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Cage Rage News

Interesting Nic Cage news emerged this week - Lionsgate have apparently bought the rights to film the real life story of how Cage's highly valuable copy of Action Comics #1 was stolen from him, only to be rediscovered over a decade later in a storage locker. It supposedly takes the form of a heist comedy. See here for further details.

It has yet to be confirmed whether or not Cage will play himself in the film. I'm not sure which I'd like to see more, Cage playing Cage or another actor's take on the man. Ryan Gosling? Jeff Goldblum? Will Ferrell? Who would you like to see? I'm keeping my beady eye on this one!

Vampire’s Kiss

(Robert Bierman, 1988)

What a film with which to kick start The Cage Rage! Vampire’s Kiss sees Cage take on the role of a womanising publishing executive, who during the throes of passion with a mysterious woman is bitten on neck. Cage believes he’s becoming a vampire. Is that the case or is he just going batty?

age gives an outrageous performance and I recognised several moments from the Nicolas Cage Losing his Shit video on YouTube. An excellent sign.

I liked the intro montage, which managed to make New York look suitably gothic. The film reminded me in a lot of ways of American Psycho (rich New Yorker sleeps around, goes a bit mad, questions his reality). I also liked the awkward black humour in the film and Cage’s scenes with his psychiatrist are consistently amusing.

I was somewhat troubled by the film’s slightly offhand attitude to women. Cage’s tormenting of his assistant Alva (Maria Conchita Alonso) pushes the boundaries of taste a little too closely. Alonso gives Cage as good as she gets though, more or less, which is good to see.

It would have been interesting to see this film in ’88 (the year of my birth, incidentally), before the recent Twilight-inspired re-proliferation of the vampire genre. Watching it now, Vampire’s Kiss felt like an original and refreshing take on the mythological monster. One can only imagine how exciting watching this vampire movie must have been before we were seeing the current oversaturation of bloodsuckers.

Cage Rage News

First things first: check out the excellent new banner my friend and colleague Mat Barnett has made for the site. Isn't great? I might get a t-shirt made.

You can follow Mat on Twitter here and read his considerably more erudite blog here.

Additionally, I've set up some Google Alerts to let me know whenever Mr Cage troubles the world media so I can pass it onto you, the multitudinous readers of The Cage Rage.

So far, the best thing about Nic Cage on the internet recently seems to be this:

Via http://celebs.icanhascheezburger.com/2012/03/03/funny-celebrity-pictures-illustrated-guide-nicolas-cage/

Also, my good friend Naved recently informed me that Nic's son also rocks. Quite literally.

Via: http://www.celebs.com/archives/nic-cages-son-flips-out.html

He's in a heavy metal band! How 'bout that!