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

I Just Barely Missed the 30th Anniversary of the Enjoyable Bonkers JCVD Vehicle Sudden Death so I'm Rerunning My Piece On It

One of you kind souls paid me to see and write about 1995’s Sudden Death, which is all kinds of lurid fun, thanks in no small part due to Powers Boothe’s magnificent performance as the scenery-chewing villain and Jean-Claude Van Damme killing the Penguins’ mascot.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinAugust 25, 2024Jean-Claude Van Damme, Powers Boothe, Peter Hyams, hockey, sports

The Atmospheric 2001 Allegory Frailty Was a Triumph for Bill Paxton as an Actor and a First Time Filmmaker

The late, lamented Bill Paxton showed extraordinary promise as a filmmaker as well as a character actor with his masterful 2001 directorial debut Frailty.

My World of Flops Hardboiled and Soft-Headed Case File #203 U-Turn (1997)

My patron-funded exploration of the films of Oliver Stone continues with a look at his adaptation of my old TV buddy John Ridley’s Stray Dogs entitled U-Turn.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0 #259 Nixon (1995)

My patron-funded jaunt through the films of Oliver Stone continues with the bad boy auteur’s riveting, messy three-hour plus exploration of the life, times and crimes of Richard Nixon. Featuring every character actor ever!

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinJanuary 27, 2022Anthony Hopkins, Oliver Stone, Ed Harris, Powers Boothe, David Hyde Pierce