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Cage Fighting: Cruise Control
by Cage Fighting
Here at the Cage Fighting podcast we're here to answer all the questions you may have wondered about the World of Film.Who is the best Hemsworth? Why is Director Zach Braff the voice of our generation? Nic Cage; Good or Bad? Is Tom Cruise the Saviour of Cinema? If you've ever pondered anything about film, then this is the podcast for you.Send your questions to [email protected] us on twitter @cagefightingpod
Episodes
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Dogma's Lost Legacy, Tropic Thunder Divides the Room, and Scientology vs The Internet
Kevin Smith's controversial religious comedy returns to the spotlight as Andy, Ash, Stu and Ed dive into Dogma (1999). With fallen angels, Alan Rickman, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Jay and Silent Bob, and one of the strangest studio stories of the 1990s, the lads discuss whether Dogma deserves its...
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Worst Animated Film Ever, The Scientologist's Wife, and Tom Cruise: Lion or Lamb?
The Trick 'r Treat season begins, and Ash has brought a gift for the lads. Unfortunately, it's Foodfight!. Often described as one of the worst animated films ever made, the gang dive into a production that spent more than a decade in development hell before finally emerging as a baffling mix of...
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Cruise with another Impossible Mission, South Park vs Scientology, and Winter is Coming
The Summer of 2026 may be over, but Winter is Coming. This week Andy, Ash, Stu and Ed look ahead to the biggest films and TV shows arriving between October 2026 and January 2027. From Tom Cruise's mysterious next project Digger!, to Clayface, Crystal Lake, Godzilla Minus Zero, Blade Runner 2099,...
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Spider-Man on an Odyssey into Summer 2026, Double Spielberg, and a Little Tom Cruise
The Return of the Summer Smash. Part two of our Summer Review sees Andy, Ash, Stu, and Ed wrap up their look back at the record-breaking Summer of 2026. With July and Augustdelivering the season's heaviest of heavy-hitters; The Odyssey, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, surprise successes,...
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The Summer Cinema Strikes Back, The Nail, and Tom Cruise's Greatest Villain
Summer 2026: The Cinema Strikes Back (Part 1) This week Andy, Ash, Stu, and Ed begin their look back at the record-breaking Summer of 2026, breaking down the biggest hits, surprise successes, spectacular failures, and the films that kept audiences piling into cinemas all season long. In Part 1…
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Summer 2016: Marvel’s Civil War Explodes, DC’s Suicide Squad Implodes, Steven Ogg’s OCD & Tom Cruise Enters his Samurai Era
We started the month in 2001, before moving on 1 year later, and now we're doing 15 years later as ya boys delve into Summer 2016. Andy, Ash, and Stu unpack a season where Hollywood went all‑in on IP. With Civil War dominating the box office, Suicide Squad imploding in real time, Finding Dory and...
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#NeverForget Summer 2002: Post‑9/11 Hollywood. A Barking Good Murder Short? Tom Cruise is Austin Powers?!
The Millennial Moment rolls forward as Andy, Ash, and Stu regroup to examine the first post‑9/11 summer slate — Summer 2002, a season where Hollywood found itself blinking into a new world and trying to figure out what blockbuster filmmaking even looked like anymore. From tonal pivots to…
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Summer 2001 turns 25, Charlie Kaufman’s Ghosts, and Cruise & Speilberg’s Minority Report
Summer 2001’s Silver Anniversary celebration kicks into full swing as the Fab Four — Andy, Ash, Ed, and Stu — reunite for a sun‑soaked, nostalgia‑drunk march through one of the strangest, most transitional seasons in blockbuster history. From the dying glow of pre‑franchise Hollywood to the first...
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Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Christopher Nolan: Film-by-Film, Tom Cruise: Vanilla Sky
The Nolan celebration reaches fever pitch this week as Andy, Ash, and Stu assemble for a monumental, film-by-film march through Christopher Nolan’s entire filmography. From the micro-budget ingenuity of Following to the existential quantum puzzles of Interstellar and the historical weight of...
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Into Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey, Tom Cruise Through the 90's, Finding Daddy, and a Mission Impossible II Meltdown
The Christopher Nolan celebration march barrels forward as Andy and Ash dive headfirst into the director’s colossal new behemoth, The Odyssey — a film so dense, so operatic, and so cosmically wound that even the lads need a breather before tackling its temporal labyrinths. Thankfully, the Cagey...
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Christopher Nolan's Brilliance, Willie Bingham Vanishes, and Tom Cruise into the Manosphere
The Christopher Nolan celebration march rolls on through July as the lads gather to talk a little more temporal architecture, before the Short Short Film Film Review takes a turn for the pitch-black and deeply uncomfortable. This week, we’re dissecting The Disappearance of Willie Bingham, a...
