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This is quite the build-up! As long as it’s not another crappy cartoon!

Sounds good. TV is good, too! I’ve actually spent more time gathering stuff on Hulu, etc. (for myself, my parents and others) to watch in the future than actually watching it.

There’s actually a very handy app called Reelgood that lets you know if the film you want is streaming anywhere.

Here’s the Nic Cage List with streaming services added. A LOT aren’t streaming for free/with subscription at all, but I’ve marked which ones are. Nic Cage list in no apparent order Raising Arizona—HBO (I would also rent this one) Valley Girl Birdy Moonstruck—Prime Video and Epix Wild at Heart Red Rock West Face/Off (HDTGM episode) The Rock Adaptation—free on Sony Crackle Vampire’s Kiss (HDTGM episode) Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (Kanopy, Sony Crackle, Tubi, VUDU, IMDB TV) Lord of War— Hulu and Amazon Prime The Wicker Man (HDTGM episode) Mandy—Shudder and Hoopla (library streaming service) Mom and Dad—Hulu The Color Out of Space Bringing out the Dead—Kanopy (library service)

Kinda just making this up as I go. The easiest way to go about it—I think—is find which movies are easily available for streaming and pick one. If you want to watch one on your own and talk about it, that’s fine, too. Currently—due to the intense virus restrictions and not much to do—I have Hulu, free trials of Cinemax and Showtime, Netflix and the free library services Kanopy and Hoopla. Don’t know if any of the films are on those but I can check. Also I’m not looking for total control (as if). If anyone has suggestions for other movies or shows that you want to talk about, that’s awesome. We can plan that out. For example, I’ve just started watching Black Monday on Showtime and am enjoying it so far, but am only on the second episode of the first season. But back to Nic Cage—I’ll see what I can find and post it.

I totally forgot about it. Thanks!

I’m down for building a list, just need another day to think of some solid options (and of course I’m down for Nicolas Cage). The more corona is ramping up, the more a list like this seems like a necessity (for entertainment purposes). Seattle Schools are now out until the end of April and a lot of coffee shops (and I’m presuming restaurants) are operating on a strictly to-go basis. if anyone has Hulu, I just watched The Art of Self Defense with Jesse Eisenberg, Imogen Poots and Alessandro Nicola (who Played Nic Cage’s brother in Face/Off). It’s a very quirky, fairly violent black comedy about toxic masculinity in a karate dojo. It’s Fight Club for 2019, but with odder rhythms. The cast is excellent and Eisenberg is very funny as a character who seems perpetually awkward and out of place (possibly even more so than usual). Not to everyone’s taste, but recommended as a film that was overlooked this last summer.

Agree 100% with the health sentiments here. the last season of The Good place was great. Wrapped it up really well, I thought. i also really enjoyed the last season of Legion. I know the show doesn’t appeal to everybody—and I wasn’t really a fan of season 2—but it does a fairly good job of wrapping up and is a unique show. Plus you get to see Jason and Jemaine Clement have a rap battle!

Wow, many Washington schools are being shut until late April.

OH AND HOLY SHIT... THIS!!!’ Samuel L. Jackson pre- Pulp Fiction, Nic Cage. It played at the movie theater I worked at in high school and I remember it being offensively bad then. Would be curious to see it now. It might be on YouTube.

Oh, BTW, Gone in 60 Seconds FUCKING SUCKS. Tried to watch that one a couple years ago and he’s just sleepwalking through it. Great cast, shoulda been fun, but boring as can be.

Excellent idea. I guess it depends on what kind of Nicolas Cage movies you want (and there are a surprising variety). The only one of his that I’ve seen that I wouldn’t watch again (and I respect it, but it’s a colossal bummer) is Leaving Las Vegas. Unless you enjoy being horribly depressed, AVOID AT ALL COSTS. But still, a very well-made film and both he and Elizabeth Shue are great in it. otherwise, I’ll make a stab at starting the list. He’s done so many that this is in no way comprehensive. Here goes: I’ll start with the most mainstream/critically appreciated films. The first film that got me into Nic Cage—and the Coen Brothers—and is where I got my profile pic from is...Raising Arizona. I saw that film in the theater and it blew my twelve-year-old mind. The rest of the list: Valley Girl, Moonstruck, Red Rock West (fucking great, but not streaming, as far as I know), Adaptation, Joe, Birdy, Face/Off (I know some people hate this one, but I love it and it was a critical/commercial hit). Mainstream films that aren’t great but are fun: The Rock, Con Air. Some people like those National Treasure movies but I haven’t seen them. I liked Honeymoon in Vegas but I haven’t seen that in a LONG time. WTF Nicolas Cage movies, which are more divisive: Vampire’s KISS, Wild at Heart, Bad Lieutenant:Port of Call New Orleans (or whatever the awkward title is. Great movie, terrible title), Mandy, Mom and Dad, and last but not least, The Color out of Space (which is an H.P. Lovecraft adaptation that just came out. It is fucking bonkers and a lot of fun). Whew! Those are the ones that I can remember and have seen. I’ll be interested to see what people add to it and what their opinions are.

