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

With 1994's On Deadly Ground Steven Seagal Got Dead Serious About Ripping Off Billy Jack and its Various Heavy-Handed Messages

Steven Seagal directed a movie. It did not go well but the results ARE extremely derivative of Tom Laughlin’s Billy Jack.

1994 SeriesNathan RabinFebruary 7, 2024Steven Seagal, Michael Caine, Joan Chen, R. Lee Ermey, John C. McGinley, Billy Bob Thornton

The Slick 1994 Kiddie Fantasy Blank Check Was One of Michael Jackson's Favorite Films For Very Understandable Reasons

If you like movies involving inappropriately romantic relationships, then boy is 1994’s Blank Check is for you! Unsurprisingly, Michael Jackson was a big fan.

1994 SeriesNathan RabinJanuary 29, 2024Miguel Ferrer, Michael Lerner, Tone Loc, Michael Jackson, Brian Bonsall, Disney, capitalism, Rick Ducummon

Beyond All of Its Virulent Transphobia, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective is an Appalling Piece of Work

With the possible exception of Breakfast at Tiffany’s, no film has aged worse than 1994’s ragingly transphobic Ace Ventura: Transphobe

1994 SeriesNathan RabinJanuary 22, 2024Jim Carrey, Tone Loc, Courtney Cox, Sean Young, Dan Marino, transphobia

My Journey Through the Films of 1994 Continues with a Mortified Look at Car 54 Where Are You, Which Had All Its Musical Sequences Cut But Still Bombed

Hoo boy. This one was NOT good.

Hoo Boy, House Party 3 is NOT Good

My exploration of the best and worst that 1994 has to offer continues with a mortified look back at the god-awful second sequel to 1990’s delightful House Party. Bernie Mac, TLC, Chris Tucker and particularly kiddie rap trio Immature fail to make this dud watchable.

1994 SeriesNathan RabinJanuary 10, 2024Immature, Kid N' Play, Bernie Mac, Chris Tucker, Eddie Griffin

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