The Complete Works Podcast

This one was marketed as BEYOND SUSPICION when it first aired on Cinemax, which implies it's more of a thriller than it actually is. The movie is also known as AUGGIE ROSE, which actually does describe the movie a little bit more - Goldblum plays a guy who slowly starts to take over another man's life. That man? His name's Auggie Rose. See, it's all coming into place. Anne Heche and a pre-Deadwood...

Jeff Goldblum joins a massive ensemble cast that includes Leslie Mann, Rita Wilson, Jared Harris, Paul Sorvino, Michelle Williams and a LOT more in this independent drama depicting a week in the life of the fashion and modeling industry. And did we mention that all of the dialogue is supposedly entirely improvised by the actors? It's time to talk 2001's PERFUME!

And we're back! Our deep dive into the films of Jeff Goldblum continues as we enter the 2000s with a movie that takes us into the world of poorly-received Tarantino knockoffs. But wait... what if it's actually pretty solid? Goldblum is part of a wild cast that includes Steve Zahn, David Cross, Elijah Wood, Salma Hayek, Tom Wilkinson, Lara Flynn Boyle and more!

It's our last Cage Catchup episode for this mini-season, and we're going out with a bang. Nicolas Cage plays a silent drifter in this comedy-horror riff on Five Night's at Freddy's, and he's not locked in there with them... they're locked in there with him! Actor Vin Craig (SHOPLIFTERS OF THE WORLD, THE DEAD DON'T DIE) joins us to talk Nicolas Cage's incredible performance in WILLY'S WONDERLAND!

We're approaching the end of our Cage Catchup mini-season of The Complete Works - but before we get there, we need to talk about a first for Nicolas Cage: his very own Netflix series! Specifically, Cage acted as the host for Funny Or Die's comedy docuseries HISTORY OF SWEAR WORDS, which premiered on Netflix this past January. 6 episodes, 20 minutes a piece, each focusing on a different swear word....

It's our 100th Nicolas Cage episode, and what better way to celebrate than with the return of #CROODSCAST! In the midst of a pandemic, DreamWorks Animation finally released their long-delayed sequel to 2013's THE CROODS, and the entire cast came back - including, of course, Nicolas Cage. Also starring Emma Stone, Ryan Reynolds, Catherine Keener, Cloris Leachman, Clark Duke, Peter Dinklage, Leslie...

On the latest episode, we're talking Nicolas Cage in a sci-fi martial arts epic that's pretty much just PREDATOR meets MORTAL KOMBAT. If that sounds good to you (like it did for Mike S), you're probably in for a good time! If it doesn't (like Mike D), then it might be a rough ride. Also starring Tony Jaa and Frank Grillo, this is JIU JITSU! 

Mike and Mike revisit one of their favorite films of 2020 to talk Nicolas Cage's wild performance, the extraordinary visual effects, and the unfortunate circumstances surrounding discussion of this movie a year after its release. It's time to talk COLOR OUT OF SPACE!

In a first for the podcast, we're talking about a movie we've already talked about... sort of. One of Cage's earliest movies was Francis Ford Coppola's THE COTTON CLUB in 1984... well, Coppola released a new director's cut of called THE COTTON CLUB ENCORE in 2019 which radically changes the movie, so we figured we should talk about it! What did we think this time? Are Bob Hoskins and Fred Gwynne t...

You're in GRAND ISLE, son! Put on your best/worst New Orleans accent and take a trip to Grand Isle with Nicolas Cage and Kelsey Grammar - it's a movie that is absolutely nothing like what you're expecting, completely confounding in every way, oddly compelling but also a pretty mixed bag. It can only be described... as GRAND ISLE. 

Nicolas Cage and a boat full of wild animals! A recipe for success? Well, it SHOULD be - we get into what works and what doesn't in 2019's PRIMAL, which reunites Cage with OUTCAST director Nick Powell and also stars Famke Janssen, Kevin Durand, and Michael Imperioli. 

It's our third straight Nicolas Cage VOD crime thriller in a row, and this one is surprisingly solid! Cage appears as just another link in the KILL CHAIN, as we follow a series of narratives that transpire over one pretty insane night in a sleazy hotel. Also, The Old Sniper segment is genuinely great. 

PSA: At no point in 2019's RUNNING WITH THE DEVIL do they ever play the Van Halen song. Missed opportunity.  It's another VOD crime thriller with Nicolas Cage, this time a Redbox Original that's riffing on SICARIO and BREAKING BAD, but he's got a solid cast around him this time, including Laurence Fishburne, Leslie Bibb, and Barry Pepper. Will that be enough to make this a memorable movie? Or...

