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

The First Episode of True Detective Immerses Audiences is Lynchian World of Madness and Murder

One of you kind souls paid me to write about the first season of True Detective, a television series of note. The journey begins TODAY!

The Forgettable Virginia Madsen 2003 Television Movie Tempted Is Notable Mainly for the Laughable Casting of a Then-23 Year Old Jason Momoa as the Father of a 15 Year Old

In the ridiculous television movie Tempted a then-23 year old Jason Momoa plays the father of a 15 year old. How? We have no idea!

The Video Game-Based 2006 Horror Shocker Stay Alive is a Real Stinkeroo!

One of you kind souls paid me to watch and write about a supremely silly PG-13 video game-based horror film with a distractingly visor-based performance from Frankie Muniz.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinJuly 18, 2023Frankie Muniz, Jimmi Simpson, horror, video games, PG-13

In 1979's The In-Laws Alan Arkin and Peter Falk Make for One of the All-Time Great Comedy Teams

I finally got around to seeing the classic 1979 comedy The In-Laws. It’s hilarious!

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinJuly 13, 2023Alan Arkin, Peter Falk, Andrew Bergman, Arthur Hiller

Stuart Gordon's Atmospheric Fear Itself Entry Eater is About the Enduring Horrors of Misogyny

Elizabeth Moss is a rookie cop facing down the metaphorical monster of sexism and the literal monster of a cannibalistic voodoo serial killer on the loose in this masterful entry from Fear Itself directed by the great Stuart Gordon.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinJuly 12, 2023Elisabeth Moss, Stuart Gordon

2021's Courting Mom and Dad is a Christian Anti-Divorce Movie That Puzzlingly Shows Why Divorcing Scott Baio Would Actually Be a Good Thing

One of you kind souls paid me to watch and write about a glum, counter-productive anti-divorce movie called Courting Mom and Dad that accidentally illustrates why divorcing Scott Baio would actually be a VERY good thing.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinJuly 11, 2023Scott Baio, Kristy Swanson, John Farley, Christian, divorce

So I Married an Axe Murderer Is an Eminently Re-Watchable Cult Classic from Mike Meyers' Glorious Heyday

Everybody loves So I Married an Axe. Murderer. Everyone is right.

1982's The Last Unicorn is a Dark, Surreal and Kid-Unfriendly Kid's Film with a Fine Voice Performance by Alan Arkin

Our patron-funded exploration of the most child-traumatizing films of the 1980s continues with a loving look at the impressively fucked up cult animated fantasy film The Last Unicorn, with an incredible voice cast that includes Jeff Bridges, Mia Farrow, Angela Lansbury, Christopher Lee and Alan Arkin.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinJuly 4, 2023fantasy, Mia Farrow, Jeff Bridges, Alan Arkin, unicorn, 1980s, Film

Being Elmo Isn't Nearly As Emotionally Wrenching As I Feared, Mainly Because It's So Superficial

Needless to say, the universally acclaimed 2013 Kevin Clash documentary Being Elmo plays a little differently in light of the puppeteer’s downfall.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinJune 21, 2023

There Are Probably Better Ways to Pay Tribute to the Late Treat Williams Than by Revisiting His Performance in The Substitute 4: Failure Is Not an Option But That's What We're Going With

For Direct-to-Video Sequel month I watched and wrote about an enjoyably stupid anti-racism action movie involving Treat Williams beating up the members of a Neo-Nazi military school cult called The Werewolf Company, 2001’s The Substitute 4: Failure Is Not an Option