Not The Bees

Elizabeth: This is the greatest movie that's ever been made.Megs: Are you high?Elizabeth: Yes. Very.Left Behind (2014)The entire planet is thrown into mayhem when millions of people disappear without a trace -- all that remains are their clothes and belongings. Unmanned vehicles crash and planes fall from the sky, overwhelming emergency forces and causing massive gridlock, riots and chaos. Airline pilot Ray Steele (Nicolas Cage) struggles to save the lives of the passengers who remain on his flight, while his daughter (Cassi Thomson) races to find her brother and mother, both of whom have disappeared. (Synopsis via Rotten Tomatoes)

Woof. Just... woof.Dog Eat Dog (2016)"A crew of ex-cons are hired by a Cleveland mafioso to kidnap the baby of a rival mobster." (Synopsis via IMDB)

Does the ghost take Mastercard?Pay the Ghost (2015)A professor frantically searches for his son who was abducted during a Halloween carnival. (Synopsis via IMDB)

An animated romp through the pre-historic.The Croods (2013)"In the primeval era, Grug and his family risk the dangers of their surroundings to find a new dwelling place. Along the way, they meet a modern boy who woos them with his adventurous ways." (Synopsis via IMDB)

He runs, physically, mentally, for congress, in to the wall...The Runner (2015)"In the aftermath of the 2010 BP oil spill, an idealistic but flawed politician is forced to confront his dysfunctional life after his career is destroyed in a sex scandal." (Synopsis via IMDB)

History lesson time! This film is based on the true story of the worst maritime disaster in American history.USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage"After their ship is torpedoed by a Japanese submarine, the crew members of the USS Indianapolis face a harrowing nightmare as their ship goes down in the shark infested Philippine Sea." (Synopsis via Rotten Tomatoes)

Like, this movie is totally tubular!Valley Girl (1983)Julie, a girl from the valley, meets Randy, a punk from the city. They are from different worlds and find love. Somehow they need to stay together in spite of her trendy, shallow friends. (Synopsis via IMDB)

Wherein Nicolas Cage discovers Manic Panic. Sympathy for the Devil (2023)Forced to drive a passenger at gunpoint, a man finds himself in a high-stakes game of cat and mouse. (Synopsis via IMDB)

Well it certainly stole our time...Stolen (2012)A former thief (Nicolas Cage) has just 12 hours to come up with $10 million after his former partner (Josh Lucas) kidnaps his daughter and locks her in a cab. (Synopsis via Rotten Tomatoes)

Joel Schumaker's final film is a piece of shit.Trespass (2011)As they're held for ransom, a husband and wife's predicament grows more dire amid the discovery of betrayal and deception. (Synopsis via IMDB)

This movie gets an F in feminism .Honeymoon in Vegas (1992)Jack loses $65,000 in poker in Las Vegas, where he's marrying Betsy. The wedding will have to wait as the poker winner wants the weekend with Betsy to cancel the debt. She accepts. Whom will she marry? (Synopsis via IMDB)

*shiver*Longlegs (2024)In pursuit of a serial killer, an FBI agent uncovers a series of occult clues that she must solve to end his terrifying killing spree. (Synopsis via IMDB)

For a movie all about whores, this sure is boring.Sonny (2002)An honorably discharged soldier returns home to New Orleans, hoping to break away from his upbringing as a trained prostitute, but his brothel-madam mother has other expectations. (Synopsis via IMDB)

This movie is just devastating.Leaving Las Vegas (1995)Adapted from the novel by John O'Brien, this acclaimed drama follows alcoholic screenwriter Ben Sanderson (Nicolas Cage) as he drinks himself into oblivion in Las Vegas. When Ben meets the beautiful prostitute Sera (Elisabeth Shue), they strike up an unconventional relationship -- one where she can't ask him to curb his drinking, and he can't fault her for her job. Though they offer each other support, Ben's self-destruction threatens to eclipse their bond. (Synopsis via Rotten Tomatoes)

Hey, is that Eddie? Deadfall (1993) A New Yorker (Michael Biehn) heads to California to find the look-alike brother (James Coburn) of his con-man father. (Synopsis via Rotten Tomatoes)

