I’ll give Nicolas Cage this – he’s possibly the hardest working actor in Hollywood. Hell at the time of this post he has 8 movies he’s working on, yet to be released. Unfortunately, he’s all about quantity and not quality. It seems he’ll act in just about any movie he’s offered and that makes for a questionable track record. I’d say his movie choices are about 50% bad and about 50% good, with a 10% margin of error. \ud83d\ude09 Keep in mind that the following list are the movies I’VE SEEN. (80’s movies get let off easy for nostalgia’s sake.)<\/p>\n
Good Movies :<\/strong><\/p>\n Fast Times at Ridgemont High Crappy Movies:<\/strong><\/p>\n Firebirds (This movie began Cage’s ill-advised action hero career.) Borderline:<\/strong><\/p>\n Snake Eyes I’ll give Nicolas Cage this – he’s possibly the hardest working actor in Hollywood. Hell at the time of this post he has 8 movies he’s working on, yet to be released. 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To be fair I actually haven't seen the movie, but there's a reason for that. Based on the trailer, the movie looks awful.","rel":"","context":"In "TV\/Movies"","block_context":{"text":"TV\/Movies","link":"https:\/\/www.pressleypress.com\/blog\/?cat=8"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":44,"url":"https:\/\/www.pressleypress.com\/blog\/?p=44","url_meta":{"origin":159,"position":1},"title":"Bored…hmm…ooh! How about my favorite movies?","author":"Matt","date":"September 17, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"I was bored and wanted to post something. So, I figured, why not post a list of my top 5 favorite movies? Now keep in mind that I am a movie junkie. There is a metric buttload of movies that I like. 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\nValley Girl
\nPeggy Sue Got Married
\nRaising Arizona
\nMoonstruck (Last movie with his narly teeth)
\nHoneymoon in Vegas (Flying Elvises)
\nGuarding Tess
\nThe Rock (Come on, Sean Connery’s in it.)
\n8MM
\nGone in 60 Seconds (Arguably one of the best Neo-Cage movies)
\nMatchstick Men
\nNational Treasure 1 and 2 (They are what they are.)
\nLord or War (Surprisingly good film)
\nThe Weatherman
\nGrindhouse<\/p>\n
\nWild at Heart (Ok, I just hate David Lynch)
\nAmos and Andrew
\nIt Could Happen to You (Rosy Perez is REALLY annoying.)
\nLeaving Las Vegas (Depressing-as-hell movie, sorry – hated it.)
\nCon Air (“Put the bunnay down”)
\nFace Off (Living in Bizarro-world couldn’t suspend my disbelief enough for this movie.)
\nCity of Angels (Pointlesssss!)
\nWindTalkers (Poor attempt at a serious WWII movie)
\nAdaptation (Whiney)
\nThe Wicker Man (2 hours of my life I’ll never get back)
\nGhost Rider (Is there a plot here? How about consistency? Maybe even a threatening villian? No? Damn.)<\/p>\n
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