Nicolas Cage

Top 5 Best Performances Of 2023
5 Best Performances Of 2023

A slew of amazing performances ran the gamut of human experience and emotion in 2023, and Coby Kiefert has condensed the top five.

DREAM SCENARIO: Fame Is A Nightmare  
DREAM SCENARIO: Fame Is A Nightmare  

An investigation of fame, virality, and public visibility in general, Dream Scenario deftly balances the mundane, the surreal, and blisteringly unpleasant.

RENFIELD: A Vivacious Vampire Divorce
RENFIELD: A Vivacious Vampire Divorce

“Renfield” manages to find fun in its vampire premise and sink its fangs deep enough to appreciate a Nicolas Cage Dracula picture.

THE OLD WAY: Nicolas Cage Does A Cowboy Impression
THE OLD WAY: Nicolas Cage Does A Cowboy Impression

Brett Donowho’s The Old Way really makes an attempt to put the fire back into a slowly declining genre but it misses the mark.

RENFIELD Trailer
RENFIELD Trailer

Dracula’s henchman and inmate at the lunatic asylum.

THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT Trailer
THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT Trailer

A cash-strapped Nicolas Cage agrees to make a paid appearance at a billionaire super fan’s birthday party, but is really an informant for the CIA.

PRISONERS OF THE GHOSTLAND Trailer
PRISONERS OF THE GHOSTLAND Trailer

A notorious criminal must break an evil curse in order to rescue an abducted girl who has mysteriously disappeared.

PIG: A Profound, Pleasant Surprise
PIG: A Profound, Pleasant Surprise

With excellent performances, gentle direction, and an incredibly moving musical score by Alexis Grapsas and Philip Klein, Pig was a big surprise.

PIG Trailer
PIG Trailer

Living alone in the Oregon wilderness, a truffle hunter returns to Portland to find the person who stole his beloved pig.

PRISONERS OF THE GHOSTLAND Trailer
Sundance 2021: PRISONERS OF THE GHOSTLAND And Interview With Bill Moseley

Kristy Strouse reviews the campy action fantasy, Prisoners of the Ghostland, and spoke with star Bill Moseley.

WILLY'S WONDERLAND Trailer
WILLY’S WONDERLAND Trailer

A quiet loner finds himself waging war against possessed animatronic mascots while trapped inside Willy’s Wonderland.

COLOR OUT OF SPACE: An Unsatisfactory Mix Of Lovecraft & B-Movie Horror
COLOR OUT OF SPACE: An Unsatisfactory Mix Of Lovecraft & B-Movie Horror

On paper this movie may sound like a delicious recipe for some good old fashioned fun, but Richard Stanley’s Color Out of Space ultimately ends up stuck in a losing battle.

Monsterfest 2019: COLOR OUT OF SPACE
Monsterfest 2019: COLOR OUT OF SPACE

Color Out of Space heralds Richard Stanley’s return, a man given short shrift and who has a great eye for throwback horror and truly creepy cinema.

PRIMAL Trailer
PRIMAL Trailer

In Primal, Nicolas Cage plays a big game hunter for zoos and private collectors. On his ship back to the U.S., a war criminal escapes from his cell and releases the animals on board.

TIFF 2019: The Oddities: COLOR OUT OF SPACE And THE LONG WALK

This TIFF 2019 report focuses more on the stranger side of TIFF, including the films Color Out of Space and The Long Walk.