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Episode 118: Nicolas Cage & The Unbearable Weight of Massive Filmography

Nicolas Cage & The Unbearable Weight of Massive Filmography

It was an inevitability that Nicolas Cage was going to get at least one episode of "Ninety For Chill" dedicated to his works. With the amount that he works, there maybe more to come. As long as he keeps it weird of course.
CatBusRuss was doing his best to catch a showing of "Renfield" before it leaves the big screens this week. That feature is not quite the box office success that was expected, so our host was hedging his bets for a slice of podcasted fried gold by finally going through his cheap, "How can you not buy this Nick Cage flick?" collection. "The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent" features the best of all things currently nerdy with Cage and Pedro Pascal playing off each other, and was critically acclaimed. If only a Champaign/Urbana multiplex could offer a great theater going experience, the feature would be a great A-feature of a double feature.

Unfortunately, Phoenix Theatres 16 in Savoy must base what shows they will go through on what money they are getting from online sales. IMDb's showtimes be damned. It maybe a conspiracy to stop audiences from cashing in their emergency tickets based on previous poor experiences. So the weekend ended in a long night for the CatBus. Once he got home from trying to make something out of getting dressed on a day off, "Jiu Jitsu", from the minds that rebooted the "Kickboxer" franchise, was next on the queue. The idea of Cage versus a "Predator" knock off should have made major bank. Find out why this was the definition of a B-Feature.

Allow me to get out of third-person. Happy Prof. Shurtleff of Illinois Central College? I (CatBusRuss) will try not to make so much light of violent death in this summation. This is my declaration of changing perspective.

I am going to bitch about Champaign/Urbana cinemas, but I should not be too down. It turns out that I was able to get three podcasts in the can. Next week will be a lot of fun with the return of Andrew Tiede for "Deadpool". There was only one job that expected me to show up on Monday, and it is hard for a theater to cancel the second showing of "Renfield", so the review will be sitting around until the physical media release. Yes, a steelbook is what I am hoping for.

I am still determined to keep up the podcast, but the past week was tough. Unless guests want to stay up late, Sundays are the only day that I am certain can be made for podcasting. With that said, if you have a movie or topic that you want to chat about, send an email to russthebus07@gmail.com.

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All things considered, I am surprised how well the movie watching went this past week. "Deadpool" was viewed a couple of times. Once to see if it qualifies for the podcast (Thank Ron Howard for establishing the rules of measuring the Kessel Run.) and a second time to document the details (and a third time in my peripheral as I chatted with Andrew). To further state how I impressed myself, the second showing was 100 minutes before the recording.

If you are wondering why I did not just edit and upload that conversation, it is all based on the difficulty to get guests. The idea of bullshitting about movies on your own works for Paul Scheer when it comes to "How Did It Get Made", it should work for me.

As I said, my intent was to watch "Renfield". I thought I was going to watch "The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent" on Saturday night, but I am developing a social life. When you get enough coworkers telling you to check out the manager's band, you got to go and check it out.

This is why there should always be 9/10 o'clock movies. I finished the conversation, I made a bag of popcorn, and watch "Unbearable". Hell, dinner was fried up and my ass was sobered up. Of course, businesses do not want people to actually work.

It is not that people do not want to work. It is that employers are looking to run businesses with the fewest people possible. If that means further fucking around with people who want to go to the movies, they will do it.

This goes for my primary employer. After the pandemic, they realized that people will shop regardless if people are there to assist them. You can say that their responsibilities to share holders is making profit, but that means we are telling everyone that money is more important than people. We are not going to get Universal Basic Income anytime soon, so we allow people to suffer.

Growing up in an all white town, I know those with money will cheer on the suffering of people to say that the system works because they are not suffering. They play by the rules, why cannot everyone else?

Too bad these whites have shitty taste on top of that. Fuck "Judy Blume" and the "Super Mario Bros". People want to feel good and not take risk on out-there cinema. Cowards should never be catered to. If their movie would have been cancelled, there would be Karen videos. Karens deserve to be fucked with, not cinephiles. It just means there should be management jobs available to put up with that bullshit.

They cannot stand risky images. Pussies. It feels good to talk myself up. If you cannot handle "Renfield", you cannot handle "Jiu Jitsu". There is not really any graphic violence, but everything about that movie is a bad trip. But if you like drugs, you learn to enjoy any trip offered.

And ignore the total lack of Jiu-Jitsu in a movie called Jiu Jitsu. I guess hyphens really are important.

Follow me on Twitter @catbusruss. If you want to be on the show, contact me on Twitter or send an email to russthebus07@gmail.com. All we need is a theme, movie, director, or actor and a focus on sub 100-minute material. As long as the credits start before the 1:39:59 mark on the runtime bar, the movie qualifies.