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Control Nathan Rabin 4.0 #253 Swiss Army Man (2016)

This cult movie about a flatulent, boner-popping talking corpse played by Harry Potter is weird, but in a good way.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinDecember 22, 2021Paul Dano, Daniel Radcliffe, cult, dead body

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0 #252 Cast a Deadly Spell (1991)

H.P Lovecraft meets Raymond Chandler in the nifty and inventive 1991 television movie Cast a Deadly Spell.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinDecember 21, 2021Fred Ward, Julianne Moore, David Warner, Martin Campbell, H.P Lovecraft, HBO, television movie, Film Noir, Horror, horror comedy, monsters

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0 #251 Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)

One of you kind souls paid me to re-watch and write about one of the greatest westerns ever made, Sergio Leone’s 1968 masterpiece Once Upon a Time in the West.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinDecember 20, 2021Sergio Leone, Henry Fonda, Charles Bronson, Woody Strode, Jason Robards, Dario Argento, Bernardo Bertolucci

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0 #250 Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)

For the landmark 250th entry in the column that let’s YOU choose the movies I watch and write about, I wrote about Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. What a picture!

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinDecember 16, 2021Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Al Pacino, Walton Goggins, Bruce Dern, Rebecca Gayheart, Quentin Tarantino, Hollywood, The Broken Mirror, Broken Mirror, Kurt Russell, Bruce Lee, stuntman, Academy Award winner

Control Nathan Rabin #249 Hard Target (1993)

A patron-funded side-quest on Wilford Brimley gets off to a rollicking start with a lusty appreciation of John Woo’s kick-ass 1993 American debut Hard Target.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinDecember 15, 2021Jean-Claude Van Damme, Jean Claude Van Damme, Yancy Butler, Wilford Brimley, John Woo

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0 #248 Creator (1985)

My patron-funded exploration of the complete filmography of Virginia Madsen with a look at the muddled 1985 romantic comedy-drama, which was sold as a romantic comedy about Peter O’Toole trying to resurrect his dead wife but is actually more about Vincent Spano dealing with a girlfriend in a coma.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinDecember 2, 2021Peter O'Toole, Virginia Madsen, Mariel Hemingway, David Odgen Stiers, video stores

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0 #246 Grey Lady (2017)

My patron-funded exploration of the films of Rebecca Gayheart hits another low point with the dreary 2017 crime drama Grey Lady, starring Gayheart and her then-husband Eric Dane, AKA Grey’s Anatomy’s McSteamy.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinNovember 17, 2021Eric Dane, Rebecca Gayheart, Adrian Lester, crime, Nantucket

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0 #244 Batman Beyond: "April Moon" and "Sentries of the Last Cosmos”

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinNovember 10, 2021Patton Oswalt, Batman, Batman Beyond, George Lucas, Gary Gygax

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0 #243 G.B.F. (2013)

My patron-funded exploration of the films of Rebecca Gayheart explores 2013’s G.B.F., a sweet but heavy-handed teen sex comedy that reunited her with the writer-director of Jawbreaker.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinOctober 28, 2021Jawbreaker, Rebecca Gayheart, Natasha Lyonne, Jonathan Silverman, Darren Criss, gay, coming of age, Heathers, Mean Girls, satire, high school, teenagers