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Best of 2023: In 2022's Surreally Misconceived Halloween Ends Michael Myers Makes a New Halloween Friend in Corey, the Worst Character in the History of Film

Best of 2023: In 2022's Surreally Misconceived Halloween Ends Michael Myers Makes a New Halloween Friend in Corey, the Worst Character in the History of Film

It’s all about Corey, baby, in the spectacularly misconceived 2022 stinker Halloween Ends.

My World Of Flops, Great Catch UpNathan RabinDecember 27, 2023Jamie Lee Curtis, Corey, Danny McBride, David Gordon Green, horror, sequel

The 250 Million Dollar Black Adam Movie Has a LOT of Problems, Like Being a 250 Million Dollar Movie About Black Adam

The 250 Million Dollar Black Adam Movie Has a LOT of Problems, Like Being a 250 Million Dollar Movie About Black Adam

Dwayne Johnson desperately wanted people to believe that Black Adam was a good movie and a financial success. It was neither.

Great Catch Up, My World Of FlopsNathan RabinNovember 28, 2023Dwayne Johnson, Pierce Brosnan

Despite Its Reputation as the Greatest Movie Ever Made, It Turns Out That 2021's Morbius is Actually Terrible!

Despite Its Reputation as the Greatest Movie Ever Made, It Turns Out That 2021's Morbius is Actually Terrible!

Morbius was supposed to be the greatest and most successful movie ever made but it actually sucks.

Great Catch Up, My World Of FlopsNathan RabinOctober 30, 2023MCU, Spider-Man, Morbius, memes, meme culture, camp, Jared Leto, Matt Smith

2022's Ambulance is That Rarest and Most Unexpected of Pop Culture Anomalies: A Good Michael Bay Movie

2022's Ambulance is That Rarest and Most Unexpected of Pop Culture Anomalies: A Good Michael Bay Movie

A GOOD Michael Bay movie? Wait, what?

Great Catch UpNathan RabinOctober 25, 2023Jake Gylenhaal, Michael Bay

Chris Rock Goes Horror in 2021's Weirdly Underwhelming Spiral: From the Book of Saw

Chris Rock Goes Horror in 2021's Weirdly Underwhelming Spiral: From the Book of Saw

Chris Rock REALLY wanted to do a Saw movie. So he did. I still can’t quite figure out why.

Great Catch UpNathan RabinOctober 24, 2023Chris Rock, Samuel L. Jackson, Saw, torture porn, sequel

2018's Acrimony Is Another Tyler Perry Stinker About the Evil of Womenfolk and the Saintliness of Men

2018's Acrimony Is Another Tyler Perry Stinker About the Evil of Womenfolk and the Saintliness of Men

I’m starting to suspect that Tyler Perry might not be the most subtle or understated filmmaker.

Great Catch UpNathan RabinOctober 19, 2023Taraji P. Henson, Tyler Perry

Neither Memes Nor Mr. Police Can Save the Notorious, Clueless 2017 Flop The Snowman

Neither Memes Nor Mr. Police Can Save the Notorious, Clueless 2017 Flop The Snowman

Great meme, terrible movie.

Great Catch Up, My World Of FlopsNathan RabinOctober 17, 2023Michael Fassbender, Chloe Sevigny, J.K. Simmons, J.K Simmons, Val Kilmer, flop, Martin Scorsese

The Fifth Scream Movie is a Legacy Sequel Done Right

The Fifth Scream Movie is a Legacy Sequel Done Right

Finally, a legacy sequel that doesn’t suck!

Great Catch UpNathan RabinOctober 12, 2023Jenna Ortega, David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courtney Cox, sequel, horror, post-modern, meta-textual, slasher, Film