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Engadget
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Engadget
Watch Nicolas Cage kick black-and-white butt in this trailer for Spider-Noir
We finally have some actual footage of the upcoming Spider-Noir series, thanks to a teaser trailer . This is a real boon for fans of the original Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse , as the show brings back Nicolas Cage as Spider-Man: Noir. It's also live action, so we get to see a real-life Nic Cage kicking butt as a down-on-his-luck private detective that's bitten by a magical spider. You can likely guess what happens to him after that. Amazon says that the character will be "forced to grapple with his past life as the city's one and only superhero." To view this content, you'll need to update your privacy settings. Please click here and view the "Content and social-media partners" setting to do so. This is a short trailer, but it's positively soaked in retro vibes. After all, the show's called Spider-Noir . The teaser is in black-and-white, but it's worth noting that the actual series will be available in both black-and-white and color. It's all up to personal preference, but I'm digging the black-and-white. Spider-Noir will first air on MGM+ before heading to Prime Video the next day. We don't have a release date yet. In addition to Cage, the show stars Lamorne Morris, Brendan Gleeson, Li Jun Li and Karen Rodriguez, among others. Harry Bradbeer, who helmed most episodes of Fleabag , is directing the first two installments. Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, the pair behind the Spiderverse franchise, are on-hand as executive producers. The show's based on the comic book Spider-Man: Noir , which was first released back in 2009.
San Francisco Chronicle
28-04-2025
- Entertainment
- San Francisco Chronicle
Review: ‘The Surfer' is Nicolas Cage at his most unhinged
Nicolas Cage's character in 'The Surfer' is a man running on empty. So much of his life is going wrong, and to obtain a shred of dignity, he has put in a bid on his beachside childhood home overlooking the Australian surfing spot he hung ten as a budding young man. All he wants to do is surf this beach, but a group of hard-edge locals — imagine 'Sons of Anarchy' motorcycle gang types, except surfers — led by a weather-beaten Julian McMahon, won't let him. 'Don't live here, don't surf here,' they say repeatedly. When the movie begins, the Surfer (no one in the film has a character name) is taking his son (Finn Little) out to catch waves when the locals stop him. The teen isn't really interested in surfing; this is his dad's thing. He seems uncomfortable around his dad, who is going through a painful divorce from his mother. The dad takes his son home, but returns to the beach, determined to surf. That's it. That's the movie. As the Surfer becomes increasingly desperate in the contest of wills, he becomes unhinged, and in cinema, an unhinged Nic Cage is the best Nic Cage. Really, it seems like this one-of-a-kind film could only have been made with Cage in the lead. It's quite possible that had he passed on the project, Finnegan would have shelved the project. Cage has created his own genre, characters whose madness is a valid response to the increasingly chaotic world around him: The man on parole bent on revenge in David Lynch's 'Wild at Heart' (1990); the bingeing alcoholic in 'Leaving Las Vegas' (1995), which won him an Oscar; the corrupt cop in ' Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans ' (2009); the hermit-like former chef in 'Pig' (2021); and more recently, the lunatic carjacker in ' Sympathy for the Devil ' and the befuddled professor who inexplicably appears in people dreams in ' Dream Scenario ' (both 2023). And that's just to name a few. 'The Surfer' has a sun-dappled look of idyllic nostalgia, and feels like an exploitation movie from a half-century ago. It reminded me of 'The Swimmer' (1968), a movie with Burt Lancaster as a man trying to reclaim his standing with the privileged community that has shunned him by 'swimming' across the neighborhood through each of his wealthy neighbors' backyard pools; or the 1971 'Ozploitation' Australian film 'Wake in Fright,' in which a school teacher arriving in a remote small town is forced to go on a weekend drinking binge with the coarse, sweaty locals. Interestingly, writer Thomas Martin and Irish filmmaker Lorcan Finnegan based 'The Surfer' on a real life surfer gang, the Lunada Bay Boys, who ruled a Southern California surf spot in Rancho Palos Verdes and were recently ordered to stay away as part of a legal settlement. I doubt that the Lunada Bay Boys ever had to deal with a character like Nic Cage, though. Who in the real world has? The movies are where his distinctive characters live, and the cinema is better for it.
