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Two weeks ago, Styx founder Dennis DeYoung posted a solo rendition of the band’s 1981 hit “Best of Times” onto YouTube that he recorded in his house. Much to his amazement, it quickly racked up 847,000 views and inspired him to post another song (the band’s 1990 tune “Show Me the Way”) and start his own YouTube channel. “Thank you for everything you’ve done with the ‘Best of Times’ video,” he said. “I can’t believe it. I’ve read all the comments.” (There’s 6,015 of those and climbing.)

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Can you think of a more eccentric and offbeat actor than Crispin Glover? Indeed, the strange scene-stealing character actor has marched to his drum in and around Hollywood since making his screen debut in the 1981 TV-movie Best of Times. Four years later Glover landed the role of a lifetime as George McFly in the classic time-traveling comedy Back to the Future. And the rest, as they say, is history.

Related: Back To The Future: 10 Things We Never Noticed In The Trilogy

But a closer look at Glover's filmography reveals how wise he is at choosing projects to participate in. Don't believe us? Here are Crispin Glover's 10 best movies, according to Rotten Tomatoes.

Simon Reynolds Mar 2, 2018

Beyond Jerry Bruckheimer's The Rock and Con Air, here are a handful of Nicolas Cage films worth seeking out.

It’s very easy to get lost with Nicolas Cage. With ‘Cage Rage’ memes, the tales of celebrity eccentricity (remember when he turned on Bath’s Christmas lights?) and the continued fascination surrounding his unmade Superman film, you’d be forgiven for losing sight of the fact that he’s a bona fide, megawatt movie star. On March 9 he’s back with a new role in Brian Taylor’s Mom and Dad, playing a father who violently turns against his own offspring during an outbreak of parental mass hysteria.

In the hands of Crank co-director Taylor we get to see two sides of Cage: the understated everyman and the off-the-scale rage machine. It’s this kind of role, beyond the blockbuster carnage of The Rock and Con Air,...