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

Mixed Nuts is a Misunderstood Christmas Sleeper

Nora Ephron flopped big time with a world-class cast with the 1994 Christmas dark comedy Mixed Nuts.

My World Of Flops, Nora Ephron MonthNathan RabinDecember 18, 2022Steve Martin, Adam Sandler, Rita Wilson, Juliette Lewis, Anthony LaPaglia, Nora Ephron, Christmas movie, Madeline Kahn, dark comedy, Liev Schreiber, Garry Shandling, Haley Joel Osment, Jon Stewart

The Pickle Exemplifies Everything That Made Paul Mazursky's Exhausting

Writer-director Paul Mazursky stumbled with the navel-gazing, wildly self-indulgent comedy The Pickle, a stinker by, for and about the veteran filmmaker.

Fractured Mirror 2.0, My World Of FlopsNathan RabinNovember 29, 2022Danny Aiello, Paul Mazursky, Dyan Cannon, Jerry Stiller, Shelley Winters, Chris Penn, Ally Sheedy, Little Richard

2012's Seeking Justice Finds Nicolas Cage Tangling with a Sinister Secret Murder Revenge Conspiracy That (SPOILER) Turns Out to a Little Sketchy

Nicolas Cage’s lean years kicked into low gear with the 2011 stinker Seeking Justice, where the Academy Award winner runs around New Orleans getting jerked around for no good reason, not unlike the film’s audience.

Travolta/Cage, The Travolta/Cage Project, My World Of FlopsNathan RabinOctober 4, 2022Nicolas Cage, Roger Donaldson, Guy Pearce, January Jones, revenge

Exploiting Our Archives: Cocaine is a Hell of a Drug Case File #95 Maximum Overdrive

In 1986 Stephen King did a fuck-ton of cocaine, published a 1,138 page novel called It and wrote, directed and appeared in a movie called Maximum Overdrive. At least two of these things were terrible, terrible mistakes.

My World Of FlopsNathan RabinSeptember 22, 2022Stephen King, It, Flop, My World of Flops, cocaine

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.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0, My World Of FlopsNathan RabinSeptember 20, 2022Jason Patric, Jami Gertz, Lukas Haas, Peter Deluise, James LeGros, Mel Brooks, Richard Jordan, Charles Durning

2010's The Sorcerer’s Apprentice is a Wildly Unfaithful Adaptation of Fantasia that Unsuccessfully Tries to Replace Mickey Mouse with Jay Baruchel

Jerry Bruckheimer had the brilliant idea of remaking Fantasia with Jay Baruchel in the Mickey Mouse role. It was not a success.

Travolta/Cage, The Travolta/Cage Project, My World Of FlopsNathan RabinSeptember 6, 2022Nicolas Cage, Jay Baruchel, Alfred Molina, Monica Belucci, Jon Turtletaub, Jerry Bruckheimer, Mickey Mouse

The 2009 Manga Adaptation Astro Boy is the Confused Marxist A.I Knock-Off We Never Knew We Didn't Need

This is not good.

Travolta/Cage, The Travolta/Cage Project, My World Of FlopsNathan RabinAugust 29, 2022Nicolas Cage, Samuel L. Jackson, Charlize Theron, Eugene Levy, manga, flop, robot

A Wild-Eyed and Sleep Deprived Ray Liotta is Addicted to Shooting Up Memories in John Dahl's Disappointing 1996 Science-Fiction Noir Unforgettable

Ray Liotta Month here at the Happy Place kicks off with a look at 1996’s stylish but confused Unforgettable, which brought director John Dahl’s hot streak (Kill Me Again, Red Rock West, The Last Seduction) to a screeching close.

Ray Liotta Month, My World Of FlopsNathan RabinJuly 12, 2022Ray Liotta, Linda Fiorentino, Peter Coyote, John Dahl

Jean-Claude Van Damme and Roger Moore are a Terrific Twosome in Van Damme's 1996 Directorial Debut The Quest

My patron-funded exploration of Jean-Claude Van Damme’s Clinton-era prime continues with a fond appreciation of his wonderfully cheesy directorial debut The Quest, which features a delightful supporting turn by Roger Moore.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0, My World Of FlopsNathan RabinMay 23, 2022Jean-Claude Van Damme, Roger Moore, Bloodsport

The 2013 John Travolta/Robert De Niro Stinker Killing Season is Deadly Dull

Hoo boy. This one was NOT good.

Travolta/Cage, The Travolta/Cage Project, My World Of FlopsNathan RabinMay 9, 2022Robert De Niro, John Travolta, Milo Vermiglia, Mark Steven Johnson, flop