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  • The World According to Cage #112: Gunslingers

    Back for another review! Since the W.A.T.C.H. experiment is officially concluded, this post will be a bit more footloose and fancy-free. Shorter and to the point—hooray! Nicolas Cage, as we know, is known for his erratic, wild, over-the-top antics as an actor. Some of his most conventionally played roles (World Trade Center, The Runner) are…

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  • The World According to Cage: Experiment Summary

    In February of 2023, I set out to watch every Nicolas Cage film ever made and write a review of each one. I called this experiment the WATC(H) for The World According to Cage (Hee-haaaaaii!).  At the outset, I decided I would “write a short review or reflection on the experience of watching it” and…

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  • The World According to Cage #101: The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

    It’s hard to believe that I wrote my first review of a Nicolas Cage film about a year and 9 months ago. That’s when this whole WATC(H) thing started. It’s perhaps harder for me to believe that I persisted through roughly 109 additional films / features and have now seen virtually everything in Nicolas Cage’s…

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  • The World According to Cage #110: Longlegs

    Nicolas Cage’s last theatrical release (at the time of this post) is a real doozy. So it seems quite fitting that I come to this penultimate review in the WATC(H) not only on a high note from a quality watch perspective, but also during a specific time of the year that focuses on spooky shit!…

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  • The World According to Cage #109: Arcadian

    Here’s a list of the non-human creatures that Nicolas Cage has been hunted by and/or fought against over the course of 108 films: That’s a pretty impressive list and it doesn’t include all of the human adversaries he’s run up against which are legion. So it’s surprising that he hasn’t really been the prey or…

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  • The World According to Cage: #108: Dream Scenario

    Nicolas Cage is a meme, and he’s not too happy about.  More than any other actor in the modern era, I think Nicolas Cage has risen to cult celebrity status thanks in some part to the viral nature of his face plastered across a meme. If you don’t believe me, just do a quick Google…

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  • The World According To Cage #107: Sympathy for the Devil

    The devil is in the details they say.  Sometimes the devil is in the details that are freely given, and other times he is in the details that are purposely left out. These are the sins of commission and omission.  In Sympathy for the Devil (2023) Nicolas Cage’s character leads us along a tense path…

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  • The World According to Cage #106: The Flash

    I almost decided to pass on reviewing this film because Nicolas Cage is barely in it, and he is mostly a CGI version of himself with no lines. But it feels like I would not be completing my WATC(H) journey without at least acknowledging that yes, in fact, I did watch this film, and yes,…

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  • The World According to Cage #105: The Retirement Plan

    My big dream in life is to be retired–the sooner the better in my opinion. It’s not that I’m chomping at the bit for a life of leisure (although I surely am); it’s that I want to pursue my interests on my terms, and do work that is more meaningful to me and creative. It…

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  • The World According to Cage: #104: Renfield

    Halloween is in the air. Guess it should be anyway. It’s almost October.  Seems like the appropriate time of year to run into a Nicolas Cage film where he is playing an icon of the horror genre, the O.G. of the vampire set, the undefeated sultan of suck. You got it: Dracula.  We know that…

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