Travolta/Cage Creators & Guests

Nathan Rabin is a film and music critic known for having coined the phrase "manic pixie dream girl."Rabin was the first head writer for The A.V. Club, which he left to co-found and become a staff writer for The Dissolve. At The Dissolve, he wrote the columns "Forgotbusters" and "Streaming University." He left The Dissolve to return to The A.V. Club as a freelance writer. He has written articles on the Insane Clown Posse, Phish, and "Weird Al" Yankovic. Rabub was a panelist on the show "Movie Club with John Ridley" on AMC.Rabin's first book, the memoir, "The Big Rewind: A Memoir Brought To You By Pop Culture," was published in 2009. He has written several books about pop culture, including two about Al Yankovic.Rabin was raised in Chicago. He received his B.A. from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Eric Szyszka is the series acquisitions manager, broadcast operations, producer and co-host of We Hate Movies Podcast.

Amy Nicholson is a film critic. Currently, she is chief film critic for MTV News. She is the co-host of the Earwolf podcasts "The Canon" and "Unspooled," and host of the MTV podcast "Skillset."Nicholson's reviews have appeared in Boxoffice Magazine, IndieWire, Los Angeles Times, MTV News, The Guardian, The New York Times, UPROXX, Variety, and the Village Voice. Her first book, "Tom Cruise: Anatomy of an Actor" was published in 2014.

Griffin Newman is an actor, comedian, writer, and co-host of Blank Check with Griffin & David Podcast.

Emily St. James (formerly Emily VanDerWerff) is a critic, journalist, podcaster, and writer. Currently, she is the Critic at Large for Vox. Prior to 2019, she published under her old name, Todd VanDerWerff.St. James started her career by working for the student newspaper while studying at South Dakota State University. In 2004, she graduated and began working for newspapers, writing and copy editing, while maintaining her TV blog. Later, she wrote for the A.V. Club, first as a freelance writer, and then as an editor.

Andrew Jupin is a co-host of We Hate Movies Podcast, senior film programmer at Jacob Burns Film Center and Lead creative at Private Cabin.

Alonso Duralde is an American writer and film critic, Alonso also co-hosts the podcast Linoleum Knife.