Episode 8: Matchstick Men/Mom And Dad

Welcome to what could be our first ever Cagetastically perfect
installment. For our 8th episode we explore two gems from Mr.
Cage's ecclectic filmography. First up is Ridley Scott's black
comedic crime film Matchstick Men (2003). We find Nic playing a
depressed con artist with severe obsessive compulsive disorder, who
through a series of events meets his long lost daughter, plans a
risky con with his partner Frank and tries to better himself with
the help of his new therapist. It's a brilliantly acted, written
and directed film that showcases Mr. Cage's true range and talent.
In our second film Nic plays a married father of two in the midst
of a mid-life crisis in Brian Taylor's dark horror thriller Mom And
Dad (2017). One day, for reason's no one can explain, parent's
across the world are suddenly compelled to kill their children.
This unleashes some of Nic's best moments on film and reminds us of
just how good an actress Selma Blair is. Along the way we will
discuss the time Nic ate mushrooms with his cat, why he only eats
animals that don't have weird sex, the unique stalkers he's had in
his life and his eccentric pet purchase. Clips from: Gone in 60
Seconds, Kesha, Serial Mom, Jello Pudding Pops, Late Night with
David Letterman, Nine Inch Nails, Monty Python and the Holy Grail,
Matchstick Men, Oceans 11, The Green Mile, Drag Me To Hell, Frank
Sinatra, Johnny Mercer, Rick & Morty, Color Out of Space, Pulp
Fiction, Mom And Dad, Crank, Crank High Voltage, Ghost Rider
Spirits of Vengeance, Happy, American Pie, Aliens, Dusty
Springfield, Timex, Roxette, MacGyver, Erasure, The Who & Lord
of War.