All the World's a Cage

For the sequel to our last episode, which came after a lengthy hiatus, we bring you another episode, also after a lengthy hiatus! Nonetheless, the episode is here, Eddie King is here, and we're ready to break down the 2017 slow motion camera showcase, Arsenal!

We're back! After an extremely extended hiatus, we're bringing you the 1993 wannabe-surrealist crime drama (?) Deadfall! We started this project mid-pandemic, who would have guessed that real life would have caught up to us someday? But enough with real life! We're plunging headfirst back into the warm, pillowy embrace of Nic Cage's sizzling oeuvre! (and face!) [/off?]

It's time for the ole' Dutch Backflip, the ole' Doubletime Drumstick, the French Disco, the Spotted Kangaroo! It's time, for a grift! Boy Josh, you were right, these are fun to come up with. This episode, we watched the 2003 Ridley Scott black comedy-crime film, Matchstick Men! Join Us!

Episode 25, y'all, this podcast can finally rent a car! Hopefully the podcast doesn't drive that car into a garage. Also, we recorded this episode a month ago, I swear we didn't know the ocean would be on fire again when we released it. Truly, we all live in hell.

We're back in action, watching this movie that definitely isn't a fnaf rip off, thaaaat's for sure. yep yep yep. No stolen intellectual property to see here, move along now. So grab some snacks, grab a beverage, and grab a stack of clean tee shirts, and let's fill out our onboarding paperwork at Willy's Wonderland together!

This time on All the World's a Cage, we watched Army of One, which finds our hero portraying Gary Faulkner, a man who god told to kill Osama Bin Laden. It's a movie that Sean describes as "Worth an afternoon while you're doin other stuff". High Praise! Also, at the end of the episode, Jeff plugs an appearance on Straightening the Record, a music interview cast hosted by Forest Cochran, where they discuss needle drops in film. Check it out on spotify!

We have something to confess, dear listener. We... we love you. We're... IN love with you. And we made this episode to prove it to you. To win your hearts forever. Please, please just give us a chance. We believe in romance. We believe in love. This week, we watched Captain Corelli's Mandolin, a 2001 war romance film, and now we love you. A lot.

Come with us on a whirlwind tour of excitement and puzzles, because this week, we watched the 2007 action adventure movie National Treasure: Book of Secrets! The keyword to this playfair cipher is disappointment!

Do you feel it? The scent of gingerbread and peppermint, wafting through the air? Can you see the visions of sugarplums, and beautiful gifts, wrapped and placed under the holly jolly tree with the utmost care? No? You... you can't feel any of that stuff? Is it because we took a long break and missed Christmas by several weeks? Well, shit. This episode, we explore the Christmas crime 'comedy' Trapped In Paradise, a movie that was much, much shittier than I expected it to be. You win some you lose some!

We had a big time technical whoopsie daisy, and the audio from the last couple movies we recorded for (Raising Arizona and Jiu-Jitsu) was sadly not salvageable. SO - here is the next episode we recorded, after watching the 2018 post apocalyptic sci-fi thriller (or snoozer) The Humanity Bureau. As for our plan moving forward, it is this: We will be recording an episode for Trapped in Paradise that will be going up close to Christmas to serve as our holiday special. After that, there will probably be a week or two without episodes as we build up some recordings so we can get back into our regular editing schedule. These episodes will not feature Raising Arizona or Jiu-Jitsu sadly, we feel that the episodes will feel weird and forced if we try to re-make a bunch of jokes. We'll watch those movies again at some point in the future as we continue to worm our way through the labyrinth of Nic's filmography. If you have requests - we would love to hear them! Follow us on twitter and instagram at @atwacpodcast and let us know the movies you want us to watch! Thanks as always for listening gang!

By Merlin's beard! Magic abounds in this Bruckheimer-produced action adventure flick, that we, well, actually kind of liked! Avast! Wait, no, that's Pirates of the... heck. By the staff of Zergobious, I apologize for the late arrival of this episode! The hour draws near to 5 am, and I have only just now completed the editing process! I can't... I can't make any good jokes. Thank you for your patience and thanks for listening!

Join us for a fast paced blow-em'-up flick from the master of *explosion sounds* Michael Bay and legendary producer Jerry Bruckheimer. I know we said we were gonna do The Sorcerer's Apprentice, but we thought it only fitting to pay tribute to the late Sean Connery. SO, that'll be the movie for next week!

