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British Actor Julian Sands Missing While Hiking in California

A search is underway in southern California for Julian Sands, the British-born actor who was reported missing last Friday while hiking in the Mt. Baldy area. The 65-year-old Sands has appeared in more than 150 films and TV shows over his career, including such films as A Room with a View, Arachnophobia, The Killing Fields,…

Elon Musk’s Work at Tesla Stopped Nicolas Cage’s Plan to Build an $80 Million Film Studio in Las Vegas

Nicolas Cage once secured $80 million to get a movie studio built in his hometown of Las Vegas, but the project ultimately never went through after Elon Musk brought Tesla into the city. The actor revealed on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on April 20 that once the entrepreneur arrived in Nevada, investors decided to instead put…

Film Review – ‘The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent’ is Both an Action-Comedy in Its Own Right and a Parody of Itself

Young moviegoers today might have no idea that Nicolas Cage won an Oscar almost three decades ago for playing a suicidal alcoholic in Leaving Las Vegas. They may have seen some of his early action blockbusters like The Rock or Face/Off, but it’s likelier that they know him best from two more recent franchises: National…

Film Review – ‘Pig’ Spotlights a Melancholic Nicolas Cage Sentimentally Grieving His Past

People often cope with grief in drastically different ways, depending on the unique somber situations they’ve experienced throughout their lives. The process of how people manage the despair that accompanies those circumstances is emotionally and powerfully highlighted in the new thriller, Pig. The melancholic drama marks the feature film writing and directorial debuts of Michael…