A harrowing, dark portrayal of a man on corporate burn out. "Haunted by the patients he failed to save, a monumentally burned-out Manhattan ambulance paramedic fights to maintain his sanity over three increasingly turbulent nights." (Synopsis via IMDB)

"That mescaline, wow, does strange stuff. " Vampire's Kiss - 1988 After an encounter with a neck-biter, a publishing executive thinks that he's turning into a vampire. (Synopsis via IMDB)

There was a Green Lantern movie... but we don't talk about that. Teen Titans GO! To The Movies (2018) A villain's maniacal plan for world domination sidetracks five teenage superheroes who dream of Hollywood stardom. (Synopsis via IMDB)

This is a new low. 211 (2018) Officer Mike Chandler and a young civilian passenger find themselves unprepared and outgunned when fate puts them squarely in-the-crosshairs of a daring bank heist that is being carried out by a fearless team of highly trained and heavily armed men. (Synopsis via Rotten Tomatoes)

Merry Christmas! Here's what your life would be if you weren't such an asshole. The Family Man (2000) Jack's lavish, fast-paced lifestyle changes one Christmas night when he stumbles into a grocery store holdup and disarms the gunman. The next morning he wakes up in bed lying next to Kate (Tea Leoni), his college sweetheart he left in order to pursue his career, and to the horrifying discovery that his former life no longer exists. As he stumbles through this alternate suburban universe, Jack finds himself at a crossroad where he must choose between his high-power career and the woman he loves. (Synopsis via Rotten Tomatoes)

You're a wizard, Harry! The Sorcerer's Apprentice - 2010 A protege of the magician Merlin must train his teacher's successor - an introverted but resourceful physics prodigy - in the art of sorcery to prevent the return of Morgana le Fay. (Synopsis from IMDB)

Idris Elba is soooo dreamy. Ghost Rider - Spirit of Vengeance (2012) Now hiding out in Eastern Europe, Johnny Blaze (Nicolas Cage) is still struggling with the curse of the Ghost Rider -- the devil's bounty hunter. Johnny meets a priest named Moreau (Idris Elba), who asks Johnny to find a boy named Danny (Fergus Riordan) and bring him back. But there's a catch -- Satan (Ciarán Hinds) is looking for the boy too, and has a personal stake in the matter. But if Johnny can find Danny first and save the boy's soul, there's a chance Johnny can save his own soul as well. (Synopsis from Rotten Tomatoes)

Jake and the Dollar Store Predator Jiu Jitsu (2020) Every six years, an ancient order of jiu-jitsu fighters joins forces to battle a vicious race of alien invaders. But when a celebrated war hero goes down in defeat, the fate of the planet and mankind hangs in the balance. (Synopsis via Rotten Tomatoes)

"That movie was a crime." Arsenal - 2017 "A Southern businessman attempts to rescue his kidnapped mobster brother." (Synopsis via IMDB)

This should have been a horror movie. Amos & Andrew - 1993 When erudite black playwright Andrew Sterling (Samuel L. Jackson) moves to a predominantly white suburb, the buffoonish local police surround his home, assuming he's a burglar. To avoid a scandal, unscrupulous Chief Tolliver (Dabney Coleman) conscripts low-rent criminal Amos Odell (Nicolas Cage) to break in and take Sterling hostage. But Amos and Andrew soon realize Tolliver has no plans to let either survive, so they must put their differences aside and work together to get out alive. (Synopsis from Rotten Tomatoes)

"Especially the bat nipples." 8MM - 1999 Private detective Tom Welles (Nicolas Cage) lives a normal life with his wife (Catherine Keener) and young daughter, until he receives a startling new case. A widow named Mrs. Christian (Myra Carter) has found what appears to be a snuff film among her late husband's belongings, and she wants Welles to determine if the movie is real or fake. Welles heads to California, where a video store employee (Joaquin Phoenix) helps him infiltrate the dangerous and depraved world of illegal porn movies.

