[School of Movies 2022]
This is the start of our Rage Cage Season, celebrating the span of twelve months between Summer 1996 and Summer 1997 when Nicholas Cage was somehow the hottest action star of the age. He's quite appealingly low-key in this one, relative to the next two; Con Air and FACE/OFF.
This is Michael Bay's best film. That's not hyperbole, it really is, in terms of how well-executed each set-piece is, how the momentum holds you without wearing you down, memorable performances, sympathetic characters and how the drama and human interaction functions surprisingly well.
I also consider it Sean Connery's swansong. Not his last film, but his last great film, as well as a backdoor Old Man Bond farewell. In fact, while you're listening to this episode you'll hear how the text of this film actively supports this being quite literally the same guy we saw in Dr. No, From Russia With Love, Goldfinger, Thunderball, You Only Live Twice, all the way up to Diamonds are Forever.
Guests:
Brenden Agnew @BLCAgnew of Cinapse
From Sequentially Yours Kaoru Negisa @Moonpanther22
and Debbie Morse @bastet8300
Guest Lecturers Matt Reeves & Rupert Wyatt on Directing the Apes
Guest Lecturer: George Lucas on Star Wars
Guest Lecturer Ben Burtt: The Sound of Star Wars
One Piece [Netflix Season 1]
Justice League Unlimited
Justice League: The Animated Series
Guest Lecturer: Guillermo del Toro
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Season 2)
The Mask of Zorro
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Season 1)
Rise of Skywalker Revisited
X-Men: Evolution
X-Men '92
Star Trek: Discovery
Strange Days
Prey (2022)
Undertale
Gravity Falls (Show 6: Episodes 37-40)
Gravity Falls (Show 4: Episodes 21-36)
Wakanda Forever
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