Oct 9 2009 'Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans' Trailer: Nic Cage is the Worst Lt. in This Port of Call
Nicolas Cage gets a lot of guff these days, and not without reason. Look at some of his recent catalog: Knowing? Bangkok Dangerous? National Treasure? National Treasure: Book of Secrets? Next? Ghost Rider? Just reading those titles makes my braintongue feel like it's licked a postage stamp. But those are just poor decisions; they don't necessarily reflect acting ability. I mean, who else can a director seemingly give only the instructions, "act crazy, like how Travolta would" and get whatever this is:
Aug 18 2009 'My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done' Trailer: Lynch + Herzog + Birds!
Here's a film with an equal chance of being really good and really obtuse (probably both): My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done. The film is directed by Werner Herzog, executive produced by David Lynch, and stars Academy Award nominee Willem Dafoe, Academy Award nominee Michael Shannon, Academy Award nominee Chloe Sevigny, Academy Award nominee some flamingos, Academy Award nominee a pack of ostriches, and a classically Lynchian arbitrary little person.
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May 28 2009 The Nicolas Cage Version of 'Bad Lieutenant' Has a Trailer, Favorite Crack Pipe
Calling this Werner Herzog-directed Bad Lieutenant a "remake" of the 1992 Abel Ferrara, Harvey Keitel-starring film isn't an entirely accurate description of what you're going to see in this trailer. This is more like someone dug up a lost promo for an "edgy" USA original series that stars Nicolas Cage as "a cop who breaks ALL the rules" and Val Kilmer as his straight-laced bayou partner, and is a terrible show that needs to be canceled:
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