This week, we jumped down the rabbit hole and peered into the 2018 mystery thriller Looking Glass, starring Nicolas Cage and Robin Tunney as a couple that buys a hotel, y'know, to save their failing marriage. That old chestnut. ANYway, this movie was... well, not great, but the lighting is cool! Also, at the end of the episode we mention that next week will be The Sorcerer's Apprentice, but we ended up recording for The Rock in tribute to the late Sean Connery. So keep your eyes peeled for that next week, THEN The Sorcerer's Apprentice! Thanks for listening friends!

Buckle in for another drive fast movie! In this one, we're stealing 50 cars in a single night! Sounds implausible you say? I'm more upset about the fact that it's not 60 cars to make the title make sense! Actually no, it's the insane premise. I actually am more upset about that.

Velllllcome to our hollow-veen speayshul! Dis Veek ve are vawtching whampire's kiss, vhich is a wery bizarre feeeelm! Gosh that's exhausting. This episode is extra long, and features a fucking killer alternate theme song that Josh made for us, because he loves us, and you, very much. Wait, this is halloween, not valentine's day! No more mushy stuff! Brains! Spooky bones! Blech!

Come with us, back to 1985, so we can go back to 1960, and do it all over again! This week we watched the perennially underrated comedy, Peggy Sue Got Married, a time travel movie that Jeff can watch without rolling his eyes so hard that he sprains his neck. Thanks for the request Katie! Remember, if you'd like to request a movie, you can find us at @atwacpodcast, or by standing somewhere in Des Moines and shouting 'time travel is good storytelling' until Jeff shows up to try to smack you!

cw: alcoholism and abuse Join us this week for the 2013 drama Joe, featuring some incredibly cool poison-squirting axes, a talented cast of outsiders, and a performance out of Nicolas Cage that can only be described as, well, good. This movie is moving, powerful, upsetting, and definitely worthy of a watch before digging into the episode if you can wrangle it. Support your local video store!

cw - miscarriage The director of this film was extremely convinced that he was crafting an empowering, feminist masterpiece. He, shockingly, did not. He's also in the movie! And can't really act! Jury is still out on how nice his hotel is or how good the stink of his parfum is, but they can't really be worse than this movie. Gina Gershon and Faye Dunaway are still treasures, don't get it twisted. Also, I'm going to start putting next week's movie in the show notes in case people are actually watching the movies before listening to the episodes! Up next week is the 2013 film Joe, and I'd actually recommend you check this one out ahead of the episode.

Join us this week as we watch City of Angels, a film where the angels all look like Neo from The Matrix, but don't do anything nearly as exciting! This is a movie where God and angels and the afterlife are all real, but somehow the most important thing is smooching! So c'mon, and fall from grace with us! Also, sorry the episode's late, I was late editing it because I decided to watch the debate. Shouldn't've... Shouldn't've done that. - Jeff

cw: This movie deals with police brutality and race in a very ham-handed way, and it bummed us out. In this episode, we do our best to unpack this movie, while acknowledging that we are three white dudes.

This movie is called Drive Angry, and, well, he does. Hop in, we're about to peel out onto the highway of vengeance.

Welcome back to All the World's a Cage, y"all! This week we're watching a film that's a sequel to a movie Josh and Jeff have never seen before, and it features a portrayal of the uppercase-ass Devil as an entity that sometimes has to rent a Toyota Corolla.

Sorry for the missed week there, friends. Crazy world we're living in. All three of us got bombarded by people throwing fast food at us! Just kidding, it was Covid stuff. But we're good now, and watching Gore Verbinksi's 2005 flick The Weather Man.

In this episode of All the World's a Cage, we sink our teeth into the 2019 action thriller Primal. You, uh, you're gonna want to make sure you go ahead and just rent this one gang.

Like, we're so sure that it's time to go down to the San Fernando Valley, to watch this totally bitchin' 1983 romance flick featuring an 18 year old Nicolas Cage in his first leading role.

Okay, so listen. We went... a little long on this one, but hear me out, there is a LOT going on in this one. We promise we'll rein it in in the future.

WHEN THE MOON HITS YOUR EYE LIKE A BIG PIZZA PIE, THAT'S AMORE

Join us for the inaugural episode of All the World's a Cage, where we dive deep into the swirling mysterious waters of Nicolas Cage. We begin with Face/Off, a John Woo-directed action masterpiece.