3 Years Later, Nicolas Cage's Surreal Gem Is Officially Back on Streaming

The brilliant Nicolas Cage is never far from a bold, headline-stealing performance. On Prime Video on November 18, Cage will don a full-body fat suit and prosthetic makeup in a typically transformative role in the sports biopic, Madden. The Academy Award winner portrays the titular voice of football alongside fellow Oscar winner Christian Bale, who portrays the late Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis. Directed by five-time Academy Award nominee David O. Russell, this is already shaping up to be the next must-watch Cage movie.

With two weeks to go until Cage’s next performance, there are plenty of other entries in his vast and varied filmography to keep you entertained. One of his strangest and most underrated recent efforts is the A24 comedy horror Dream Scenario. From writer-director Kristoffer Borgli, who himself is known for bonkers, high-concept films, Dream Scenario stars Cage as an ordinary man who suddenly starts appearing in people’s dreams.

“Dream Scenario is like a strange dream that doesn’t quite go in the direction you would’ve hoped, but still, you’re glad you got to experience that vision,” wrote Collider’s Ross Bonaime in his review, which was one of many mixed responses to this ambitious tale. The film features a strong supporting cast, including Michael Cera, Dylan Gelula, Amber Midthunder, Noah Centineo, Nicholas Braun, and more. You can watch Dream Scenario when it moves to the free streamer Plex, starting November 1.

Four Netflix characters, four completely different ways of showing up
for somebody. This is the one who fits how you actually do friendship, and what having them in your
life would be like.

You do not do friendship at half volume, and neither does he.
What you want is somebody who says yes to the plan before you have finished describing the
plan.

• Dustin is the friend the entire show runs on: loyal past the point of sense,
  enthusiastic about everything, and incapable of leaving anybody behind.
• You have the same instinct. Your friendships are loud, specific and slightly ridiculous,
  and they last for decades because of it.
• He is also the one person who would take your strangest interest completely seriously,
  which is far rarer than it sounds.
• You would have a group chat. It would never once be quiet.

You are the friend who makes things happen, and so is she.
Together you would be mildly exhausting to everyone around you and completely delighted with
yourselves.

• Emily treats an ordinary Tuesday as something that could be turned into an occasion,
  which is either the best or the worst quality in a friend depending on your energy
  levels.
• You share her refusal to sit still. Neither of you has ever accepted a night in when
  something was happening somewhere else.
• She is far more loyal than people give her credit for. She defends her friends loudly,
  publicly, and occasionally before checking the facts.
• She would post the photo without asking. You would forgive her, because it is a very
  good photo.

You have no patience for pleasant lies, and she has no ability to
tell them. What looks like coldness from the outside is the most reliable friendship on this
list.

• Wednesday never says a kind thing she does not mean, which makes the rare ones count for
  an enormous amount.
• You would rather be told the truth than be made comfortable. She is constitutionally
  incapable of offering you anything else.
• Underneath all of it she is ferociously protective. She simply refuses to make a
  performance out of caring.
• Do not expect a birthday message. Do expect her to ruin anyone who wrongs you.

You look after whoever is having the worst day. So does he. It is
the least strategic way to move through the world and the best possible quality in a friend.

• Gi-hun is not the strongest player in Squid Game, or the cleverest. He is the one who
  keeps choosing to protect somebody else, over and over, at genuine cost to himself.
• You have the same instinct. You notice who is struggling and you stay with them, long
  after anybody would blame you for leaving.
• He is a flawed friend, and that is part of why it lands. He lets people down, then comes
  back and tries again, which is more than most manage.
• He would give you his last chance and never once mention that he had done it.

Nicolas Cage Recently Made a Controversial Comparison

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Earlier this year, Cage starred in Prime Video’s Spider-Noir live-action series, an offshoot of the animated Spider-Verse films (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse). Sadly, despite proving popular with critics and fans, the series was canceled after just one outing. This clearly didn’t sit well with Cage, who spoke out against modern superhero projects, saying:

“When I see these 50-plus and otherwise intelligent and remarkably gifted thespians putting on these ridiculous outfits and getting ready for the fight — let’s face it, it’s all cutting to the fight — it’s hard for me not to be reminded that the MCU is becoming a well-funded and glorified WWE.”

“When I see these 50-plus and otherwise intelligent and remarkably gifted thespians putting on these ridiculous outfits and getting ready for the fight — let’s face it, it’s all cutting to the fight — it’s hard for me not to be reminded that the MCU is becoming a well-funded and glorified WWE.”

Dream Scenario is streaming for free on Plex starting November 1. Make sure to stay tuned to Collider for the latest streaming stories.

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