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Movie Review – Dying of the Light (2014)

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Dying of the Light, 2014. Written and Directed by Paul Schrader. Starring Nicolas Cage, Anton Yelchin, Irene Jacob, Victor Webster and Alexander Karim. SYNOPSIS: Burned out CIA operative Evan Lake (Nicolas Cage) is forced into early retirement due to a degenerative medical diagnosis. Aided by an up and coming field agent Milton Schultz (Anton Yelchin) […]

Nicolas Cage saddles up in trailer for western The Old Way

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Saban Films has released a poster and trailer for the upcoming western The Old Way.Directed by Brett Donowho, the film stars Nicolas Cage as a former gunslinger, who with the help of his 12-year-old daughter, is forced to take up arms once more to protect his family from an outlaw and his gang.Joining Nicolas Cage […]

Movie Review – Jiu Jitsu (2020)

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Jiu Jitsu, 2020.Directed by Dimitri Logothetis. Starring Alain Moussi, Frank Grillo, Marie Avgeropoulos, JuJu Chan, Tony Jaa, Rick Yune and Nicolas Cage.SYNOPSISEvery six years, an ancient order of expert Jiu Jitsu fighters face a fearsome alien invader in a battle for Earth. For thousands of years, the fighters that protect Earth have played by the […]

Broken Arrow at 25

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Tom Jolliffe takes a look back at John Woo’s somewhat forgotten sophomore Hollywood effort, Broken Arrow, which turns 25…Remember Broken Arrow? Memory a bit hazy? Well John Woo’s second Hollywood film, a box office hit at the time, turns 25. In 1996 we were seeing a decided shift away from the kind of heroics usually […]

The Problems Facing the Face/Off Sequel

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Tom Jolliffe on the problems facing a Face/Off sequel almost a quarter of a century on from the original…Even in an ever changing film climate, with theatrical distribution facing unprecedented difficulties when coming out the other side of the global pandemic, the predilection for remakes/reboots/sequels continues. If it worked once it could work again. Even […]

Is Nicolas Cage the most interesting actor in the business right now?

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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 and […]

Nicolas Cage to star in horror-thriller Longlegs from director Osgood Perkins

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Seemingly on his journey to be one of the kings of horror, Nicolas Cage is set to join a new project.Cage will soon star in the horror-thriller Longlegs by filmmaker Osgood Perkins. While Deadline offers little details about the film, it’s being described as an homage to “classic Hollywood psychological thrillers.”Perkins is familiar with old-school […]

Why 2022 might just peak on April 22nd

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Tom Jolliffe looks at two highly anticipated and unique films due to hit cinemas on April 22nd, The Northman and The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent…April has perennially been something of a slow month in film release terms. In more recent times, given the sheer volume of blockbuster tent-poles, (particularly those under the Marvel and […]

The Box Office Problem: The Desertion of the Cinephiles

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Tom Jolliffe looks at the disappointing box office returns for The Northman and The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, and the possible implications for cinema…The box office has been improving of late. We’re getting back to a stage of careful optimism and growth closer to the kind of numbers which films were pulling in pre-pandemic. […]

Cage as Cage, Van Damme as Van Damme: Two Icons Play Their Ultimate Role

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Tom Jolliffe looks at Nic Cage in The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, and compares with Jean-Claude Van Damme’s temporarily redefining role as himself in JCVD…April 2022 included a special day for me. It was something of an event. I got to see Nicolas Cage strut his stuff on the big screen. Maybe 10-15 years […]