The matchup of the bracket: Chris Bauer being a soft-body murder machine and Christian Bale's mom mocking his junk. Obviously this is 1999's 8MM and 2001's Captain Corelli's Mandolin. Special guest, and three time retuning guest, Adam, helps us unpack these two wildly dissimilar movies. Find out: Is one of these movies Snake Eyes? (no). Do we know …

The bella luna is back, baby! This week we're joined by local guest and friend, Ian to chat about cop staches, family love (yuck), Nick's new crypto, and getting a Bobo in your life. Obviously we're discussing 1994's Guarding Tess and 1987's Moonstruck. Come be charmed by Cher as she tries to pronounce "wolf" and enjoy Nic Cage shooting a dude's to…

This is a spoiler episode for those who are able to go see it in theaters! The guys review Cage's newest movie: Arcadian. Nic Cage in full dad mode, two teens being teens, some chompy-boys. What more could you ask for (other than a bit less shaky cam). Come for the soup, stay for the wheel. This is bonus Cage Match.…

Chris Coffel (Film School Rejects, Bloody Disgusting, Rocket League) joins the gang to fight the good fight. Our bone-y boy returns to take on the flowing locks and round-house kicks of Cameron Poe. This is Con Air vs Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance. Find out the best hell vehicle, get your suck tubes ready and turn up the M.C. Gainey. Hon hon hon…

The DUDES ARE BACK! And we have a fire card coming at you for UFC 300! Join us while we take you through every fight on this stacked event and tell you who we think we have winning and why. Want us to shout out your business? Contact us on Facebook or comment on our youtube channel Like and Subscribe on our youtube channel - https://www.youtube.com…

Special guest Brian Kim McCormick joins us mostly to talk about Nick’s new calling in life as the writer of Human Centipede 4. We also dive into the joys of Brian Talyor’s Mom and Dad (2017) and the beautiful grotesque that is Panos Cosmotos’ Mandy (2018). We’ve got Buffalo Bill tuck n’ posin’, we’ve got Producer Peter singing, we’ve got at least f…

Cage Dancer, John, joins us again to talk Scorsese's Bringing Out the Dead and David Gordon Green's Joe. On the one hand: I.B. Bangin, double dipping on beef lo mein, and Griss. On the other hand: cool faces, poison axes and the weirdest blowjob. Sean learns what it's like to remote record but also learns the joys of the Discord sound board. This i…

It's the return of Darryl Edge (Cage Rage, Getting Dafoe You) and somehow we didn't make a single edging joke. We break down the merits of The Weather Man and The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. Meta, meme-centric Cage vs ASMR Cage and a whole mess of fast food. Join the Sad Lads Club to discuss what snakes even look like, how dictionaries use…

UFC 299 is this week, Who wins the rematch Suga or Chito? Does Poirier ruin the ascension and rise of Benoit Saint Denis? Listen to our Predictions do you agree? let us know your thoughts. Want us to shout out your business? Contact us on Facebook or comment on our youtube channel Like and Subscribe on our youtube channel - https://www.youtube.com/…

2 Chains and JNCO jeans…Get ready to bust a ball in your mouth, it’s The Rock vs National Treasure. Double beans: Sean Bean and Michael Biehn but nary a Mr to be seen. Combustable trolleys and the most dangerous anal beads. Learn the secrets of Turtling from special guest and friend of the pod: Seth! This is Cage Match…

UFC 298 is this week, Now that Football is over UFC will start ramping up and the next few cards are going to be amazing. Volk is back defending his Featherweight thrown and Triple C is looking to get his frist win in 4 years. Listen to our Predictions do you agree? let us know your thoughts. Want us to shout out your business? Contact us on Facebo…

Cage Match had a blast with the Cage’s Kiss podcast when they joined us to talk about two truly wacky performances. Vampire’s Kiss walked so Color Out of Space could show alpaca boobs. Are these two of the wildest performances from Cage at two very different junctures in his life? What the fuck is an indescribable color…and where is the g-spot? Is …

The Cage Match gang (minus Producer Peter) get around to talking about 2023's baldest Cage yet in Butcher's Crossing. A beautifully shot screensaver of a movie with a huge gnarly Nic Cage beard! ...Is it buffalo or bison? This is bonus Cage Match.

