Trapped in the Cage with Nicolas Cage
72 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsAre you dazzled and mystified by the works of America's Acting Treasure, Nicolas Cage? Your two brotherly hosts, Josh and Alex, certainly are. So much so that they made a podcast all about the man. Every episode features a brief guest interview* with Nicolas Cage himself. Yes, the real Nicolas Cage, for sure!
Join the brothers and a variety of special guest stars from poets to professional ding dongs every week as we desperately try and get un-Trapped in the Cage with Nicolas Cage. That sentence is terrible. Stop writing all this, Alex!
*: Nicolas Cage is, of course, ephemeral and capricious like a trickster god, and we cannot guarantee he will appear as promised on every single episode. It's all jokes, guys. Live a little.
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Episodes
Episode 72: Looking Glass/Between Worlds
December 03, 2019 17:00 - 40 minutes - 27.8 MBOh goody, we're back into the weeds of awful Nicolas Cage movies with little to no redeeming value, and Nic's back to sleepwalking through paycheck pictures.
Episode 71: Oops All Bit Parts!
October 29, 2019 16:00 - 1 hour - 56.9 MBExcept for The Croods but that's our bad because we skipped on that one.
Episode 70: The Humanity Bureau/Mom and Dad
October 15, 2019 16:00 - 1 hour - 45.2 MBWe're professionals so we went back to give Mom and Dad the full half-episode treatment it deserves because it's only slightly more terrible than The Humanity Bureau.
Episode 67: Vengeance: A Love Story/Army of One
July 30, 2019 16:00 - 1 hour - 44.7 MBThis episode shows us a rare juxtaposition of the dullest and worst Nicolas Cage has to offer with the wildest and worst Nicolas Cage is capable of.
Episode 66: U.S.S. Indianapolis: Men of Courage
July 09, 2019 16:00 - 56 minutes - 38.1 MBHey, it's our Fourth of July-week episode! Enjoy this rousing American tale of triumph over adversity through the filter of some of the worst filmmaking decisions we have ever experienced. Also, Nicolas Cage only bothers acting for one of his many scenes in this terrible picture.
Episode 65: The Trust/Dog Eat Dog
June 25, 2019 16:00 - 1 hour - 43.3 MBOne of these films is from an acclaimed writer and director, and the other is The Trust. Only one of them is even close to watchable. Find out which one is which on this week's episode!
Episode 64: Pay the Ghost/The Runner
June 11, 2019 16:00 - 58 minutes - 39.8 MBA too-brief reminder that Nicolas Cage is capable of depth and subtlety. Just make sure you've submitted your ghost payments for the month.
Episode 63: Left Behind/Dying of the Light
May 21, 2019 16:00 - 53 minutes - 37.2 MBIs this truly the End of Days, the time of blood and fire when the world is naught but suffering and pain until the Last Trump sounds, and the worthy are called to Paradise? Naw, dog, this is just two more terrible Nicolas Cage pictures.
Episode 62: Rage/Outcast
April 30, 2019 16:00 - 56 minutes - 38.4 MBWe are in a dark, infinite jungle of bad movies, and there is no escape.
Episode 61: Joe
April 19, 2019 00:34 - 58 minutes - 40.3 MBHey look, it's the only good movie we get to watch for like twenty goddamn episodes.
Episode 60: The Frozen Ground
March 26, 2019 16:00 - 55 minutes - 38 MBHow did we take a movie that's barely worth thinking about and discuss it for an hour? Josh has O*P*I*N*I*O*N*S on John Cusack.
Episode 58: Drive Angry/Stolen
March 12, 2019 21:14 - 1 hour - 43.8 MBOnly one of these movies is halfway decent, but it's not the one you think it is.
Episode 58: Trespass/Seeking Justice
February 19, 2019 22:01 - 1 hour - 42.1 MB2 movies so amazing we have to compress them into one episode! These definitely aren't two dumpster fire movies at all!
Episode 57: Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
January 08, 2019 17:00 - 45 minutes - 30.8 MBIt's another, somehow lesser Ghost Rider film made for tax purposes and so Sony can hold onto the Ghost Rider IP for a few more scant years. Nicolas Cage, sadly, does not help proceedings.
Episode 56: Season of the Witch
December 04, 2018 17:00 - 48 minutes - 33.4 MBIt's time for the movie that killed a career.
