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The Joy of Positivity Pick of the day: New Year's Evil (1980)

2024 Best of the Worst: Robert Zemeckis' Here Made Me Wish I Was Somewhere Else

2024: The Best of the Worst: More Like Joker Folly a DUD!!!

Robert Eggers' Nosferatu is a Remake Done Right

Best of the Worst of 2024: More like Saturday Night DEAD

The Joy of Positivity: Upgrade (2018)

Best of the Worst of 2024: More like MegaFLOPolis!

The Joy of Positivity: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)

My Journey Through the Silent Night, Deadly Night Series Concludes With a Look at the Underwhelming 2012 Reboot Silent Night

Best of the Worst of 2024: Reagan Depicts Its Subject As a Better Messiah than that Jesus Guy

2024 Best of the Worst: God's Not Dead: In God We Trust

The Joy of Positivity: EC Comics

After Condemning the Original, Mickey Rooney (who was the biggest movie star in the world for two decades) Starred in Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy-Maker For Undoubtedly Ethical Reasons

Best of 2024: I Went to See the Corey Feldman/Limp Bizkit Show and All I Got Was This Lousy Article

Best of 2024: "Dancing" Donald Trump's Bizarre Musical Thingy

What Manic Pixie Dream Girl movie should I write up for my new column on the subject?

It's that time again? Should I See Nosferatu, A Complete Unknown, Babygirl or The Fire Inside in the Theater?

2024's Best of the Worst: The Garfield Movie

My Journey Through the Silent Night, Deadly Night Series Continues with the Bizarrely Killer Santa-Free Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: The Initiation

Carry-On is a Lean, Mean Thriller with a Terrific Villain Turn from Jason Bateman

2024's Best of the Worst: Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

The Joy of Positivity pick of the day: Coneheads (1993)

My Journey through the Silent Night, Deadly Night Series Continues with a Mortified Look at Monte Hellman's Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out

Nathan Rabin's Bad Ideas: A Look Ahead

2024: The Best of the Worst: M. Night Shyamalan's Trap Is Iconically Idiotic

The Joy of Positivity Pick of the Day is Christmas Evil

My Journey Through the Silent Night, Deadly Night Series Continues with a Fond Look Back at the Wonderfully Ho Ho Horrible Silent Night, Deadly Night 2

Best of the Worst of 2024: Madame Web

Ho, Ho, Ho! Our Journey Through the Silent Night, Deadly Night Begins with a Fond Look Back at 1984's Silent Night, Deadly Night, Which Scandalized a Nation and Launched an Unlikely Franchise

Best of 2024: Argylle is a Muddled Multi-Media Mess

The Joy of Positivity Pick of the Day is Godzilla Minus One

It's that time again! What new movie should I see this weekend, Sonic 3, Lion King 2 or Carry-On ?

An Important Message from Declan-Haven Books

Best of 2024: Jason Statham's Wonderfully Ridiculous The Beekeeper is Both a B Movie and a Bee Movie

Kraven the Hunter Does the World a Favor By Putting Sony's Spider-Man Universe Out of its Misery

The Joy of Positivity pick of the day is 1997's Small Soldiers

Werewolves, the Frank Grillo Vehicle About a Supermoon That Turns People Into Lycanthropes, Is Arguably the Greatest Movie Ever Made

Even though Werewolves won the poll and I've already seen and written about it

The Joy of Positivity: Real Life (1979)

2011's Final Destination 5 Represents Yet Another Creative Triumph for the Underrated Franchise

It's that time again? Should I see Kraven the Hunter or the Loopy-Looking Frank Grillo Vehicle Werewolves?

The Joy of Positivity: Gator (1976)

Kyle Mooney's Retro Horror-Comedy Y2K is the Superbad/Terminator/Chopping Mall Mash-Up We Never Knew We Needed

The Joy of Positivity pick: Sudden Death (1996)

The Joy of Positivity: Clifford (1994)

2009's Spectacularly Silly The Final Destination Delivers the Goods IN ALL THREE DIMENSIONS!

The Joy of Positivity: 12 Angry Men (1957)

What New Movie Should I Write About This Weekend? Dear Santa or Y2K?

