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Opinion: Bangkok Dangerous movie
Deaf since childhood (a home movie-style flashback shows how he lost his hearing in a fight), Kong still suffers acute migraines, only partly alleviated by his job as a hitman in Bangkok. Between hits he shyly dates the girl from the drugstore who sells him painkillers - taking her, of course, to see a silent movie. By the time she discovers what he does, he's begun to realise that not all his victims are bad guys. A largely generic script gets a phenomenal treatment. There's an amazing level...   [read the full post]

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Rate Announcing The Return of the Full-On Cage ExperienceVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at shadesofcaruso (WordPress) external link    Thu, Nov 19

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By admiralneck The one argument that genuinely annoys me is the one where Cage is cranking out piss-poor, lazy performances since his last truly astonishing performance in Jonze and Kaufman’s Adaptation. I’ve often said that I think his work in that (along with his work in Leaving Las Vegas and Raising A...

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Original at nightwoodband.com external link    Wed, Nov 18

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By nightwoodband Knowing (2009…totally underrated)Matchstick Men (2003)Adaptation (2002)Bringing Out The Dead (1999)Leaving Las Vegas (1995) Vampire’s Kiss (1988)Moonstruck (1987)Raising Arizona (1987)Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)Birdy (1984)Rumble Fish (1983)Valley Girl (1983) Secondl...

Rate Retro Review: The Weather Man

Original at moviesoothsayer (WordPress) external link    Tue, Nov 17

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By soothsayer767 Have you ever watched a movie and compared it to shuffling a stack of playing cards? Well that’s probably the best way to describe the new movie from director Gore Verbinski (Pirates of the Caribbean). On paper, “The Weather Man” looks like a great film. It is teaming with supporting talent,...

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Original at thinningtheherd (WordPress) external link    Mon, Nov 16

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By thinningtheherd These clips should speak volumes about why Nicolas Cage should be thinned from the herd for not only being unable to manage his millions properly but for causing egregious crimes against actual acting: – Even Nic can’t stand to watch himself act in The Wicker Man.

November of 2009

 

Rate Nicolas Cage N.O. homes on top 10 'deals' site

Original at New Orleans CityBusiness external link    Wed, Nov 4

By neworleanscitybusiness Top Ten Real Estate Deals’ Web site is featuring two New Orleans homes owned by actor Nicolas Cage. The homes are slated for a civil sheriff auction, according to www.toptenrealestatedeals.com. According to news reports, Cage is in financial trouble and owes the Internal Revenue Service m...

Rate Nicolas Cage Buys A Charity Brick

Original at Look To The Stars external link    Thu, Oct 22

Cage – who owns a property in the city of Bath – is supporting the Royal United Hospital’s Forever Friends Appeal to help raise $4.5 million. To kick off the campaign, he purchased a “virtual brick” to symbolize the building materials needed to build the environmentally-friendly hospital...

Rate Nicolas Cage Supports A UK NICU

Original at growingyourbaby.com external link    Fri, Oct 16

By growingyourbaby Nicolas Cage, his wife Alice Kim and son Kal-el paid a visit to a hospital in Bath trying to raise money to open up a new neo-natal intensive care unit. SOURCE Nicolas Cage, his wife Alice Kim and son Kal-el paid a visit to a hospital in Bath trying to raise m

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Original at carlosdev (WordPress) external link    Sun, Oct 11

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By carlosdev Nicolas Cage is irate - not because the plane crashed but because he was forced to fly coach. Summit) Nicolas Cage, Rose Byrne, Chandler Canterbury, D.G. Maloney, Lara Robinson, Nadia Townsend, Alethea McGrath, Danielle Carter, Adrienne Pickering, Alan Hopgood, Ben Mendelsohn, David L...

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Original at explodingheads (WordPress) external link    Sat, Oct 10

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By dougmoore38 2009 Director: Alex Proyas Writers: Ryan Douglas Pearson, Juliet Snowden and Stiles White Starring Nicolas Cage, Chandler Canterbury, Rose Byrne, Lara Robinson, D.G. Maloney, Nadia Townsend and Alan Hopgood       When I first saw the trailers to this film, I thought it looked like anot...

