Adaptation (2002)
7.7
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Director Spike Jonze delivers a stunningly original comedy that seamlessly blends fictional...
LeftSideCut (3778 KP) rated Pig (2021) in Movies
Nov 30, 2021
The finished project however is an emotional and heartfelt triumph. For starters, the whole movie is shot beautifully with plenty of stunning cinematography on display. It verges into arthouse territory fairly regularly, but works hand in hand with the way the narrative chugs along, quite wonderfully.
The slower pace of proceedings is filled with great dialogue and great turns from the likes of Adam Arkin and the ever-reliable Alex Wolff, but make no mistake, Pig belongs to Cage 100%. His performance here is nothing short of fantastic. His character is layered, and aspects of him are slowly revealed as the story unfolds, and Cage delivers it all pretty flawlessly. No joke, probably his career highlight.
The tone is a rollercoaster, from optimism amongst sadness to flat out despair. The climactic scene in particular is an absolutly beautiful and emotional shit show, that lands perfectly thanks to its stellar cast.
Pig is a movie that I didn't expect to get me as much as it did. It's an incredibly competent, subtle, and well realised debut full-length feature from Michael Sarnoski, that I imagine will be criminally overlooked when awards season rolls around. Give Nicolas Cage an Oscar dammit!
The Complete Guide to Everything
6.5
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A weekly podcast for knowledge about anything and everything. From North Korea to Nicolas Cage, Tim...
Jiu Jitsu (2020)
3.5
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Every six years, an ancient order of jiu-jitsu fighters joins forces to battle a vicious race of...
Reinfield (2023)
9.0
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Reinfield the tortured aide to his narcissistic boss, Dracula is forced to procure his masters prey...
Kevin Phillipson (9955 KP) rated Raising Arizona (1987) in Movies
Jun 12, 2022
Color Out of Space (2019)
7.4
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The Gardner family has traded city life for the country after they inherit a rural family estate...
Jesters_folly (230 KP) rated Willy's Wonderland (2021) in Movies
Apr 15, 2021
So lets start with the obvious, Yes this is a 'Five nights at Freddy's' clone but that's never hidden, the poster, the trailer and even the films name tells you that.
Next, is it good? Hell yes. There are a lot of people out there who will say NO but that's the point. Willy's Wonderland is a modern 80's B movie and it's down there with the likes of 'Killer Klowns from Outer space' and "the Attack of the killer tomato's' or maybe something from Troma.
The animatronic costumes are creepy, their back story has been done before (but that's the point) and a lot of things make little sense, the restaurant seems to big, especially if you take the size of the air vents into consideration.
Then there's the Janitor, played by Nicolas Cage, who doesn't speak, has an alarm set so he knows when to have his next energy drink and who easily kicks the butt of the animatronics. That's it, there is no back story, almost no motivation and almost no reason for him being there. And we don't need it.
Willy's Wonderland is full of slasher and horror tropes. We have teens having sex and getting killed, we have Satanic cults, blood and creepy animatronics and almost nothing new. Except Nicolas Cage makes it his own. His performance is heading up to 'Mandy' levels but not quite as intense.
So, if you want to see a terrifying, serious horror then this isn't for you but, if you want to see Nicolas Cage beat up and animatronic ostrich then rip out it's spine ala Predator then this is the film for you (not really a spoiler, it's mostly in the trailer.)
Ghost Rider (2007)
5.4
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Johnny Blaze (Nicolas Cage) was only a teenaged stunt biker when he sold his soul to the devil...
