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

1986's Armed and Dangerous Was Written for Aykroyd and Belushi but Bombed with John Candy and Eugene Levy as Its Leads

John Candy and Eugene Levy ended up playing roles intended for John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd in a misfiring buddy cop movie screenwriter Harold Ramis tried to get his name taken off of for reasons that are very easy to understand.

Rando!, John Candy MonthNathan RabinDecember 12, 2023John Candy, John Candy Month, Eugene Levy, Meg Ryan, Harold Ramis, action comedy, buddy cop, Film

For Your Consideration is an Anomaly in Christopher Guest's Directorial Career in that it Kind of Sucks

For Your Consideration is just like writer-director-star Christopher Guest’s exploration of the out of control egos of the ridiculous and oblivious except that it’s just not funny.

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.

Christopher Guest's 1989 Debut The Big Picture Is an Irresistible Outlier in its Creator's Career

Christopher Guest’s 1989 directorial debut The Big Picture is an outlier in many ways in its writer-director’s career but it’s laugh out loud funny like his best later work.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0 #224 Heavy Metal (1981)

My patron-funded exploration of the films of Blue Oyster Cult ends on a high note (in more ways than one) with a fond look back at the cult classic 1981 Canadian animated stoner film Heavy Metal, from Ivan Reitman and the screenwriters of Meatballs and Stripes.

This Looks Terrible! Once Upon a Crime (1992)

Eugene Levy made his directorial debut in a Dino De Laurentis produced light mystery comedy with John Candy that got a Zero Rating on Rotten Tomatoes but is actually pretty funny.

Exploiting the Archives: The Long, Slow, Satisfying Growth of Schitt's Creek

It took me many years to get into Schitt’s Creek but I’m glad I did.

The Big WhoopNathan RabinFebruary 3, 2020Schitt's Creek, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, SCTV, good television, TV

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0 #72 Club Paradise (1986)

One of you kind souls paid me to be deeply underwhelmed by Harold Ramis’ deeply underwhelming 1986 island comedy Club Paradise, which wastes an amazing cast (SCTV +Peter O’Toole+Jimmy Cliff+Robin Williams) on a confused and muddled script.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinOctober 15, 2019Robin Williams, Bill Murray, Rick Moranis, Eugene Levy, Jimmy Cliff, Flops