September of 2009

 

Rate Nicolas Cage: More Like "Man Of Rubber"Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at weathereye (WordPress) external link    Wed, Sep 23

By weathereye Unlike many comics fans at the time, I was all right with the idea of Superman being played by Nicolas Cage. The way I saw it, and the way I debated it with friends, was that Tim Burton was going to cock the whole thing up anyway with his usual unusual approach, so it really didn’t matter if quirky...

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Original at klockworkkugler.com external link    Tue, Sep 22

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By cklockwork Today, after nearly a decade in limbo, an image has finally surfaced of Nic Cage in costume from Tim Burton’s 1999 Superman Lives.  For those of you that don’t know (this was well before Superman Returns), in the mid ’90s Warner Brothers was desperate to get Superman back on the big screen.  S...

Rate Review : Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

Original at tobatheinfilmicwaters.com external link    Mon, Sep 21

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By jedimoonshyne It should be noted that Port of Call New Orleans bears very little resemblance to Abel Ferrara’s nineties cult hit, and this is of course Herzog’s argument against those who oppose the project. But then, in his use of the same title and casting of Nicolas Cage in the titular role, the wily Ger...

Rate Nicolas Cage Goes 3D in 'Drive Angry'

Original at Cinematical external link    Mon, Aug 31

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By Elisabeth Rappe Every day, I get up and I wonder why the movie gods have never seen fit to grant us a Nicolas Cage movie in 3D. I can think of no flaw in The Wicker Man that a 3D bear suit punch couldn't fix altogether, and I know I'd be ten times more interested in The Sorcerer's Apprentice if we got some 3D trenchco...

Year 2009

 

Rate Angels & Demons & Hanks, O My!

Original at U Weekly external link    Tue, May 12

I don't buy it from Nicolas Cage, and I'm not gonna buy it from Hanks. The one thing these books/movies had going for them was that they pissed off crazy fundamentalist Catholics, and now even that's a wash, as Friday release "Angels & Demons" has been ...

Rate National Treasure: Book of Secrets

Original at New York Times external link    Tue, May 5

 NY - Jon Turteltaub, Jon Turteltaub The hyperactive sequel “National Treasure: Book of Secrets” sends its archaeologist hero, Ben Franklin Gates (Nicolas Cage, flexing his deadpan), on a globetrotting quest that might have been devised after a long night of Wikipedia surfing. ...

Rate The legend of 1140 Royal St.

Original at New Orleans CityBusiness external link    Fri, Apr 24

By neworleanscitybusiness Yesterday, CityBusiness was the first to report that actor Nicolas Cage has put his three-story home at 1140 Royal St. up for sale for $3.55 million. According to www.prairieghosts.com: By Deon Roberts, Online Editor Yesterday, CityBusiness was the first to report that actor Nicolas Ca

Rate Blazin' Review: Knowing

Original at movieblaze (WordPress) external link    Sat, Mar 28

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By movieblaze Knowing when the films you keep picking are utter bilge, that’s certainly something Nic Cage needs to learn! For he seems to churn out duff film after duff film lately, you would have thought he had learnt his lesson by now, but no, for this might just be one of the worst. Worse than The Wicker M...

Rate Film Review: Knowing

Original at brocknroll (WordPress) external link    Fri, Mar 27

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By brocknroll Starring: Nicolas Cage, Chandler Canterbury, Rose Byrne Anyway, I saw the new Nicolas Cage movie, “Knowing” today and here is my review. Kev Starring: Nicolas Cage, Chandler Canterbury, Rose Byrne Directed by: Alex Proyas Just got back from

Rate Film review - Knowing (2009)

Original at blog.cinemaautopsy.com external link    Fri, Mar 20

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By Cinema Autopsy In 1959 a troubled young schoolgirl compulsively writes down a series of numbers, which is then buried in a time capsule. 50 years later, the time capsule is dug up and the series of numbers find their way to Astrophysicist Professor John Koestler (Nicolas Cage). John believes that life is r...

Rate Review: Knowing

Original at Cinematical external link    Thu, Mar 19

 CA Then let's assume that Nicolas Cage came on board, and since he was fresh from big, dumb hits like Ghost Rider and the National Treasure films, the producers begin to tailor it for him. It became bigger, with more plane crashes, car chases and ...

