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

My Epic Journey Through Stuart Gordon's Life's Work Ends on a Slight Note with his 1979 TV Adaptation of the Chicago Theater Staple Bleacher Bums

My epic journey through Stuart Gordon’s life’s work comes to a close with a look back at his taped TV adaptation of the Chicago theater staple Bleacher Bums.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinApril 26, 2024Dennis Franz, Joe Mantegna, Stuart Gordon, The Chicago Cubs, sports, baseball, theater, Chicago

David Mamet and Stuart Gordon Teamed Up for 2005's Blisteringly Dark Edmond

It doesn’t get much darker than Stuart Gordon and David Mamet’s evisceratingly bleak 2005 drama Edmond.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinOctober 18, 2023William H. Macy, Julia Stiles, Mena Suvari, Denise Richards, David Mamet, Joe Mantegna, Jeffrey Combs, Bai Ling, Debi Mazar

Shards from the Fractured Mirror: The Kid & I, Paparazzi, Pawparazzi, Slipstream and The World's Greatest Lover

I’ve been hard at work on The Fractured Mirror, my upcoming book on movies about the movie business so I figured I would share a selection of entries from my big old literary baby.

Shards, Fractured Mirror 2.0Nathan RabinNovember 7, 2022Tom Arnolds, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Joe Mantegna, Richard Edson, Penelope Spheeris, Tom Arnold

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0 #184 Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal (2001)

It’s Passenger 57 but with Marilyn Manson knockoffs in the wonderfully stupid direct-to-video sequel Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal, a Hot Topic Die Hard in the air with Rutger Hauer as a Satan-worshipping suicidal Vietnam veteran pilot with a weakness for classical music.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0, Direct to Video SequelsNathan RabinMarch 17, 2021Rutger Hauer, Joe Mantegna, Craig Sheffer, Gabrielle Anwar, Turbulence, Marilyn Manson, rock and roll, disaster movie, Passenger 57, Film