CAGE/OFF: A Nicolas Cage Podcast

This week on CAGE/OFF we begin winding down the first round of the Zeus's Butthole conference by talking about two movies nobody has seen! First, we talk about Fire Birds (1990), a film that dares to ask the question: what if Top Gun, but helicopters? Then we discuss Nicolas Cage's directorial debut Sonny (2002), a mostly bad film centered around a male prostitute (James Franco) trying to get out from under the thumb of his brothel-running mother. Cage himself also has a small cameo as a character named "Acid Yellow". Also in this episode: how Tommy Wiseau wanted James Franco to play him in The Disaster Artist after seeing his Sonny performance, Ashley has been spiritually defeated by Nicolas Cage movies, and we reveal the films we will be covering in Season 3!

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On today’s episode of CAGE/OFF, we complete the trilogy of Nicolas Cage’s collaborations with his uncle Francis with The Cotton Club (1984), a part-musical, part-crime film about the Harlem jazz scene in the 20s and 30s. Then, we go POWEEEEEER MAAAAAD talking about David Lynch’s violent and darkly comic road film Wild at Heart (1990) before deciding which film will be moving on in the bracket! We also discuss which Nic Cage/Francis Coppola film is our favorite, sing the praises of the absolute legend Crispin Glover, and generally gush about Wild at Heart. Thanks for listening!

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On a very spooOOOooOOooky episode of CAGE/OFF recorded on Halloween, we are hanging out in a scary basement with a sleepy dog and talking about two EXTREMELY SIMILAR films: the trippy, gore-soaked horror-revenge movie Mandy (2018) and Teen Titans Go! To the Movies (2018), a silly animated comedy movie made for babies. We discuss how Mandy sparked renewed interest in Nicolas Cage from the mainstream, how Teen Titans finally allowed Cage to play Superman, and Logan attempts to get to the bottom of Ashley's visceral hatred towards Teen Titans Go! (the show). Follow us on Twitter @cageoffpodcast Our artwork is by Colours Odyssey (@coloursody on Twitter) Our intro/outro music is by Mastad0n Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts!

CONTENT WARNING: There is some mention of sexual assault in this episode due to a minor character in Con Air. On this episode of CAGE/OFF we crack open some Francis Coppola chardonnay and talk about two movies where Nicolas Cage plays an ex-con: the over-the-top action blockbuster Con Air (1997) and the recent VOD revenge movie A Score to Settle (2019). Can the little-seen modern Cage film prevail against one of the most memed Cage performances of all time? You probably already know the answer to that, but it’s fun to pretend! Enjoy!

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This week on CAGE/OFF we're joined by our friends Taylor and Justus as we break down two quasi-religious Nicolas Cage films! First we talk City of Angels (1998), a romantic drama in which a stoic angel (Cage) discovers the complexity of human emotion when he falls in love with a regular woman (Meg Ryan). Listen as we tackle what might be the most difficult question of all: is Nicolas Cage good in this movie?

If you thought the fun would stop there think again, idiot!! We then talk about Left Behind (2014), an adaptation of the best-selling evangelical Christian novel of the same name, in which Cage spends 95% of the runtime just kind of sitting in the cockpit of a plane figuring out what to do after the Rapture occurs. It's a battle for the ages as Cage at the peak of his movie stardom faces off against low-budget, VOD-era Cage! Thrilling!

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