Yahoo
27-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Movies to see this week: 'Natural Born Killers,' 'Titane,' Italian Film Fest
The Italian Film Fest is getting underway at The Main Cinema, the Film Noir Festival at the Heights Theater continues, and lots of offbeat films dot the calendar this week. Here are the repertory films you can catch around the Twin Cities this week. Thursday, Feb. 27 at Emagine Willow Creek Sailor (Nic Cage) and Lula (Laura Dern) are on the run from Lula's mother (Diane Ladd), who doesn't approve of their relationship, and a rogue's gallery of Lynchian characters standing in the way of their doomed romance. (That includes Isabella Rossellini, Crispin Glover, Willem Dafoe, Harry Dean Stanton, and Grace Zabriskie.) Emagine is hosting another film in the parade of David Lynch screenings that started after his death last month. It may not have the stature of Lynch's most beloved films, but he didn't really make duds. Thursday, Feb. 27 and Monday, Feb. 2 at Grandview Theatre Natural Born Killers, co-written by Quentin Tarantino, is unique in Oliver Stone's filmography. Not because it's immensely violent or controversial (at least at the time of it's release), but because it's stylish in a way that isn't typical of his movies. (Plus, there's no JFK conspiracy in it.) Mickey (Woody Harrelson) and Mallory (Juliette Lewis) are a sort of hyperviolent Bonnie and Clyde rampaging across the country, killing and committing crimes that turn them into media darlings. It's a critique of media sensationalism that has arguably become closer to the mark with age, even if it's been critiqued itself for sensationalizing violence. Thursday, Feb. 27 at the Minneapolis Institute of Art The Mia is screening Martin Scorsese's episodic epic, based on the life of the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, who, as he ages, reckons the persecution of the Tibetan people under Chinese rule. It stars Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong, a grandnephew of the Dalai Lama. The Disney-released film, unsurprisingly, was the subject of pushback from the Chinese government before it was even released. Disney, of course, caved to economic forces and helped bury it on its release. Despite four Oscar nominations, which included recognition for Philip Glass' great score and outstanding cinematography from Coen Bros. regular Roger Deakins, it's one of the less-discussed of Scorsese's movies, and that's too bad. It pairs nicely with the museum's recent opening of its Tibetan Shrine Room, so make some time to visit the new permanent exhibit. Sunday, Mar. 2 at The Main Cinema, part of the Italian Film Festival The Italian Film Festival gets underway at The Main Cinema this week. It's bringing in a parade of contemporary and classic Italian films. Among those is Il Postino, a film that doesn't often get a spotlight more than 30 years after its release. (Though it got plenty of attention when it was released and nominated for Best Picture at the 1996 Oscars.) Massimo Troisi, who got a posthumous Oscar nomination for the role, plays a postman who falls in love with poetry while delivering mail to the poet Pablo Neruda. His relationship with the legendary Chilean poet helps with his attempts to court the woman of his dreams. Monday, Mar. 3 at Alamo Drafthouse If you didn't find enough visual madness and narrative oddity with Lynch earlier in the week, director Julia Ducournau is here for you. Agathe Rousselle stars as a violent go-go dancer with a fetish for cars following an accident that left her with a unique titanium implant. Her story collides with a spate of unexplained murders and Vincent, who is mysteriously reunited with his son 10 years after he went missing. It's visually wild, complex, and delightful if you're able to let go and let yourself be taken for the screening in the Twin Cities this week: Feb. 27: Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024) at AMC Southdale and AMC Coon Rapids Feb.27: Babe: Pig in the City (1998) at Emagine Eagan, Emagine East Bethel, Emagine Lakeville, Emagine White Bear, and Emagine Willow Creek Feb. 27: 20 Years in the Crypt: Embedded on Tour with Dead Moon at Cloudland Theater Feb. 27: 2025 Oscar Nominated Short Films - Documentary at The Main Cinema Feb. 27: 2025 Oscar Nominated Short Films - Live Action at Landmark Lagoon Feb. 27: 2025 Oscar Nominated Short Films - Animation at