Unlocking the Cage

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Each week Meg and Chris review one of Nicolas Cage's films with a special guest. Each film is analyzed and ranked on a series of metrics all in an effort to Unlock the Cage.  RSSVERIFY

  1. 09/07/2021

    Guarding Tess with Liz Jukovsky

    Shirley MacLaine plays a difficult former first lady, and Nic Cage is the frustrated Secret Service agent assigned to attend to her every whim. It’s a cute 90’s comedy that ends with… a 71 year old woman being kidnapped and buried alive? Liz Jukovsky joins us live in studio (a first for us!) and we all make a lot of intense eye contact while recording.

    1h 3m

  2. 08/24/2021

    The Weather Man with Keola Racela

    In this 2005 comedy cringefest, Nic Cage plays a sad sack weather man, who navigates both fast food projectiles and his strained relationships. This movie features Michael Caine playing an American, lots of archery, and far more discussion about camel toe than you’d probably like! Director Keola Racela (who liked this movie far more than we did) joins us this week.

    1h 16m

  3. 08/17/2021

    Pig with Will Gianetta

    It’s John Wick meets Babe meets Mandy meets Chef’s Table. 2021’s low budget drama Pig got a lot of hype (and is currently Cage’s best reviewed movie on Rotten Tomatoes EVER), but does it live up to it? We’ve got improviser Will Gianetta back to help us answer deep questions like, “What is a salted baguette?”, “How is this movie influenced by the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice?” and “Are there REALLY underground kitchen fight clubs?”. Plus, we watch the trailer for Prisoners of the Ghostland.

    1h 29m

  4. 08/10/2021

    Willy's Wonderland with Dan Chapman

    Improvisor Dan Chapman is back to discuss 2021’s Willy’s Wonderland, which pits a totally silent Cage against killer animatronics in a deserted Chuck E. Cheese-esque kids restaurant. Also, there’s way more cleaning montages than you might expect. Plus, one of our hosts gives out their first perfect 10 overall score!

    1h 15m

  5. 07/20/2021

    Snake Eyes with Rachel Jane Andelman

    Rachel Jane Andelman, comedian, writer and producer of @2MBStudios on twitch, joins us this week to talk about 1998’s Sinise/Cage’s Rashoman-style thriller Snake Eyes. It’s got gratuitous one-shots and POV shots as well as a big ol’ TWIST. Is it stupid? Absolutely. Is it fun? We are divided! Plus, we play Snake Eyes (1998) vs. Snake Eyes (2021) trivia.

    1h 29m

  6. 06/22/2021

    Bringing Out the Dead with Rob Lamothe

    Is this a… well written, well made Cage movie? This Scorcese/Schrader movie from 1999 is about an ambulance driver slowly losing his mind. Also, is this movie a Chrismas Carol story? Actor and Comedian Rob LaMothe joins us. Say it with us: “I.B. Bangin’!”

    1h 40m

  7. 06/08/2021

    Kick-Ass with Jeremy Weinreich

    Comedian Jeremy Weinreich has dressed up as Kick-Ass every year for the last 8 years so of course he’s our guest this episode. Is this movie - a rare Cage co-star role - a raunchy, irreverent comic book movie? Or is it the tale of three extremely violent LITERAL CHILDREN who struggle with grief and daddy issues? Also, listen as Meg and Chris die inside when this movie ends up beating one of our absolute favorites in the rankings.

    1h 22m

  8. 05/25/2021

    Season of the Witch with Adi Heller

    We’ve finally got fellow Nic Cage completist Adi Heller on our show! This movie has it all: gross plague makeup (so many boils), British people pretending not to be British, an extremely lose grip on European history, anachronistic buddy comedy, demons, demon wolves, possessed priests. Plus, we test our Nic Cage knowledge on Sporcle.

    1h 37m
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Each week Meg and Chris review one of Nicolas Cage's films with a special guest. Each film is analyzed and ranked on a series of metrics all in an effort to Unlock the Cage.  RSSVERIFY

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  • Creator
    managerscomedy
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2021
  • Episodes
    38
  • Rating
    Explicit
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