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Knowing (2009)
What’s this all about? In 2009, following the box office bomb that was Bangkok Dangerous, Nicolas Cage ventured into somewhat calmer territory with Knowing, the story of a widowed MIT professor raising…
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Bangkok Dangerous (2008)
What’s this all about? In Bangkok Dangerous, we get to see a high-priced, international assassin take on his “last big job” following the three rules that have kept him alive for his…
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National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)
What’s this all about? Treasure hunting know-it-all Benjamin Franklin Gates is back to wreck the country, this time to prove that his great, great grandfather wasn’t a conspirator in the Abraham Lincoln…
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Next (2007)
What’s this all about? In Next, we see an adventure featuring a small-time Vegas magician who actually has the magical ability to see about two minutes into the future. He uses this…
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Grindhouse (2007)
What’s this all about? Grindhouse is a weird “double-feature” film, which packs two films, one (Planet Terror) directed by Robert Rodriguez, and another (Death Proof) directed by Quentin Tarantino. It’s a star-studded…
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Ghost Rider (2007)
What’s this all about? Nicolas Cage, one of Hollywood’s biggest names, and most famous comic-book nerds, gets his chance to headline a movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, in Ghost Rider, the…
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The Wicker Man (2006)
What’s this all about? A small town cop suffering from some PTSD travels to a remote island to solve the disappearance of an ex-girlfriend’s daughter. On the island, he discovers a reclusive…
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World Trade Center (2006)
What’s this all about? World Trade Center, released in 2006 by noted crackpot and sometimes filmmaker Oliver Stone, tells a story of two NYC Port Authority cops who get trapped in the…
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The Ant Bully (2006)
What’s this all about? A big part of doing a Nicolas Cage Movie Marathon is watching films that you’d never otherwise watch. A big part of being mid-2000’s Nicolas Cage is accepting…
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The Weather Man (2005)
What’s this all about? What would happen if a divorced Chicago television weather man’s dad got cancer, and the weather man’s kids had kind of bad judgement? Mostly nothing. Your English teacher…
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Lord of War (2005)
What’s this all about? Lord of War tells the “true story” of a Ukrainian-American dealer in illegal and quasi-legal arms to foreign governments and forces, as he tries to juggle his adventurous…
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National Treasure (2004)
What’s this all about? National Treasure tells the disjointed and nonsensical tale of a historian/adventurer who is trying to uncover a vast treasure that has accumulated since ancient times, which a group…