Nicolas Cage

[fomofo]

I think NC has been averaging a movie a month this year...

He recently had two in the theaters, Sympathy For The Devil and The Retirement Plan,
has one dropping today (see trailer below), and another coming in Nov/Dec (Dream Scenario).

Whoa, that looks good! This is too - common subject matter...



https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/the-american-buffalo/

[dookeyXXX]

Nic Cage says “I didn’t get into movies to become a meme…”
(Nevermind that memes as we know them today didn’t really exist when he started acting…)

https://www.theguardian.com/film/202...o-headed-snake

[fomofo]

https://www.theguardian.com/film/202...o-headed-snake

Enjoyed the article, wherein was mentioned "Butcher’s Crossing is out now on Amazon Prime Video".

[bennymac]

https://variety.com/2023/film/global...gh-1235819624/

Lord of War sequel in the works

[dookeyXXX]

Nic Cage says he’s done?!


https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood...awards-insider

At the rate he pumps out films, that’s like he’s gonna retire next year…

[fomofo]

Nic Cage says he’s done?!


https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood...awards-insider

At the rate he pumps out films, that’s like he’s gonna retire next year…

Yup



P.S. 'Tis the season - bump for Trapped In Paradise

[fomofo]

Now streaming on Hoopla - https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/16459089

[cocote]

"I am not a demon. I am a lizard, a shark, a heat-seeking panther. I want to be Bob Denver on acid playing the accordion."

[dookeyXXX]

Nice think-piece/op-ed:

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-e...s-2187780.html

[fomofo]

I watched Dream Scenario recently on Max. It's an intense ride/Kafkaesque commentary on modern life that gets pretty ugly in the second half. (Did not surprise me to learn that Ari Aster had a hand in it.) It's a good film, and Cage was at his awesome best.

Also impossible (for me, anyway) not to think the opening was a nod to and a bit of intentional foreshadowing along the lines of the closing scene of 8mm, another very good, but very, very dark Nic Cage classic.

Hard to believe 8mm was made 25 years ago!

[JimmyCarter]

8mm, another very good, but very, very dark Nic Cage classic.

In fairness, I haven’t watched since it was in the theater, but that movie was fucking terrible. Acting wasn’t bad, but the rest tried so hard for edge and sucked so bad.

That’s the only movie where I think they were trying to get people to walk from the ultra-realism/ grim subject matter but I was in a theater where people walked out laughing about how cringe it was.

[dookeyXXX]

In fairness, I haven’t watched since it was in the theater, but that movie was fucking terrible. Acting wasn’t bad, but the rest tried so hard for edge and sucked so bad.

That’s the only movie where I think they were trying to get people to walk from the ultra-realism/ grim subject matter but I was in a theater where people walked out laughing about how cringe it was.

I recall not liking it when I saw it in the theater upon its initial release.
And it pretty much got panned by critics, for what that’s worth.

However, Roger Ebert gave it 3 out of 4:
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/8mm-1999

[dookeyXXX]

Ebert later posted a letter from a reader who questioned his reviews of A Clockwork Orange and 8mm:

https://www.rogerebert.com/roger-ebe...s-as-evil-does

[fomofo]

In fairness, I haven’t watched since it was in the theater, but that movie was fucking terrible. Acting wasn’t bad, but the rest tried so hard for edge and sucked so bad.

I haven't seen it since either, but the only thing I recall being over the top was the demise of Joaquin's character. (Schumacher started as a costume designer.) Otherwise I found the story well constructed and intense throughout, and the acting (and casting) much better than "wasn't bad". (Peter Stormare alone worth the price of admission. And he wasn't alone.)

That’s the only movie where I think they were trying to get people to walk from the ultra-realism/ grim subject matter but I was in a theater where people walked out laughing about how cringe it was.

I imagine anyone who stayed for the whole thing and walked out of the theater laughing probably didn't have children. ( Then. ;-)

Regardless, a film either connects, or it don't. It's good, meh, or it sucks. We can change over time, as can our opinions on many things. Maybe another watch to see how it strikes a quarter century down the line?

[dookeyXXX]

Dropping 4/12:
ARCADIAN

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJEPX3WaD1k

[dookeyXXX]

I was pleasantly surprised by ARCADIAN.
Admittedly, I walked into the cinema with fairly low expectations.
The latest Nic Cage vehicle is an understated post-apocalyptic coming-of-age/sibling rivalry drama masquerading as a sci-if thriller.
Wonderful pacing, a nice low-key performance from Cage, and a few “oh shit” moments make for an entertaining yarn.
The less you know going in, the better the experience, imho.
RIYL
Z For Zachariah; Pitch Black; A Quiet Place

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27813235

[Core Shot]

What a tease. I need to see him go nuke from orbit on those guys. A surfer version of Falling Down.

[dookeyXXX]

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27813235

It’s helmed by the director of Vivarium, so I’m in!


PS
Premiered at Cannes on 5/17/24 and gets a 4/5 from The Guardian:
https://www.theguardian.com/film/art...inity-thriller

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After months, if not years of development, David O. Russell’s Madden looks to be nearing the end zone. Nicolas Cage is set to portray John Madden, the storied football coach and sports commentator, in a drama from Amazon MGM Studios to be directed by Russell, the filmmaker behind Silver Linings Playbook and American Hustle.

But this is not a biopic of the man in the typical way, nor a sports drama, a genre Russell took on with boxing movie The Fighter. Rather, Madden is in part, according to sources, a video game movie. It’s the origin story of Madden NFL, one of the biggest video game franchises of all time.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/mo...den-1235976155