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Control Nathan Rabin 4.0 #168: Jumanji: The Next Level (2019)

Finally, a movie where Danny DeVito and Dwayne Johnson play the same character! It’s like Twins, but not!

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0 #167 Trolls (2016)

Music killed his grandma, okay?

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0 166 Blue Hawaii (1961)

Elvis sings, smirks and spanks his way through paradise in the wonderfully cheesy 1961 uber-Elvis movie Blue Hawaii.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinJanuary 21, 2021Elvis Presley, Angela Lansbury, Hawaii, musical, U2, Rattle and Hum

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0 #165 Brewster's Millions (1985)

One of you kind souls paid me to revisit Walter Hill’s only pure comedy, 1985’s Brewster’s Millions, a rock solid take on an oft-told tale with a terrific Richard Pryor as a lovable everyman who must spend thirty million dollars in 30 days with nothing to show for it in order to inherit 300 million dollars.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinJanuary 20, 2021Richard Pryor, John Candy, Walter Hill, Stephen Collins, Trading Places, comedy, greed

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0 #164 John Carpenter's Vampires (1998)

John Carpenter’s ultra-violent, hyper-profane 1998 vampire western Vampires promised to be badass. Instead it’s merely bad.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0 #162 The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)

One of you kind souls paid me to watch and write about the 1996 animated film The Hunchback of Notre Dame, which Disneyfies the shit out of Vincent Hugo’s classic novel yet is still unrelentingly, even perversely grim for a G-rated family cartoon.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinJanuary 13, 2021Disney, Animation, Vincent Hugo, musical, Tom Hulce

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0 #161 The Fountainhead (1949)

One of you beautiful people paid me to experience the beautiful insanity of King Vidor’s 1949 adaptation of The Fountainhead, which turned an unreadable monstrosity of a novel into a gorgeous fever dream of a melodrama.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0 #159 Glory Years (1987)

My patron-funded exploration of the films of disgraced hair metal video vixen continues with Glory Years, a 1987 HBO television series about a trio of reunited buddies wreaking havoc during a wild Las Vegas weekend.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinJanuary 7, 2021Tawny. Kitaen, Tim Thomerson, Archie Hahn, Joey Bishop, Las Vegas

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0 #158 Batman Beyond: "Earth Mover " and "Joyride"

My patron-funded trek through the entirety of the cult animated classic Batman Beyond continues with two episodes dominated by tragic and unexpectedly complicated villains.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinJanuary 6, 2021Batman Beyond, Jokerz, Bruce Wayne, Terry McGiniss, Juggalos

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0 #157 Nothing to Lose (1997)

My patron-funded jaunt through the films of disgraced Noxzema pitch-woman Rebecca Gayheart continues with a nostalgic look back at the 1997 Tim Robbins/Martin Lawrence mismatched buddy comedy Nothing to Lose.