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

2010's The Sorcerer’s Apprentice is a Wildly Unfaithful Adaptation of Fantasia that Unsuccessfully Tries to Replace Mickey Mouse with Jay Baruchel

Jerry Bruckheimer had the brilliant idea of remaking Fantasia with Jay Baruchel in the Mickey Mouse role. It was not a success.

Travolta/Cage, The Travolta/Cage Project, My World Of FlopsNathan RabinSeptember 6, 2022Nicolas Cage, Jay Baruchel, Alfred Molina, Monica Belucci, Jon Turtletaub, Jerry Bruckheimer, Mickey Mouse

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.

Travolta/Cage, The Travolta/Cage Project, My World Of FlopsNathan RabinAugust 29, 2022Nicolas Cage, Samuel L. Jackson, Charlize Theron, Eugene Levy, manga, flop, robot

A Wild-Eyed and Sleep Deprived Ray Liotta is Addicted to Shooting Up Memories in John Dahl's Disappointing 1996 Science-Fiction Noir Unforgettable

Ray Liotta Month here at the Happy Place kicks off with a look at 1996’s stylish but confused Unforgettable, which brought director John Dahl’s hot streak (Kill Me Again, Red Rock West, The Last Seduction) to a screeching close.

Ray Liotta Month, My World Of FlopsNathan RabinJuly 12, 2022Ray Liotta, Linda Fiorentino, Peter Coyote, John Dahl

Jean-Claude Van Damme and Roger Moore are a Terrific Twosome in Van Damme's 1996 Directorial Debut The Quest

My patron-funded exploration of Jean-Claude Van Damme’s Clinton-era prime continues with a fond appreciation of his wonderfully cheesy directorial debut The Quest, which features a delightful supporting turn by Roger Moore.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0, My World Of FlopsNathan RabinMay 23, 2022Jean-Claude Van Damme, Roger Moore, Bloodsport

The 2013 John Travolta/Robert De Niro Stinker Killing Season is Deadly Dull

Hoo boy. This one was NOT good.

Travolta/Cage, The Travolta/Cage Project, My World Of FlopsNathan RabinMay 9, 2022Robert De Niro, John Travolta, Milo Vermiglia, Mark Steven Johnson, flop

John Travolta's Larger Than Life Turn in the Training Day Knock-Off From Paris With Love is Tremendously Fun. It's Too Bad It's So Racist!

John Travolta has big fun with a very big performance as a colorful lawman/law-breaker in the appealingly vulgar exploitation movie To Paris With Love.

My World Of Flops, Travolta/Cage, The Travolta/Cage ProjectNathan RabinMay 3, 2022John Travolta, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Luc Besson

2010's Dour and Disappointing Bangkok Dangerous Marked an Unfortunate Turning Point in Nicolas Cage's Career

Hoo boy. This one was tough.

My World Of Flops, Travolta/Cage, The Travolta/Cage ProjectNathan RabinMay 2, 2022Nicolas Cage, hitman, flop

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

Holy Moly Does the Fred Durst-directed John Travolta Flop The Fanatic Ever Live Down to its Reputation!

The Fanatic, the Fred Durst-directed John Travolta stalker drama that has been the talk of the bad movie world for months is somehow even more astonishingly terrible than it looks, and it looks almost inconceivably bad.

My World Of Flops, My Year of Flops II, Travolta/CageNathan RabinApril 25, 2022John Travolta, Fred Durst, Gotti, The Poison Rose, stalker, Big Fan

The Village People Musical Can't Stop the Music is a Vulgar Trash at its Campy Best

One of you kind souls paid me to revisit the trashy Village People musical Can’t Stop the Music. It’s one of the stupidest, most vulgar and trashy musicals ever made, and I mean that as high praise.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0, My World Of FlopsNathan RabinApril 20, 2022Steve Guttenberg, Valerie Perrine, Caitlyn Jenner, disco, Alan Carr, Jack Weston, Nancy Walker