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1933's King Kong is a Miracle of Storytelling and Technology

You know what movie is unbelievably great? The original King Kong.

Fractured Mirror 2.0Nathan RabinOctober 20, 2022Fay Wray, Bruce Armstrong, Bruce Cabot, stop motion animation, New York, gorilla, monster, monkey, The Fractured Mirror

My World of Flops Crumby Case File #195: Cookie (1989)

Before she was a big time director Nora Ephron was the writer of scruffy comedies like 1989’s Cookie.

Nora Ephron Month, My World Of FlopsNathan RabinNovember 23, 2021Peter Falk, Emily Lloyd, Jerry Lewis, Dianne Weist, Nora Ephron, mob comedy, New York, Ricki Lake, Susan Seidelman

The Travolta/Cage Project #58 Bringing Out the Dead (1999)

Martin Scorsese, Paul Schrader and Nicolas Cage got together for 1999’s Bringing Out the Dead, a pitch-black paramedic comedy of sin and salvation that, in an unsurprising turn of events is very intense and pretty fucking terrific.

Travolta/CageNathan RabinApril 7, 2021Nicolas Cage, John Goodman, Ving Rhames, Martin Scorsese, Paul Schrader, dark comedy, New York, Tom Sizemore, Marc Anthony, Patricia Arquette, Queen Latifah

The Second Coming of the Sloppy Boys

In 2018, the Sloppy Boys saved rock and roll by making an album about partying, having fun, drinking beer and being in a rock band. With their exceptional follow-up Dancing in the Wind, they save rock all over again.

The Big WhoopNathan RabinJuly 22, 2019Comedy Bang Bang, The Doughboys, The Sloppy Boys, Comedy music, New York