Episode 55: The Sorcerer's Apprentice
November 20, 2018 17:00 - 1 hour - 42 MBThis movie is a tiny pinprick of light in the all-consuming night of terrors that is Nicolas Cage's mid-to-late 2000s career. I'm so thankful for it that it just happened to be late and become our Thanksgiving show.
Episode 54: Kick-Ass
October 16, 2018 16:00 - 1 hour - 49.9 MBAs he is the star that guides our faith and our holy path through this torrid universe, Nicolas Cage is the sole bright spot in this cynical turd of a superhero movie.
Episode 53: Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans
October 02, 2018 16:00 - 1 hour - 41.5 MBThis movie is great, Nicolas Cage is great, but the title is undeniably piss. Piss that Nic Cage's character most certainly unleashed onto an unsuspecting prostitute.
Episode 52: G-Force
September 18, 2018 16:00 - 53 minutes - 35.4 MBGerbils, guinea pigs, and star moles, oh my! We're talking about a movie where Nicolas Cage has no right to be doing this good a performance, especially as compared to literally everyone else snoozing through this movie.
Episode 51: Knowing
September 04, 2018 16:00 - 55 minutes - 37 MBThe only thing worth knowing about Knowing is that Nicolas Cage and Alex Proyas should be ashamed of themselves for what they've done.
Episode 50: The Death of "Superman Lives:" What Happened?
August 21, 2018 16:00 - 45 minutes - 30.4 MBTime to get some knowledge in ya, because today we're discussing a genuine documentary film with real people and what all in it. Not one of Nic Cage's make-em-ups this week!
Episode 49: Bangkok Dangerous
August 07, 2018 16:00 - 53 minutes - 35.8 MBThe most dangerous part of Bangkok Dangerous is the immutable fact that, upon finishing the film, you are one hour and forty-five minutes closer to your death.
Episode 48: Ghost Rider
July 24, 2018 16:00 - 1 hour - 43.7 MBSPOILER ALERT! We spoil the pants off of The Incredibles 2 in the first few minutes of this one, so skip to about the 4 minute mark if you are so worried over having a kids film's absurdly telegraphed twist spoiled for you. In more related news, how did we somehow talk about the fucking Ghost Rider movie for over an hour what is WRONG with us?
Episode 47: National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets
July 12, 2018 17:44 - 54 minutes - 36.5 MBWell hi there little fella! We took ourselves a bit of a summer break, and now your favorite brother-fronted Nicolas Cage-centric audio experience is back with talk of Nicolas Cage's first sequel, National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets, known in many circles as "technically a movie" and "the Empire Strikes Back" moment in the career of Justin Bartha. Wait, does anyone say the last bit? Probably.
Episode 46: Next (OOPS! All Brothers Edition)
May 15, 2018 21:52 - 55 minutes - 37.7 MBThe NEXT thing I want to see is a good Nicolas Cage movie. Unfortunately, his output in the mid to late 2000s is not going to allow for this simple dream.
Episode 45: The Wicker Man LIVE! (With Jesse Hill and Phil Shepard)
May 01, 2018 16:00 - 1 hour - 60.5 MBWho'd have thought that what could easily be considered Nicolas Cage's WORST movie would be our 45th episode, the same number as our country's worst president! Seriously, fuck Trump and this movie.
Episode 44: World Trade Center (OOPS! All Brothers Edition)
April 17, 2018 16:00 - 49 minutes - 33.3 MBWho'd have thought that a Nicolas Cage/Oliver Stone joint about September 11th 2001 would be the least extreme movie either person has ever made?
Episode 43: The Ant Bully (OOPS! All Brothers Edition)
March 28, 2018 21:56 - 34 minutes - 23.3 MBI think it's safe to say that some of the things that we say about The Ant Bully should qualify as bullying. We'll own that one. It stick sucks nards as a movie.
Episode 42: Lord of War (OOPS! All Brothers Edition)
March 13, 2018 16:00 - 50 minutes - 34.3 MBI was going to make a Dougie Adams ref in this description, since 42 and all and so nice and very good, but thinking about Lord of War again fills me with such boredom that you get nothing but this episode, where I really need to start thinking seriously about the cathartic glee me brother and I get when we watch terrible fates befall Jared Leto.
Episode 41: The Weather Man (OOPS! All Brothers Edition)
March 06, 2018 17:00 - 48 minutes - 33.5 MBThe Weather Man dropped like a lead balloon when it hit theaters in 2005, so we'll drop on IT like a...respect balloon in 2018.
