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Movie Review – The Old Way (2023)

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The Old Way, 2023.Directed by Brett Donowho. Starring Nicolas Cage, Ryan Kiera Armstrong, Clint Howard, Abraham Benrubi, Shiloh Fernandez, Nick Searcy, Skyler Stone, Eddie Spears, Dean Armstrong, Noah Le Gros, Kerry Knuppe, Adam Lazarre-White, Boyd Kestner, Beau Linnell, Joe Pepper, Jeff Medley, Corby Griesenbeck, Everett Blunck, and Brett Donowho.SYNOPSIS:An old gunslinger and his daughter must […]

Maika Monroe to hunt Nicolas Cage’s serial killer in horror Longlegs

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It Follows and Watcher star Maika Monroe is returning to the horror genre as the actress has signed on to star alongside the previously announced Nicolas Cage in Longlegs.Written and directed by Oz Perkins (I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House), Longlegs is described as an an homage to “classic Hollywood psychological […]

Nicolas Cage shares first Face/Off 2 plot details

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Back in 2019 it was announced that Paramount Pictures was looking to reboot the 1997 action-thriller Face/Off, before The Guest and Godzilla vs. Kong helmer Adam Wingard was brought on board in 2021 to tackle what was confirmed to be a direct sequel to the original John Woo film starring John Travolta and Nicolas Cage.As […]

Nicolas Cage isn’t returning as Spider-Man Noir in Across the Spider-Verse

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While Sony Pictures’ upcoming Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is set to include an entire – well, Spider-Verse – of Spider-Men characters, it seems that one incarnation of web-slinger from the Oscar-winning original could be sitting out the sequel.Speaking to Screen Rant to promote his new film, the Western thriller The Old Way [read our review […]

Nicolas Cage vamps it up with Nicholas Hoult in first trailer for Renfield

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It feels like we’ve been waiting more lifetimes than Dracula himself to finally sink our teeth into the trailer for Renfield, but now Universal have opened the crypt so we can get our first look at Nicolas Cage and Nicholas Hoult in Chris McKay’s modern-monster tale. Also starring Awkwafina (The Farewell), Ben Schwartz (Sonic) and Adrian Martinez […]

Nicholas Hoult and Nicolas Cage-led Dracula film Renfield gets R-rating

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The Dracula-focused Renfield is approaching, and it’s about to be a gory good time.A new report says the upcoming movie is rated “R” for “Bloody violence, some gore, language throughout, and some drug use.” The film comes from director Chris McKay (The Tomorrow War), who sees Nicholas Hoult as Renfield and Nicolas Cage playing the […]

Blu-ray Review – Adaptation (2002)

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Adaptation, 2002.Directed by Spike Jonze. Starring Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper, and Tilda Swinton.SYNOPSIS:Shout! Factory adds a Blu-ray of Charlie Kaufman and Spike Jonze’s brilliant Adaptation to its Select line. While there’s nothing new here in terms of the transfer and the bonus features, it’s still a worthwhile upgrade for owners of the old […]

Nicolas Cage to play Joe Exotic in Tiger King scripted miniseries from American Vandal showrunner

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We all knew it was coming, but the inevitable Tiger King scripted series is on its way. In a twist no one saw coming though, Variety confirms that Nicolas Cage will be playing Joe Exotic, the titular Tiger King.The eight-episode series will see Imagine Television Studios and CBS Television Studios as producers. Variety reports that […]

Why Jiu Jitsu could be a B movie fan’s dream come true

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Tom Jolliffe runs the rule over the potentially brilliant upcoming sci-fi action film Jiu Jitsu…Occasionally a film escapes my attention that really shouldn’t escape my attention. It’s been green lit for a while now but there’s a certain martial arts action sci-fi film that has the distinct conceptual feel of a late 80’s, early 90’s […]

The Nicolas Cage Castings Just Keep Getting Better

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Tom Jolliffe on some of the recent characters Nicolas Cage has been tasked with playing (including himself and now Joe Exotic)…It’s been a couple of months now. We’ve all seen Tiger King right? Good. Well, this only in America tale of exotic animals, cults, murder plots, murder cover ups (potentially) and everything in between has […]