Dwayne Johnson Continues to Bore in Moana 2, an Unnecessary Follow Up Where His Shtick Isn't Funny Anymore

An important Black Friday message from Declan-Haven books

I Am Thankful For Y'all This Thanksgiving

It's that time again! Should I see Moana 2, the latest Netflix Animated Film or the New Lindsay Lohan joint?

The Joy of Positivity Pick of the Day is The Stunt Man (1980)

Final Destination 3 Is Spectacularly Silly

The Joy of Positivity Pick of the Day is the Riotously Funny Movie World Dark Comedy The Last Shot

Ridley Scott's Gladiator II is Campy, Spectacle-Rich Fun With an Epic Performance from Denzel Washington

The Joy of Positivity: Ambulance (2022)

Our Epic Journey Through Ernest P. Worrell's Filmography Ends on a Down, Weird Note, With the 1999's Colonialist Nightmare Ernest In the Army

What Should My Next MASSIVE Mainstream Project Be, James Bond, MCU or Stephen King Movies?

Final Destination 2 Gets REALLY Stupid in a REALLY Fun Way

My Journey Through the Films of Ernest P. Worrell Hits a Bleak Nadir With 1997's Deeply Unfortunate Ernest Goes to Africa

The Joy of Positivity: Sky High (2005)

My Journey Through the Films of Ernest P. Worrell Hits a New Nadir With 2005's Racially Problematic Slam Dunk Ernest

Dwayne Johnson's Losing Streak Continues With Red One, a Quarter Billion Dollar Christmas Stinker That's Not Much Fun

The Joy of Positivity pick of the day: Electric Dreams (1984)

My Journey Through the Films of Ernest P. Worrell Continues with a Look at 1994's Ernest Goes to School

To Help Hear Our Nation, I'm Rerunning This Piece on 1993's Ernest Rides Again

What should me and my eldest son see this weekend?

The Joy of Positivity: Unlawful Entry (1992)

What Project Should I Tackle When I'm Done with the Final Destination series?

My Journey Through the Tony Todd-centric Final Destination Franchise Begins With a Fond Look Back at the Irresistibly Silly 2000 Original

My Earnest Journey Through the Films of Jim Varney Continues With a Nostalgic Look Back at the All-Time Classic Ernest Scared Stupid

What should I see and write about, Gladiator 2 or Wicked?

The Joy of Positivity: Candyman (1992)

Hugh Grant Is Riveting as a Creep Out to Mansplain Earnest Mormon Missionaries to Death in the Atmospheric Fright Flick Heretic

To Help Heal our Nation, I am rerunning this piece on Ernest Goes to Jail

Scheduling switch-up

The Joy of Positivity: Crank 2: High Voltage

The Importance of Being Ernest Part 2: Ernest Saves Christmas (1988)

The Importance of Being Ernest Part 1: Ernest Goes to Camp (1987)

It's that time again! What should I see and write up this weekend?

The Joy of Positivity: Johnny Handsome (1989)

The Joy of Positivity: Crank (2006)

I Watched All 103 Minutes of "Dancin'" Donald Trump's Musical Town Hall So You Don't Have To!

Robert Zemeckis' Here is an Adrenochrome-Powered Disaster

Chandler Meets Lovecraft in the The Joy of Positivity pick of the day, 1991's Cast a Deadly Spell

What new movie should I see and write about this weekend?

What horror franchise should I cover next?

The Joy of Positivity pick of the Day: Stuck (2007)

The Joy of Positivity: The Voices (2014)

The Joy of Positivity: Scream 2 (1997)

1984's A Nightmare on Elm Street is a Surreal Suburban Spookfest with Class, Intelligence and Imagination

At the risk of being cancelled for defying the status quo, I enjoyed Venom: The Last Dance. It Was Amusing!

The Joy of Positivity: Maniac Cop 2 (1990)

An earnest request

The Joy of Positivity: From Beyond (1986)

The Joy of Positivity: White House Down (2013)

It's that time again! What should I watch and write about this weekend?

The Joy of Positivity: The Secret of Nimh (1982)

Smile 2 Is a Tacky Pop Thriller About a Diva and Her Demons With a Certain Sinister Allure

The Joy of Positivity: Champagne and Bullets (1993)

It's that time again! Should I see Smile 2 or some animated crap?

