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

My World of Flops Case File #162 Bulletproof (1996)

Adam Sandler dipped a toe into the murky waters of the mismatched buddy cop comedy with 1996’s Bulletproof. The result was quite poor.

My World Of Flops, Mismatched Buddy CopsNathan RabinMay 27, 2020Adam Sandler, Damon Wayans, James Caan, Mismatched buddy cops, Ernest Dickerson

Exploiting our Archives: Assault With a Dead Weapon Case File #149/My Year of Flops II #46 Dead Heat (1988)

It’s Lethal Weapon meets Tales from the Crypt, only shitty, in 1988’s Dead Heat, a spooktacularly disappointing zombie buddy cop horror comedy from Shane Black’s brother.

My Year of Flops II, My World Of Flops, Mismatched Buddy CopsNathan RabinMay 21, 2020Treat Williams, Joe Piscopo, Vincent Price, Tales from the Crypt, buddy comedy, cop movie, horror comedy, action comedy

My World of Flops Cinematic Clunker Case File #161 Collision Course (1989)

At the height of the mismatched buddy cop movie boom, funnyman Jay Leno decided to throw his hat in the ring. The results were quite poor.

Mismatched Buddy Cops, My World Of FlopsNathan RabinMay 20, 2020Jay Leno, Pat Morita, Detroit, Mismatched buddy cops, My World of Flops, racism

The Travolta/Cage Project #24 The Experts (1989)

We take an appalled look back at his long-shelved Cold War comedy The Experts, which made comedic sport out of the backwards cluelessness of those dumb Russians, who will never, ever, ever, ever, ever possibly get one over on the American people.

My World Of Flops, My Year of Flops II, Travolta/Cage, The Travolta/Cage ProjectNathan RabinMay 12, 2020John Travolta, The Flop House, We Hate Movies

The Travolta/Cage Project #21/My World of Flops Sweaty Fuck Palaces Case File 159: Perfect (1985)

A hotshot Rolling Stone reporter covers the story of a lifetime—sexy people exercising and then fucking—in this scorchingly hot and unbelievably stupid John Travolta flop from the creative team behind Urban Cowboy with a mesmerizingly sexy turn from Jamie Lee Curtis.

My World Of Flops, The Travolta/Cage Project, Travolta/CageNathan RabinApril 13, 2020Film, John Travolta, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jann Wenner, Rolling Stone, James Bridges

My World of Flops Inconceivable Case File #158 Junior (1994)

Twins stars Danny DeVito and Arnold Schwarzenegger reunited with director Ivan Reitman for a high concept light comedy about a brilliant make scientist getting pregnant that received an icy reception from critics and audiences alike.

My World Of Flops, Danny DeVito MonthNathan RabinMarch 31, 2020Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny DeVito, Emma Thompson, Ivan Reitman, Twins, high concept

My World of Flops Case File #157/The Travolta/Cage Project #18 Two Of a Kind (1983)

Five years after Grease John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John reunited as sexy thieves in 1983’s Two of a Kind, a fantasy-comedy about God and the devil squaring off to determine the fate of humanity in a movie that failed as spectacularly as Grease succeeded.

Travolta/Cage, The Travolta/Cage Project, My World Of FlopsNathan RabinMarch 26, 2020John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, romantic comedy, Grease, Grease 2, Travolta/Cage, Film

My World of Flops Pisco-No-Go Case File #155 Wise Guys (1986)

Danny DeVito month kicks off with a Brian De Palma-directed comedy starring Joe Piscopo and Captain Lou Albano from the writer of Midnight Run that’s just as bad as its reputation suggests.

My World Of Flops, Danny DeVito MonthNathan RabinMarch 2, 2020Brian De Palma, Danny DeVito, Joe Piscopo, Dan Hedaya, Captain Lou Albano, Film

Exploiting our Archives: My World of Flops A Dirk Pitt Misadventure Case File #131/My Year of Flops II #28 Sahara (2005)

Is there any better time to revisit the tacky shit show that is Sahara than after Clive Cussler’s death?

My World Of Flops, My Year of Flops IINathan RabinFebruary 27, 2020Matthew McConaughey, Steve Zahn, Clive Cussler, Dirk Pitt, Indiana Jones, Penelope Cruz, Flop, My World of Flops, Film

Exploiting our Archives: Monty Python's Death at the Box-Office case file #91: Absolutely Anything

How bad could a Terry Jones-co-written-and-directed science fiction comedy starring Simon Pegg, Kate Beckinsale, all of the surviving members of Monty Python and Robin Williams (in his final film) possibly be? Pretty goddamn awful, it turns out.

My World Of FlopsNathan RabinJanuary 30, 2020Simon Pegg, Robin Williams, Monty Python, My World of Flops