This one is like my ex-wife’s Meatloaf Surprise: sub-par!
Read MoreNicolas Cage dodged a bullet when he dropped out of the lead role in a version of I Am Wrath that would have been directed by William Friedkin. John Travolta then leaped into that bullet when he signed on to replace Cage in this stinker.
Read MoreNicolas Cage reprised a role he played in the 1993 obscurity Deadfall in 2017’s Arsenal as a weird prank on the universe/cosmic joke without a punchline.
Read MoreThe riveting, horrifying, shark-infested true story of the USS Indianapolis is brought to the big screen by Jaws: The Revenge star Mario Van Peebles in a clunky mediocrity with a deeply committed performance by Nicolas Cage as a uniquely cursed military man.
Read MoreA Larry Charles-directed satire about an American who thinks God wants him to kill Osama Bin Laden promised to be different than most of the films Nicolas Cage made around this period. Astonishingly the difference is that it’s even worse!
Read MoreJackie Earle Haley’s 2015 directorial debut Criminal Activities might not have much of a reputation but it’s a sleazy good time with stellar performances from Haley, John Travolta and Edi Gathegi.
Read MoreIt might not look like it but Nicolas Cage’s 2016 vehicle The Trust is actually a nifty Neo-Noir with terrific performances from Cage and Elijah Wood as bored Las Vegas cops who break bad in a very big way.
Read MoreThe Paul Schrader-directed 2016 Neo-Noir Dog Eat Dog, which pairs Nicolas Cage with Willem Dafoe, doesn’t have much of a reputation but I dug it.
Read MoreNicolas Cage, Jon Lovitz and Dana Carvey are a trio to forget in the rightfully reviled 1994 Christmas flop Trapped in Paradise.
Read MoreI dug 2005’s The Weather Man so much that I can’t stop writing about it!
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