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Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Film At Last! You Can Play with Nicolas Cage!

Posted by Paul Constant on Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 3:37 PM

I saw Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans over the weekend, and Brendan Kiley's review was right on. Except it didn't quite emphasize exactly how hilarious this movie is. BL: PoCNO should be a Titanic-sized hit for stoners. Watching Nicolas Cage gradually turn into Richard Nixon over the course of a cop thriller is one of the most unexpected pleasures to be had in a theater this year.

BL: PoCNO reminded me how good Nicolas Cage can really be (he was astounding in Wild at Heart and his performance in Vampire's Kiss is one of my all-time favorites). And so it is appropriate, now that I am back on a Nicolas Cage high, that Slog Tipper Clinton directs our attention to this Slashfilm post about the Nicolas Cage Playset (click for larger image):

They're vinyl stickers that you can affix to a double-sided play background (one tropical scene and one haunted castle scene). You get three Nicolas Cages, one Nicolas Cage-head in an astronaut helmet, a battleaxe, a parrot, an ice cream cone, a skateboard, and a spooky ghost. I know what every child on my Christmas list is getting this year. It's too bad that Cage's recent financial trouble is almost certainly going to lead to two thousand more National Treasure sequels; he was just starting to get his awesome on again.

UPDATE: Fixed the spelling on Cage's name. I am a tool.

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Which leads me to the inevitable question: Why was there never a Con Air 2?

Posted by Levislade

on December 1, 2009 at 3:44 PM

there is a bar in NO called Port of Call - on Esplanade at the edge of the Vieux Carre. is it in the movie?

Posted by Max Solomon on December 1, 2009 at 3:56 PM

dang, I thought there was a new game for Port of Call ...

hey, anyone notice the full moon in the NE sky over the mountains right now?

Posted by Will in Seattle

on December 1, 2009 at 4:03 PM

I had the same reaction to the original Bad Lieutenant, with Harvey Keitel. He was so over the top "bad" that I kept saying after the movie..."he's so bad...he's bad...he's a bad lieutenant!"

Posted by Bad Systems Analyst on December 1, 2009 at 5:01 PM

Just curious... is "Slog Tipper Clinton" Clinton McClung from Central Cinema?

Posted by I [heart] Central Cinema on December 1, 2009 at 5:38 PM

I haaaaaaaaaaaate, hate, HATE Nicolas Cage. He came to my home town once on a yacht and some of my friends met his kids. But that has nothing to do with why I hate him. He just really rubs me the wrong way.

Posted by care bear on December 1, 2009 at 6:27 PM

@5 That it is! I also saw Bad Lieutenant with Paul and had the exact same reaction. It may be the best comedy of the year!

Posted by Resident Clinton on December 1, 2009 at 7:09 PM