The Nicolas Cage performance inspired by House of Pain
Jump up, jump up, and get Cagey.
Cutting Room Floor Archives: 05/2025
The actor Gary Oldman said perfected “absolute simplicity”
Oldman marvelled at this star’s ability to do a lot with a little
A collection of Clint Eastwood’s favourite westerns: “Anyone would be flattered”
A legend’s choices.
The musician Quentin Tarantino insisted could have been Hollywood’s top star: ‘He was a prisoner’
Tarantino was adamant this star had the chops to be one of the best
The commercial flop that became Denzel Washington’s favourite movie role: “Really fascinating to play”
This movie tanked at the box office, but Washington still loved it
When Steven Spielberg was endorsed by his filmmaking idol David Lean: “I suppose I see myself in him”
A huge stamp of approval.
The Tom Hanks movie Roger Ebert detested: “Ripoff”
Hanks endured the wrath of Ebert after this misfire.
The movie Val Kilmer abandoned despite a contractual obligation: “He sort of quit, we sort of fired him”
This one turned into a Mexican standoff between Kilmer and two movie studios.
‘Matchstick Men’: The overlooked movie Nicolas Cage made instead of a Clint Eastwood Oscar winner
Cage chose the cult classic instead of a prestige picture
The bizarrely ironic reason David O Russell refused to work with Burt Reynolds
Pot calling kettle black.
How did David Lynch stumble upon the spirit of Killer Bob in Twin Peaks?
The truth behind the mystery.