The Mythos of Nicolas Cage (2017-2021)

Once upon an evening of drinking many beers and conversing, Beam and Corey could be found remarking on the stunning number of Nicolas Cage movies that have been released in the last decade. 

“What if we watched all those movies and podded about it?” queried Beam.

“Bro, that’s like 50 movies. No way,” Corey responded.

And so the conversation went until they finally settled on the twenty-two (yes, you read that correctly) movies starring Nicolas Cage released between 2017 and 2021.

With the imminent release of The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, a movie where Nicolas Cage is playing, well, himself, it seems like an appropriate time to drop this episode that has been in the works since late last year. 

Beam and Corey are joined by their good friend John Yost, cofounder of the APB film collective, and a key figure in the capital region filmmaking scene, to discuss their relationship with Nicolas Cage’s career and power rank all twenty-two of those movies, both in terms of quality, and in terms of Nic Cage Energy.