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

Do You Want to Let the World Know That You're a Huge Asshole? Why Not Buy a Cybertruck?

Want to tell the world that you're a huge jackass? Why not buy a Cybertruck?

The Big WhoopNathan RabinOctober 1, 2024Elon Musk, Donald Trump

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.

In a Real Switcheroo, You Voted For Me to See a Good Movie, Namely 2021's Delightfully Demented The Suicide Squad

James Gunn's nifty 2021 supervillain team up comedy The Suicide Squad does everything right, whereas its predecessor did everything wrong.

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

I Am So Fucking Ready For Megalopolis

At the risk of being hyperbolic, I was born to write about Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis.

The Big WhoopNathan RabinSeptember 26, 2024Francis Ford Coppola, Warren Beatty, flop, Film

We Are a Nation of Immigrants That Also, Somewhat Confusingly, Also Hate Immigrants

We are a nation of immigrants who hate immigrants. That only appears to be a contradiction.

The Big WhoopNathan RabinSeptember 25, 2024Donald Trump, JD Vance, pet-eating

I Begin a Look Through Backstrom, a One Season Wonder Where Rainn Wilson Plays a Self-Destructive Detective Genius Like All the Others

The Big WhoopNathan RabinSeptember 25, 2024Rainn Wilson, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

Last Week Was Rough

Last week, without warning or explanation my Patreon account was suspended and I shattered a toilet with my spine. It was rough.

The Big WhoopNathan RabinSeptember 24, 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

Donald Trump Has Fully Embraced QAnon and No One Seems to Care

Donald Trump has publicly embraced the conspiracy theory that he's our nation's savior and his enemies are cannibalistic, pedophile monsters but no one seems to care.

The Big WhoopNathan RabinSeptember 11, 2024Donald Trump, QAnon