O.K. Video

Ryan and Nathan take a trip to Kevin Smith's View Askew Universe (the VAU) in this weeks look at Clerks II , a potential Superior Sequel. This one was a struggle to keep PG, but I think we managed it somehow.  If you want to tell us something, email ryan@okvideo.ca or nathan@okvideo.ca Tweets can also be sent to @okvideopodcast Thanks for listening! -N Clerks II

 Don't sleep on this week's O.K. Video, or Freddy'll get ya! Though perhaps not in a dream, as Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge takes some interesting liberties with the emerging formula of the franchise. Ryan and Nathan also discuss the way this movie has been embraced by the LGBTQ community in the years since its release and the impact it had on the career trajectory of star Mark Patton. All this and more in our ongoing look at Superior Sequels, thanks for joining us. If you want to send us some questions or feedback, @okvideopodcast on Twitter is a place to do it, or some emails via ryan@okvideo.ca or nathan@okvideo.ca  - N Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge

Welcome to a new batch of episodes from O.K. Video. This time we are looking at "Superior Sequels" and defining what that means as we go. Case in point, Predator 2 is the subject of our kick-off and Ryan and Nathan have differing opinions on how this one stacks up in action film history.  If you want to send us some questions or feedback, we are on TWitter @okvideopodcast, instagram with much the same handle and you can always send us an old-fashioned email via ryan@okvideo.ca or nathan@okvideo.ca Thanks for Listening! -N Predator 2

The final episode of our Nicolas Cage Celebration is at hand. Nathan and Ryan go over our collection of films one last time to order them by quality and call out some things that were missed in the previous discussions. The future is bright for Nicolas and we will surely visit the Best Actor's work again down the trail. If you want to ask us questions for our next batch of movies, email ryan@okvideo.ca or nathan@okvideo.ca, or tweet us @okvideopodcast.  Until next time. -N Ranking

Pinball. Punch. They are what The Janitor lives for. No robotic serial killers can stop this man from taking his regularly scheduled break, cracking a punch and pounding the plungers to make that silver ball dance.  Our final Nicolas Cage film of this batch is Willy's Wonderland. Thanks for joining Ryan and Nathan at O.K. Video.  If you want to send us questions or feedback, tweet @okvideopodcast or email ryan@okvideo.ca or nathan@okvideo.ca We are also on Instagram, okvideopodcast.  Next week is our ranking episode, but Nathan couldn't help but spoil what our next batch will be about in this one, so stay tuned for that. -N  Willy's Wonderland

It's the best episode of O.K. Video this week! Join Nathan and Ryan as we take a look at an overshadowed masterpiece from Martin Scorsese, his only film from the 90s not to receive a single glance from the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, further damning them in our eyes. Nicolas Cage plays a burnt-out Frank Pierce, an EMS driver patrolling the nights of New York City, desperately looking for a person to save. Bringing Out the Dead, now available on Laserdisc! Fun fact, part of our intro sound effect is Nathan's very own LaserDisc player! If you want to interact with the show some more, we are now on Instagram, okvideopodcast, Twitter @okvideopodcast and, of course, you can send us a good ol' fashion E-Mail, via ryan@okvideo.ca or nathan@okvideo.ca -N Bringing Out the Dead

Nathan and Ryan haven’t actually READ Susan Orlean’s The Orchid Thief , but they are pretty confident they got the gist of it in this week’s investigation of Donald Kaufman’s Masterpiece, Adaptation. Then we get sucked into a vortex of grumbling about the Oscars that eats up all of our question time. If you want to hurl a question into the vortex for a future episode, email ryan@okvideo.ca or nathan@okvideo.ca You can also keep taps on us via Twitter @okvideopodcast and Nathan converted his instagram into okvideopodcast and is trying to figure out that part of the social network landscape if you are so inclined. Thanks for visiting our little show and our celebration of The Best Actor. -N Adaptation

  In 1990 a man named David Green directed a film featuring Nicolas Cage and Tommy Lee Jones. It had helicopters. And it was not very good. Welcome to O.K. Video Batch 4, an ongoing celebration of the work of Nicolas Cage, the Best Actor. Despite his abilities, this film never quite...takes flight. Eye dominance, Sean Young, Phil Collins, whatever the issue is, it just doesn't come together, but we squeeze all the juice we can out of this 86 minute lemon.  If you want to send us a query, email ryan@okvideo.ca or nathan@okvideo.ca We are also on Twitter @okvideopodcast Thanks for listening! -N Fire Birds

Meme Cage. Rage Cage. Neo Shamanistic Expressionist Cage. Whatever you want to call it, Vampire's Kiss has it in full effect. Ryan and Nathan marvel at Nicolas Cage's rendering of Peter Loew, a publishing executive who THINKS he is becoming a vampire and turns that bloodthirsty rage against his poor secretary Alva, played by Maria Conchita Alonso. Robert Bierman allowed Cage to bounce off all the walls in this 1989 cult classic and O.K. Video is here to chat about it. If you want a question answered on the show, email ryan@okvideo.ca or nathan@okvideo.ca We are also on Twitter @okvideopodcast -N Vampire's Kiss

Cage. Herzog. For one gleaming moment those two formed the basis of a super-team that put together a remarkable motion picture, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans . Nathan and Ryan ramble on about iguanas, gators, spoons and a murderer’s row of character actors in O.K. Video’s ongoing celebration of Nicolas Cage. Then, somehow, the conversation turns to throwing shade at Uncut Gems and the output of A24. Nathan apologizes for that, just been simmering for a while. If you have any questions or feedback, @okvideopodcast on Twitter or emailing ryan@okvideo.ca are the best ways to do that. Thanks for listening. -N Bad Lieutenant 2: Even Badder