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Adaptation **** (2002, Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper, Brian Cox) – Classic Movie Review 824

Director Spike Jonze’s 2002 comedy drama film Adaptation is a quietly dazzling cult favourite from the maker of Being John Malkovich and Her. There were four Oscar nominations, but there was only one win: Chris […]

Feb, 13

Kick-Ass **** (2010, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Nicolas Cage, Chloë Grace Moretz, Mark Strong) – Classic Movie Review 787

Aaron Johnson (Nowhere Boy) stars in director Matthew Vaughn’s 2010 action comedy as ordinary New York teen Dave Lizewski, who takes his comic-book obsession to the max and becomes a superhero – Kick-Ass – gets […]

Feb, 01

Bringing Out the Dead **** (1999, Nicolas Cage, Patricia Arquette, John Goodman) – Classic Movie Review 701

Director Martin Scorsese returns in 1999 memorably and stylishly to the smoky New York mean streets he explored so famously in Taxi Driver, with a screenplay by that film’s writer Paul Schrader, based on the […]

Jan, 15

Face/Off *** (1997, John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, Joan Allen) – Classic Movie Review 598

The incredibly popular but silly, empty and shockingly violent action thriller Face/Off from 1997 continued Hong Kong director John Woo’s mediocre American career. Though, with Woo’s slick, robust handling plus John Travolta and Nicolas Cage’s […]

Dec, 30

Red Rock West **** (1992, Nicolas Cage, Lara Flynn Boyle, Dennis Hopper, J T Walsh) – Classic Movie Review 336

Director John Dahl’s 1992 brilliantly quirky and twisty retro-film noir movie is a killer thriller to watch again and again. Lovingly crafted, it’s as menacing and scary as it is steamy. A pre-superstardom Nicolas Cage […]

Oct, 28

Rumble Fish ***** (1983, Matt Dillon, Mickey Rourke, Dennis Hopper) – Classic Movie Review 268

The 19-year-old Matt Dillon stars in 1983 in his third film version of an S E Hinton story of disaffected teenage rebels without a cause, following Tex (1982) and The Outsiders (1983). Francis Ford Coppola […]

Oct, 05

The Croods **** (2013, voices of Nicolas Cage, Ryan Reynolds, Emma Stone, Cloris Leachman) – Movie Review

Highly recommended to all but the most cynical among us (you know who I mean), The Croods is a lovely, quirky delight with a sweet heart and loads of laughs. Thin on story, the good-natured, […]

Mar, 19

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