The Main Cinema and Landmark Lagoon Feb. 27: Duel (1971) at The Heights Theater, part of the Film Noir Festival Feb. 27: The Princess Bride (1987) at The Parkway Theater Feb. 27: Moonlight (2016) at CMX Odyssey IMAX, AMC Eden Prairie, AMC Rosedale, and AMC Southdale Feb. 27: Il Tempo Che Ci Vuole (2024) at The Main Cinema, part of the Italian Film Festival Feb. 28–Mar. 4: Beethoven (1992) at Emagine Eagan, Emagine East Bethel, Emagine Lakeville, Emagine White Bear, and Emagine Willow Creek Feb. 28–Mar. 4: Oppenheimer (2023) at AMC Southdale Feb. 28: Semidei (2023) at The Main Cinema, part of the Italian Film Festival Feb. 28: Tutto Quello Che Vuoi (2017) at The Main Cinema, part of the Italian Film Festival Feb. 28: Un Altro Ferragosto (2024) at The Main Cinema, part of the Italian Film Festival Feb. 28–Mar. 4: Boogie Nights (1997) at The Trylon Cinema Mar. 1: Leprechaun In the Hood (2000) at The Main Cinema Mar. 1: Io la Conoscevo Bene (1965) at The Main Cinema, part of the Italian Film Festival Mar. 1: Familia (2024) at The Main Cinema, part of the Italian Film Festival Mar. 1: Ricomincio da Tre (1981) at The Main Cinema, part of the Italian Film Festival Mar. 1: Nosferatu (1922) at Radiohead: Silent Synced at Emagine Willow Creek and Emagine Eagan Mar. 1: C'é Ancora Domani (2023) at The Main Cinema, part of the Italian Film Festival Mar. 1: Kids' Film Fair 2025 at The Walker Art Center Mar. 1–2: Shrek (2001) at Emagine Eagan, Emagine Lakeville, Emagine White Bear, and Emagine Willow Creek Mar. 1: Shrek (2001) movie party at Alamo Drafthouse Mar. 1: Interstellar (2014) at Alamo Drafthouse Mar. 2: Parasite (2019) at Alamo Drafthouse Mar. 2: Just Mercy (2019) at Oakdale Cinema and West End Cinema Mar. 2: Straight Outta Compton (2015) at Oakdale Cinema and West End Cinema Mar. 2: Sei Fratelli (2024) at The Main Cinema, part of the Italian Film Festival Mar. 2: El Paraiso (2023) at The Main Cinema, part of the Italian Film Festival Mar. 2: Gloria! (2024) at The Main Cinema, part of the Italian Film Festiva Mar. 3: Pet Sematary (1989) at Emagine Willow Creek Mar. 3: Marcus Mystery Movie at Oakdale Cinema, Parkwood Cinema, Rosemount Cinema, Southbridge Crossing Cinema, and West End Cinema Mar. 4: The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988) at The Parkway Theater Mar. 4: The Batman (2022) at Alamo Drafthouse Mar. 4: The Ballad of Wallis Island (2025) at The Main Cinema
Yahoo
27-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Nic Cage Is Raging and Vengeful in THE SURFER Trailer
Nic Cage has once again shocked me with the most ridiculous yet intriguing concept for a film. The Surfer is a psychological thriller about, you guessed it, surfing. The film was an official selection for both the Cannes Film Festival and South by Southwest. So even though The Surfer seems a little unserious from the trailer below it is actually anything but. Here's a quick synopsis before you get into the clip: In the psychological thriller directed by Lorcan Finnegan, a man returns to the idyllic beach of his childhood to surf with his son. But his desire to hit the waves is thwarted by a group of locals whose mantra is 'don't live here, don't surf here.' Humiliated and angry, the man is drawn into a conflict that keeps rising in concert with the punishing heat of the summer and pushes him to his breaking point. The Surfer trailer is anxiety inducing, to say the least. It has fitting summer vibes for its release in May. It's safe to say this film does not have the same humor elements as one of my favorite Cage films, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. However, like most Nic Cage, films it has a little touch of weirdness that the film doesn't shy away from. I am getting a cross between Midsommar and Teen Beach Movie. Cage has been on a wave of interesting films lately. He seems to really just be picking what he finds the most fun and interesting. In my opinion, Nic Cage does best when he picks roles that allow him to be as quirky as possible. Case in point, when he played Professor Paul Matthews in Dream Scenario. Starring alongside Cage is Julian McMahon, Nic Cassim, Miranda Tapsell, Alexander Bertrand, and Justin Rosniak. The film is directed by Lorcan Finnegan, an Irish filmmaker most known for the film Vivarium, a surrealist sci-fi horror. Catch The Surfer in theaters May 2, and maybe if you live near the coast you can also catch some waves.
