Nicholas Cage

Freeze Frame: “The Surfer” (R), “Another Simple Favor” (R), “Bullet Train Explosion” (PG-13)

Nicholas Cage gives yet another gonzo performance in "The Surfer," an Australian production inspired by and modeled on 70s-era exploitation movies. Cage returns to the beach of his childhood to surf with his son but is thwarted by violent locals and slowly begins to lose his sanity. Julian McMahon co-stars as...

Freeze Frame: “Taylor Swift – The Eras Tour” (PG-13), “Butcher’s Crossing” (R)

Thanks to Taylor Swift and her army of Swifties for saving the lackluster fall box office. The big screen version of "Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour" has already scored one of the biggest box office hauls of the year and set new records for a concert film. Shot over a...

Freeze Frame: “Renfield” (R), “Mafia Mamma” (R), “Suzume” (PG), “How to Blow Up a Pipeline” (R)

In the grisly, over-the-top vampire comedy "Renfield," Nicholas Cage plays Dracula and gets to chew the scenery as well as a lot of jugular veins. Nicholas Hoult plays his reluctant servant Renfield who gets some help from cop Aquafina to try to take down the blood sucker. It's often clever but doesn't...

Freeze Frame: “Pig” (R), “I Carry You With Me” (R), “Deep” (TV-MA), “Die in a Gunfight” (R)

The unconventional career of Oscar-winner Nicholas Cage just got a bit more offbeat.. He gives a brilliant, nuanced performance in his latest film, the eccentric comic drama “Pig.” Cage plays a hermit living in the Oregon woods who goes on a bizarre adventure in an attempt to retrieve his stolen...

Freeze Frame: “Black Beauty” (NR), “The Croods: A New Age” (PG), “Superintelligence” (PG), “Happiest Season” (PG-13), “The Christmas Chronicles 2” (PG), “Uncle Frank” (R)

The updated Disney+ adaptation of the classic children’s novel “Black Beauty” takes many liberties with the original plot. Kate Winslet provides Beauty’s voice and Mackenzie Foy is the girl who loves her. While this version of “Black Beauty” is uninspired and the filmmaking is sometimes clumsy, it’s still a harmless,...