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

I Heard The Finale of Sex and the City Sequel Just Like That... Was Terrible. It's So Much Worse Than I Could Have Imagined

The notoriously awful Sex and the City sequel ended with a notoriously godawful insult of a finale that proves that Kim Cattrall was right about everything.

I Will Never Understand the Appeal of the Avatar Movies

The Avatar movies are among the most popular of all time. So why does the franchise feel so culturally invisible compared to other box office champions?

The Big WhoopNathan RabinAugust 19, 2025Avatar, James Cameron

The Random Rerun of the Day is the Nicolas Cage Top Gun Knock Off Firebirds

In 1990 Nicolas Cage made Firebirds, the first of several thousand forgettable action vehicles unworthy of his talent or originality.

Travolta/Cage, The Travolta/Cage Project, My World Of FlopsNathan RabinAugust 18, 2025Nicolas Cage, Film, Tommy Lee Jones

The Chris Gaines Special Offers a Fascinatingly Cringy Look at a Flop of Legendary Proportions

One of you kind souls paid me to experience a fascinatingly awkward 1999 NBC special where Garth Brooks does a terrible job of promoting his ill-fated alter-ego, Australia-born pouty rocker/blue eyed soulman Chris Gaines.

Our Tribute to Kennedy Center Honors Recipients Continues With This Rerun of 1985's Iconic Rambo: First Blood Part II

1985’s Rambo: First Blood Part II desecrates everything that made First Blood so powerful. That’s probably why it was a massive blockbuster.

Our Tribute To Kennedy Center Honors Recipients Continues with a Look Back at Cobra, Arguably the Greatest Movie Ever Made

Cobra, Sylvester Stallone's crazed Reaganite fever dream of ultimate power and vengeance is insane, and also kind of great.

CannontoberNathan RabinAugust 14, 2025Sylvester Stallone

I'm Rerunning a Piece on Over the Top Because It Single-Handedly Made Sylvester Stallone a Kennedy Center Honors Recipient

Sylvester Stallone and Menahem Golan made an inspirational truck-driving arm-wrestling drama. It was quite poor.

CannontoberNathan RabinAugust 13, 2025Sylvester Stallone, Over the Top, Cannon, Menahem Golan

The Notorious Paul Lynde Halloween Special Featured Prestigious Kennedy Center Honors Recipient Kiss at their Most Dignified!

Oh dear. Where to begin?

This Looks TerribleNathan RabinAugust 13, 2025Paul Lynde, Kiss, Gene Simmons

In Honor of Kiss Being a Kennedy Center Honors Recipient I'm Rerunning This Piece on Peter Criss Confronting His Imposter on Donahue

The first installment in a series on great moments in Western Civilization kicks off with a look back at the Donahue episode where former Kiss drummer Peter Criss confronted a homeless alcoholic who had been impersonating him and ruining his good name. Then things really get strange.

Great Moments W.CNathan RabinAugust 13, 2025Kiss, Phil Donahue

1984's Rhinestone Proved That Kennedy Center Honors Recipient Sylvester Stallone Was Equally Inept as a Comic Actor and Power-Mad Screenwriter

One of you kind souls paid me to suffer through the painful Sylvester Stallone-goes-country musical comedy Rhinestone, a flop that continues to suck.