Cage Match: A Roundabout Way of Meeting Nicolas Cage
64 Nicolas Cage movies go head to head to ultimately answer the question, "What is the best Nic Cage movie of all time?" Face/Off vs Jiu Jitsu, Gone in 60 Seconds vs Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, Raising Arizona vs Trapped in Paradise, Pig vs Left Behind, Willy’s Wonderland vs Snake Eyes. Two Cages enter, one Cage leaves. This is Cage Match.
Episodes
Four Nic Cage's are pulled deep into the unseemly belly of the NCU. Cameron Poe, Peter Loew (Darryl Edge), Robin Feld and H.I. McDunnough (Alec Manley Wilson) find themselves in a place both familiar and horrifying. Sweet tap dancing Bobby Peru, you're in for a treat. It's bizarro table top RPG time with Producer Peter as the GM. This is Cage Match...the podcast...the game. Part I
Game System: Havoc Brigade by Grant Howitt
This episode sponsored by women-owned Buzzballs. Pop on your bandaner and good lord, someone, please give that little girl some more bread and jam. Welcome to bonus Cage Match where we discuss the highs and lows of Nic Cage's newest movie, Gunslingers. Why does Stephen Dorff's hat look like that? Who made custom cross, gradient tinted glasses in the old west, why is Stallone's daughter so bad? This is bonus Cage Match.
Producer Peter finally had to watch movies at 1x speed this week for the Cage Match Finale. Pig vs Raising Arizona. Sarnoski vs Coens. Nick vs Sean. We rented a local theater and watched a double header with a full house of guests. As it turns out, movies are fun in a theater. We are not done but this is a perfect time to thank everyone for listening and supporting us over the years. This was Cage Match.
Intro music by: Bill Panks
It's the Final Fore...skin. And may we never say that phrase again. Nick and Sean thin the movies to our final two leading up to our big finale in theater double header. Con Air vs Raising Arizona, Pig vs Vampire's Kiss. We talk about favorite cults, an excellent foolproof get rich quick scheme, and if vampire's show up on digital cameras..but can we keep it cordial? Listen and find out. This is Cage Match!
Intro music by: Bill Pank...
Welcome to the almost interesting bonus episode about Joel Schumacher's last film, Trespass. We've got Cage in a suit, we've got dark-haired and moustached Ben Mendelsohn, we've got Nicole Kidman for some reason...Join us in the Bonebooth and learn all about nail guns and lewd sounding movie titles. This is Cage Match.
Intro music by: Bill Panks
Come get juiced up with the gang as we conclude the Master Eight section of our bracket. David Lynch (RIP) craziness vs absolutely bat-shit "vampire" antics make for a really fun end to the section. Don your snakeskin jacket and pop in your cheap teeth...this is Cage Match.
Intro music by: Bill Panks
The last remaining one seed from the bracket goes up against a dark horse (for us at least) three seed in a challenging matchup for the quarter final of the Serious section. Everyone's favorite unwashed chef, Robin vs ex-con and lovable drunk, Joe! Come find out whatever the hell we end up talking about around these two great films. We are getting dangerously close to the Final Foreskin. This is Cage Match.
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Well those ol' Cage Match boys are back up to their antics. Do we even get around to talking about 1987's Coen classic Raising Arizona and Cher masterpiece Moonstruck? Who knows... But we definitely talk about Goosebumps, Ghostriders, Splash, and dog balls of course. The Master Eight continues in fine fashion. This is Cage Match.
Intro music by: Bill Panks
We've made it. It's time to Master Eight with ya' Cage Match crew. Join as we learn how repetitive we are over the past three years. Our final eight movies kick off with Con Air and Red Rock West. Two ripped-ass Cage's being badasses. Who wins? Dave Chappelle's fake corpse or Dennis Hopper's turkey sandwich? Now entering / leaving Cage Match.
Well the time has come to review some of the more mid Cage movies. We pulled the ticket for 2015's Pay the Ghost. Does this movie outshine it's poor reputation? Get ready for some exposition dumps. This is bonus Cage Match.
Intro music by: Bill Panks
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Let’s unlock the chain of kills here, if we can…Join Sean and a Real Good Nick to learn all about the real bad lady and El Spider. Come hang out in the es-chool zone and figure out the correct rice cooker to buy. This is bonus Cage Match.
Intro music by: Bill Panks
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Lauren Freman and Christopher Fields engage in the fun (?) this week in discussing 1988's Vampire's Kiss and 2018's Mandy. Join us while we get a little drunk and a little horny to learn the pleasures of Cheddar Goblin and Eggo sippin' cream. If you're a horse and you're listening: fuck you. This is Cage Match.
Intro music by: Bill Panks
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Prepare yourselves for some deep love of depressing movies. This week we have guests Carlos and Hornback to talk 1995's Leaving Las Vegas and 2013's Joe. We get into Sting's crappy music, Mike Figgis sax and discrete bong usage. Find out our first beers and which of us would fuck a Merle. This is Cage Match.
Intro music by: Bill Panks
Cage Match cult favorite Red Rock West goes up against the tried and true National Treasure (the first one). We're joined again by Chris Coffel and our friend Ross for the debate. What wins between a tough-ass dude who can't catch a break and a free association thinker who is kind of a dick? Join us for the best Bean flick in town and find out if any of us can properly say Red Rock West. This is Cage Match.
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Hoo, boy, here we go. It's an internal monologue movie showdown between 1987's Raising Arizona and 2005's The Weather Man! Coens vs Verbinski! Cage Dancer John vs actor, Alec Wilson. Get your day started by boofing some pralines and loose Advil. Let's get into the placental logistics of quints, the pros and cons of the two penis problem and find out if Sean can remember what movies we actually watched! This is Cage Match.
B-B-B-Bonus episode! Let's get into the thick of it while we discuss 2011's Season of the Witch. Join us to find out who our Hellboy (...boys?) are, the best hobo nest literature, and if Adam Sandler fucked Serpico. This is Cage Match.
Pull up the cuck chair, it’s about to get conspiracy theory-y in this podcast. We’re debating David Lynch’s 1990 freedom hit, Wild at Heart and 2006’s Rollin’ Neil LaBute’s “black comedy” remake of The Wicker Man. Get ready for some hog talk because we’ve brought back Darryl Edge of Cage/Rage and new guest, and dangerous sexy person, Tank. The friends, of course, are the spiders we made along the way. This is Cage Match.
The hosts of the upcoming Brother Sibling Movie podcast: Meredith and Evan join the gang to talk two very tonally different movies. 1999's snuff-fest: 8MM goes up against show favorite Pig (2021). Do Max California and Dino Velvet have enough juice to upset Robin Feld and hottie-patottie Amir? Learn the sweet new Cage Match sex move: the Salted Baguette™. Hopefully Bruce Springsteen isn't feeling litigious...This is Cage Match.
Inside of all of us are two woofs: one is a Sasso, one is a Scheer. Which are you? This week on Podcast Court we have folk hero Gary Faulkner up against Ronnie Cammareri who really just wants a well done steak and a big knife. We are joined by long time guest, Eric and our friend Lauren Freman. Join us for consensual mind-freaking and the best chicken wings in the got-dang world. This is Cage Match.
Intro music by: Bill Panks
The biggest head to head match-up to date seems an appropriate time to introduce: Podcast Court. The Slicksteen starts while returning guests, Gary and Rox, defend the honor of Face/Off and Shey teaches us a thing or two about Con Air. Let's get thick in the zeitgeist of '97. Who makes the better case? Which movie has the correct amount of face touching? Won't someone please put that bunny back in the damn box? This is Cage Match.
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