#75: Trading Paint/Running with the Devil
Nathan and Clint return after another short hiatus to break down another two-fer of VOD dreck -- first with Travolta's slow-moving racing dr...
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Nathan Rabin's Happy Cast
Nathan Rabin's Happy Cast is the official podcast of cult pop culture website Nathan Rabin's Happy Place, featuring Nathan Rabin (of course) and Clint Worthington. Every other week we delve...
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20 of 125 episodes#74: Speed Kills/A Score to Settle
This week, Nathan and Clint dig back into the classic mold of Travolta/Cage double features -- unfortunately, it's for more late-aughts VOD...
#73: Color Out of Space
This week, Nathan and Clint stare into some glowy rocks for a single serving of Cage in Richard Stanley's Lovecraft adaptation Color Out of...
#72: Inconceivable/Looking Glass
This week, Cage plays two flavors of bad husband in a pair of VOD-ready erotic thrillers! First, we cover the Gina Gershon-starring Inconcei...
#71: 211/Between Worlds
This week, we're back to the unfortunate Nic Cage double features -- this time with our boy Nicolas on either side of the law! First, there'...
#70: Mandy/Gotti (with Jordan Morris)
This week, Jordan Morris (Jordan Jesse Go!) returns to the pod for a seminal moment for both our boys -- a 2018 that saw Nic Cage rise from...
#69: American Crime Story: The People vs. OJ Simpson
Happy new year, boys and ghouls! Our first episode of 2024 (and the first after a bit of a hiatus) finally puts the spotlight back on Travol...
#68: Mom and Dad/The Humanity Bureau
Nic Cage plays sad dad figures of children (or child figures) facing the threat of violence this week! First up is The Humanity Bureau , ano...
#67: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse / Teen Titans GO! To the Movies (with Alonso Duralde)
This week, we take a break from the DTV dreck to get a little more...animated, let's say, with a pair of charming animated Nic Cage jaunts i...
#66: I Am Wrath / Vengeance: A Love Story
This week, Travolta and Cage go down the revenge rabbit hole (again) in two Cage-produced schlockfests centered on middle-aged men with bad...
#65: In a Valley of Violence / Arsenal
This week, Travolta returns to the fold.... in a good movie this time?! Nathan and Clint break down two tales of violence and revenge, both...
#64: USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage / Army of One (with Abby Olcese)
This week, The Pitch's Abby Olcese joins us for two Nic Cage-fronted true stories of dubious execution! First up is Larry Charles' Army of O...
#63: Criminal Activities / Snowden (with Matt Goldberg)
This week, Matt Goldberg (formerly of Turner Classic Movies, currently of the Substack Commentary Track ) joins us for the mighty return of....
#62: The Trust/Dog Eat Dog
This week, Nathan and Clint are pleasantly surprised to find two non-stinkers in Cage's 2010s output! First, there's The Trust , a darkly-co...
#61: Life on the Line/Pay the Ghost (with Brock Wilbur)
We're back, baby! After a couple of months of hiatus (and a whole new set of chompers for Nathan), Travolta/Cage is back on the case! We're...
#60: The Runner/Dying of the Light
This week, Nathan and Clint go it alone for two more Nic Cage joints, ones in which he plays characters reckoning with their personal politi...
#59: Joe/Rage (with Marya E. Gates)
This week on the podcast, film critic and author Marya E. Gates ( read her Substack! ) joins us for another double-feature deep dive into Ni...
#58: Outcast/Left Behind (with Dave White)
This week, Linoleum Knife 's Dave White joins us for some rigorous religious scholarship surrounding two of Cage's Godliest movies! First, t...
#57: The Croods/The Frozen Ground (with Dan McCoy)
Happy New Year, Travoltatrons and Cageiacs! The year may have changed, but Nathan and Clint are still trudging along the highs and (mostly)...
#56: The Forger/Stolen
This week on the podcast, Nathan and Clint go it alone for the welcome return of Travolta to the cast! Unfortuantely, it's in the worse half...