Rate Watch Nicolas Cage’s New Knowing Trailer

Original at hecklerspray external link    Tue, Mar 10

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By David Schwartz Want to see Nicolas Cage save the world? No, neither do we. Wow! Still not interested? Nah, neither are we. Why? Well, it’s got Nicolas Cage and his ridiculous hair in it, which instantly annoys us. In fact, it has wondering if the date he decided to take up acting was on that bloody list.

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Original at YouTube external link    Wed, Feb 18

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By rss@youtube.com (FreeMovieKey) http://tubezoom.com Studio: Summit Entertainment Director: Alex Proyas Screenwriter: Alex Proyas, Stuart Hazeldine, Ryne Douglas Pearson, Juliet Snowden, Stiles White, Richard Kelly Starring: Nicolas Cage, Rose Byrne, Chandler Canterbury Genre: Action, Thriller MPAA Rating...

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Original at chasness (WordPress) external link    Tue, Feb 3    2 related articles

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By chasness Stars Nicolas Cage, Julianne Moore, and Jessica Biel. Directed by Lee Tamahori. Based on the Philip K. Dick story, “The Golden Man.” Let’s face it: it was a mess of a movie. My grade: C. Wait, isn’t that a little more than 2 minutes in the future? Stars Nicolas Cage, J

Rate The Rock (1996, Movie) – 8/10 review

Original at misterslimm (WordPress) external link    Fri, Dec 12

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By Mister Slimm Sean Connery: John Patrick Mason Nicolas Cage: Stanley Goodspeed David Morse: Major Tom Baxter John Spencer: F.B.I. Director Womack Writer (Story): David Weisberg Writer (Screenplay): David Weisberg Producer: Don Simpson Producer: Jerry Bruckheimer Director: Michael Bay

Rate Nicolas Cage To Teach Jay Baruchel The Secrets Of Hairline-Restoration Wizardry In 'Sorcerer's Apprentice' [Trade Round-up]

Original at Defamer external link    Thu, Dec 4

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By Seth · Jay Baruchel, NDG's greatest contribution to cinematic dick humor, is indeed in talks to play the title role in a live-action, NYC-set version of The Sorcerer's Apprentice for Disney. It also stars Nicolas Cage as the sorcerer who leaves for a few hours while his underling plays around w...

Rate Nicolas Cage In Yellowface And Other Mr. Miyagi Suggestions For The 'Karate Kid' RemakeVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Defamer external link    Tue, Nov 11

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By Seth 1. Nicolas Cage We can think of no other actor more capable of tapping into both Miyagi's quiet dignity and flying-insect-assassinating ferocity than Cage—to say nothing of his intimate familiarity with Far East mysticism, having served for years as a pachinko pitchman on Japanese TV:

Rate Discuss: With Phoenix Gone, Who Else Should Retire from Acting?

Original at Cinematical external link    Tue, Nov 4

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By Elisabeth Rappe What about Nicolas Cage? Would you rather he go before he makes Bangkok Dangerous 2? Spends the last bit of his Coen Bros cred in endless National Treasure sequels? What about popular whipping boy, Tom Cruise, who's couch-jumping antics have caused him some box-office pain and negative...

Rate Podcast: DVD Verdict 223 - Sounds and Sights of Cinema (Nicolas Cage)

Original at DVD Verdict Presents... external link    Mon, Sep 8

By cdouglas@dvdverdict.com (Clark Douglas) Join Judge Clark Douglas as he ventures into the wild and wacky world of actor Nicolas Cage, with music from Peggy Sue Got Married, Raising Arizona, The Rock, Snake Eyes, National Treasure, Matchstick Men, The Weather Man, The Wicker Man, and Ghost Rider. The night cap for this episode is a...

Rate Bangkok Dangerous Kicks The Poo Out Of Weekend Box Office

Original at hecklerspray external link    Mon, Sep 8

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By Stuart Heritage Bangkok Dangerous‘ weekend box office success makes us think that all Asian movies would do well if they were remade starring Nicolas Cage. Imagine Nicolas Cage eating a live octopus in an Old Boy remake. Or Nicolas Cage kicking over cities in a Godzilla remake. Or a remake of The Ring where Ni...