It's not a true Nicolas Cage VOD thriller unless he's just been released from prison, trying to reconnect with his kid, and is out for revenge - A SCORE TO SETTLE has got it all. And yet, it's also got a little bit more going on under the surface than these movies tend to have. Hear us talk about why in our latest Cage Catchup episode! 

Mike and Mike have been talking about it for a while, and now it's finally here - we're kicking off our Cage Catchup episodes this week! We'll be catching up with the movies we've missed since Season 1 of this podcast wrapped up, and this week that means we're starting with LOVE, ANTOSHA, a documentary about the late actor Anton Yelchin, in which Cage serves as the narrator, reading several of Yel...

Next week, we're beginning a break from Goldblum to catch up with the actor who was the original subject of this podcast: Nicolas Cage! We'll be watching everything he's made from 2019 to the present day, so we thought it was time to look back and get a refresher on Cage's career. This is a rerun of our big finale episode from when we finished our Nicolas Cage season of The Complete Works, for tho...

It's our last Goldblum episode before taking a brief hiatus! It's episode 50, it's Goldblum's last movie of the decade, and he's in it for about 10 seconds... plus, a bunch of other major stars like Will Smith, Matthew McConaughey, John Travolta, Glenn Close, Laurence Fishburne, Angie Everhart and a lot more show up, peppered throughout Adam Rifkin's mockumentary showbiz satire, WELCOME TO HOLLYWO...

We take you back to the pre-SHREK days of DreamWorks Animation - when the studio didn't have much of an identity and were still figuring themselves out. And while they were doing that, they almost accidentally developed one of the best animated films of the '90s. Goldblum's barely in this one, but he does appear, which gives us an excuse to talk about THE PRINCE OF EGYPT! 

Once upon a time, we almost chose to do this season of The Complete Works on Eddie Murphy instead of Jeff Goldblum... and now, their paths cross in this box office bomb that Murphy has called "horrendous" on multiple occasions. Is it as bad as Murphy seems to think it is? Does Goldblum get at least one decent physical comedy moment? Do we get to bust out our Robert Loggia impression once again? Fi...

We've finally reached a Mike D favorite, and arguably the peak of Jeff Goldblum's Hollywood stardom - the sequel to the biggest movie ever at the time doesn't hold the greatest reputation, but is there something worthwhile here? We talk Goldblum's Ian Malcolm taking center stage in Steven Spielberg's THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK! 

Jeff Goldblum stars in a movie that Siskel and Ebert called the worst film of 1996! Is it really THAT bad though? We have some thoughts as we discuss Goldblum along with this insane ensemble which includes Richard Dreyfuss, Diane Lane, Ellen Barkin, Gabriel Byrne, Kyle MacLachlan, and Burt Reynolds! Please, join us on the other side of the cosmos...

Did you know Jeff Goldblum has just one Oscar nomination, and it's NOT for acting? Actually, it's for directing LITTLE SURPRISES, a short film he made in the mid-90s which is also his only directing credit! It stars Kelly Preston, Mark Pellegrino, Rod Steiger, Julie Harris and more, and now we're talking about it! 

TODAY, WE CELEBRATE OUR INDEPENDENCE DAY PODCAST! For a brief period, Jeff Goldblum was a major part of the two highest-grossing films of all time: JURASSIC PARK, and the movie we're talking about today, Roland Emmerich's 1996 alien invasion disaster movie, INDEPENDENCE DAY! We talk Goldblum's role in the film, the rise of Will Smith, and how this movie represented a turning point for Hollywood bl...

We're back for 2021, and this week we're talking Jeff Goldblum's role in a sports comedy with a fascinating backstory. Goldblum co-stars with Samuel L. Jackson, Damon Wayans, Jon Lovitz, Cheech Marin, Peter Berg and more in a movie directed by HOUSE PARTY's Reginald Hudlin and written by Tony Hendra (National Lampoon) and Ron Shelton (BULL DURHAM) - it's time to talk THE GREAT WHITE HYPE! 

For our last episode of 2020, we dive into Jeff Goldblum's role in POWDER, a movie that was plagued by controversy upon release thanks to director Victor Salva's criminal history. We dive into the context in which the movie was released, and Mike D laughs maniacally when he guesses the ending of this movie a half hour before it arrives.