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Can Kubrick Make Tom Cruise Sexy? '26 Halftime Review & Chris Nolan's Doodlebug
Buckle up for our annual halftime review as Andy, Ash, and Stu take a scalpel to the first six months of 2026. From the catastrophic lets-downs that broke our hearts to the essential comedies actually worth your time—and the horror gems you desperately need on your radar—the lads are charting the...
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MusiCast: Record Scratch & Vinyl Chat
This week, the lads are stepping off the cinematic gas, cracking open the vinyl, and tuning into a completely different frequency. Matt is officially back in the hosting chair, sitting down with Andy for the very first MusiCast of 2026. Together, they’re digging into everything that’s been...
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Jerry Maguire, Toy Story Shorts & The Moments That Broke Us
Get ready for an emotional battering as Andy, Ash, Ed, and Stu dive head‑first into their Top 5 Moments That Broke Us — the scenes that shattered composure, cracked open chests, and left the lads staring into the middle distance wondering why cinema hurts this much. From gut‑punch revelations to...
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Night Scares, Comedic Donkey’s, and Impossible Missions
Get ready to turn off the lights and test your nerve as Andy, Ash, and Stu unveil their Top 5 films “not to watch alone in the dark.” From creeping dread to full‑blown panic, these are the moments that make you double‑check the hallway and question every shadow in the room. To steady the pulse…
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Comfort Food Films, Dead Grandma’s, and a Tom Cruise Vampire
Get ready to wrap yourself in a cinematic blanket this week as Andy, Ash, Ed, and Stu sit down to give their top five "comfort food" films. These are the ultimate, cozy crowd-pleasers—the ones you can just switch off, sit back, and relax to when you need that cinematic warm hug. Then, the Short...
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Happy Tears, May Fears, and Firming Up Tom Cruise
This week, Andy, Ash, and Stu grab the tissues and brace themselves for a journey through the ultimate emotional rollercoaster of cinema as they kick off this month’s theme: Happy Days and Sad Nights. First up, the guys count down their top five "Happy Tears" films. Those heartwarming…
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Cartoon Existentialism, Cartoon Animals, and Courtroom Tom Cruise
This week, Andy, Ash, Ed, and Stu navigate a landscape of high-stakes courtrooms, existential cartoons, and a potential movie of the year. First, we’re checking the early box office ballots and cracking open Obsession—finding out if this thriller is a genuine Film of the Year candidate or just a...
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Sleuthing Sheep, Seth MacFarlane's Comedic Stylings, and Shillelaghs
This week, Andy, Ash, and Stu navigate a landscape of pop-culture cartoons, Irish immigrants, and a couple new releases. First, we’re cracking the case of The Sheep Detectives—finding out if these woolly investigators are top-tier sleuths or just following the herd. Then, our Adult Animation…
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Cartman, Cartoon Cloudbursts, and Cruise in a Car
This week, we’re flying as a duo — just Andy and Stu in the cockpit — but that doesn’t stop us from causing maximum turbulence. First up, we’re handing out some Cagey Awards to Cruise’s 80s output: the highs, the lows, the sunglasses. Then our Adult Animation series rolls into its second chapter...
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Mario, Michael, Homer, Bart - and Tom Cruise gets nominated!
April has been busy, so we’re kicking things off with a look at what we’ve been watching — from Mario's Galaxy-sized identity crisis to Michael’s cinematic misadventure, plus a detour into Lee Cronin’s The Mummy, which may or may not be the most cursed resurrection of the month. Then our…
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Short Breadwinner, Summer Blockbusters, and the Death of Sanford Babbitt
The boys are back in the booth this week as Andy, Ash, and Stu navigate a packed slate of movie news and cinematic milestones. Starting with our thoughts on Sony Chairman Tom Rothman's choice words from CinemaCon 2026. Does he still "believe in the big screen," or is the industry shifting under…
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Crash Site Isn’t a Film, Young Guns Isn’t a Cruise Movie, and We’re Losing It
This week, Andy, Ash, and Ed kick off the pod with the final part of our Pack Chat, with our deep‑dive into the 2020s Brat Pack: where the originals are now, how YA cinema has mutated into therapy‑speak and TikTok maximalism, and whether the next generation of stars are even Actors at this point,...
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New Brats, CAPTCHA Spats, Cocktail Chats
This week we’re time‑travelling again - but not to the 80s just yet.In Part One of our Brat Pack deep‑dive, we jump a generation ahead to see what the iconic crew got up to in the 2000s and 2010s. Who thrived? Who surprised us? And who, in the 21st century, would actually count as a Brat Pack...
