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Nathan Rabin's Bad Ideas Friday Chill Hang Spot will be at noon EST today!
I’m traveling to Milwaukee for my niece’s Bat Mitzvah tomorrow, so I’ve rescheduled the weekly chat for today.
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The Campy 1992 Cult Classic Lawnmower Man is a Stephen King Movie That Has Nothing to Do With Anything He Wrote
It's almost as if slapping the name of our bestselling writer on something tangentially related to his work (at best) automatically makes a movie more…
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The Joy of Positivity pick of the day is Harmony Korine's Demented Stoner Comedy The Beach Bum
I went to the beach with my wife's family last week and it reminded me how much I love this silly movie.
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It's that time again! YOU decide whether I see Weapons, Freakier Friday, Sketch and/or Eddie Murphy in Amazon Prime's The Pickup
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Amazon Prime's War of the Worlds With Ice Cube as a Grumpy Grandpa is a Laff Riot. Fortunately or Unfortunately, It's Not a Comedy
It's H.G. Wells' classic tale of interplanetary warfare as you've never seen it before: Ice Cube sitting and scowling for 90 minutes
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If You Love to Laugh, You'll Dig The Naked Gun, a Reboot Done Right
The multiplex where I saw The Naked Gun last night had a table with mini-posters for The Smurfs Movie, Bad Guys 2, and The Naked Gun.
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New contender for 2nd film of the week: Ice Cube's War of the Worlds
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July 2025

It's that time again! Should I see and write about The Naked Gun, Bad Guys 2 or Together?
I'm on vacation, but I get back on Saturday
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The Joy of Positivity pick of the day is the 1972 British Adaptation of Tales From the Crypt
Even without puppets and ghoulish wordplay, the British adaptation of Tales From the Crypt kicked ass.
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The Joy of Positivity pick of the day is the 1986 Cult Classic Chopping Mall
If you enjoy movies that kick ass, and are awesome, you'll enjoy this!
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The Fantastic Four: First Steps Is Dorky As Hell. That's Good!
I am currently in the process of finishing The Fractured Mirror, my mammoth, soon-to-be-released tome about the history of American movies about…
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The Friday Night Chill Spot has been moved back to 3 EST
I’m at a bouncy house place with my son, but should be at least partially free by then.
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