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The 1973 Wicker Man is Just Like the Nicolas Cage Remake, Only Brilliant

1973’s The Wicker Man is a towering classic, a masterpiece of atmosphere and inference. Its remake is not.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinJuly 31, 2024Christopher Lee, Edward Woodward, horror, film, classic, Nicolas Cage

I'm Also Rerunning this Piece on Green Lantern, Which Was Less Successful Than Deadpool & Wolverine

One of you generous weirdoes paid me seventy-five dollars to re-watch and write about the epic 2011 superhero boondoggle Green Lantern, a flop that has only gotten shittier and more ridiculous in the years since it came out.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinJuly 30, 2024Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Marvel, D.C, D.C Cinematic Universe, Deadpool

Enjoy this Rerun of 1993's Champagne and Bullets, the Craziest Movie You've Never Heard Of!

One of you wonderful weirdoes paid me to see Champagne and Bullets, an amazing piece of outsider art that suggests Tommy Wiseau remaking Cobra with plenty of Manos: The Hands of God and Miami Connection thrown in for good measure.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinJuly 21, 2024Film, Cult, Wings Hauser, William Smith

I'm rerunning this piece on Replicant, the OTHER movie where Jean-Claude Van Damme Plays Multiple Roles So I Can Focus on Finishing My next book

2001’s The Replicant, the Ringo Lam-directed movie where Jean-Claude Van Damme plays both a mother-hating serial killer who sets single moms on fire AND the man-baby clone created to stop him is bonkers, in a good way. Plus Michael Rooker HUNTING a serial killer rather than playing one.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinJuly 17, 2024Jean-Claude Van Damme, Michael Rooker

If You Were 12 Years Old in 1989, the Power Glove/Fred Savage Vehicle Was the Most Important Movie in the World

Product placement reached a new high/nadir with the hilariously shameless 1989 family melodrama The Wizard, a feature-length commercials for all things Nintendo, but particularly the Power Glove and Super Mario Brothers 3.

Hulk Hogan's Notorious 1995 Album Hulk Rules is an Accidental Masterpiece of Anti-Comedy

If you thought “Hulk” Hogan’s sex tape was embarrassing, wait until you hear his 1995 rap album Hulk Rules!

Don Bluth's 1982 Directorial Debut The Secret of NIMH Is an Animation Masterpiece That Traumatized Multiple Generations of Children

One of you kind souls paid me to experience the Don Bluth’s beautifully traumatizing 1982 directorial debut The Secret of NIMH.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinJuly 15, 2024Dom Bluth, Disney, Dom DeLuise

I'm Finishing My Book The Fractured Mirror So I'm Rerunning Pieces on Traumatic Kid's Films: First Up, The Peanut Butter Solution

Two of you generous weirdoes paid me one hundred dollars to watch and write about the famously fucked-up Canadian kid’s movie The Peanut Butter Solution, which is, indeed, fucked up, albeit in a most delightful way.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinJuly 15, 2024Canada, kid's films, trauma, Celine Dion, Control Nathan Rabin 4.0

I'm Rerunning This Piece on the Horny Cult Cartoon Animalympics For No Damn Reason at All

One of you kind weirdoes paid me one hundred dollar to take a fond trip down memory lane with the charming 1980 cartoon Animalympics, which acquired a curious secondary fame when it was very lustily embraced by the Furry community for reasons that will be obvious to anyone who has seen it.

My Shudder Pick of the Month is the Gloriously Bonkers 1979 The Omen Knockoff The Visitor

They say that the 1979 The Omen knockoff The Visitor is wonderfully nutty. They are correct.