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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…
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Matchstick Men (2003)
What’s this all about? In 2003, Ridley Scott, the director of Alien, brought us Matchstick Men, the story of what would happen if TV detective Adrian Monk was a con man. It’s…
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Adaptation (2002)
What’s this all about? Adaptation, directed by Spike Jonze, is a narrative roller coaster. On one level, it’s about a Florida weirdo who goes to great lengths to find, and steal rare…
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Sonny (2002)
What’s this all about? Set in New Orleans in 1981, Sonny tells the story of the world’s greatest male prostitute. He’s super good at being a prostitute because his mom taught him…
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Windtalkers (2002)
What’s this all about? in 1998, Steven Spielberg released Saving Private Ryan, a star-studded World War II epic that masterfully portrayed the insane scale of the second world war while still connecting…
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Christmas Carol: The Movie (2001)
What’s this all about? You know that Dickens story that’s been adapted hundreds, if not thousands of times by everyone from George C. Scott to The Muppets to Bill Murray to Beavis…
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Captain Corelli’s Mandolin (2001)
What’s this all about? Captain Corelli’s Mandolin is a period drama/romance about the German, and subsequent Italian occupation of Greece during World War II. It details the lives and relationships between the…
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The Family Man (2000)
What’s this all about? Given a taste of what could have been had he made different decisions, a wealthy, high-powered financial wizard in New York City wakes up on Christmas morning to…
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Gone in 60 Seconds (2000)
What’s this all about? In the year 2000, music video director Dominic Sena brought us Gone in 60 Seconds, a remake of a 1970’s film that no one asked for. It tells…