The Joy of Positivity: Color Out of Space (2019)

Co-Screenwriter Wes Craven and Heather Langenkamp Returned Triumphantly in A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

The Joy of Positivity pick: They Came Together (2014)

Jason Reitman's Fawning Saturday Night Treats Its Subject With a Level of Deference That Would Humiliate Studio 60 on Sunset Strip

The Joy of Positivity: Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)

The Joy of Positivity: Batman: Mask of the Phantasm

Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child is a Slaughter Worth Bringing Your Daughter To

It's that time again! Should I See Saturday Night or Average Joe?

The Joy of Positivity: Freeway (1996)

The Substance Is So Fucking Disgusting It Made Me Want to Puke, In a Good Way

Should I write up Trump or Musk on SNL?

The Joy of Positivity: The Stuff (1985)

The Dreadful Joker: Folie à Deux is a Comic Book Musical Sequel That's Ashamed to be a Comic Book Movie, Musical and Sequel

The Joy of Positivity: Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar

It's that time again! Should I see Joker: Folie a Deux or Monster Summer?

With Renny Harlin's A Nightmare Before Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, the Franchise Went MTV in the Best Possible Way

The Joy of Positivity: Miracle Mile (1988)

The Wild Robot Renewed My Love of Film After Megalopolis Nearly Destroyed It

Megalopolis is an Ambitious Art Film So Bad It Made Me Hate Ambition, Art and Film

The Joy of Positivity: The Muppet Movie (1979)

The Joy of Positivity: The Dark Crystal (1981)

What lowbrow film series should I tackle next?

The Joy of Positivity: Labyrinth (1986)

What movie should I watch and write up this weekend, Megalopolis, Wolfs or The Wild Robot?

2003's Agonizingly Idiotic Freddy Vs. Jason Fails Two of Pop Culture's Most Iconic Monsters

The Joy of Positivity: The Great Muppet Caper (1981)

Though Respectable, Transformers One Could Stand To Be a Little More Fun

The Joy of Positivity: The Lego Batman Movie

The Joy of Positivity: The Imposters (1998)

1991's Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare May Be the Single Stupidest Movie Ever Made

What Movie Should I See and Write About This Weekend, Transformers: Year One or Never Let Go

The Joy of Positivity: Wag the Dog (1997)

God's Not Dead: In God We Trust Did Not Convince Me to Become an Evangelical Christian

The Joy of Positivity: The Weather Man (2005)

Holy Crap is the 2010 Remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street Abysmal

The Joy of Positivity: Search and Destroy (1995)

It's that time again! Should I see the latest God's Not Dead movie or something that isn't total garbage?

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is More of the Same From the Least Surprising Filmmaker Alive

Today's Joy of Positivity Pick of the Day is The Last of Sheila (1973)

The Joy of Positivity: Never Sleep Again (2020)

Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge is Ragingly Queer In the Best Possible Way

The Joy of Positivity: The Watermelon Woman (1996)

The Bizarrely Pro-Blacklist Hagiography Reagan is the Worst Movie I've Reviewed Here Since Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey

What should I see and write about next weekend?

The Joy of Positivity: Miami Blues (1991)

1994's Police Academy: Mission to Moscow Is an Outlier In Many Ways, But It Sucks Just as Hard As Most Other Entries

What movie should I see this upcoming weekend, Reagan or Afraid?

It Turns Out We Do NOT Need Another Adaptation of The Crow

Police Academy 6: City Under Siege is Surprisingly Non-Terrible!

Last week

What should I see next week? The Crow, Don't Blink or Jackpot?

Alien: Romulus Is Gritty and Dark and then Something VERY Silly Happens

At the Risk of being Cynical, Greed, Rather Than Self-Expression, Fuels 1988's Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach

Should I see and write about Alien: Romulus or Ryan's World: The Movie? Monsters in Space or Kiddies All Over the Place?

Jack Black's Inspired Voice Turn as a Sassy, Misanthropic Robot Is the Only Element of Borderlands That Doesn't Suck

What new movie should I watch and write about this weekend?

The Corey Feldman/Limp Bizkit Show I Went to Last Night Was Hindered Ever So Slightly by FELDMAN NOT PERFORMING!

Trap is Another Stinker from the Twisted Imagination of Frightmaster M. Night Shyamalan

1987's Police Academy IV: Citizens on Patrol Found the Franchise on Lazy Autopilot

Should I watch and review M. Night Shyamalan's Trap or Harold and the Purple Crayon This Weekend?

