Happy Place — It Turns Out the Naming Rights! Membership Option Was For Real and Someone Is Now Five Hundred Bucks Poorer Presents Nat

The Travolta/Cage Project #83 World Trade Center (2006)

Oliver Stone toned down the provocation for 2006’s World Trade Center, which is underwhelming in a decidedly different way than most of his films.

Travolta/Cage, The Travolta/Cage ProjectNathan RabinJanuary 12, 2022Nicolas Cage, Michael Shannon, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Oliver Stone, Michael Pena, Maria Bello

The Travolta/Cage Project #82 Wild Hogs (2006)

FUCK this terrible movie. Fuck it all to hell.

Travolta/Cage, The Travolta/Cage ProjectNathan RabinJanuary 4, 2022John Travolta, Martin Lawrence, Tim Allen, William H. Macy, Ray Liotta, MC Gainey

The Travolta/Cage Project Ghost Rider (2007)

The 2007 botch of Ghost Rider still sucks but Cage’s lead performance is an absolute delight.

Travolta/Cage, The Travolta/Cage ProjectNathan RabinJanuary 3, 2022Nicolas Cage, Peter Fonda, Sam Elliott, Mark Steven Johnson, Marvel, motorcycles, camp, fun

The Travolta/Cage Project #81 The Ant Bully (2006)

Nicolas Cage is a lot of fun as a wizard ant, and Paul Giamatti, Bruce Campbell and Ricardo Montalban (in his final role) are a hoot in the otherwise dreadful., weirdly Marxist CGI kid’s flick The Ant Bully.

Travolta/Cage, The Travolta/Cage ProjectNathan RabinDecember 14, 2021Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Lily Tomlin, Tom Hanks, CGI, computer animation, nightmare fuel

The Travolta/Cage Project #80 Lord of War (2005)

Nicolas Cage got very dark for 2005’s Lord of War, Andrew Niccol’s bracingly brutal dark comedy about the international arms trade and the men who arm the world.

The Travolta/Cage Project, Travolta/CageNathan RabinDecember 8, 2021Jared Leto, Nicolas Cage, Ian Holm, dark comedy, Andrew Niccol

My World of Flops, I Hate Sequels Case File #199/The Travolta/Cage Project #79 Be Cool (2005)

Hoo boy. This one is brutal.

My World of Flops Phony Baloney Hearts Case File #198/The Travolta/Cage Project #77 Lonely Hearts (2006)

John Travolta’s epic losing streak continues with 2006’s Lonely Hearts, a stinkeroo based on the same real-life story that inspired The Honeymoon Killers that wastes an amazing cast that includes James Gandolfini, Salma Hayek, Jared Leto, Scott Caan and Laura Dern.