Special guest Clint Worthington—Founder/EIC of The Spool and host of the Travolta/Cage podcast—joins us for the first time, and trust us, we need a Nick Cage expert for this episode. That’s right, we’re reviewing The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, which surprisingly isn’t the Will Ashton biopic stuck in development hell. No, this is a high-concept meta comedy action movie starring Nicolas Cage as a fictionalized version of himself(?), as he gets roped into a crime caper alongside Pedro Pascal. Later in the show we also review The Bad Guys, the first original DreamWorks Animation movie to hit theaters since (checks notes) Abominable!
Show Notes:
- 00:00:00 – Intro
- 00:06:15 – The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent review
- 00:51:55 –The Bad Guys review
Intro Music: “Thinking” by DESH, delaney. & Hippo Dreams
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Synopsis for The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
THE MOST NICOLAS CAGE MOVIE EVER. Creatively unfulfilled and facing financial ruin, Nick Cage must accept a $1 million offer to attend the birthday of a dangerous superfan. Things take a wildly unexpected turn when Cage is recruited by a CIA operative and forced to live up to his own legend, channeling his most iconic and beloved on-screen characters in order to save himself and his loved ones. [Source: Letterboxd]
Synopsis for The Bad Guys
GOOD IS NO FUN AT ALL. When the infamous Bad Guys are finally caught after years of countless heists and being the world’s most-wanted villains, Mr. Wolf brokers a deal to save them all from prison. [Source: Letterboxd]
