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Christmas in April! Who would expect it? Well, we did, since we pick the movies we watch and the order we watch them in. And this movie has it all: CGI mice, poor animation, and less than a minute of Nicolas Cage. How could we still talk for so long about a movie that barely has him in it? Simple, we don't. Instead, we talk about every single Christmas Carol adaptation instead. Enjoy.

Mandolins, Dracula, the Mario Brothers. What do these all have common? Not much at all, but somehow we talk about all of this within this double-stuffed double-feature episode where we cover two (2!) different Nicolas Cage movies.

Whoever invented the first puppet was probably really weird.

As our craft of podcasting grows greater and greater, Chris' unhinged takes get...well, more unhinged.  Rather than discuss this mediocre action flick, we talk about celebrity psychopaths (supposedly all of them), album cover art, and being intimate with clones. 

In an episode where we don't talk a lot about the actual movie, we somehow managed to miss saying where we ranked it (it's #6). Don't worry, because instead we talk about family-friendly topics such as changing our podcast name, pornography memes, Jesus as a cult leader, and a whole lot of piss.

For a better movie about 8mm film, watch Super 8. For a better sexual thriller, go watch Eyes Wide Shut. For a podcast episode where I had to cut out over 40 minutes of the hosts arguing about typewriters and moral authority, please listen to this.

Of the many combinations of movies that are out there, "Nic Cage is a corrupt cop who solves a murder alongside Gary Sinise", is one of the movies of all time. Not the worst, but definitely not the greatest. Luckily for you, this episode instead includes a lengthy discussion about Nic Cage in the MCU and time travel instead.

If there's anything we love more than Nicolas Cage movies, it's shapes and tasteful nudity. And boy oh boy, does this week's movie got a great amount of both! And somewhere, beneath the surface of this romance movie, is something far more sinister. You'll have to listen to find out what it is.

Despite the fact that this podcast is, predictably, about Nicolas Cage movies, we like to veer off track every once in a while just like the beloved actor. So for this episode, we spent a good 26 minutes talking about everything besides this movie, and then also spend the last 26 minutes talking about everything besides this movie, and that's after we edited it down from the original 90 minute recording. All I'm saying is, this podcast is to us what this movie was to David Caruso's film career.

We get, Nicolas Cage can be a lot. Maybe too much. He's an acquired taste (I also may have made an oopsie and ordered a Laser Disc of the movie we were supposed to watch instead of a DVD). With that in mind, Christopher and I watched the wonderfully delightful movie, The Menu. It's good, you don't even need to listen to the episode to discover, we're giving this to you for free. But, if you want to listen us talk about good food and gooder murder, feel free to listen to this episode.