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 #260 Freakazoid! "Five Day Forecast/The Dance of Doom/Handman" and "Candle Jack/Toby Danger in Doomsday Bet/The Lobe"

My patron-funded exploration of the bonkers 1990s superhero spoof Freakazoid! begins with a fond look at its first two jam-packed episodes.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinJanuary 31, 2022Steven Spielberg, post-modern

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0 #259 Nixon (1995)

My patron-funded jaunt through the films of Oliver Stone continues with the bad boy auteur’s riveting, messy three-hour plus exploration of the life, times and crimes of Richard Nixon. Featuring every character actor ever!

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinJanuary 27, 2022Anthony Hopkins, Oliver Stone, Ed Harris, Powers Boothe, David Hyde Pierce

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0 #258 Ewoks: Battle For Endor (1985)

My patron funded exploration of the films of Wilford Brimley continues with a look at the 1985 television movie Ewoks: Battle For Endor, an alternately grim and insufferably cute vehicle for the Ewoks, who fucking suck.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0 #257 Batman Beyond: "Payback" and "Where's Terry?"

Terry and Bruce tangle with some twisted kids as my patron-funded exploration of the cult cartoon Batman Beyond continues.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinJanuary 25, 2022

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0 #256 Fire With Fire (1986)

My patron-funded exploration of the films of Virginia Madsen continues with the surprisingly solid 1986 star-crossed romance Fire With Fire,

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinJanuary 24, 2022Virginia Madsen, Craig Sheffer, Jon Polito, Prince, Jean Smart, teen romance

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0 #255 Selected Episodes of Bruno the Kid

One of you kind souls paid me to experience the Bruce Willis animated vanity project Bruno the Kid, a cartoon that, God help me, I kind of liked due to its resemblance to The Critic.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinJanuary 19, 2022Bruce Willis, Mark Hamill, Bronson Pinchot, Matt Frewer, vanity project, cartoon

THESE Are Your Control Nathan Rabin 4.0 Kickstarter Choices!

Here’s what we have to look forward to!

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Control Nathan Rabin 4.0 #253 Swiss Army Man (2016)

This cult movie about a flatulent, boner-popping talking corpse played by Harry Potter is weird, but in a good way.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinDecember 22, 2021Paul Dano, Daniel Radcliffe, cult, dead body

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0 #252 Cast a Deadly Spell (1991)

H.P Lovecraft meets Raymond Chandler in the nifty and inventive 1991 television movie Cast a Deadly Spell.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0 #251 Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)

One of you kind souls paid me to re-watch and write about one of the greatest westerns ever made, Sergio Leone’s 1968 masterpiece Once Upon a Time in the West.