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

My Shudder Pick of the Month is Paul Dood's Deadly Lunch Break, a Sly British Dark Comedy of Fame and Desperation

My Shudder pick for the month is a nifty dark comedy about a loser hell-bent on revenge.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinAugust 5, 2024

Trump's Latest Posts Give Me an Excuse to Rerun this Piece on His Weird Obsession With IQs From Six Years Ago

Have you ever noticed that only stupid, insecure people care about I.Q? You know, people like Trump and Roseanne?

The Big WhoopNathan RabinAugust 4, 2024Donald Trump, Roseanne, racism, James Woods

The New, Annoyingly Enigmatic Clickbait

Clickbait endures because of its cockroach-like resilience.

The Big WhoopNathan RabinAugust 1, 2024

RDJ's Casting as Doctor Doom Gives Me an Excuse to Rerun This Piece on Why Iron Man is the best Avenger

We hope you're hungry for some meaty arguments!

ClickbaitNathan RabinAugust 1, 2024Iron Man, Marvel, Tony Starks, Clickbait, Shane Black, Jeff Bridges, Gwyneth Paltrow

The Second Season of Cult British Science Fiction Comedy Red Dwarf Gets Off to a Grim But Inspired Start with "Kryten" and "Better Than Life"

My journey through the British cult science fiction sitcom Red Dwarf continues with a fond look at the darkly funny first two episodes of its second season.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinJuly 31, 2024

Stickiness and Son of the Mask's Transcendently Shitty "Can't Take My Eyes Off of You" Setpiece

Due to the peculiar nature of my career, I regularly have the worst songs and moments running through my head at any moment.

The Big WhoopNathan RabinJuly 31, 2024

The 1973 Wicker Man is Just Like the Nicolas Cage Remake, Only Brilliant

1973’s The Wicker Man is a towering classic, a masterpiece of atmosphere and inference. Its remake is not.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinJuly 31, 2024Christopher Lee, Edward Woodward, horror, film, classic, Nicolas Cage

I'm Also Rerunning this Piece on Green Lantern, Which Was Less Successful Than Deadpool & Wolverine

One of you generous weirdoes paid me seventy-five dollars to re-watch and write about the epic 2011 superhero boondoggle Green Lantern, a flop that has only gotten shittier and more ridiculous in the years since it came out.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinJuly 30, 2024Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Marvel, D.C, D.C Cinematic Universe, Deadpool

In Honor of Deadpool & Wolverine I'm Rerunning this Piece on Ryan Reynolds' Waiting. You're Welcome

You generous bastards had me and Clint watch the dire 2005 gay panic fest Waiting…, a movie from the “Jerk with a smirk” phase of Ryan Reynolds’ career and good lord is it ever a hateful stinkeroo.

Cop Rock Was a Legendary Disaster But it is Guilty of Introducing at Least One Great, Enduring Tune

When Donald Trump was found GUILTY of 34 felonies, I couldn’t help but think about the one song from Cop Rock that anyone remembers, Randy Newman’s infectious “He’s Guilty.”

The Big WhoopNathan RabinJuly 30, 2024Donald Trump, Cop Rock, Steven Bochco, flop, Randy Newman