Apologies if I’m appearing to be a callous dick who doesn’t care about real life suffering. It’s horrible that people are dying from this. Just trying to find a bright side to being shut out of work and having city rules get increasingly restrictive. i hope everyone is doing OK.

I remember when I was a kid, my dad always complained that the cartoons I watched would rot my brain. Most probably weren’t this crappy, but some probably were.

That’s part—and only part—of the reason I said it was a good film to clean my apartment to. the rowing in the lifeboats also cracked me up.

Haha! I’ve just watched Purple Rain and have never seen Graffiti Bridge, so I can’t make a comparison.

This movie was mind-blowing to me in that it somehow avoided massive lawsuits from Disney and Warner Brothers. As mentioned by someone previously , it is a hodgepodge of a half-dozen Disney films with the worst, most racist elements of Looney Tunes thrown in for good measure. Then they take this shitty concoction (complete with sub-Hanna-Barbera-level animation) and smear it all over a real-life tragedy! Maybe the rapping dog was a nod to Scooby or Scrappy-Doo? Who knows? That this is made for kids is offensive on so many levels that it needs a tomato meter score that goes below 0%. Having said that, I think more horrific tragedies should get this artistic treatment.

This movie motivated me to clean my apartment while it was playing in the background! Thanks, movie! I usually procrastinate on stuff like that, but for 70 minutes, you changed my ways!

Holy fucking shitballs!!!!

I haven’t seen M.A.S.H. In years. I did see it several times in the eighties on TV. I grew up in a home that didn’t have cable until around 86 (and never had HBO until I started paying for it in high school). I think it was one of the “uncut” films that would play on one of the local independent stations (basically, it was the only alternative to the big three networks and PBS). I watched this film, The French Connection, Animal House and other films that were allowed to air in versions that would be highly edited if they were put on the regular networks. It was a film that made me interested in Altman simply because It was very similar in feeling to Animal house, Caddyshack, and SNL, all of which I was a huge fan of. As Paul and Amy pointed out, the guys in M.A.S.H. swore and did naughty shit just like those movies. What can I say, I was twelve and the Roger Ebert book I owned said it was a classic (it also said the same about Animal House). I have never had the urge to revisit it. It seemed like it would be dated because of the same reasons Paul and Amy discussed. At least it got me to watch other Altman movies. Also it was more fun to watch than Platoon (which I also watched on video in the 80s. I watched A LOT of inappropriate stuff in the 80s. I watched Fatal Attraction. I watched Blue Velvet. Among other things). Sidenote: I had the exact same “not Diff’rent Strokes” reaction to the show that Paul described. I still have not watched the show. Also, I’m a 50/50 split on Prarie Home Companion. The show was constantly on during my childhood. Guy Noire, Private Eye was kinda funny. Garrison’s singing—and the musical acts he had on—was water torture. The movie itself was blah (which actually makes it an accurate representation of the show).

You’re forgetting that Paul will cry at random stuff, too.

I forgot to ask...how is this different from an ACTUAL Celine Dion song???

Seattle is home to Scarecrow Video, which is a non-profit and is the largest video store in the United States. I don’t have any pictures—and unfortunately don’t go there as often as I should because it is a bit of a trek—but the place is overwhelmingly huge. My first time there I probably spent over an hour simply looking at the different categories. They have a computer solely for the purpose of helping you find your video because there are so many categories, sub-categories, etc. They have DVDs and videotapes that have gone out of print. Quentin Tarantino walked across the entire city to visit there. Thelma Schoonmaker (Martin Scorsese’s longtime editor) has been there. The place deservedly has a rep. if anyone visits Seattle and loves film culture, it’s definitely worth checking out. Scarecrow also has a film guide (some that the staff wrote reviews of, others that they just describe) that they published around 2005, I think. It’s a fun read and probably available on Amazon.

Looks like Meow the Jewels, the Run the Jewels remix album with cat samples.

So who gets thrown in a dumpster in this one???