Heat-Seeking Panther: Recent Episodes

Heat-Seeking Panther

An immersive journey into the life and filmography of Nicolas Cage

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Our 100th episode! This movie was literally made with us in mind! It feels like they reached into our brains and made this movie specifically for the two of us!

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Returning guest Ross McKinney joins from Portland to remind us that we don't get alot of things to really care about.

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Your hosts return from the ghostland only to seriously consider going back in after watching this movie. Thanks to special guest Andy Sell for coming back to do this one with us.

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Special guest Amanda Hedstrom joins us to talk pinball dance moves and racist animatronics

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With any luck maybe the next global pandemic will deliver us Croods 3

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We speak with co-producer Euthymios Logothetis on bringing a martial arts sci-fi film to life and the secret extraterrestrial origins of jiu jitsu

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A special bonus episode where your co-hosts run down the good, the bad, the least worst, the actual worst and the totally f*cked in this re-cap of Cage's last decade.

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It ain't real life, it's jazz.

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Ashley Nagel returns to the panther den for an improper Southern gothic romance couched between two(!) monologues on the evils of the military industrial complex

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Special guest Marina Aguerre joins us for a movie that prominently features both a panther and a cage

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In which our hero is named John for the seventh time - featuring special guest Sick Fisher

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What makes a drug movie? What makes an anti-drug movie? Is this an anti-anti-drug movie or just an anti-War On Drugs movie? Are drugs cool or bad? Is this even a movie?

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Returning guest Jake Robinson joins us to describe the indescribable; then we read excerpts from Cage's account of his search for the Holy Grail.

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Special guest Tuyet Nguyen joins us to remind you that if you don't sleep, you die.

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We welcome Theo Cohn back to the panther den to read from Memories by Nicolas Cage #ReleaseTheCatCut

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In which our hero appears as two of comic book history's most beloved characters in the same year

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In which our hero stars as a cop (again) in the first movie written entirely by A.I.

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In which our hero purchases and remodels a perv hotel

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This episode brought to you by Cheddar Goblin by Devane. Featuring special guests Ash Allard & Nick Logie

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Oh the humanity! Featuring returning guest Max Bussman

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In which our hero participates in the most intense game of hokey-pokey ever. Featuring special guest Conor Kinsman

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Special guest Jake Robinson loads some Spongebobs onto the iPad and joins us to talk about a movie we all wish we didn't have to ever watch.

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This episode brought to you by the Cincinnati Film Commission. Film Cincinnati!

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In which our hero resurrects a decades old character to reconcile with his lost brother. Featuring special guest Ross McKinney

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In which our hero must decide which music is best for hang gliding into Pakistan

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We welcome special guest Anam Syed for a critical and sociological evaluation of Weston Cage Coppola's unique Instagram feed

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Special guest Ashley Nagel joins your co-hosts for a discussion on the merits of using extreme sports athletes as anti-terrorism secret agents

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The survivors of the events depicted and their families hold this film in very low regard - and your co-hosts agree. Special three-peat guest Vivian Martínez joins them to salute the true men of courage.

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Live from the internet! We welcome special guest Joe Gamache to discuss the eventual likelihood of Oliver Stone creating agitprop as a right wing government plant.

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Special guests Alex and Benjamin Brewer, writers/directors of The Trust, join your co-hosts (and Lex!) in the Panther Den to discuss their film, working with luminaries, and their favorite Cage performances.

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In which we welcome back all star guest Lex Friedman for our hero's return to form

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In which our hero dresses as the raven from "The Raven" for Halloween.

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In which our hero jogs

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Here's Nic Cage standing in front of me with a bag of snakes.

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In which our co-hosts, playing it fast and loose, evocatively describe select scenes from the unreleased director's cut

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Special guest Ashi Dala joins us to discuss evangelical premillenial dispensationalism and its place in pop culture. Who gets Raptured and why?

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How deep is hell?

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In which our hero abandons the western kabuki that he popularized to turn in his most nuanced performance to date

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There is a 3½ hour director’s cut of this movie featuring an extra hour of Cage trying his hardest to not act and at least 20 minutes of John Cusack driving down an empty road in silence

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In which our hero is never not afraid. Featuring special guest Krystin Braverman !

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We welcome back golden boy Max Winston to steal from the world's greatest bank robber

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In which our hero projects an entity from another realm and it pisses fire. Featuring special guest Max Bussman

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In which our hero is a cuckold

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the hungry rabbit jumps

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In which our hosts are joined by special guest Donald Jerome Waldman to examine Axl's favorite film

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In which our hero crusades through the greatest medieval epic since The Seventh Seal. Featuring special guest Theo Cohn

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In which our hero conjures the role closest to his heart

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TAKE COVER CHILD! we welcome very special guest Lex Friedman back to the panther den

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In which our hero turns the hog loose

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We celebrate our golden jubilee(!) with special guest Vivian Martinez and a double feature of 2009's worst in children's entertainment

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In which our hero, as part of a Saturn death cult, encourages the cubist viewing experience.

