Late Night Cage Fight: A Nicolas Cage Appreciation Podcast

It's time to unpack and untangle this messy web of a plot in Amazon's Spider-Noir! We talk Nic Cage's role as The Spider, supporting cast, our thoughts on the story and its curious choice of villains, and what we hope to see in Season 2. I guess the real question is did you watch it in color or black-and-white?

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Welcome to Season 5 of Late Night Cage Fight!

We're kicking this party off with a review and celebration of the U.S. Constitution's SECOND AMENDMENT featuring Nicolas Cage's 2005 crime/thriller Lord of War. Nic Cage plays an arms dealer who makes a lot of money and a lot of friends in this feel-good child soldier movie from Director Andrew Niccol. We discuss the film, it's awesomeness, the time Cagefighter Steve got punched in the face, and lots more cool stuff.

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It's been an endless season of Cage-alicious surprises, but it's time for the ENDLESS CAGE BATTLE where we choose our SEASON 4 Nic Cage MOVIE WINNER to enshrine in our NICOLAS CAGE BEE CAGE OF FAME! Join the cagefighters and special guest Cagelord Eraina as we defend our favorite movies watched over this season in a desperate attempt to curry favor with our cunning Cagelord.

Thanks for listening to Late Night Cage Fight. If you like what you hear and feel excited for a NEW SEASON, let us know! Drop us a line at niccagefight.com

Timestamps:

11:26 - Losers Round

26:30 - Group Round (We all defend "8MM")

34:55 - Reece defends "Sonny"

44:40 - Shawn defends "Snake Eyes"

55:12 - Steve defends "Matchstick Men"

64:48 - Intermission: Let's Play Arcade

67:52 - Reece defends "Adaptation"

78:16 - Shawn defends "Gone in 60 Seconds"

89:12 - Steve defends "The Family Man"

1:54:47 - Eraina reveals The Winner!

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Surprise: It's time for another Cageless! We watched Zach Creggers' new supernatural horror flick Weapons and decided to talk about it in the dark. We also introduce Hannah to the show to share her thoughts on the hit film. Happy Halloween!

Next will be our Season 4 Cage Fight FINALE. What Nic Cage movie do YOU think deserves to win its eternal rest in the Bee Cage of Fame? Send us a message to let us know at niccagefight.com

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We've made it to National Treasure (2004)! In this family-friendly version of Face/Off, Nic Cage spends hours of screen-time preventing Sean Bean from stealing The Declaration of Independence... by stealing it himself! We share our thoughts on the successful conspiracy film and Cage's performance. So, put on your tinfoil hats and get ready to question everything about George Washington and his tastes in anime. 

Next up will be a surprise CAGELESS episode followed by our Season 4 Cage Fight FINALE. What Nic Cage movie do YOU think deserves to win its eternal rest in the Bee Cage of Fame? Send us a message to let us know at niccagefight.com

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Check out Shawn's Let's Play Arcade Youtube channel! [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSFKWtmpmQ4]

If you're reading this, you've been conned. That's because we watched Matchstick Men (2003) and were conned into talking about it on this podcast. Okay, okay... it was the next movie on the list. We dissect this Ridley Scott crime/thriller in which Jolly St. Nic plays a con artist named Roy Waller whose teenage daughter conveniently pops back into his life right when he and his buddy are about to pull off the biggest con since Deadfall! (No face frying in this one.)

Of course, we've also got Nic Cage news, The Nic List, a discussion of 90s heist movies, and our final ratings. Check it out!

Our next Nic Cage film review will be the always meme-able National Treasure (2004).

Reece's Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/eVV7z

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Did you know Nicolas Cage wore a FAT SUIT in the movie Adaptation (2002)? Learn this fun fact and many more in our deep review of this Academy Award-winning meta-commentary (on screenwriting) starring our favorite actor, Nicolas Cage, plus Meryl Streep and other pretty good actors too. Did we mention Nicolas Cage plays TWO characters? Hear why we think this is not only one of Cage's best films in his career, but also one of the best films of the early 2000s.

03:50 - We talk Sinners, Butcher Baker Nightmare Maker & Dracula's Angel

17:15 - The Nic List

20:34 - Movie Discussion

51:44 - Our Ratings

Our next Nic Cage film review will be Matchstick Men (2003).

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Our Cagefighters return for a super sexy ménage à trois to discuss Nicolas Cage's Sonny (2002). Although Cage appears briefly, he's been handed the DIRECTOR'S CHAIR from which he's ordering James Franco an all-you-can-f*ck buffet! YUM! That's right: Nic Cage's one and only directed film is full of steamy sex, withering dreams, and mommy issues. So, kick back and listen to us talk about anime and sex (in that order), followed by a deep dive into Sonny and what we think the film says about Nic Cage as an artist. 

07:00 - Anime We're Watching

16:22 - Reece's Sex Labyrinth Story

22:40 - Shawn's New Orleans Sex Story

27:42 - The Nic List 

33:46 - Movie Discussion

1:07:40 - Our Ratings

Our next Nic Cage film review will be Adaptation (2002).

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We're talking Nic Cage in Windtalkers from 2002: a patriotic reunion with director John Woo that promises massive explosions, stabbings, friendly fire, psychological trauma, racism, and more confusion about who to kill on the WWII battlefield. We also find the historical accuracy to be a bit suspect. Join us Cagefighters as we dive deep into the story and production of Windtalkers, our reviews of the film, and of course some spicy, bee-tastic Nicolas Cage news! 

Our next film review will be Sonny (2002): Nic Cage's directorial debut starring James Franco.

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Nicolas Cage demonstrates how to win over a town after invading, pillaging and forcing yourself on to the doctor's sexy daughter. How, you ask? JUST PLAY THEM THE MANDOLIN! Don't miss our sizzling review of Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001) about Italians, Greeks and Germans trying to find companionship in the downtime between the murder that's happening because it's WWII. Nic Cage stars as Captain Corelli opposite Penelope Cruz, whose character becomes incredibly confused after her husband, played by Christian Bale, suddenly returns from the war he'd joined to die and reincarnate as Batman -- only to find out he's been replaced by a steamy hunk with a mandolin! So romantic and sensual. Hey, why are people suddenly getting their limbs blown off?

As always, we discuss Nicolas Cage news followed by a review of this cinematic wonder. Like what we're doing? Follow us on Facebook and visit niccagefight.com

Our next Nic Cage review will be Windtalkers (2002).