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

There Are More Dignified Ways to Remember Kris Kristofferson Than By Re-Running This Piece on Convoy But We're Going With It Nonetheless

Our patron-funded journey through the films of Sam Peckinpah hits another high point with a loving exploration of 1978’s Convoy, a smash hit CB trucker sex comedy based on a novelty song that’s pure fun.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinSeptember 30, 2024Film, Ernest Borgnine, Kris Kristofferson, Ali McGraw, Burt Young, Convoy, novelty song, Dr. Demento, trucking, truck driving, masterpieces, Seymour Cassel

My World of Flops McHale's Folly Case File #176 Control Nathan Rabin 4.0 #187 McHale's Navy (1998)

Someone decided to spend 42 million dollars to turn McHale’s Navy into a Tom Arnold movie. It was not a wise decision!

My World Of Flops, Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinMarch 24, 2021Tom Arnold, Bruce Campbell, Debra Messing, Dean Stockwell, Ernest Borgnine, French Stewart, Tim Curry, Film

G.I Jokers Case File #165 Small Soldiers (1998)

You know what movie has aged beautifully? Joe Dante’s wonderful, timely and prescient 1998 satire Small Soldiers.

My World Of Flops, Phil Hartman MonthNathan RabinJune 25, 2020Phil Hartman, Joe Dante, Kirsten Dunst, Denis Leary, David Cross, Jay Mohr, Film, Satire, Ernest Borgnine

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0 #45 The Wild Bunch (1969)

A half century on, Sam Peckinpah’s incendiary 1969 masterpiece The Wild Bunch remains as magnificent and deeply troubling as ever.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0, Peckinpals ProjectNathan RabinMarch 29, 2019William Holden, Sam Peckinpah, violence, racism, Ernest Borgnine