Not The Bees

"Men cannot know God's will, and when they pretend to, it ends in blood."Outcast (2014)"A mysterious warrior teams up with the daughter and son of a deposed Chinese Emperor to defeat their cruel brother, who seeks their deaths." (Synopsis via IMDB)

"You've got about as much style as a bowl of turnips."The Cotton Club"Meet the jazz musicians, dancers, owner, and guests (like gangster Dutch Schultz) of The Cotton Club in 1928-1930s Harlem." (Synopsis via IMDB)

Nicolas Cage wanted to retire after shooting this movie. He believed that his "meta trilogy" that consists of Pig (2021), The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022), and Dream Scenario (2023) was the perfect way to end his career.Dream Scenario"An ordinary family man finds his life turned upside down when strangers suddenly start seeing him in their dreams." (Synopsis via IMDB)

"Only Cage’s most diehard cultists will want to go to bat for this performance, and they could easily struggle to accentuate the positive. It’s manic, confounding, and gaspingly funny, too (for a moment), but boy, howdy, so what?" - RogerEbert.comGunslingers (2025)When the most wanted man in America surfaces in a small Kentucky town, his violent history -- and a blood-thirsty mob seeking vengeance and a king's ransom -- soon follow. As brothers face off against one another and bullets tear the town to shreds, this lightning-fast gunslinger makes his enemies pay the ultimate price for their greed. Academy Award-winner Nicolas Cage, Stephen Dorff, and Heather Graham star in an action-packed Western thriller about true justice in the wild west. (Synopsis via Rotten Tomatoes)

Nicolas Cage originally wanted to shave his head and sport a full tattoo on his cranium. He was talked out of this.Drive Angry (2011)"A vengeful father escapes from hell and chases after the men who killed his daughter and kidnapped his granddaughter." (Synopsis via IMDB)

Our second entry with John Cusak.The Frozen Ground (2013)"An Alaska State Trooper partners with a young woman who escaped the clutches of serial killer Robert Hansen to bring the murderer to justice. Based on actual events." (Synopsis via IMDB)

Richard Stanley's favorite movie of Nicolas Cage is Vampire's Kiss (1988). He asked Cage to use the same style of performance. And Cage does the accent.Color Out of Space (2019)"A secluded farm is struck by a strange meteorite which has apocalyptic consequences for the family living there and possibly the world." (Synopsis via IMDB)

Gunslinger! Pew pew!The Old Way (2023)"An old gunslinger and his daughter must face the consequences of his past, when the son of a man he murdered years ago arrives to take his revenge." (Synopsis via IMDB)

We are just a couple of goofballs for Ned Hanlon!The Boy In Blue (1986)"A biography of the famous sculler Ned Hanlon who led a colorful life as a bootlegger at the turn of the 20th century." (Synopsis via IMDB)

Come for Nicolas Cage's nose, stay for Cary Elwes drinking bad beer.Never on Tuesday (1988)"After their cars collide on a desert highway in the middle of nowhere, two friends and a woman they both like must wait for someone to pass by and help them. Unfortunately, those who do stop turn out to be criminals, eccentrics or wackos." (Synopsis courtesy of IMDB)

Originally Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone were in mind to play the lead roles. When John Woo was brought in to direct, he decided that John Travolta and Nicolas Cage would be more suited to the roles. Other pairs that the studio wanted was Michael Douglas (who was the executive producer for this movie) and Harrison Ford, Bruce Willis and Alec Baldwin, Jean-Claude Van Damme and Steven Seagal, Denzel Washington and Wesley Snipes, and Robert De Niro and Al Pacino.Face/Off (1997)"To foil a terrorist plot, an FBI agent assumes the identity of the criminal who murdered his son via facial transplant surgery, but the crook wakes up prematurely and vows revenge." (Synopsis via IMDB)

The absolute worst version of this story.Christmas Carol: The Movie"Old bitter miser Ebenezer Scrooge (Simon Callow) who makes excuses for his uncaring nature learns real compassion when three ghosts visit him on Christmas Eve." (Synopsis via IMDB)

"I'm beging held hostage on Jesus' birthday!"Trapped in Paradise (1994)"Residents of a friendly Pennsylvania town foil three brothers' plan to rob a bank on Christmas Eve." (Synopsis via IMDB)

Just a little icky.Joe (2013)An ex-con, who is the unlikeliest of role models, meets a 15-year-old boy and is faced with the choice of redemption or ruin. (Synopsis via IMDB)

"We don't get a lot of things to really care about."Pig (2021)A truffle hunter who lives alone in the Oregon wilderness must return to his past in Portland in search of his beloved foraging pig after she is kidnapped. (Synopsis via IMDB)

"You know anything about rice cookers?"Kill Chain (2019)Three strangers become involved in a conflict. (Synopsis via Rotten Tomatoes)

Woof.Mom and Dad (2017)A teenage girl and her younger brother must survive a wild 24 hours during which a mass hysteria of unknown origin causes parents to turn violently on their own kids. (Synopsis via IMDB)

"Don't live here, don't surf here."The Surfer (2024)A man returns to the idyllic beach of his childhood to surf with his son. When he is humiliated by a group of locals, the man is drawn into a conflict that keeps rising and pushes him to his breaking point. (Synopsis via IMDB)

The pinball machine is a rethemed Gottlieb Devil's Dare and was created for and used in the 2021 film "Willy's Wonderland". I would like to know where it is now.Willy's Wonderland (2021)A quiet drifter is tricked into a janitorial job at the now condemned Willy's Wonderland. The mundane tasks suddenly become an all-out fight for survival against wave after wave of demonic animatronics. Fists fly, kicks land, titans clash -- and only one side will make it out alive. (Synopsis via IMDB)

"The world I lived in, heroes only existed in comic books, and I guess that would have been okay -- if bad guys were make-believe, too... but they're not."Kick-Ass (2010)Dave Lizewski is an unnoticed high school student and comic book fan with a few friends and who lives alone with his father. His life is not very difficult and his personal trials not that overwhelming; however, one day he makes the simple decision to become a super-hero, even though he has no powers or training. (Synopsis via IMDB)