One of our favorite 90s neo-noirs, John Dahl’s RED ROCK WEST starring Nicolas Cage, Dennis Hopper and Lara Flynn Boyle will be released by Vinegar Syndrome in a new 4K Blu-Ray Edition on January 30th. Synopsis: Michael (Nicolas Cage, Wild at Heart), a discharged marine turned drifter, ends up in […]
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On the surface, Mandy seems to pack in everything great horror is made of. It’s got vengeance, it’s got violence, and it’s got a generous dose of surreal otherworldliness thrown in for good measure. Best of all, it’s got the one and only Nicholas Cage (The Wicker Man, Mom and […]
Shout Select continues its run of superb home video releases with a new Collector’s Edition edition of David Lynch’s 1990 dark tale of romance WILD AT HEART on May 22nd. BUY FROM AMAZON Synopsis: Virtuoso filmmaker David Lynch (Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet, The Straight Story) brings his singular vision to […]
Writer-Director Paul Schrader has been involved with a number of classic films we love including Taxi Driver, Rolling Thunder, Blue Collar, Hardcore and Raging Bull among others. The last one we covered by him The Canyons didn’t receive such a positive reaction from our own Sebastian (he hated it). Regardless, […]
CON AIR. For me, it’s one of the greatest action films ever made. Nicolas Cage stars as Cameron Poe, a U.S. Army Ranger that is thrown in prison because he defended himself in a fight and accidentally killed one of the guys that was attacking him. Poe is clearly an […]
Brian DePalma’s trademark visual extravagance is matched with an equally flashy lead performance by Nicolas Cage in the 1998 conspiracy thriller Snake Eyes. Cage plays Rick Santoro, an Atlantic City police detective who lives life big and bold without any hinderances since “he IS the King”. The opening of the […]
“I tried to stand up and fly straight, but it wasn’t easy with that sumbitch Reagan in the White House. I dunno. They say he’s a decent man, so maybe his advisors are confused.” – H.I. McDonough In this 1987 screwball comedy from The Coen Brothers, an ex-con named H.I. […]
Q: What do you get when you put John Travolta and Nicolas Cage in a John Woo film? A: Some really great cinema! I first got into John Woo’s films in my teens with the releases of Hard Target (1993) and Broken Arrow (1996). I then checked out his earlier Hong […]