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The 1994 Feature Film Adaptation of Double Dragon Was a Real Stinkeroo

You kindly sadists had us watch a 1994 video game adaptation that is quite poor, but oh so very 1994 in every conceivable way.

Control Nathan and ClintNathan RabinAugust 12, 2024video games, 1990s, Robert Patrick, Video game adaptation

If You Were 12 Years Old in 1989, the Power Glove/Fred Savage Vehicle Was the Most Important Movie in the World

Product placement reached a new high/nadir with the hilariously shameless 1989 family melodrama The Wizard, a feature-length commercials for all things Nintendo, but particularly the Power Glove and Super Mario Brothers 3.

Popeye, Donkey Kong and What Might Have Been

In one of pop culture’s great “What ifs?” Donkey Kong was originally supposed to be an officially licensed Popeye game. How would the world of video games and pop culture have been different if Mario never existed?

The Big WhoopNathan RabinSeptember 12, 2023Nintendo, video games, Super Mario Bros, Popeye

The Video Game-Based 2006 Horror Shocker Stay Alive is a Real Stinkeroo!

One of you kind souls paid me to watch and write about a supremely silly PG-13 video game-based horror film with a distractingly visor-based performance from Frankie Muniz.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinJuly 18, 2023Frankie Muniz, Jimmi Simpson, horror, video games, PG-13

Ready Player One is the Worst Thing Steven Spielberg Has Ever Done and That Includes Hunting Hobos for Sport

I hated, hated, hated this movie!

Scalding Hot TakesNathan RabinJanuary 9, 2023Steven Spielberg, video games, geek culture

Scaling Hot Takes: Mortal Kombat (2021)

Mortal Kombat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Scalding Hot Takes, Video Game MonthNathan RabinApril 27, 2021Mortal Kombat, video games, violence

Rando! Arcade (1993)

Video game month continues with a look at the 1993 Full Moon cheapie Arcade, an early effort from A-list superhero screenwriter David S. Goyer about an EVIL video game and TERRIFYINGLY primitive CGI.

My World of Flops Case File #122/My Year of Flops II #19 The Sonic the Hedgehog Trailer

In the first ever Case File devoted to a trailer, we do a deep dive into the coming attraction that made people think, “Hey, maybe a Sonic the Hedgehog movie in 2019 isn’t such a great idea!”