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Brat Icons, Dark Times, and Scorsese Shots
In this week’s episode, we look back over the cinematic chaos of March... the highs, the lows, and the “why did we watch that?” moments. We dive into the legacy of the Brat Pack and how their fame shaped (and sometimes warped) the teen‑movie landscape of the 80s and 90s. Then in the Short Short...
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The Netflix Problem: Enshittification, Exorcism & Extreme Aviation
This week on The Netflix Problem, we tackle the big one: enshittification. Why streaming feels worse, how Netflix dug itself into this hole, and what it would actually take to climb back out. We talk fixes, fantasies, petty rebellions, and the kind of transparency the platform desperately needs....
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The Netflix Problem: Rights Gone Wrong, Monster in a Box, and a Legend That Falls Flat
This week, Andy, Stu, and Ash wade into the murky waters of streaming ownership to unpack The Netflix Problem—how the platform’s grip on content creates a whole new kind of modern media nightmare. Then, in the Short Short Film Film Review, the trio stares directly into the abyss with Other Side…
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The Netflix Problem: Cancel the Plot, Swiftie Dads in the Lot, Cruise Giving It All He’s Got
This week, Andy, Stu, and Ed dive head‑first into the chaos of Netflix’s ever‑growing cancellation problem - what is driving it, who it hurts, and why it keeps happening. Then, in the Short Short Film Film Review, the trio takes a surprising detour into the world of Swifties as they break down I...
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The Netflix Problem: #Content, Habit‑Forming Screens, and Cruise’s Teenage Dreams
Andy, Stu and Ash continue their five‑part deep dive into The Netflix Problem — the streaming giant’s slow, silent reshaping of how we watch TV. Last week it was Netflix vs Hollywood; this week it’s Netflix vs us. From binge‑watching to background‑watching, autoplay to algorithmic hypnosis, the...
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The Netflix Problem: Netfilx vs Hollywood, P*ss‑Soaked Shorts & Outsider Cruise
Andy and Stu kick off their brand‑new five‑part deep dive into The Netflix Problem — a guided tour through the streaming giant’s darker side. In Part 1, they tackle Netflix vs Hollywood, unpacking how the company didn’t just disrupt the system… it destabilised it. From broken business models to…
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NTV Part 2: Netflix Film Picks, Jackie’s Screen Tricks, and Continuing Cruise Flicks
This week we dive into the wild, weird, and occasionally wonderful world of Netflix Original Films as we each reveal our Top 5 favourites. Films that genuinely surprised us, films that stuck with us, and films we’ll defend to the bitter end. Our Short Short Film Review spotlights Jackie Earle…
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NTV Part 1: Netflix Cheers, Crochet Tears, and Cruise’s Fears.
This week we dive into Three big talking points: Is it worth revisiting shows you know end badly or should we protect our memories? Do prestige TV shows really need two‑year gaps between seasons or is the magic fading? Are shorter runtimes the future now that audiences are embracing tight…
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Strange Things, Short Film Flings, and Cruise Begins
This week we officially close the book on Nicolas Cage and open the door to our next cinematic obsession: Tom Cruise. We talk about why he’s the natural successor for our watch‑a‑thon, what makes him such a fascinating screen presence, and how we’re tackling his filmography from the very…
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The Cageys Part 2
Andy, Stu, and Ash return to the podium for another round of highly prestigious, totally serious, absolutely legitimate awards. This week, the boys dish out gongs for the film we’re already hyped for in 2026, the cinematic disaster of 2025 that stole two hours we’ll never get back, and the movie...
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The Cagey Awards Part 1
It’s the first ever Cagey Awards, and Andy, Stu, and Ash are kicking off 2026 by looking back at the films and TV that defined 2025. In Part 1, we each reveal our top five favourite films of the year, shine a spotlight on the unsung heroes who deserved way more love, and debate which project...
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It's Chriiiiiiistmaaaaaaaaas!!!
It’s the most wonderful time of the year… and the lads are feeling dangerously festive. This week, Andy, Stu and Ed unwrap a bumper Christmas episode stuffed fuller than a turkey on Life Day. We kick things off with a chat about Rob Reiner. Then we look ahead to January’s upcoming releases…
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Cage Fighting Holiday Special
This week, we unwrap the most infamous gift the galaxy has ever given us: The Star Wars Holiday Special — a 1978 fever dream so bizarre even George Lucas pretends it never happened. Join us as we journey to Kashyyyk for Life Day, meet Chewbacca’s deeply unsettling family, endure musical numbers…
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The Ghost of Christmas Future (2025)
This week we’re peering into the foggy crystal ball of pop culture with equal parts dread and delight. We ponder upon: what 2026 might look like when the dust settles on today’s chaos Mortal Kombat II vs Street Fighter (the eternal arcade rivalry reborn on the silver screen in 2026) the films we...
