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Control Nathan Rabin 4.0 #230 Spongebob's Atlantis Squarepantis (2007): When David Bowie Met Spongebob Squarepants

My reader-funded exploration of the films of David Bowie continues with a fond look at his shockingly committed guest turn on Spongebob’s Altantis Squarepantis.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinAugust 31, 2021Tom Kenney, Spongebob Squarepants, David Bowie, Musical

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0 #228 Class (1983)

My reader-funded exploration of the films of Virginia Madsen begins on a low note with the dire 1983 The Graduate knock-off Class, which subjects the future Oscar-nominee to all manner of humiliations.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0 #227 The Traveling Executioner (1970)

One of you generous weirdoes paid me to experience the fascinating, pitch-black 1970 character study The Traveling Executioner, with a never-better Stacy Keach in the title role.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0 #226 The Final Programme (1973)

A kind soul paid me to experience the glorious madness of the 1973 head film The Final Programme.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinAugust 19, 2021Film, head film, stoner, computer, Sterling Hayden, Michael Moorcock, British

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0 #224 Heavy Metal (1981)

My patron-funded exploration of the films of Blue Oyster Cult ends on a high note (in more ways than one) with a fond look back at the cult classic 1981 Canadian animated stoner film Heavy Metal, from Ivan Reitman and the screenwriters of Meatballs and Stripes.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0 #223 The Stoned Age (1994)

One of you kind souls paid me to see the 1994 retro stoner comedy The Stoned Age. Is it better than Dazed & Confused, as its poster claims? Read my article and find out. Also, of course it isn’t. It’s not even good, let alone better than the best teen comedy of all time.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinAugust 16, 2021Film, Frankie Avalon, Jake Busey, stoner, teen movie, 1970s, Clifton Collins Jr.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0 #222 Bad Channels (1992)

One of you kind souls paid me to experience a retro Full Moon cheese fest about rock and roll, alien invasions, video vixens, disc jockeys and some seriously shitty monsters.