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Original at funofmovie (WordPress) external link    Thu, Sep 4

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By funofmovie Deaf since childhood (a home movie-style flashback shows how he lost his hearing in a fight), Kong still suffers acute migraines, only partly alleviated by his job as a hitman in Bangkok. Between hits he shyly dates the girl from the drugstore who sells him painkillers - taking her, of course, to see a silent movie. By the time she discovers what he does, he's begun to realise that not all his victims are bad guys. A largely generic script gets a phenomenal treatment. There's an amazing level of visual invention, garnished with creative CGI effects, and entire reels go by without dialogue. The twin brother directors (HK Chinese, but Oxide works in Bangkok) have come up with at least two potential genre classic sequences: a hit on a HK subway trai...   [read the full post]

Rate CD Exclusive: National Treasure: Book of Secrets DVD Review! - Counting Down

Original at Counting Down external link    Mon, May 19

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CD Exclusive: National Treasure: Book of Secrets DVD Review!  CA - An irresistible blend of historical fact and fiction, the high-voltage adventure stars Academy Award winner Nicolas Cage (Best Actor; Leaving Las Vegas, ...

Rate Nicolas Cage Accepts Kathleen Turner's Apology Over Dog-Stealing Claims

Original at iCelebZ.com external link    Mon, Apr 7

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By iCelebZ Nicolas Cage has accepted a public apology from Kathleen Turner over claims she wrote in her autobiography that Cage stole a dog. View Photos [13] View Profile View All News On her "Send Yourself Roses: My Live, Love and Leading Roles" book, Turner, 53, accused her "Peggy Sue Got Married" c...

Rate February 10th, 2008 - Happy Birthday Laura Dern!

Original at Outside The Beltway | OTB external link    Sun, Feb 10

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By Allie Emma Roberts/Actress -17 Laura Elizabeth Dern (born February 10, 1967) is an Academy Award nominated American actress. She’s 41! Dern is best recalled for her roles in Blue Velvet (1986) and Jurassic Park (1993). She also received critical acclaim for her performance in the 1991 film Ram...

Rate Opinion: National Treasure: Book of Secrets - Nicolas Cage interview

Original at IndieLondon external link    Wed, Feb 6

By Rob Q: You have such an eclectic body of work but lately it seems you’re attracted to films that are for all the family, like National Treasure? Is that fair to say? Nicolas Cage: I think that’s positive. I like the idea of being involved in pictures that can entertain the entire family and can sti...

Rate National Treasure: Book of Secrets - Review

Original at IndieLondon external link    Wed, Feb 6

By Rob SOME films defy logic in their ability to entertain. Hence, when Nicolas Cage first announced that he would have to steal the Declaration of Independence in the original National Treasure in 2004 few could have predicted just how much of a guilty pleasure the ensuing caper would become.

Rate Blu-ray Review: Lord of War

Original at Blogcritics external link    Tue, Jan 29

By Matt Paprocki Following a classic credit sequence, if not one of the best you’ll ever see, Lord of War begins delivering on all counts. It’s funny, satirical, dramatic, emotional, and all the while delivering a message to the viewer. Nicolas Cage is ...

Rate For A Third Straight Weekend, America Succumbs To Nicolas Cage's Mysterious CharmsVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Defamer external link    Mon, Jan 7

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By Mark After learning that National Treasure had topped the domestic box office for a third consecutive weekend, we found ourselves wondering how Nicolas Cage has convinced moviegoers to put aside their apprehensions about the film's intellectually challenging material (we know how we se...

Year 2007

 

Rate Review: ‘National Treasure: Book of Secrets’

Original at MovieCrypt.com external link    Wed, Dec 26

By Grim D. Reaper In a story even more far fetched than the last one, Nic Cage and company prove that enjoyable characters can make up for a lot of bad plot. After taking only a teeny share of the last “National Treasure,” Ben Gates (Nicolas Cage) is ...

Rate Audiences dig $45.5 million’s worth of NATIONAL TREASURE!

Original at Obsessed With Film external link    Sun, Dec 23

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By Matt Holmes Whether it’s luck in picking popular projects or a certain star image that attracts audiences but once again a Nicolas Cage movie has topped the Box Office charts, taking home $45.5 million, a 30% improvement on the first NATIONAL TREASURE film and despite some bad reviews, it should see t...

