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Control Nathan Rabin 4.0 #73 Shanghai Surprise

One of you kind souls paid me to explore the many nadirs of Madonna’s film career, including the mind-bogglingly abysmal 1986 adventure romance Shanghai Surprise.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinOctober 23, 2019Madonna, Sean Penn, flop, My World of Flops

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0 #72 Club Paradise (1986)

One of you kind souls paid me to be deeply underwhelmed by Harold Ramis’ deeply underwhelming 1986 island comedy Club Paradise, which wastes an amazing cast (SCTV +Peter O’Toole+Jimmy Cliff+Robin Williams) on a confused and muddled script.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinOctober 15, 2019Robin Williams, Bill Murray, Rick Moranis, Eugene Levy, Jimmy Cliff, Flops

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0 #71 B.U.S.T.E.D

One of you kind weirdoes is paying me to see all of David Bowie’s movies, including the dreary, botched 1999 crime thriller B.U.S.T.E.D, AKA Everybody Loves Sunshine, which paired the Thin White Duke with Goldie and underwhelming writer-director-star Andrew Goth.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0 #70 Road Hard

One of you beautiful weirdoes paid me one hundred dollar to see the Adam Carolla vanity project Road Hard, a right wing woodworking romance full of truth bombs you precious little snowflakes can’t handle.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinSeptember 26, 2019The Man Show, Alt-Right, Adam Carolla, Jimmy Kimmel, Culture war, comedians, The Comedian

Control Nathan Rabin #68 Have a Nice Day

One of you kind souls paid me a cool one hundred dollars to watch Have a Nice Day, a slow, achingly beautiful Chinese animated riff on hardboiled crime.

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Control Nathan Rabin 4.0 #67 The Man Who Fell To Earth (1976)

Our reader-funded exploration of the films of David Bowie begins with Nicolas Roeg’s 1976 masterpiece about a space alien that comes here to save his family and planet but just ends up getting drunk and watching TV.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinAugust 29, 2019David Bowie, Rip Torn, Candy Clark, Nicolas Roeg, 1970s, rock and roll

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0 #66 Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid

One of you kind souls paid me to see all of Sam Peckinpah’s movies. We’re up to 1973’s troubled, mesmerizing Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid, which brought together a young Bob Dylan, a 36 year old Billy The Kid, a whole bunch of dead chickens and James Coburn enjoying the simultaneous sexual services of four beautiful prostitutes.

Control Nathan Rabin #64 Bliss (1985)

Will you still need me, will you still read me, when this column gets to entry 64?

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0 #63 The Getaway (1972)

One of you generous souls paid me to write about every Sam Peckinpah movie, including this brutal Jim Thompson adaptation written by a young Walter Hill and starring real-life lovers Steve McQueen and Ali MacGraw.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0 #62 The Temp (1993)

One of you kind weirdoes paid me to re-experience The Temp, a Tom Holland-directed Fatal Attraction knock-off where a sexy, evil temp played by Lara Flynn Boyle terrorizes poor, lame Timothy Hutton with her kittenish sensuality.