Welcome to 2024! UFC 297 is this week, The first PPV of 2024 and this is going to be an action packed card with not one but two title fights and a few potential stars all fight with the chance to start the year with a victory. Want us to shout out your business? Contact us on Facebook or comment on our youtube channel Like and Subscribe on our yout…

The Cage Match crew are joined by Seattle musician Alex Guy to talk time travel, stupid voices, and wild hair. Raising Arizona's H.I. McDunnough takes on Crazy Charlie in Peggy Sue Got Married. The battle of cartoon crazy hair and an absolutely unhinged voice. We all have our own internal great white jag or maybe it's just a convenience store not e…

This week we go deeper than a prison wallet and thicker than New Orleans mud. We're joined by the one and only Petros of Caged In: Coppola Connections and Getting Dafoe You to talk about a deep favorite: Red Rock West, and a surprisingly good flick: Stolen. What wins? A pager thriller or a dime store McConaughey? This is Cage Match.…

The last time Nicolas Cage played a struggling screenwriter it netted him Oscar gold, 7 years later he teamed up with one of the greatest writers working today and ended up with his second nomination while playing dual roles. That’s right, Nic plays twins in this film and is absolutely brilliant as both parts. Join us as we breakdown the incredibly…

What happens when you take a classic story from 1843 everyone has already heard a thousand times, pay a warehouse full of animators to painstakingly hand draw the animation in the era of Pixar box office dominance and toss two obnoxious mice doing their best Mr. Bean impression over half of the film? A critical and box office failure that would all…

While the producer is away the guys will play. Join Nick and Sean while they discuss Nic Cage's latest movie from A24: Dream Scenario. Get in their heads and dive into the thrilling world of dream discussion! This is bonus Cage Match

As a boy, Nicolas Cage grew up watching Nosferatu, Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and of course the original Dracula with his dad Augustus so being able to play the dark lord on screen had always been a lifelong dream. In 2023, after 40 years in film, Nic was finally able to sink his teeth into the role he was born to play and absolutely knocked it out of…

Nic Cage is in rare form this week as an goofy but effective wizard and also the world's worst detective with a bee allergy. We're joined by Rich and Josh from the Nic Cage Fight podcast to discuss The Wicker Man and The Sorcerer's Apprentice and Atlantic City. We run the gamut of Cage movies though and get some hard questions answered about angel …

UFC 296 is this week, The final card of 2023 and this is going to be a great one. Two title fights and a few potential stars all fight with the chance to end the year on top with a victory. Want us to shout out your business? Contact us on Facebook or comment on our youtube channel Like and Subscribe on our youtube channel - https://www.youtube.com…

In Hollywood you’d better believe if you make $350 million on a vaguely original idea you’re getting a sequel, so it’s no shock that Disney brought back the team from 2004’s National Treasure in 2007 for another history inspired treasure hunting adventure. Unfortunately, as is often the case with sequels, the follow up basically copy and pasted the…

The Nic Cage Podcast Universe (NCPU?) gets a little closer as we're joined by Ryan and Derreck of the Coming of Cage podcast to talk about 2013's The Frozen Ground and 2021's Pig. Two first time directors getting their shot with the man, myth and legend: Nicholas Cage. What was 50 Cents wig budget? If you podcast with someone without knowing the lo…

Ghost Rider 2 broke Nicolas Cage’s spirit and sent him on a path to reignite the spark he had before breaking into big budget action blockbusters so it makes perfect sense that one of the main people responsible for Spirit of Vengeance would help Nic start his late career renaissance that would eventually lead him back to the mainstream. So join us…

