By Rex Reed 3/13/12 8:01pm

movies

Jones and Cage.

Oft-Knocked Coppola Bad Boy Seeking Justice in Cajun Country

Nicolas Cage might sleepwalk through much of his career, but if you think he can’t act, take another look at his staggering work in Leaving Las Vegas, or catch up with his cathartic, above-average performance in the new urban crime thriller Seeking Justice. It’s a welcome surprise.

Directed by New Zealand’s king of pain Roger Donaldson, it begins with an SUV pushed off the roof of a New Orleans parking garage in the middle of Mardi Gras. Nobody gets hurt except the driver, thus setting the scene for a formulaic explosion of mayhem and silliness. But brace yourself. What follows is a roller coaster ride, off the beaten track and dashed with detours, and unexpectedly plausible. Read More

By Drew Grant 2/17/12 4:07pm

Nicolas Cage

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Nicolas Cage: Vampire? (CBS)

The Cage Doth Protest Too Much: Nicolas Cage Reiterates That He is NOT a Time-Traveling Vampire (Video)

If you haven’t been keeping track of the topsy-turvy adventure that is the Nicolas Cage promotional tour for Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, then you aren’t maximizing this Friday to its fullest WTF potential.

From finally confronting those rumors that he’s a vampire (“It’s possible”) to comparing his skills with that of Led Zeppelin, to saying that he’s definitely not a vampire, take 10 minutes and remind yourself why Cagemania was the original Linsanity. Read More

By Rex Reed 10/11/11 7:30pm

movies

Kidman and Gigandet.

Trespass is Another Red Chief Ransom

How many ways can a film go wrong? Too many to list, and Trespass finds them all. This pointless, unintentionally campy home-invasion thriller, directed by Joel Schumacher, is as bad as it gets, and as one dumb red herring follows another, it just gets sillier and sillier. By the end, the audience at the screening I attended was roaring with laughter. Read More

By Andrew Sarris 8/21/06 12:00am

Stone’s World Trade Center: Can Two Stand for Many?

Oliver Stone’s World Trade Center, from the screenplay by Andrea Berloff, based on the true-life experiences of John and Donna McLoughlin and William and Allison Jimeno, doesn’t pretend to encompass the entire catastrophe of 9/11, and that is its great negative virtue. This film is even less ambitious—and certainly less presumptuous—than Paul Greengrass’ United 93 Read More