Wherein we spend 5 minutes talking about Doctor Who. Gone in 60 Seconds - 2000 Randall "Memphis" Raines long ago abandoned his life of crime, but after an ominous visit from an old friend, he finds he has no choice but to return to what he does best -- stealing cars -- in order to save his brother's life. It all comes down to one night, 50 cars and a contract. (Synopsis from Rotten Tomatoes)

I wish someone would split their lottery winnings with me! It Could Happen to You - 1994 Charlie Lang (Nicolas Cage) is a simple, kindhearted New York City cop. When he realizes he has no money to tip waitress Yvonne Biasi (Bridget Fonda), Lang offers her half the winnings of his lottery ticket. Amazingly, the ticket happens to be a winner, in the sum of $4 million. True to his word, Lang proceeds to share the prize money with Biasi, which infuriates his greedy wife, Muriel (Rosie Perez). Not content with the arrangement, Muriel begins scheming to take all the money. (Synopsis from Rotten Tomatoes)

It's our first sequel! National Treasure 2 - Book of Secrets When a long-missing page from the diary of assassin John Wilkes Booth suddenly resurfaces, it implicates the great-great grandfather of treasure hunter Ben Gates (Nicolas Cage) as a conspirator in Lincoln's death. Ben's globetrotting quest to prove his ancestor's innocence leads him to a closely guarded book containing the nation's deepest secrets. (Synopsis from Rotten Tomatoes)

We're sorry about this one, you guys. It's our shortest episode, by far, because it is difficult to talk about an avant-guard, experimental art piece. The performer of Twin Peaks theme Julee Cruise's experimental concert film, which opens with a short intro where a man breaks up with his girl over the phone, which devastates her. The concert is set in her nightmarish subconscious mind.

We're super sloppy on this episode, but Johnny Blaze isn't! When motorcycle rider Johnny Blaze sells his soul to the Devil to save his father's life, he is transformed into the Ghost Rider, the Devil's own bounty hunter, and is sent to hunt down sinners. (Synopsis from IMDB)

We would like to nominate Nic Cage's hair for an Oscar. When Ashley (Ashley Greene) and her young daughter Sarah (Thalia Campbell) get caught up in a criminal enterprise that puts their lives at risk, she turns to the only person who can help -- her estranged father Matt (Nicolas Cage), currently living the life of a retired beach bum in the Cayman Islands. (Synopsis via Rotten Tomatoes)

We spied on you while watching this. Snowden (2016) Disillusioned with the intelligence community, top contractor Edward Snowden (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) leaves his job at the National Security Agency. He now knows that a virtual mountain of data is being assembled to track all forms of digital communication -- not just from foreign governments and terrorist groups, but from ordinary Americans. When Snowden decides to leak this classified information, he becomes a traitor to some, a hero to others and a fugitive from the law. (Synopsis from Rotten Tomatoes)

Ew. Gross. Just... ew. An artist (Nicolas Cage) drifts to New Orleans and explores the theme of lust with his poet buddy's (Judge Reinhold) wife (Erika Anderson). (Synopsis courtesy of Rotten Tomatoes)

What in the Hell did we just watch? "A notorious criminal must break an evil curse in order to rescue an abducted girl who has mysteriously disappeared." (Synopsis from IMDB)

Put. The bunny. Back. In. The. Box. "Newly-paroled ex-con and former U.S. Ranger Cameron Poe finds himself trapped in a prisoner-transport plane when the passengers seize control." (Synopsis from IMDB)

In the not to distant future, Nic Cage drives an El Camino and must save America. "In the near future, global warming turns parts of the American Midwest into a desert. In its attempt to take hold of the economic recession, a government agency called The Humanity Bureau exiles members of society deemed unproductive and banishes them to a colony known as New Eden. An ambitious and impartial caseworker Noah Kross investigates a case appealed by a single mother and her son. Knowing the unjust fate of the innocent boy, Kross sets off to save the lives of the mother and child." (Synopsis from Rotten Tomatoes)

Did you know Werner Herzog directed a Nicolas Cage detective film?!?!? "Terence McDonagh is a drug- and gambling-addled detective in post-Katrina New Orleans investigating the killing of five Senegalese immigrants." (synopsis courtesy of IMDB)

It's Top Gun but with Helicopters! "Army lovers (Nicolas Cage, Sean Young) and their task-force leader (Tommy Lee Jones) join the drug war in Apache assault helicopters." (Synopsis from Rotten Tomatoes)

