Say what you want about the late director, Joel Schumacher, but as I look across the titles that make up his portfolio of work, I am astounded at the sheer number of memorable films in his repertoire.   Movies that stuck with me from my early childhood like The Incredible Shrinking Woman and D.C. Cab (with…

Sometimes a film’s sense of style trumps the need for the story substance. In the Brian De Palma-directed neo-noir thriller, Snake Eyes (1998), we get to see this sentiment played out in all the style of an unfettered Nicolas Cage on full display, in a role he was truly made for, under all the bright…

Angels watching over me, every move I make.Angels watching over me!Angels watching over me, every step I take,Angels watching over me! Lyrics from “Angels”Amy Grant About the time that Wim Wender’s Wings of Desire (a.k.a. Der Himmel über Berlin) came out in 1987, I was fanatically listening to the Christian contemporary music of Amy Grant…

In the later half of the 90s, two renowned Hong Kong filmmakers (an actor and a director) started getting some notice internationally. They both had been making over-the-top but highly stylistic action movies in their home country for a number of years, but it wasn’t until Hollywood paid attention that these two men got my…

What would you do if the flight you were on was hijacked by a group of the world’s most dangerous criminal masterminds? But more importantly, “What Would Cage Do?” Thankfully, we don’t have to deal with this hypothetical question for very long (although I do like the idea of a bracelet with the letters, WWCD,…

As I sit down to blog this next installment of the WATC(H), I am reminded that it is, in fact, the beginning of Memorial Day weekend, a time when Americans honor those who have fallen (=died) in military service to our country. In a small, mostly insignificant way, there is an odd parallel or convergence…

I have been procrastinating writing this blog for a few days now. I have my reasons for this reluctance. In no particular order: I loathe Las Vegas. I have been there a few times on business-related trips and have had the misfortune of staying right on “The Strip” during those visits. Upon first experiencing the…

Feels like surviving Cage’s Sunshine Trilogy was a pretty epic accomplishment in this trek to summit the entire catalog of the WATC(H) filmography. If we haven’t arrived at Base Camp just yet, we’ve at least begun to plateau near the foothills of the Himalayas while still looking up at Everest.  Of the Cage good guy…

The Rotten Tomatoes Critic Consensus for Trapped in Paradise (1994) was that the movie was, “Loaded with talent but borderline unwatchable, Trapped in Paradise will leave viewers feeling the first part of the title and pining for the last.” 🤣🤣🤣 So I guess they’re saying it’s not very good? Picturing a Christmas movie with Nicolas Cage and…

What could happen to you? It could happen to you. What’s it? In this situation it is not Pennywise the Clown. No, this it is not nearly so scary. This it falls well within the realm of serendipitous good fortune, as one of Nicolas Cage’s Sunshine Trilogy movies (his three serious takes on the good…