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

In 1994's Xenophobic Blue Tiger a Grief-Stricken Virginia Madsen Wages War With the Yakuza Using Her Ripe Sexuality as a Weapon

My patron-funded exploration of the films of Virginia Madsen continues with the grim 1994 revenge thriller Blue Tiger, where the actress wreaks vengeance on the Yakuza the sexiest possible way: through sex!

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinNovember 9, 2022Virginia Madsen, Michael Madsen, Harry Dean Stanton

In Linda, Virginia Madsen's Bored Femme Fatale Follows In the Footsteps of Myriad TV Shows with Falling Ratings and Hooks Up with Ted McGinley

I wrote about ANOTHER Virginia Madsen TV erotic thriller from the 1990s but this one has Ted McKinley in it! That’s something, right?

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinNovember 3, 2022Ted McGinley, Richard Thomas, Virginia Madsen, Cape Fear

Freakazoid Tangles with Cosgrove's Evil Girlfriend and a Lovecraftian Ghoul as My Patron-Funded Exploration of Freakazoid! Continues

Freak battles Cosgrove’s girlfriend and a dork and his Lovecraftian monster as my trip through Freakazoid! approaches the end.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinOctober 31, 2022

The Transcendently Dark Cartoon Network Miniseries Over the Garden Wall is Magical, Miraculous

One of you kind souls paid me to watch and write about Over the Garden Wall, the perfect Halloween sleeper for you and your family.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinOctober 27, 2022Elijah Wood, John Cleese, Thomas Lennon, Tim Curry

Stuart Gordon's 1986 H.P Lovecraft Adaptation From Beyond is a Masterpiece of Body Horror on Par with David Cronenberg's Best Work

My journey into the complete filmography of frightmaster Stuart Gordon kicks off with an awed look back at the dazzling, stomach-churning 1986 H.P. Lovecraft adaptation From Beyond.

Maximum Risk is Yet ANOTHER Disappointing Thriller Where Jean-Claude Van Damme Plays Long Lost Identical Twins

What is it about Jean-Claude Van Damme and sub-par motion pictures where he plays dual roles? There are at least three of them at this point.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinOctober 24, 2022Jean-Claude Van Damme, Natasha Henstridge, Ringo Lam

The 2000 Stinker Ready to Rumble is the WCW's Sadly Successful Bid to Make a Movie As Stupid and Shitty as Those of WWE

WCW only made one movie, 2000’s Ready to Rumble but hoo boy does it ever suck.

The Futuristic, Rollerblading-Themed Corey Haim Vehicle Prayer of the Rollerboys is Better Than Solarbabies But What Isn't?

The bonkers science fiction roller blading melodrama Prayer of the Rollerboys is better than Solarbabies but it’s still total garbage!

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinOctober 18, 2022

The Ostensibly Fact-Based 2009 Stinker The Haunting in Connecticut is on Some Old Bullshit

The Haunting in Connecticut professes to be based on a true story when it is literally the fakest bullshit ever.

2017's Better Watch Out is a Nasty Nugget that Asks "What if Home Alone's Kevin McAllister Were EVEN MORE of a Violent Sociopath?"

My patron-funded exploration of the films of Virginia Madsen continues with the nifty 2017 dark Christmas comedy Better Watch Out, a nicely nasty riff on the homicidal craziness of Home Alone.