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Nicolas Cage and the Temple of Contractual Obligation
Friday, April 6th, 2012
Tags: 88 Minutes, Adam Lippe, Al Madrigal, Al Pacino, Avi Lerner, Baby Geniuses, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, Bangkok Dangerous, Battlefield Earth, Boaz Davidson, Cam Gigandet, CGI, Channing Tatum, Charles Bronson, Chloe Moretz, Christian Slater, Christopher Walken, Chuck Norris, Cliché, Craiglist, Crank, Crank 2, distribution problems, Donald Cammell, Drive Angry, DTV, DVD, Elie Samaha, Emanon, Ethan Hawke, Evil Dead, exploitation, Falling in Love Again, fate, film, Flatliners, Franchise Pictures, Ghost Rider, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, Happy Birthday Wanda June, Hard to Kill, How did this get made?, Human Giant, Jason Manzoukis, Jason Statham, Joel Schumacher, John Travolta, Jonah Hex, Josh Hartnett, Juliette Binoche, June Diane Raphael, Justice, Katie Holmes, Kirk Cameron, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Kurt Vonnegut, Lonely Hearts, low budget, magical negro, movie, movie review, New Orleans, Nicolas Cage, Nicole Kidman, Patton Oswalt, Paul Scheer, PG-13, Piranha 3D, Proudly Resents, R rated, Rachael Harris, rape, RegrettableSincerity.com, Remake, Robert Downey Jr., Salma Hayek, Sam Worthington, Seeking Justice, sequel, series, Slapstick of Another Kind, Steven Paul, Steven Seagal, Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2, Superman IV, Superman IV: The Quest For Peace, The Dictator, The Son of No One, The Wicker Man, Times Square, Toronto Film Festival, Tracy Morgan, Venn diagram, Wild Side, Zoning
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Nicolas Cage and the Temple of Contractual Obligation
Friday, April 6th, 2012
Tags: 88 Minutes, Adam Lippe, Al Madrigal, Al Pacino, Avi Lerner, Baby Geniuses, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, Bangkok Dangerous, Battlefield Earth, Boaz Davidson, Cam Gigandet, CGI, Channing Tatum, Charles Bronson, Chloe Moretz, Christian Slater, Christopher Walken, Chuck Norris, Cliché, Craiglist, Crank, Crank 2, distribution problems, Donald Cammell, Drive Angry, DTV, DVD, Elie Samaha, Emanon, Ethan Hawke, Evil Dead, exploitation, Falling in Love Again, fate, film, Flatliners, Franchise Pictures, Ghost Rider, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, Happy Birthday Wanda June, Hard to Kill, How did this get made?, Human Giant, Jason Manzoukis, Jason Statham, Joel Schumacher, John Travolta, Jonah Hex, Josh Hartnett, Juliette Binoche, June Diane Raphael, Justice, Katie Holmes, Kirk Cameron, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Kurt Vonnegut, Lonely Hearts, low budget, magical negro, movie, movie review, New Orleans, Nicolas Cage, Nicole Kidman, Patton Oswalt, Paul Scheer, PG-13, Piranha 3D, Proudly Resents, R rated, Rachael Harris, rape, RegrettableSincerity.com, Remake, Robert Downey Jr., Salma Hayek, Sam Worthington, Seeking Justice, sequel, series, Slapstick of Another Kind, Steven Paul, Steven Seagal, Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2, Superman IV, Superman IV: The Quest For Peace, The Dictator, The Son of No One, The Wicker Man, Times Square, Toronto Film Festival, Tracy Morgan, Venn diagram, Wild Side, Zoning
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On Cold Fish:
Though the 16 year old me described the 1994 weepie Angie, starring Geena Davis as a Brooklyn mother raising her new baby alone, as “maudlin and melodramatic,” Roger Ebert, during his TV review, referring to the multitude of soap-operaish problems piling up on the titular character, suggested that it was only in Hollywood where Angie would get a happy ending. “If they made this movie in France, Angie would have shot herself.”
Well Cold Fish was made in Japan, where Angie would have shot herself and that would have been the happy ending.