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Raising Arizona **** (1987, Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter, Trey Wilson) – Classic Movie Review 1767

Hooray for the Coen Brothers’ second movie, providing a dazzling follow-up to their stunning film noir debut with Blood Simple in 1984. Nicolas Cage and Holly Hunter star as a petty crook H.I. McDonnough (‘Hi’) […]

Oct, 13

Con Air *** (1997, Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, John Malkovich, Steve Buscemi) – Classic Movie Review 1707

  Buckle up for director Simon West’s crazy, violent, always way over-the-top 1997 action thriller ride. A guaranteed crowd-pleaser, there was never a moment’s doubt of its status and success as a blockbuster hit, grossing over $100million in […]

Sep, 23

Joe *** (2013, Nicolas Cage, Tye Sheridan) – Movie Review

Nicolas Cage profitably goes back to his indie roots as an ex-con called Joe, oddly enough, who provides the unlikeliest of role models when he meets and hires a keen, eager-beaver 15-year-old boy named Gary (Tye […]

Jul, 28

Birdy ***** (1984, Nicolas Cage, Matthew Modine, John Harkins, Sandy Baron, Karen Young, Bruno Kirby, Nancy Fish) – Classic Movie Review 1487

Director Alan Parker’s marvellous 1984 film Birdy stars Nicolas Cage as Al Columbato, who tries whatever he can to help his best friend Birdy (Matthew Modine), now a speechless schizophrenic suffering from post-war trauma and […]

Jul, 28

Windtalkers *** (Nicolas Cage, Christian Slater, Adam Beach) – Classic Film Review 1218

US sergeants Nicolas Cage and Christian Slater are assigned to protect Navajo marines (Adam Beach, Roger Willie) using their native speech as an undecypherable radio code while fighting the Japanese in Saipan in 1943. Cage […]

May, 15

Matchstick Men (2003, Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell) – Classic Film Review 1033

Director Ridley Scott’s intriguing 2003 movie stars Nicolas Cage as neurotic phobic conman Roy and Sam Rockwell as Frank, his quirky, ambitious protégé cum sidekick. They are about to pull off a swindle on Bruce McGill when […]

Apr, 01

Gone in Sixty Seconds ***½ (2000, Nicolas Cage, Angelina Jolie, Giovanni Ribisi) – Classic Movie Review 939

Director Dominic Sena’s 2000 action thriller remakes a low-budget cult 1974 movie with a big budget, some flash and zest, and Nicolas Cage starring as legendary master car thief Randall ‘Memphis’ Raines. In Scott Rosenberg’s […]

Mar, 19

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