BONUS EPISODE! Mom and Dad (Just the Impressions!)
February 13, 2018 17:00 - 19 minutes - 14.2 MBHere's a bonus episode for you guys! We of course want to maintain the integrity of this hallowed podcast by experiencing each Nicolas Cage movie in order, to better track his development as God's Blessed Acting Boy, but Mom and Dad, released simultaneously in theaters and streaming services January 19th, seemed to be something to experience post haste. Is it worth the break in tradition? Oh heavens, no, but we're gonna talk about it for a bit. Enjoy!
Episode 40: National Treasure (OOPS! All Brothers Edition)
February 06, 2018 17:00 - 1 hour - 44.4 MBNormally, I'd make a joke here about how Nicolas Cage is the real national treasure in the movie National Treasure, and in fact, I'm positive Josh makes that joke in the intro to the episode, but real talk, he's deadly dull in this one, and we had to suffer through a tired, unenthused Nic Cage for two hours.
Episode 39: Matchstick Men (W/ Taylor Beck)
January 23, 2018 17:00 - 1 hour - 46.4 MBThis is a solid movie and a good episode, but the most important moment in this show happens in the first couple of minutes when Alex strikes gold for naming the next podcast. Don't you steal it, you bastards.
Episode 38: Adaptation. (OOPS! All Brothers Edition)
January 09, 2018 17:00 - 53 minutes - 37.1 MBFinally, our first show recorded in 2018! We get off to a rough, weird start, and I apologize for none of it. Just be happy I cut the bit about monkey semen. Anyway, here's Adaptation, the first legit great movie we have watched for this podcast in what feels like ten thousand years.
Episode 37: Sonny (OOPS! All Brothers Edition)
January 08, 2018 22:01 - 46 minutes - 31.5 MBThanks to holidays being holidays, this episode was recorded just before Christmas, and Alex was a dumbass and forgot to upload it. Thankfully, we were talking about Sonny, a movie nobody in their right minds should be watching. Nic Cage dun goofed on this one hardcore.
Episode 36: Windtalkers (OOPS! All Brothers Edition)
December 05, 2017 17:00 - 57 minutes - 38.9 MBMan, who'd have thought that John Woo could make a war movie this BORING?
Episode 35: Captain Corelli's Mandolin (OOPS! All Brothers Edition)
November 21, 2017 17:00 - 50 minutes - 34.2 MBThis picture is even more of a slog than The Family Man because there's no one as odious as Brett Ratner involved in Captain Corelli's Mandolin, aside from it being a Weinstein-era Miramax production. It's just a dull, dull movie where no one making it looks like they're having fun, even when they're supposed to be having fun on sun-dappled Greek coasts.
Episode 34: The Family Man (OOPS! All Brothers Edition)
November 07, 2017 17:00 - 51 minutes - 34.4 MBWelcome to our Christmas special...in November. The Family Man is so dull that the best we could do is try and pivot into a holiday special halfway through, but indeed we cared about as little for the magic of Christmas as the makers of this film did. Fuck Brett Ratner.
Episode 33: Gone in 60 Seconds (W/ Fran Lyn and Phil Shepard)
October 31, 2017 22:54 - 1 hour - 48.4 MBIt's a GHOULISH Trapped in the Cage Halloween spectacular this week! We team up with podcast buddies Fran Lyn and Phil Shepard of the Franimorphs podcast to talk all about one of Fran's favorite movies, Gone in 60 Seconds. Perhaps the true horror in this episode is that Alex...kinda liked the movie? MUAHAHAHAHAHA SPOOKY SCARY
Episode 32: Bringing Out the Dead (W/ Joel Katz)
October 25, 2017 21:07 - 1 hour - 73.1 MBOur sainted father Joel Katz joins us today, so you KNOW we got a plus-sized episode so we can fit all that Katz Men Sass. That sounds gross. Sorry, y'all. Send your complaints directly to Josh, wherever the hell he is in this exact moment. Probably on the can? That's a pretty solid assumption. We tear the lid off of Martin Scorcese's best movie no one saw, Bringing Out the Dead. Nic Cage bids adieu to the millennium in this picture, a millennium he has almost certainly seen the entirety of.
Episode 31: 8MM (W/ Hannah Dodge, Alex Burke, and James Kenney)
October 11, 2017 16:00 - 58 minutes - 41.4 MBAw dag, Alex couldn't make it to this one! He was too busy having mind-altering procedures forcibly done on him. Weekends, am I right? Also, Nicolas Cage joins us to try hawking a bed stuffed with pubes.
