Tom Jolliffe looks at the eclectic work of Nic Cage and his recent resurgence. Is there anyone more interesting to watch right now? Nicolas Cage started his career in earnest. He progressed through a series of bit player roles, initially as Nicolas Coppola. A few of these roles, in Rumble Fish, Peggy Sue Got Married […]
Why Cinema Needs Nicolas Cage Cranked Up to 11
Tom Jolliffe on why Nicolas Cage at his wildest is a gift to cinema… To say Nic Cage is a divisive character would be quite the understatement. Likewise, as an actor. You could say, with great understatement, that he’s an oddball. As an actor, you could also say he tends to be most known for […]
Second Opinion – Mom and Dad (2017)
Mom and Dad, 2017. Directed by Brian Taylor. Starring Nicolas Cage, Selma Blair, Anne Winters, and Zackary Arthur. SYNOPSIS: When the adults in a small American town start turning against the children for no apparent reason, a teenage girl and her younger brother find they have to protect themselves from the last people they would have […]
Exclusive Interview – Director Brian Taylor on Mom and Dad, Nicolas Cage freakouts and having to clear the rights to the ‘Hokey Pokey’
Tom Beasley chats to high-octane director Brian Taylor about his new film Mom and Dad, which features Nicolas Cage at his most Nicolas Cage… Fans of Nicolas Cage at his nuttiest may have a new favourite movie when Mom and Dad screams its way into multiplexes this weekend. Directed by Brian Taylor, who previously worked […]
Movie Review – Mom and Dad (2018)
Mom and Dad, 2018. Written and directed by Brian Taylor. Starring Nicolas Cage, Selma Blair, Anne Winters, Zackary Arthur, Olivia Crocicchia, Robert T. Cunningham, and Lance Henriksen. SYNOPSIS: A strange hysteria spreads over parents in a suburban community, causing them to stalk and kill their children in a psychotic rage. It’s obvious to just about […]
Exclusive: R-rated Ghost Rider script was “awesome” compared to “vanilla” Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. version, says director Brian Taylor
High-octane film director Brian Taylor took the time to chat to Flickering Myth this week and had some choice words for the new take on Ghost Rider in the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. TV show. Taylor, who directed 2011 sequel Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance with regular collaborator Mark Neveldine, said the current TV incarnation of […]
Movie Review – Mom and Dad (2018)
Mom and Dad, 2018. Written and Directed by Brian Taylor. Starring Nicolas Cage, Selma Blair, Anne Winters, Zackary Arthur, Robert T. Cunningham, Marilyn Dodds Frank, Olivia Crocicchia, Rachel Melvin, and Lance Henriksen. SYNOPSIS: A teenage girl and her little brother must survive a wild 24 hours during which a mass hysteria of unknown origins causes […]
Festival Movies To Look Forward To In 2018 (Hopefully)
Rafael Motamayor lists the best festival movies that we hope get distribution in the new year… I love film festivals. It is a fantastic opportunity to meet like-minded people who share a passion for movies, which you get to see before anyone else. The downside is that a lot of festival movies don’t get distribution, […]
Nicolas Cage and Selma Blair want to kill their kids in trailer for Mom and Dad
Ahead of its release next month, Momentum Pictures has debuted a trailer for the upcoming horror Mom and Dad. Written and director by Brian Taylor, the film stars Nicolas Cage, Selma Blair, Anne Winters, Zackary Arthur, and Lance Henriksen; take a look at the trailer here… “A teenage girl and her little brother must survive a […]
Nicolas Cage to star in horror-thriller Mom and Dad
Nicolas Cage is set to reunite with Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance co-director Brian Taylor for the horror-thriller Mom and Dad, Variety is reporting. The film “follows a teenage girl and her little brother who must survive a wild 24 hours during which a mass hysteria of unknown origins causes parents to turn violently on […]