Nicolas Cage demonstrates how to win over a town after invading, pillaging and forcing yourself on to the doctor’s sexy daughter. How, you ask? JUST PLAY THEM THE MANDOLIN! Don’t miss our sizzling review of Captain Corelli’s Mandolin (2001) about Italians, Greeks and Germans trying to find companionship in the downtime between the murder that’s happening because it’s WWII. Nic Cage stars as Captain Corelli opposite Penelope Cruz, whose character becomes incredibly confused after her husband, played by Christian Bale, suddenly returns from the war he’d joined to die and reincarnate as Batman — only to find out he’s been replaced by a steamy hunk with a mandolin! So romantic and sensual. Hey, why are people suddenly getting their limbs blown off?
