shame because what they created is a hidden gem that might just be one of the best performances Nicolas Cage has ever delivered. So settle in as we dive deep into thi...

Why make a follow up to a controversial film that even director Werner Herzog didn’t think should be named after it since they share little to nothing in common? Because without that established IP we’d never get a chance to see Nicolas Cage smoke crack in a mainstream film. So, get ready for a bumpy drug filled romp through the streets of post-Katrina New Orleans as we breakdown an unnecessary fo...

ke two actors who can chew scenery like nobody’s business and team them up with one of the most over the top directors to ever film a guy jumping through the air whilst fire two guns in slowmo whilst going ahhh and what do you get? A 90’s action classic that is as much ridiculous as it is hilarious. So sit back as we face off against the mother of all face off films: Face/Off. Obsessed with stoppi...

Paul Schrader had Dying of the Light ripped away from him by a greedy studio desperately trying to recoup the $5 million dollars they gave him to make something even moderately coherent. But Paul Schrader would not be denied. Three years after he, his producer, the DP and the principal stars staged a silent protest on the sacred wall of Paul’s Facebook page, he hired an editor and recut the film u...

What happens when the writer of such cinematic classics as Taxi Driver, American Gigolo, Raging Bull and….Dog Eat Dog taps Nicolas Cage to play a CIA agent battling dementia? A film deemed so bad due to “studio interference” that director Paul Schrader, the film’s director of photography and the principal stars took to Facebook to publicly disown it. With that glowing endorsement let’s all strap i...

Who do you turn to when you need to cast Robert Landon from the DaVinci Code and Indiana Jones’ treasure hunting love child? Why, none other than Nicolas ‘Benjamin Franklin Gates’ Cage himself. To be fair, he’s more of a treasure protector than a treasure hunter. So get out your decoder ring as we break down the beloved family adventure classic: National Treasure. After searching his entire life,...

The greatest directing duo of all time teamed up with the legendary Nicolas Cage at the beginning of their respective careers and created a timeless masterpiece. That’s it. That’s all I’m going to say about it. So, sit back and enjoy as we breakdown the brilliant 1987 Coen Brothers classic and the film that made me a lifelong Nicolas Cage fan: Raising Arizona. When an ex-cop and an ex-con find out...

Dana Carvey, Jon Lovitz and Nicolas Cage are brothers in a comedy crime Hallmark Christmas mash up that I guess everyone hates but me. Let’s get into the holiday spirit with a film one critic said was “borderline unwatchable” Trapped in Paradise. Two idiots convince their brother to return to a life of crime to pull off the perfect heist in the town of Paradise, Pennsylvania but wouldn’t you know...

How does Nicolas Cage possibly follow the brilliant, touching and life affirming masterpiece featuring prose that touches the very essence of the human soul that was Willy’s Wonderland? We’ll find out as we dive deep into Nic’s critically acclaimed return to Oscar contention: Pig. Robin Feld has been hiding himself away deep in the Oregon woods but when his beloved truffle hunting pig is kidnapped...

Nicolas Cage had been dreaming of playing Ghost Rider since he was a kid, unfortunately his dream came true only a year before The Dark Knight and Iron Man revolutionized the comic book movie genre forever leaving Ghost Rider in the pre-MCU dust. All that said, it’s not as bad as Daredevil, so let’s all penance stare into one of Nic Cage’s greatest passion projects: Ghost Rider. There’s hell to pa...

A mute Nicolas Cage fighting animatronics possessed by a satanic cult while gulping down gallons of energy drinks while dancing and playing pinball. Fever dream or actual Hollywood film? Maybe a bit of both. It’s your birthday and we want you to have fun as we breakdown Willy’s Wonderland. After blowing out some tires on some suspiciously placed tire spikes, a mute Nicolas Cage agrees to clean up...