Cube Critics

Cube Critics Jacob Aloi and Alex V. Cipolle review “Dream Scenario” and “Kung Fu Panda 4.”The following is a transcription of the audio heard using the player above, lightly edited for clarity.MPR News senior arts reporter and critic Alex V. Cipolle: “Dream Scenario.”MPR News arts reporter Jacob Aloi: (Simultaneously) “Kung Fu Panda 4.”Both: 3.2.1.Cipolle: Mystic.Aloi: (Simultaneously) Dustin Hoffman? I feel like Nic Cage has been in a movie with Dustin Hoffman. They’ve both been around for so long.Cipolle: But what about panda stuff?Aloi: Nic Cage seems like a guy who would do panda stuff. Anyway, I’m Jacob Aloi.Cipolle: Alex V. Cipolle.Aloi: And this is Cube Critics.Aloi: So, Alex, this week you watched a movie that stars Nicolas Cage. Tell me about it.Cipolle: Yeah, I watched “Dream Scenario.” It is a surreal dark comedy from A24, came out in theaters in November, but it just became available streaming — you can rent it on several platforms.So Nicolas Cage plays Paul, a kind of dorky and middling college p