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The Ghost of Christmas Present (2025)
This week we’re poking at the present with equal parts curiosity and mischief. We ponder upon: the state of today’s cinema (is it thriving, flailing, or just vibing?) the films and moments that have truly bottled the zeitgeist of 2025 the things we’ll inevitably look back on and mutter… WTF were…
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The Ghost of Christmas Past (2025)
This week we’re unwrapping nostalgia and chaos in equal measure. In the first half, we tackle three festive quick‑fire questions: What’s our earliest film or film‑related memory? Which Christmas film has aged badly (and why)? And our definitive Top 5 holiday songs that never actually say the word...
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Superheroes: For Good?
This week we’re serving up a triple course of chaos. First up: Wicked: For Good. The witches are back, the songs are soaring, and we’re asking the only question that matters. Does Oz still cast a spell, or is this broomstick running out of steam? Then it’s time for our annual superhero…
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The Great Superhero Shake-Up and They Call Me Macho Woman (1989)
This week we’re back with a follow-up to last week’s deep dive into Esquire’s Top 25 Superhero Movies. After some heated debate, we’re swapping out a few of the films that just didn’t make the cut and giving overdue recognition to some unsung heroes that deserved a spot on the list. Expect sharp...
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The Best Superhero Films? and They Live (1988)
Nicolas Cage may be safely back in his crypt of chaos (for now), which means Andy, Stu, and Ed are turning their gaze to capes, cowls, and cosmic punch‑ups. For the rest of November, it’s all about superhero cinema. In the first half of this week’s episode, the trio tackle Esquire’s 25 Best...
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Dummies Guide to Nicolas Cage and The Running Man (1987)
This week, we unleash the ultimate starter kit for diving into the wild, weird, and wonderful world of Nicolas Cage. Whether you're Cage-curious or a seasoned Cageologist, we've got you covered with: 🎬 Entry-level essentials to ease you into the madness 🕳️ Deeper cuts for those ready to tumble...
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Let's Talk About Cage, Baby! and Big Trouble in Little China
This week, Ed joins Andy and Stu for a double-barreled blast of Cage-fueled celebration and cult chaos. First up: Ed grills the lads on their journey to becoming full-blown Cage completionists. What did they learn? What did they survive? And which performances deserve eternal glory? It’s time for...
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The Disappointing Films of Nicolas Cage and Gymkata
This week, Andy and Stu take a hard look at the films that disappointed them the most. From missed opportunities to outright cinematic misfires, we dig into the rare occasions when the Cage rage hit us hardest. Which titles broke our hearts, and which ones just broke our patience? Then, Absurd...
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Favourite Cages and Toxic Avengers
This week on Cage Fighting, we delve into the wild, weird, and wonderful world of our favourite Cage films - not necessarily the best ones, but it's time to celebrate the films we enjoyed the most. Bad teeth? Occasionally. Bad Wigs? Most of the time. Bad films? Not here! It’s a love letter to the...
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Nic by Numbers & Absurd Autumn Begins with Yor
In this jam-packed episode, we kick things off with a full breakdown of our Nic Cage marathon - from cult classics to chaotic curiosities, we crunch the numbers and share our definitive takes on the wild ride that is Cage’s filmography. Then, we dive headfirst into Absurd Autumn, our new seasonal...
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Teenage Cage: Nic in the 2010's
It's done. We're at the end. Outcast (2014) has been watched. And so, we've now seen them all. Cage's filmography is bang up-to-date. This episode starts with our breakdown of Outcast, and then ordering all of Cage's films released between 2010 and 2019. It's been a long time coming. Socials:...
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Noughty Nic: Cage in the 2000s
This week, we dive headfirst into the wildest decade of Cage’s career: the 2000s. From flaming skulls to treasure hunts, we rank every Nicolas Cage film released between 2000 and 2009 - chaos, wigs, and all are going on here. Which era-defining performance reigns supreme, and which ones are best...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Here at the Cage Fighting podcast we're here to answer all the questions you may have wondered about the World of Film.Who is the best Hemsworth? Why is Director Zach Braff the voice of our generation? Nic Cage; Good or Bad? Is Tom Cruise the Saviour of Cinema? If you've ever pondered anything about film, then this is the podcast for you.Send your questions to [email protected] us on twitter @cagefightingpod
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