In the early to mid 90’s films starring an antagonizing pain in the ass character who slowly drops their guard only to realize the object of their animosity was actually their best friend all along were all the rage. While Driving Miss Daisy and The Bodyguard managed to gain critical and financial success respectively, Nicolas Cage’s foray into thi…

Comedian Brandon White joins the Cage Match crew to talk about 90's rom com It Could Happen to You and dark horse contender Army of One. How is Nic Cage charming in both of these role? If you ever want to hear a long discussion of Rosie Perez' teeth, you've come to the right place. Embrace your inner Donkey King and join us on this stupid journey (…

Sandwiched between Vampire’s Kiss and Wild at Heart is an Italian film largely forgotten by critics and audiences alike that is the only project Nicolas Cage has ever done outside of the Hollywood system and is nearly impossible to get your hands on these days. So why does this film exist? Was Vampire’s Kiss so detrimental to Cage’s career that he …

In 1997 Nicolas Cage and Simon West teamed up to make the first summer blockbuster action film to feature Nic as the leading man with Con Air, then a full 15 years later they teamed up again to make possibly the last with a critical and box office bomb. But does this film deserve the hate it got from critics and audiences alike? Yes, yeah it totall…

Jimmie Herrod lends his dulcet tones to discuss superhero oral, bad CGI and of course: Penis Swap Technology™. Believe us when we say that this is a very face free match up. John Woo's 1997 face toucher tangles with 2007's original boney boy. It's Face/Off vs Ghost Rider (the first one). Welcome back for season 2, baby! This is Cage Match.…

Laura Dern and Nicolas Cage had amazing chemistry both on and off screen for Wild at Heart, so David Lynch decided to use that lightning in a bottle to set the stage for a little avant-garde concert film he had planned with sadly recently departed Twin Peaks actress/musician Julee Cruise. So, without further ado let’s dive briefly into the delightf…

Ah David Lynch. A man who can make every moment of a film memorable, albeit in most cases bizarre. But what happens when you team him up with an actor who is also capable of making every line and gesture equally as memorable? We’ll find out as dive deep into the weird wonderful wacky world of the legendary 1990 black comedy romantic crime thriller:…

For the love of god, Kick-Ass, stop going down crime alley! We discuss Matthew Vaughn's 2010 black comedy, Kick-Ass with past and future guest, Eric. Is this a good movie or just some edgelord shit? Listen to Producer Peter cringe and die over the phrase "Big Daddy". This is (bonus) Cage Match.

It’s hard to believe that Nicolas Cage has been acting professionally for 40 years, has over 100 credits to his name and he has never once been in a Western, well that was until now. In fact in 2022 Nic shot two of them back to back just to make up for lost time, one was Butcher’s Crossing and the other was a film one critic summed up by calling it…

Welcome to the bonus episode of Cage Match. We're joined by our friend, Shey (@sheydar5000) to discuss one of the wilder Nic Cage accents to date. We review Hoyt Yeatman's (...yeah) 2009 3d action flick about spy guinea pigs and one Cage-y mole. Find out if this one has boom boom pow or is just a Marcy. This is (bonus) Cage Match.…

What happens when you bring one of Nicolas Cage’s most insane characters back from the dead and drop him in the middle of a mediocre crime drama? Well, you get a mediocre movie with a bafflingly strange character who is a shell of what made him interesting in the first place. So join us as we journey through a boring slog that one critic called the…

UFC 294 is this week, A lot of short notice fights did they save the card? Join us while we dive in and give our predictions for the Prelims and Main Card. Who do you have Makachev or Volkanovski? Want us to shout out your business? Contact us on Facebook or comment on our youtube channel Like and Subscribe on our youtube channel - https://www.yout…

