It’s once again time for Catching Up On Cinema’s monthly “Catching Up On Blu-Ray” special! In this edition, we take a look at the physical media releases for the month of February 2020. Some highlights among this months releases include: Doctor Sleep (4k, Director’s Cut, 2019) Waves (2019) The Nightingale (Director of The Babadook, 2018)…
Tag: Nicolas Cage
Episode 63 – Trapped in Paradise (1994)
Merry Christmas, happy holidays, and an even happier New Year from us here at Catching Up On Cinema! In this, the last of our holiday/winter themed episodes for the year, Trevor has Kyle sit down to watch writer/director George Gallo’s brilliantly cast, but intensely flawed Christmas comedy, Trapped in Paradise (1994)! Starring Nicolas Cage, Jon…
Episode 62 – The Frozen Ground (2013)
In this episode of the podcast, John Cusack makes his second consecutive appearance on the show (sans Oliver Platt) as Kyle takes the show into the realm of true crime with a review of the Alaskan serial killer flick, The Frozen Ground (2013)! The only film directed by writer Scott Walker, the film is largely…
Catching Up On Blu-Ray: September 2019
Once more, it’s time for our monthly Catching Up On Blu-Ray, September 2019 edition! Some highlights of the physical media releases from this month: Rambo (4k, 2008) Booksmart (2019) Men In Black: International (4k, 2019) Ma (2019) Nightmare Cinema (2018) Fists in the Pocket (Criterion, 1965) Darlin’ (2019) John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (4k,…
Episode 44 – The Death of Superman Lives: What Happened? (2015)
In this very special episode in our “Movies About Making Movies” month, Kyle and Trevor review Jon Schepp’s terrific documentary about the Tim Burton Superman film that never was, The Death of Superman Lives: What Happened (2015)! Comprised of interviews with the producers and pre-production that tirelessly worked on Superman Lives prior to it’s abrupt…
Episode 23 – Drive Angry (2011)
CATCHING UP ON CAGE finally comes to it’s conclusion as Trevor and Kyle catch up on Patrick Lussier’s grindhouse crap fest, Drive Angry (2011)! Escaping from the bowels of Hell in a souped up muscle car, the plot follows Nic Cage and Amber Heard as they battle a cult and match wits with a scene-stealing…
Episode 22 – Season of the Witch (2011)
CATCHING UP ON CAGE month continues as Kyle and Trevor plunge headlong into Dominic Sena’s borderline straight-to-video sword and sorcery flick, Season of the Witch (2011)! Full disclosure: Kyle had originally selected the Coen Brother’s Raising Arizona (1991) for this week’s episode, however at the last minute he decided against it. Nic Cage looking like…
Episode 21 – Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)
CATCHING UP ON CAGE month continues, as Trevor has Kyle sit down to watch Werner Herzog’s brilliant sequel-in-name-only, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)! Featuring some of the finest examples of Cage-ian acting ever committed to film, it’s STRONGLY recommended that you, the listener, go out and watch the film before listening to…
Episode 20 – 8MM (1999)
CATCHING UP ON CAGE continues as Kyle makes his first selection of the month, Joel Schumacher’s misguided comeback film, 8MM (1999)! Peter Stormare, James Gandolfini and Anthony Heald competing to see who can be the greasiest, sleaziest bad guy in a movie full of greasy sleazy bad guys! George Costanza as the gimp masked killer!…