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Nicolas Cage has gotten a lot of flack for his seemingly indiscriminate movie choices, and we can’t argue that he’s taken part in many unmemorable – and, yes, downright bad – films. It’s also true, and sometimes overlooked, that he’s done amazingly solid work in a variety of worthwhile movies, not all of them in the distant past, i.e., 2009’s ‘The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans’](Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans (2009) - Movie | Moviefone)and last year’s ‘Kick-Ass.’](Kick-Ass (2010) - Movie | Moviefone)
He’s still one of the funniest, most soulful, and eccentric presences on film … when given the right vehicle. Unfortunately Hollywood is rife with clunkers and Cage clearly doesn’t like to turn down work. (Some cite his numerous, much-publicized real estate acquisitions, among other expensive purchases, as the reason for his, um, productivity.)