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Caged Wisdom: Kick-Ass

By Juan Miko de Villa Jan 11, 2012 3:37 am

Here's a fun fact: Nicolas Cage has, for considerable time, trained in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu under Royce Gracie of the early-UFC fame. With this in mind, I find it interesting that the majority (or all) ...

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Caged Wisdom: Trapped in Paradise

By Juan Miko de Villa Oct 28, 2011 8:32 am

Very few movies can be considered timeless, often because the slightest misstep can place a prominent date-stamp on a film's proverbial forehead. I'm thinking specifically of Paul Reiser's plaid ...

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Caged Wisdom: Adaptation

By Juan Miko de Villa Sep 09, 2011 3:38 pm

When I first saw Adaptation I think I was about 18. I was as open minded as I was going to get about movies, and I probably said I liked a lot of films more than I did in order to prove my newfound ...

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Caged Wisdom: The Sorcerer's Apprentice

By Juan Miko de Villa Jul 06, 2011 8:43 am

By nature I tend to be a very skeptical person; maybe it’s a defense mechanism, but that’s just how I’ve lived most of my life. The upside of this outlook is that every once in ...

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Caged Wisdom: Ghost Rider

By Juan Miko de Villa Jun 02, 2011 7:40 am

In Mark Steven Johnson's big-screen adaptation of the (marginally?) popular comic book Ghost Rider,  a reckless stuntman of the Evel Knievel mold, Johnny Blaze, is transformed into the demon ...

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Caged Wisdom: Bangkok Dangerous

By Juan Miko de Villa Apr 26, 2011 9:14 am

When I was doing the background work for this review I came to the realization that there's no real reason for Bangkok Dangerous to exist. It's a remake of an obscure Thai movie of the same name, ...

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A Joint Venture: Justin and Miko on Pootie Tang (2001)

By Juan Miko de Villa Apr 22, 2011 12:10 am

In lieu of writing a traditional review for a uniquely bizarre film, The Dashing Fellows' Justin Gayle and Juan “Miko” de Villa sat down to an intimate dinner and candidly discussed the ...

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Essential Docs: Last Train Home (2009)

By Juan Miko de Villa Mar 23, 2011 12:01 am

I have a friend in his early thirties with two young kids. He told me that one of his biggest anxieties is knowing that, as he ages, it will become increasingly more difficult to relate to his ...

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Movie Reviews: Cyrus (2010)

By Juan Miko de Villa Jul 28, 2010 12:01 am

When I went to the movies last weekend my friend and I were trying to decide between Get Him to the Greek and Cyrus. Either way, Jonah Hill was going to make some money. We ultimately decided on ...

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Shane Carwin vs. Brock Lesnar: Thoughts and Predictions

By Juan Miko de Villa Jun 29, 2010 10:26 pm

I'm not a betting man, but sometimes I think I should be. This weekend's upcoming UFC heavyweight title-unification bout between former WWE star Brock Lesnar (yeah... he's never living that one ...

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