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

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0 #180 MVP 2: Most Vertical Primate (2001)

stupid fucking movie is mostly about hockey.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0 #179 Troll 2 (1990)

For a very special day (the end of the Joy of Trash Kickstarter) I wrote about a movie that embodies the joy of trash: the absolutely wonderful, utterly insane 1990 fever dream Troll 2.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0 #178 Arthur and the Invisibles (2006)

My patron-funded exploration of the films of David Bowie continues with the bizarre, bizarrely racist Luc Besson-directed 2006 animation/live-action hybrid Arthur and the Invisibles, a fascinatingly misbegotten project with a voice cast that includes Bowie, Robert De Niro, Madonna, Harvey Keitel, Jason Bateman, Jimmy Fallon and Snoop Dogg.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0 #177 Batman Beyond "Lost Soul" and "Hidden Agenda"

Bruce and Terry square off against the bat-suit and a whole new pack of Jokerz as I continue my trip through the trippy cult cartoon Batman Beyond.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0 #176 Godzilla Vs. Megalon (1973)

One of you generous weirdoes paid me to experience the glorious madness of the 1973 monster movie mash-up Godzilla Vs. Megalon, featuring Gigan and Jet Jaguar!

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0, Wrestling MonthNathan RabinFebruary 17, 2021Godzilla, Gigan, MF DOOM, monsters, kaiju

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0 #175 Invasion (1997)

My patron-funded jaunt through the films and television projects of disgraced Noxzema Girl Rebecca Gayheart revisits 1997’s Invasion, a forgettable Invasion of the Body Snatchers knockoff partially redeemed by a gloriously over-the-top Luke Perry performance as an evil alien intent on world domination.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinFebruary 16, 2021Luke Perry, Rebecca Gayheart, Kim Cattrall, Robin Cook

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0 #174 White Hot (1989)

Director-star Robby Benson trades in Ice Castles for mountains of blow as a troubled young professional with a beast of a crack addiction who has chosen to also get into dealing crack cocaine in the impossibly lurid 1989 crack exploitation movie White Hot.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinFebruary 15, 2021Robby Benson, Tawny Kitaen, Danny Aiello, Judy Tenuta, Crack, crack cocaine

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0 #173 Chokeslam (2017)

Wrestling month continues with a look at 2017’s Chokeslam, a wrestling movie starring Silicon Valley’s Amanda Crew, Christopher Marquette and Mick Foley that is decidedly different because it

focuses on a female wrestler
is Canadian
is a romantic comedy of small town life rather an action movie
is intentionally funny, and overall pretty good

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0 #172 The Hand (1981)

My patron-funded exploration of the films of Oliver Stone revisits 1981’s The Hand, a rather silly movie about an evil hand tormenting an angst-ridden cartoonist played by Michael Caine.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinFebruary 8, 2021Oliver Stone, Michael Caine, Bruce McGill, shocker, Brian DePalma

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0 #169 Seizure (1974)

A patron-funded jaunt through the complete filmography of Oliver Stone begins with a look at his obscure 1974 directorial debut Seizure, where Hervé Villechaize terrorizes Jonathan Frid in a very silly movie that takes itself VERY seriously.