Rate Review: National Treasure: Book of Secrets

Original at Cinematical external link    Fri, Dec 21

By Scott Weinberg For those who missed the first flick, here's the general gist on both: Nicolas Cage is a nerdly-yet-slick treasure hunter / historian, and apparently his job is to discover maps and clues that have somehow remained hidden from hundreds ...

Rate Comic project unveiled by Nicolas Cage and son Weston at expo

Original at Celebrity Baby Blog external link    Mon, Jul 30

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By Missy, CBB Writer Nicolas Cage and his 16-year-old son Weston chose the Comic-Con pop culture expo to unveil their new comic book project Voodoo Child yesterday. Both father and son are lifelong comic enthusiasts, with Nicolas acting as a collector and Weston an...

Rate Nicolas Cage Spent Nearly £5 million On A British Castle

Original at Post Chronicle external link    Mon, Jul 30

The 'Ghost Rider' star intends to move into Midford Castle, which is located near Bath, with his wife Alice Lim and 21-month-old son Kal-El this September after his bid of £4.75 million was officially accepted.... More

Rate Nicolas Cage Has 13 Homes

Original at Starpulse.com external link    Wed, Jun 20

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Movie star Nicolas Cage owns 13 homes around the world, according to a new U.S. report. In Touch Weekly magazine has counted up the Ghost Rider star's mansions, estates and European castles - and discovered he has quite the collection.

Rate Bad reviews, good box office? - Deseret News

Original at Deseret News external link    Sat, Jun 16

Bad reviews, good box office?  UT - Nicolas Cage takes aim in "Ghost Rider." In the background is co-star Eva Mendez. "The critics have to wonder who it is, exactly, that they're writing for. ...

Rate Ghost Rider DVD Review - UGO

Original at Untitled external link    Tue, Jun 12

Ghost Rider DVD Review UGO, NY - Jun 12, 2007 For this fan, the biggest bone of contention with Ghost Rider came in the form of the obviously-too-old Nicolas Cage taking a seat atop the Chopper of the ...

Rate We Need a New Capone: Nicolas Cage Bails on 'Untouchables' Prequel

Original at Cinematical external link    Fri, May 25

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By Scott Weinberg Or perhaps it's just that Nicolas Cage feels like giving us a break from his face for a few months. Nothing against the Oscar-winning actor (indeed, I'm a big fan of the guy), but he's already got National Treasure 2 coming in December, and the last few years have been littered with titles lik...

Rate Nic Cage to Play Al Capone in 'Untouchables' Prequel, Source Says

Original at Cinematical external link    Fri, May 11

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By Erik Davis I don't even know where to begin with this one -- I'm still trying to wrap my head around the fact that Nicolas Cage is going to play legendary gangster Al Capone, let alone the fact that he will do so in a prequel to the very awesome Brian De Palma-directed flick The Untouchables. That's right,...

Rate Nicolas Cage & son Kal-El

Original at Celebrity Baby Scoop external link    Sun, Apr 22

By Lisa Nicolas Cage is at the train station with son Kal-El Coppola Cage, 1 1/2. Mom is Alice Kim, Cage's third and current wife. He has a 16 year old Weston Coppola Cage, from his relationship with girlfriend Christina Fulton. ...

Rate Poster For Cage and Biel's 'Next' Hits the Web

Original at Cinematical external link    Sat, Mar 24

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By Patrick Walsh No matter how much crap Nicolas Cage throws at the screen, I still consider him one of the most inventive and exciting actors working today. His performances in Moonstruck, Leaving Las Vegas, Honeymoon In Vegas, The Rock, Wild at Heart, Bringing Out The Dead, Adaptation, and one of the bes...

Year 2006

 

Rate Podcast: Most Triv: #78 Celebrities Middle Names

Original at Mostly Trivial with your host Johnee Bee external link    Thu, Jun 15

Courtney Cox is married to David Arquette, whose sister is Patricia Arquette, whose ex-husband is Nicolas Cage, who is married to Lisa Marie Presley, whose ex-husband is Michael Jackson, whose brother is Jermaine Jackson, whose ex-wife is Hazel Gordy (daughter of Motown Records foun...

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