Scalding Hot Takes — Happy Place — It Turns Out the Naming Rights! Membership Option Was For Real and Someone Is Now Five Hundred Bucks Poorer Presents Nat

There are more respectful ways to honor the late James Foley than by re-running this piece on 50 Shades Darker but it's the one we're going with

Fuck this movie. Seriously. Fuuuuuuuck this movie.

Scalding Hot TakesNathan RabinMay 8, 2025Sex, 50 Shades of Grey, 50 Shades of Black

Max Landis Thought Bright Would Be His Star Wars. Instead It's His Rise of Skywalker

You know how everyone says Bright is total garbage? They're being overly generous.

This Looks Terrible, Scalding Hot Takes, Mismatched Buddy CopsNathan RabinNovember 30, 2023Will Smith, David Ayer, Max Landis

Meg 2 Is Not the Timeless Masterpiece I Hoped and Expected It Would Be. In Fact, It's Actually Kinda Dumb

In what I can safely deem the biggest disappointment of my life Meg 2: The Trench kinda sucks.

Scalding Hot TakesNathan RabinAugust 9, 2023Jason Statham, shark, sequel

The 2018 Revenge Thriller Peppermint is Some Fascist-Ass Bullshit

Do you enjoy racism and murder but fear Hispanics? Then boy, do we have a movie for you! A BAD movie, that is!

Scalding Hot TakesNathan RabinJanuary 22, 2023Bruce Willis, Jennifer Garner, Death Wish, vigilante, Alt-Right, racism, gangs

The Charming Kyrie Irving Vehicle Uncle Drew Doesn't Seem Quite so Harmless Now

For the latest Scalding Hot Takes entry, I watched Uncle Drew, the Citizen Kane of old-age-based basketball comedies adapted from popular soda pop commercial campaigns.

Scalding Hot TakesNathan RabinJanuary 21, 2023Shaquille O'Neal, Shan Fu, Pepsi

Ready Player One is the Worst Thing Steven Spielberg Has Ever Done and That Includes Hunting Hobos for Sport

I hated, hated, hated this movie!

Scalding Hot TakesNathan RabinJanuary 9, 2023Steven Spielberg, video games, geek culture

2017's Pottersville is the Michael Shannon Christmas Furry Movie We Never Knew We Didn't Need

So it turns out that Michael Shannon Furry Sex Comedy Christmas movie is EVERY bit as insane as you'd imagine. The horror, the horror!

Scalding Hot Takes: Zola

Scalding Hot Takes returns with a fond look at the audacious, wildly entertaining Twitter-based dark comedy Zola.

Scalding Hot TakesNathan RabinJuly 13, 2021

Scaling Hot Takes: Mortal Kombat (2021)

Mortal Kombat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Scalding Hot Takes, Video Game MonthNathan RabinApril 27, 2021Mortal Kombat, video games, violence

Scalding Hot Takes: Godzilla Vs. Kong

I watched the movie where the giant monkey fights the nuclear lizard.

Scalding Hot TakesNathan RabinApril 6, 2021Kyle Chandler, King Kong, Godzilla, Kaiju, Rebecca Hall, Film