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

The Lobe Buys a Hat and Freak Eats a Sandwich as My Journey Through Freakazoid! Continues

The Lobe buys a hat and Freakazoid eats a tasty sandwich as my patron-funded look at Freakazoid continues

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinSeptember 28, 2022

The 1991 Civil War Naval Drama Ironclads is Perfectly Fine, All Things Considered!

Virginia Madsen is a heroic Southern Belle who spies for the Union in the perfectly adequate 1991 television movie Ironclads.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinSeptember 26, 2022Virginia Madsen, Civil War, E.G. Marshall

Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker is an Eminently Worthy Feature-Length Spin Off of an Utterly Essential Cult Cartoon

My journey through the cult animated superhero show Batman Beyond comes to a close with a fond look back at its exceedingly dark and kick-ass feature spin-off Return of the Joker.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinSeptember 22, 2022Dean Stockwell, Angie Harmon, Mark Hamill, Henry Rollins, Mellissa Joan Hart

The Notorious 1986 Flop Solarbabies is a True Fiasco! It Stinks!

The 1986 post-apocalyptic thriller Solarbabies has a reputation for being the worst of the worst. That reputation is correct.

George Pal's 1964 Fantasy Epic the Seven Faces of Dr. Lao is Full of Surprises And Shockingly Non-Racist

One of you generous souls paid me to write about George Pal’s final film, the wildly imaginative 1964 fantasy film The 7 Faces of Dr. Lao, with Randall as six of the seven title characters.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinSeptember 15, 2022Tony Randall, Barbara Eden

1985's Zeitgeist-Capturing Rambo: First Blood Part II is Transcendent Pulp That's Also, You Know, Pretty Fucking Evil

1985’s Rambo: First Blood Part II desecrates everything that made First Blood so powerful. That’s probably why it was a massive blockbuster.

The Cannes Cut of Southland Tales is a Warped Masterpiece

I finally got around to watching the Cannes Cut of Southland Tales, which I was at one point supposed to write the liner notes for, and holy shit is it great.

My Patron-Funded Look at the Entirety of Batman Beyond Comes to An End by Anticipating Chappie and Contemplating Terry's Lonely Existential Plight

My patron-funded look at the cult superhero cartoon Batman Beyond comes to a close with a look at two standout episodes, one of which is basically Chappie with Henry Rollins and Zeta and the other a haunting look at Terry’s lonely existential destiny.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinSeptember 1, 2022

Freakazoid Tangles with the Lobe and Eastern European Baddies in Parodies of The Godfather and Mission: Impossible

My patron-funded exploration of the cult cartoon Freakazoid! continues with a look at parodies of The Godfather and Mission: Impossible.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinAugust 31, 2022The Godfather, Steven Spielberg, Animaniacs, The Brain, parody

Arthouse Auteur Neil Jordan Got REALLY Stupid with the Pervy, Inexplicably Dark Ghostbusters Knock-Off High Spirits

Arthouse auteur Neil Jordan went mainstream in the worst possible way with the staggeringly awful 1988 supernatural comedy High Spirits, with Peter O’Toole, Daryl Hannah and Liam Neeson as a wife-murdering ghost with an enormous penis.