Nicolas Cage with an Italian accent. "An epic tale about the enduring hope of love and the devastating brutality of war, set amid the Italian occupation of Greece during World War II. " (Synopsis from Rotten Tomatoes)

"This is why I must trust my shamanic instincts as a thespian." Join us for the most Nic Cage experience of all time! "Nicolas Cage stars as... Nick Cage in the action-comedy The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. Creatively unfulfilled and facing financial ruin, the fictionalized version of Cage must accept a $1 million offer to attend the birthday of a dangerous superfan (Pedro Pascal). Things take a wildly unexpected turn when Cage is recruited by a CIA operative (Tiffany Haddish) and forced to live up to his own legend, channeling his most iconic and beloved on-screen characters in order to save himself and his loved ones. With a career built for this very moment, the seminal award-winning actor must take on the role of a lifetime: Nick Cage." (Synopsis from Rotten Tomatoes)

What does a peach taste like to you? Listen as we go through City of Angels. "An angel on Earth, a doctor unable to believe, a patient with a secret, a love story made in Heaven." (Synopsis from IMDB)

Based on a Philip K Dick story, join us as we discuss Next. "A Las Vegas magician who can see into the future is pursued by FBI agents seeking to use his abilities to prevent a nuclear terrorist attack." (Synopsis from IMDB)

Snap out of it! Join us for a discussion of the utterly charming "Moonstruck." "Loretta Castorini, a bookkeeper from Brooklyn, New York, finds herself in a difficult situation when she falls for the brother of the man she has agreed to marry." (Synopsis from IMDB)

Join us for the not-so-thrilling thriller "Dying of the Light." "Forced into retirement and terminally ill, a CIA agent gets word that his longtime nemesis has resurfaced, so he sets out on a personal mission to kill him." (Synopsis from Rotten Tomatoes)

This week we watched the WWII film Windtalkers, starring Nic Cage and Adam Beach. "Marine Joe Enders (Nicolas Cage) is assigned to protect Ben Yahzee (Adam Beach) -- a Navajo code talker, the Marines' new secret weapon. Enders' orders are to protect his code talker, but if Yahzee should fall into enemy hands, he's to protect the code at all costs. Against the backdrop of the horrific Battle of Saipan, when capture is imminent, Enders is forced to make a decision: if he can't protect his fellow Marine, can he bring himself to kill him to protect the code?" (Synopsis from Rotten Tomatoes)

This week Megs and Elizabeth watch the 1996 masterpiece "The Rock," starring Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage, and an entire raft of "Hey, it's that guy!" "FBI chemical warfare expert Stanley Goodspeed (Nicolas Cage) is sent on an urgent mission with a former British spy, John Patrick Mason (Sean Connery), to stop Gen. Francis X. Hummel (Ed Harris) from launching chemical weapons on Alcatraz Island into San Francisco. Gen. Hummel demands $100 million in war reparations to be paid to the families of slain servicemen who died on covert operations. After their SEAL team is wiped out, Stanley and John deal with the soldiers on their own." (Synopsis from Rotten Tomatoes)

This week we watched Guarding Tess. Tune in to hear how much Elizabeth loved it! "Doug Chesnic (Nicolas Cage), an agent with the Secret Service Uniformed Division, is assigned to protect former first lady Tess Carlisle (Shirley MacLaine). Chesnic finds the job demeaning and a challenge because of Tess' high-maintenance personality and petty demands. He's desperate to get another assignment, but she insists that he remain head of her security detail, using her influence with the current president to get her way. When she's kidnapped, however, Chesnic's feelings change."

This week Megan and Elizabeth watched National Treasure. "Historian and code-breaker Ben Gates (Nicolas Cage) has been searching his whole life for a rumored treasure dating back to the creation of the United States. Joining an expedition led by fellow treasure hunter Ian Howe (Sean Bean), Gates finds an ice-locked Colonial ship in the Arctic Circle that contains a clue linking the treasure to the Declaration of Independence. But when Howe betrays him, Gates has to race to get to the document ahead of his so-called colleague." (Synopsis from IMDB)

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