The little buff boys review newest Cage movie: The Retirement Plan. A weird release plan with no real promotion screws over a fun little lark of a movie. Shaky cam action to cover for an aging badass. Ron Perlman and Jackie Earle Haley are amazing. This is Cage Match (kinda)

Believe it or not, once upon a time Nicolas Cage was considered “too quirky” to star in an action blockbuster but luckily for us, Nic took this to be a challenge rather than a roadblock and in 1996 he embarked on a nearly 20-year action voyage that only Ghost Rider Spirit of Vengeance had the power to shipwreck. So how in the name of Zues’s butthol…

We did it! We made it all the way through the first round of the bracket. Are we definitely known now as "The Cage Guys"? Yes. Do we have a ton of Nic Cage swag now? Yes. Did we go mildly insane? Yes. Join us for a look back at season 1. This is Cage Match

Hoo boy, mechanical demonic mayhem up against Gary Sinise's weirdly short face. Can a mute janitor upset a coked out Cage in a sweet shirt and jacket? It's Brian de Palma's 1998 classic, Snake Eyes up against Kevin Lewis' 2021 horror comedy, Willy's Wonderland. Keep your ballistics clean and find out if in 32 episodes Sean finally can nail a segue.…

Werner Herzog and Joel Schumacher in a match up for the ages. 2009's Bad Lieutenant colon Port of Call hyphen New Orleans goes toe to toe with 1999 creep show 8mm this week. On the one hand we have Iguana Vision™, but on the other we have Max California with sick, blue, Flock of Seagulls hair. So what wins in the match of snuff vs heroin? Who has t…

Ridley Scott's Matchstick Men vs Hugh Wilson's Guarding Tess. We go deep on safe podcasting, Pangea, how to get kicked out of Communion classes and what the fuck Ridin' Dirty even means. We might not understand how to talk about movies anymore after thirty of these but we sure do try with these two romantic comedies, or are they adult documentaries…

WE ARE BACK! Sometimes life gets busy, but we are back and excited to give you our picks for the upcoming STACKED UFC 292 Card in Boston. Who do you have winning? Who do we have winning? Listen to find out. Want us to shout out your business? Contact us on Facebook or comment on our youtube channel Like and Subscribe on our youtube channel - https:…

The boney boy returns! Dominic Sena's 2000 car masturbation flick, Gone in 60 Seconds takes on Taylor/Neveldine's 2011's Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance's popcorn action. Find out everyone's crime jacket of choice. This is Cage Match. Okay...let's ride

The boys go sans-producer on this one and provide a spoiler-free look at Nic Cage's newest release: Sympathy for the Devil. Cage goes wild with Joel Kinnaman and finally gets to put the Boston accent to good use. Come along for the ride. This is Cage Match

We welcome Darryl Edge of the Cage Rage podcast to discuss some wacky shit. David Lynch's Wild at Heart takes on Alex Proyas' Knowing. We get into some deep chats about the new rules for The Rapture and how to deal with Kevin fuckin' Sorbo. The guys teach Darryl about spider season in the Pacific Northwest and he chides us about our cowardice in th…

Ooh boy...Sorry, Italy. Some of the absolute worst accent work in 2001's Captain Corelli's Mandolin against 2005's Lord of War. Grab your uzi and your Pellegrino. This is Cage Match.

It's a Honeymoonstruck in Vegas episode! Some of the best character names to ever be put to film and Elvis only weddings. 1987's Moonstruck with an Oscar winning performance from Cher goes up against 1992's Honeymoon in Vegas and James Caan's loaded poker match. Find out how to ward off the Devil and why Nick's Diet Coke tastes so bad. This is Cage…

Pop on your Crime Jacket...it's crime time. Simon West's 1997 criminal action romp, Con Air enters a knife fight with Paco Cabezas' 2014 gun safety PSA, Rage (or Tokarev depending on where in the world you were). We tackle the hard hitting questions like: how many mall knives does Cage own? Is Buscemi's serial killer the secret hero of Con Air? How…