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

There Are More Respectful Ways to Honor Brian Wilson Than By Rerunning my Piece of 1992's Mike Love-Driven Flop Summer in Paradise But It's the One We're Going With

The Beach Boys least successful album sold less than one thousand copies and had zero contributions from Brian Wilson. It was, however, perversely drum machine heavy and featured Mike Love rapping.

Yes, rapping.

It is not good.

My World Of FlopsNathan RabinJune 11, 2025Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, Mike Love, flop, surf rock, summer

There are more respectful ways to honor Val Kilmer than by rerunning this piece on 2017's The Snowman but it's the one we're going with

Great meme, terrible movie.

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

Cop Rock Was a Legendary Disaster But it is Guilty of Introducing at Least One Great, Enduring Tune

When Donald Trump was found GUILTY of 34 felonies, I couldn’t help but think about the one song from Cop Rock that anyone remembers, Randy Newman’s infectious “He’s Guilty.”

The Big WhoopNathan RabinJuly 30, 2024Donald Trump, Cop Rock, Steven Bochco, flop, Randy Newman

It Took Three Decades But 1994's Clifford Is Finally Getting the Acclaim and Respect It Deserves

In the latest in my series on the films of 1994 I write about the universally beloved cult classic Clifford.

1994 SeriesNathan RabinMay 8, 2024Charles Grodin, Martin Short, Mary Steenburgen, Dabney Coleman, child, flop, cult

When Original Director Tim Burton Bailed, 1994's Cabin Boy Became the Least Commercial Film in History

A year-long look back at the magical film year of 1994 kicks off with a fond appreciation of the wonderfully silly Chris Elliott vehicle Cabin Boy

1994 SeriesNathan RabinJanuary 5, 2024Adam Resnick, Chris Elliott, flop, Tim Burton, Brian Doyle-Murray

I Wish 2020's Wonder Woman 1984 Was a Little Less Ridiculous

You know how everyone says Wonder Woman 1984 sucks? They’re right!

The Life of David Gale is Another Surreally Misconceived Kevin Spacey Vehicle That Misunderstands the Nature of His Appeal

Kevin Spacey’s real-life downfall casts a long, dark shadow over The Life of David Gale, a notorious 2003 flop about the death penalty that casts the American Beauty as a brilliant, verbose man-God academic whose previously charmed life is ruined by numerous false rape allegations.

My World Of Flops, My Year of Flops IINathan RabinNovember 20, 2023Kevin Spacey, Kate Winslet, flop, Alan Parker

1985's Lifeforce is So Much More than Just the Sexy Naked Lady Vampire from Space Movie (But It's That Too!)

I am please to report that 1985’s Lifeforce, the flop movie about the sexy naked vampire lady from space is not just good: it’s GREAT! You can trust my taste and judgment. After all, I am a Juggalo.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinOctober 16, 2023Patrick Stewart, Tobe Hooper, Mathilda May, flop, Cannon, Yoram Globus, vampire, horror

The Adventures of Ford Fairlane is a Goofy, Campy Delight. It's Just Too Bad About the Virulent Sexism!

God help me, I’m now one of those people who non-ironically like the Andrew “Dice” Clay vehicle The Adventures of Ford Fairlane.