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

With the Nifty 1992 Post-Apocalyptic Prison Satire Fortress Stuart Gordon Hit the Big Time Without Sacrificing his Soul

Cult auteur Stuart Gordon made a bid for the mainstream without losing his personality and warped wit with the 1992 science fiction satire Fortress.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinFebruary 1, 2023

The 1985 Cult Classic Explorers is Joe Dante's Pleasingly Prankish Take on E.T

Joe Dante followed up Gremlins with 1985’s delightful Explorers, a Spielbergian exploration of kids in space.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinJanuary 30, 2023Joe Dante, Ethan Hawke, River Phoenix, outer space, UFO, E.T, Gremlins

3000 Miles to Graceland is Vulgar Trash Unfit for a King

One of you kindly sadists forced me to watch a movie that asks us to buy Kevin Costner as the kind of demented fuck who would "stick a live snake up a woman's coochie." Is Costner convincing as such a dark, lost soul? Read and find out!

Stuart Gordon's 1991 Adaptation of The Pit and the Pendulum is Good Dirty Fun and a Terrific Showcase for Star Lance Henrickson

Stuart Gordon’s adaptation of Edgar Allen Poe’s The Pit and the Pendulum is very unfaithful and a lot of morbid fun.

The Caveman Animated Comedy The Croods is a Typical Animated Crowd Pleaser with an Atypically Rich Lead Performance by Nicolas Cage

The Croods is boilerplate shiny, slick animated fare with a terrific lead voice performance by Nicolas Cage as the ultimate over-protective dad.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinJanuary 25, 2023

Secret Santa is a Nasty Yuletide Nugget for Naughty Ghouls and Boils

One of you kind souls paid me to watch and write about the nasty Yuletide nugget Secret Santa, about a Christmas dinner gone dangerously, murderously awry.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinJanuary 18, 2023

An Amazing Cast Can't Save the 1996 Direct to Video Dark Crime Comedy Just Your Luck

A cast chockablock with great character actors can’t save the dark 1996 crime comedy Just Your Luck.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinJanuary 17, 2023Ernie Hudson, Virginia Madsen, Jon Polito

The 1996 Flop Blood & Wine Brought Jack Nicholson and Michael Caine Together for the First and Last Time For No Damn Reason At All

Jack Nicholson and Michael Caine only made one movie together, the 1996 Neo-Noir Blood and Wine. Too bad it’s a thorough disappointment with not enough Caine and WAY too much Stephen Dorff.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinJanuary 16, 2023Jack Nicholson, Jennifer Lopez, Michael Caine, Stephen Dorff

Stanley Tucci's Glorious 1998 Throwback Slapstick Comedy The Impostors Is the Best Wes Anderson Movie Wes Anderson Never Made

One of you beautiful souls paid me to see Stanley Tucci’s 1998 slapstick throwback The Impostors, which is a goddamn delight. I LOVED it!

The Expendables 2 is Idiotic and Brain Dead in All the Right Ways

All of the action heroes in the world return in a very silly, very entertaining maximalist sequel from Simon West, the director of Con Air and Stolen.