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Francis Ford Coppola's "Megalopolis" returns to theaters January 1, 2026 (i.postimg.cc)
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[–] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Megalopolis was the Nicolas Cage of Hollywood blockbusters. It wasn't bad, it just didn't do anything special.

I'd say "or the Nickelback," but Nickelback is a better rock band than Megalopolis was a movie.

[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Nicolas Cage is his nephew!

[–] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's the joke. ;) (I thought he was his son though?)

[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Wikipedia says Nicolas’s dad is August Coppola, brother of Francis Ford and Sophia; I’m assuming that’s accurate