Episode 31: 8MM (W/ Hannah Dodge, Alex Burke, and James Kenney)
October 11, 2017 16:00Aw dag, Alex couldn't make it to this one! He was too busy having mind-altering procedures forcibly done on him. Weekends, am I right? Also, Nicolas Cage joins us to try hawking a bed stuffed with pubes.
Episode 30: Snake Eyes (OOPS! All Brothers Edition)
October 03, 2017 23:08 - 59 minutes - 40.5 MBSnake Eyes is a movie so stuffed with movie that it made the dang podcast late! You suck, Brian DePalma! Not as a filmmaker, though, just as an entity that delayed the podcast. Also, if you're listening, Mr. DePalma, where's that sexy Blow Out sequel we've all been waiting for?
Episode 29: City of Angels (W/ August Butler)
September 20, 2017 00:36 - 52 minutes - 35.2 MBOh, Nicolas. Did someone tell you you were playing an angel, and you thought you would be playing TV's Angel? From a television series that wasn't out yet? His brain is on a nonlinear timeline after all. That's he only explanation we have for why Nicolas Cage would play an angel without demanding resplendent angel wings. Instead, he's just got a trenchcoat and the occasional creep smile.
Episode 28: Face/Off (OOPS! All Brothers Edition)
September 13, 2017 21:54 - 1 hour - 43.6 MBThis movie is amazing, and the microphone picked up a totally awesome fart during the recording. See if you can guess when the fart happens and which brother dealt it!
Episode 27: Con Air (LIVE! W/ Sarah Ahmed and Jesse Hill)
September 05, 2017 17:19 - 1 hour - 43.6 MBIt's our second live show! Josh couldn't join us for this one, as he's off in the Pacific Northwest being a better cousin than Alex, but we've got Sarah Ahmed and Jesse Hill live at the Coalition Theater chatting all about Con Air, the finest airplane-themed action comedy since Airplane! if that movie had an explosion for every hilarious good.
Episode 26: The Rock (LIVE! With Phil Shepard and Josh Thorud)
August 29, 2017 15:22 - 1 hour - 57 MBOh boy oh jeez oh man, it's our first live show! You won't hear the audience THAT well, and for that I apologize, as we only have the one mic that we had to huddle around like poor wastrel orphans trying desperately to stay alive in the harsh winter. Fuck, that's dark! We watched The Rock, the classic Michael Bay action picture featuring old NC, Sean Connery, and Ed Harris! This was such an amazing experience, and we can't wait for our next live show! At the time of uploading this, our next ...
Episode 25: Leaving Las Vegas (OOPS! All Brothers Edition)
August 22, 2017 16:00 - 55 minutes - 37.6 MBWhat's that, the telephone is ringing? Better pick that up. Hello? OSCAR? Is that Mr. Oscar of the Hollywood Oscars? Oh, you don't want to talk to me. You want to talk to Nicolas Cage. Oh. I see. No, no, I'm not upset or anything! No, I'm fine. Really. I'm FINE. Let me just get Nicolas for you. HEY NICOLAS CAGE! YOU JUST WON AN OSCAR! WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO NOW?
Episode 24: Kiss of Death (W/ Sarah Ahmed)
August 15, 2017 16:00 - 1 hour - 30 MBOk, loves, this is Nicolas Cage's last picture before he wins his Academy Award, and he's on the cusp of Action Movie Messiah. Unfortunately, it's not the best movie. Kiss of Death was supposed to be a vehicle to launch the movie career of one David Caruso. Unfortunately, as you've probably noticed, David Caruso isn't really a movie star. Or really doing anything, now that CSI Miami is through. What we're left with is Nicolas Cage as a B.A.D. boy gangster. Hey, what's B.A.D. stand for? You'l...
Episode 23: Trapped in Paradise (OOPS! All Brothers Edition)
August 08, 2017 16:00 - 54 minutes - 24.8 MBYou know that feeling when you've got something that's almost good? How maddening it is when you know in your heart of hearts that you've come really, really close to doing a good job, only to realize you wanged it up just enough to look incompetent, but not enough to look like you need to find a new line of work? This is a complicated metaphor. Trapped in Paradise is a kind of failure that just barely misses being an actual decent movie. Our Cage manages to get a little more wound up than i...