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Red Dwarf's Third Season Gets Off to a Rip Roaring Start With the Trippy "Backwards" and Bottle Episode "Marooned"

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinDecember 18, 2024Red Dwarf, TV, sitcom, science-fiction, cult, British

Season Two of the Beloved British Cult Science Fiction Sitcom Ends on an Audacious Note with "Queeg" and "Parralel Universe"

The second season of Red Dwarf ends on a high note with the audacious “Queeg” and “Parallel Universe.”

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinOctober 30, 2024Red Dwarf, TV, cult, British

Dan in Real Life is on Disney+ Now! That's the Only Excuse I Need to Re-Run This Piece on It's Weirdly Unforgettable Aspects

If you're a pancake-head like me, you're obsessed with Dan in Real Life despite it being unusually forgettable.

The Big WhoopNathan RabinMay 14, 2024Dan in Real Life, cult, Dane Cook, Stickiness

A Quarter Century On Hype Williams' Belly Remains a Visual Masterpiece and a Goddamned Mess In Every Other Way

Hype Williams made a big leap from hotshot music video director to filmmaker with 1998’s Belly, a stunning, incoherent cult classic that has aged in a really interesting way.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinMay 13, 2024Hype Williams, Nas, DMX, Method Man, Hip Hop, cult, late 1990s

It Took Three Decades But 1994's Clifford Is Finally Getting the Acclaim and Respect It Deserves

In the latest in my series on the films of 1994 I write about the universally beloved cult classic Clifford.

1994 SeriesNathan RabinMay 8, 2024Charles Grodin, Martin Short, Mary Steenburgen, Dabney Coleman, child, flop, cult

Beyond the Lead Characters Being Identical, David Cronenberg's 1988 Masterpiece Dead Ringers is NOTHING Like The Parent Trap

One of you kind souls paid me to finally get around to seeing Dead Ringers, David Cronenberg’s 1988 masterpiece of chilly body horror, with an extraordinarily lead performance by Jeremy Irons as identical twin doctors in trouble.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinFebruary 2, 2024David Cronenberg, body horror, Jeremy Irons, Genevieve Bujold, medicine, doctor, Film, Canadian, cult

It's New Year's Eve So That Can Only Mean One Thing: I'm Rerunning My Piece on 1980's New Year's Evil

One of you kind weirdoes paid me to watch and write about the wonderfully terrible New Year’s Eve-themed rock and roll slasher cult classic New Year’s Eve, from the fine folks over at Cannon.

Love Has Won, Robin Williams and the Narcissistic Insanity of Assembling an Etheric Dream Team

It’s one thing to think that you have a personal relationship with famous people you’ve never met. It’s quite another to assume that their job in the afterlife is to help you, as Love Has Won cult leader Amy Carlson did.

The Big WhoopNathan RabinDecember 14, 2023Robin Williams, QAnon, cult

If You Loved Barbie's Semi-Musical, Estrogen-Powered Weirdness You'll Probably Dig 2021's Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar As Well

Instead of going to the Gathering of the Juggalos, Insane Clown Posse’s yearly festival of arts and culture I took a little mind vacation to Vista Del Mar with some agreeable gals by the name of Barb and Star.

Sub-CultNathan RabinAugust 1, 2023Kristin Wiig, Annie Mumalo, Jamie Dornan, cult, comedy, Morgan Freeman, Vanessa Bayer, Sub-Cult

The VelociPastor is the Killer Dinosaur Pastor Movie We Want and Need

One of you generous souls paid me to see a movie about a priest who turns into a vengeance-crazed dinosaur when he’s angry. No, it’s not a documentary.