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In which our hero dresses like a middle-aged Marilyn Manson and our co-hosts chew almonds on mic (good ASMR)

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In which our hero kidnaps the President of the United States of America. Vivian Martinez guest stars

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FRANKENSTEIN & CADILLACS

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In which our hero jumps the length of six (!) Apache helicopters while wearing a CGI flaming skull. We welcome back Max Bussman as our guest.

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an un-bee-lievable episode . . . featuring special guest Andy Sell

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In which the facial hair verisimilitude is staggering

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In which Dave reads an excerpt from the fanfic.net original story "Nothing Is Impossible"

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In which our hero receives a demo CD-R from a Zimmer intern, featuring special guest Jesse Johnstone. (we had some technical difficulties with Dave's mic but luckily he talks loud!)

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Guns...Grenades...Hooray! featuring special guest Max Bussman

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In which our hero steals the Declaration of Independence

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In which we see the movie our hero wishes to see.

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In which our hero directs James Franco as himself and himself as a Cajun Eddie King

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Starring Miles Lovecraft as Miles and Dave. Also featuring special guest Lionel Williams.

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careeraftermilitary.com ranks Windtalkers as the fourth most inaccurate war film ever made

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In which our hero, his co-stars, and NFL legend John Madden make a mockery of no less than 5 European dialects. Featuring our first international guest Giovanni Cervigni, all the way from Italy!

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In which our hero reaches the tipping point and is moved to tears. Featuring special guest Kathryne Dameron-Johnstone

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In which our hero blasts to Palm Springs, instantly feeling better about being me. Special guest Leah Harper reads Cage's chart and discovers how we're astrologically connected to him.

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Just when you thought it was safe to bring the dead back in....

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In which our hero dances with the devil. Featuring special guest St. James Adenoid

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In which Rick Santoro & the planet hollywood globe get swept away by an enormous tsunami. Featuring the music of Aerosmith

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It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a Cage! featuring special guest Rob Sundermann

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In which our hero stars in a heavenly rom-dram based on a Goo Goo Dolls music video featuring special guest Kristin Halladay

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In which our hero takes his face.....OFF. Featuring special guest Max Winston

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How do I live without you? I want to know, How do I breathe without you? If you ever go, How do I ever, ever survive? featuring special guest Lex Friedman

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Inside Bay's multiverse, Sir Sean Connery opens a golf course on Alcatraz. Featuring special guest Austin Cook & regular guest Emily

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In which our hero wins an oscar for the longest suicide note ever. Featuring special guest Efrain Schunior

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F.A.B.

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In which our hero robs a bank, compulsively. Hear the conclusion of Cage's American road diary, including the full poem that inspired this podcast.

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Cop Gives Waitress $2 Million Tip; Cop Divorces Wife; Cop Marries Waitress. featuring guests Kathryne & Jesse Dameron-Johnstone

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In which we rewrite the worst romcom (?) we've ever seen into NATIONAL TREASURE 3: STEALING TESS Dave continues his dramatic reading of Cage's journey to the heart of the American Dream

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In which our hero participates in the ultimate con. We welcome back Emily, our first repeat guest, and Dave reads excerpts from Cage's 1991 tour diary to the heart of America.

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In which our hero journeys to the center of America

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In which our heros discover the DNA of the great propaganda movie of our time within a racially charged comedy of errors.

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= MAXIMUM VIOLENCE IMMEDIATELY=

Elvis seems to be a recurring theme

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In which our hero's overbearing angst overshadows his co-star's illustrious headgear.

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In which our hero's snakeskin jacket represents a symbol of his individuality and his belief in personal freedom. Featuring special guest Emily Adams

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In which our hero fails to trace Top Gun.

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While shooting at an animal in the dark, our hero contracts leprosy.

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We did murder someone last night. We turned into vampires, it's a long story. Featuring special guest Alyssa Lopez

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In which our lupine hero inspires a whirlwind sing-a-long of the greatest autotune hits of the twentieth century. Featuring special guest Erin Hickey

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In which we root for our hero, starring as his first Halloween costume, to steal a baby. Featuring our first special guest, Alex Heerman.

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In which Peggy Sue gets divorced amidst trying to reconcile Coppolla's post-70s output

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In which we wonder which nineteenth century Canadian entertainment choices allowed a Rambo figure to become a national hero

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In which we consider a boy's love for his bird in relation to our least favorite Pink Floyd albums

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In which we celebrate Richard Gere's birthday.

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In which our hero overcomes the maudlin nostalgia of a low budget period piece.

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Episode 2 - Rumble Fish (1983) by Heat-Seeking Panther

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In which we discuss Nicolas Cage's breakout role in the classic 1983 teen movie, "Valley Girl"

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In which we discuss the mystery and allure of Nicolas Cage and why we would want to start a podcast based on his filmography. Also an in-depth analysis of his first screen role in the failed TV pilot The Best of Times