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The Eerily Prescient, Wildly Ambitious 1993 Science Fiction Mini-Series Wild Palms is Like Megalopolis, But Good!

You know what’s aged in a really interesting, prescient way? The David Lynch meets Phillip K. Dick 1993 prestige miniseries Wild Palms.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinMarch 17, 2025James Belushi, Dana Delaney, Robert Loggia, Robert Morse, Charles Rocket, Bruce Wagner, Oliver Stone, TV, Science fiction 20 Comments

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.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinAugust 28, 2024Robert Downey Jr., Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, Tom Sizemore, Oliver Stone, Quentin Tarantino, Rodney Dangerfield, dark comedy 97 Comments

Holy Crap Does Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps Ever Suck

People made fun of Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps for having a dumb subtitle but they should mock it for being laughably terrible.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinDecember 12, 2023Michael Douglas, Shia LaBeouf, Carey Mulligan, Eli Wallach, Josh Brolin, Frank Langella, sequel, Charlie Sheen, Oliver Stone, Wall Street 70 Comments

1991's The Doors Epitomizes Everything That Makes Oliver Stone the Absolute Worst

One legendary asshole pays reverent, insufferable tribute to another.

Hoo boy. This one was tough.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinDecember 11, 2023Val Kilmer, Frank Whaley, Kyle McLaughlin, Jim Morrison, Oliver Stone, Meg Ryan, Kathleen Quinlan, biopic, Walk Hard, terrible, drugs, hippie 85 Comments

The Great Hal Ashby Debuted with the Lovely Comedy-Drama The Landlord and Ended Grimly with 8 Million Ways to Die

Hal Ashby made the big leap from hotshot editor to director with the lovely and charming 1970 comedy-drama The Landlord and ended with the 1986 cop drama 8 Million Ways to Die.

First and Last 2.0Nathan RabinJune 5, 2023Hal Ashby, Jeff Bridges, Rosanna Arquette, Beau Bridges, Oliver Stone, Alexandra Paul 19 Comments

My Patron-Funded Look at the Films of Oliver Stone Comes to an Anti-Climactic Close with 2015's Underwhelming Snowden

My patron-funded look at Oliver Stone’s complete filmography ends on an anti-climactic note, with 2016’s deeply underwhelming Snowden.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinJuly 29, 2022Oliver Stone, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Rhys Ifans, biopic 29 Comments

Oliver Stone's Muddled 2008 Manifesto W. Was Dated When It Was Released and Feels Like Ancient History Now

W. was wildly irrelevant at the time of its release. It’s only gotten more embarrassing and cartoonish in the ensuing years.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinMay 25, 2022Josh Brolin, Jeffrey Wright, Richard Dreyfuss, Toby Jones, Oliver Stone, Presidential politics, Elizabeth Banks 40 Comments

Oliver Stone's Bloated 2004 Epic Alexander is a Real Stinkeroo

My patron-funded exploration of the complete filmography hits 2004’s Alexander, a wildly ambitious historical epic that's just kind of meh.

My World Of Flops, Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinApril 29, 2022Val Kilmer, Angelina Jolie, Anthony Hopkins, Oliver Stone, Rosario Dawson, Jared Leto, flop 42 Comments

My World of Flops Hardboiled and Soft-Headed Case File #203 U-Turn (1997)

My patron-funded exploration of the films of Oliver Stone continues with a look at his adaptation of my old TV buddy John Ridley’s Stray Dogs entitled U-Turn.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0, My World Of FlopsNathan RabinFebruary 17, 2022Oliver Stone, Jennifer Lopez, Jon Voight, Billy Bob Thornton, John Ridley, Noir, hard boiled, Powers Boothe, Nick Nolte 25 Comments

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0 #259 Nixon (1995)

My patron-funded jaunt through the films of Oliver Stone continues with the bad boy auteur’s riveting, messy three-hour plus exploration of the life, times and crimes of Richard Nixon. Featuring every character actor ever!

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinJanuary 27, 2022Anthony Hopkins, Oliver Stone, Ed Harris, Powers Boothe, David Hyde Pierce 26 Comments