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Watch the stand-up comedian face household shenanigans in ‘The Breadwinner.’ Plus Nicolas Cage spins an old-school web in ‘Spider-Noir.’
Nicolas Cage unpacks his history with ‘Spider-Man’ and ‘Spider-Noir’
Nicolas Cage unpacks his history with “Spider-Man,” revealing he almost played the Green Goblin in Sam Raimi’s 2002 film.
- Comedian Nate Bargatze hits the big screen with family comedy “The Breadwinner.”
- Keke Palmer connects with the satirical and surreal movie “I Love Boosters.”
- Thwip! Nicolas Cage spins an old-school take on an iconic superhero in “Spider-Noir.”
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Miss the days of “Mr. Mom”? Man, Nate Bargatze has a movie for you.
The popular comedian goes from sold-out comedy shows to the big screen with his new comedy “The Breadwinner,” playing a car salesman whose life turns upside down when he takes over for his wife when she goes on a business trip. Hit up the cinema for that and other new films like “Pressure,” “Backrooms” and “I Love Boosters,” which features an all-star cast including Keke Palmer. If you’re in the mood for a TV show, however, and especially if you love all things Spider-Man, Nicolas Cage plays a 1930s-style, fedora-clad version of the legendary Marvel web-slinger in the Prime Video series “Spider-Noir.”
Now on to the good stuff:
See Nate Bargatze embrace his dad era in ‘The Breadwinner’
Nate Bargatze does a little bit of everything in his new PG-rated comedy “The Breadwinner”: He stars, produces and also co-writes, bringing in bits from his stand-up routine and real life as a Nashville family man. Bargatze plays a successful Toyota salesman who has to spend more time on the home front when his wife (Mandy Moore) gets a sweet “Shark Tank” deal and heads out on an important business trip. Bargatze himself is busier than ever these days, and he told me about what he does to keep up “best dad” status.
“It’s a lot of FaceTime,” he says. “The hard part, too, is [kids] get older, they get busy. They kind of have their own stuff going on, so it’s just trying to be at as much stuff as I can, and just really knowing what’s going on.”
Catch up with Keke Palmer in satirical ‘I Love Boosters’
In Boots Riley’s surreal and satirical new film “I Love Boosters,” Keke Palmer plays a sort-of modern Robin Hood, an aspiring designer who leads a group of shoplifters in stealing from high-fashion stores and reselling the merchandise at lower prices. During a recent stop at our New York City studio to chat with my bud Patrick Ryan, Palmer says she understood her character’s “hustle and determination.” A former child star, the actress was the main breadwinner for her parents and three siblings at age 12. “The adaptive intelligence that I’ve been able to create, by way of trying to survive my circumstances, has made me a strong performer,” she says. “But the cost has been not always being embodied.”
Once you’ve seen Palmer on the big screen, perhaps you might want to take in a fresh flick at home? There’s a bunch new on streaming services, including John Travolta’s directorial debut “Propeller One-Way Night Coach,” Charli XCX mockumentary “The Moment” and franchise slasher flick “Scream 7.”
Stream Nicolas Cage’s hardboiled superhero in ‘Spider-Noir’
Nicolas Cage is no stranger to inhabiting comic-book characters – he starred in a couple of “Ghost Rider” movies, for one, and also voiced Superman in a “Teen Titans GO!” cartoon. With “Spider-Noir” (streaming now on Prime Video), he gets eight episodes to really dig into Ben Reilly, a Great Depression-era private eye who also puts on a mask and fights bad guys as the Spider.
It’s a cool take on the Spider-Man mythos – as well as an exploration of an aging hero trying to get his groove back – and like many little kids who grew up loving the character, Cage tells me he got a kick out of doing Spidey’s iconic web-shooting hand motions. “You’ve got to have fun with what you’re doing, and it all goes back to pretending you’re these characters, whether it’s on Halloween or in the backyard with your friends,” says the Oscar winner.
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