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

For My Shudder Pick of the Month I Finally Get Around to Experiencing the Magic of 2013's Sharknado

I finally experienced the malevolent magic of Sharknado, the movie about a tornado full of shame. I will never be the same.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinOctober 4, 2024Ian Zeiring, John Heard, Tara Reid

There Are More Dignified Ways to Remember Kris Kristofferson Than By Re-Running This Piece on Convoy But We're Going With It Nonetheless

Our patron-funded journey through the films of Sam Peckinpah hits another high point with a loving exploration of 1978’s Convoy, a smash hit CB trucker sex comedy based on a novelty song that’s pure fun.

My Journey Through the Cult Science Fiction Show Red Dwarf Continues with the Bleak "Thanks For the Memory" and Convoluted "Stasis Leak"

My journey through the British science-fiction comedy Red Dwarf continues with the bleakly funny "Thanks For the Memory", which is like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind in reverse, and the time travel-centric "Stasis Leak."

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinSeptember 27, 2024

My Shudder Pick of the Month is the All-Time 1986 Classic Chopping Mall

As my Shudder pick of the month I finally got around to seeing and writing up the all time 1986 classic Chopping Mall.

It's just as good as a movie with that title should be.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinSeptember 23, 2024Dick Miler, Paul Bartel, Mary Woronov, Robocop, Shudder, action-comedy

The Notorious 1985 Gary Coleman Vehicle Playing With Fire is the Avenging Disco Godfather of Message Movies About Teen Arsonists

A notorious TV message movie about arson starring Gary Coleman lives up to its reputation for being wonderfully terrible.

I Just Barely Missed Natural Born Killers' 30th Anniversary So Here's My Piece on That Flaming Pile of Garbage

Oliver Stone gingerly threw out a screenplay by the infinitely more talented Quentin Tarantino so he could recreate Natural Born Killers in his own odious, obnoxious, insufferable image.

Ripley Has Mad Basketball Skills in the Loony 1997 Flop Alien: Resurrection But the Movie is Anything but a Slam Dunk

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinAugust 26, 2024Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder, Ron Perlman, Brad Dourif, Alien, Film, Sequel, Michael Wincott, Science Fiction, action

I Just Barely Missed the 30th Anniversary of the Enjoyable Bonkers JCVD Vehicle Sudden Death so I'm Rerunning My Piece On It

One of you kind souls paid me to see and write about 1995’s Sudden Death, which is all kinds of lurid fun, thanks in no small part due to Powers Boothe’s magnificent performance as the scenery-chewing villain and Jean-Claude Van Damme killing the Penguins’ mascot.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinAugust 25, 2024Jean-Claude Van Damme, Powers Boothe, Peter Hyams, hockey, sports

My Shudder Pick of the Month is Paul Dood's Deadly Lunch Break, a Sly British Dark Comedy of Fame and Desperation

My Shudder pick for the month is a nifty dark comedy about a loser hell-bent on revenge.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinAugust 5, 2024

The Second Season of Cult British Science Fiction Comedy Red Dwarf Gets Off to a Grim But Inspired Start with "Kryten" and "Better Than Life"

My journey through the British cult science fiction sitcom Red Dwarf continues with a fond look at the darkly funny first two episodes of its second season.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinJuly 31, 2024