Deadpool & Wolverine is the most Gen X Superhero Movie Ever Made

What franchise should I write about next?

It's that time again!

In Light of Everything That's Happening Now, Who the Hell Cares What I Thought of Twisters?

It's that time again! Which newfangled entry to an old series should I watch and write about this weekend?

Nicolas Cage Is Tiny Tim as a Serial Killer in Longegs. That's Somehow Terrifying Rather Than Ridiculous

MaXXXine is a Sleazy Throwback to the Sordid Excess of the Reagan Era

Everybody Wants to Fuck Austin Butler in Jeff Nichols' Goodfellas Homage The Bikeriders

Back up in the AVC, Baby!

What should I watch and write about this weekend?

What movie should I watch and write about this weekend?

Bad Boys: Ride or Die is a Mediocre Retread with Some Amazing Action Set-pieces

Assuming I'm up to it, what should I see in the theaters this week?

The Leaden Jennifer Lopez Vehicle Atlas is Shrug-Worthy Pro-AI Propaganda

What new film should I write about this weekend?

Jane Curtin Made a Memorable Film Debut in the 1980 Inflation-Themed Heist Comedy How to Beat the High Co$t of Living

The Garfield Movie Sucks in a Dramatically Different Fashion Than the Terrible Comic Strip That Ostensibly Inspired It

The Joy of Positivity Pick of the Day: Slasher (2004)

Furiosa: a Mad Max Saga Is a Real Departure for the director of Babe, Happy Feet and Happy Feet Two

The Joy of Positivity: Frailty (2001)

Police Academy 3: Back in Training Combines the Best of the Original with the Standouts from the Sequel

It's time for the all-important question: Garfield or Furiosa?

IF Is a Tribute to Imagination and Creativity Notably Lacking in Imagination and Creativity

What movie should I see and write about this weekend?

The Joy of Positivity: A Bucket of Blood (1959)

Thanks Largely to a Star-Making Turn from Bobcat Goldthwait, Police Academy 2: The First Assignment is Surprisingly Non-Terrible!

I Went "Ape" Over The Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

The Joy of Positivity: Death Race 2000

I'm Getting Dental Implants But Need Your Help!

Introducing The Debuts: Laraine Newman and 1980's Wholly Moses!

What should I see and write about this weekend?

My Grim March Through the Police Academy Series Begins with 1984's Woeful Police Academy

The Joy of Positivity: Pearl (2022)

The Fall Guy is the Most Adorable Movie Ever Made About Stuntmen

The Joy of Positivity: Hooper (1978)

A Texas-fried James Belushi is Stuck in a Murderous Time Loop in 1997's Trippy Retroactive

The Joy of Positivity: Yo Gabba Gabba!

Abigail Gives Us the Killer Vampire Ballerina Mayhem We Crave but Only in Spurts

The Joy of Positivity: The Guest (2014)

The Joy of Positivity: The Beekeeper (2024)

The Joy of Positivity: EC Comics

I'm Going on a Book Break, Which is Like Spring Break But Nerdier and More Bookish. Also, Fewer Wet Tee-Shirt Contests

Monkey Man Rules

It's that time again!

If you're looking for shiny shit to watch while stoned, Godzilla x Kong: New Empire is for you!

I Might Be the Only Person Alive Less Excited About Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire Than Bill Murray

The Doug Liman-Directed Road House is a Hoot and a Half! Shame About it Skipping the Theaters, However

It's that time again!

Lindsay Lohan's New Netflix Vehicle Is, Shockingly, Not Good

It's that time again!

James Belushi and Tupac Shakur Make for an Unexpectedly Compelling Odd Couple in the 1997 Neo-Noir Gang Related

Check out the Ralph Nader Episode where The Coneheads AND Bill Murray Debut at Every Episode Ever

It's that time again!

The Joy of Positivity: Saturday Morning All Star Hits!

Imaginary Dares to Ask the Question, "What if the Snuggle Fabric Bear Was Evil?"

The Joy of Positivity: Silent Movie (1976)

Walter Hill's Red Heat is a Product of the Curious Period When James Belushi Could Co-Headline a Movie With Arnold Schwarzenegger

The Joy of Positivity: Tales From the Crypt: Demon Knight

What movie should I see next in the theater?

What should I see next for my 1994 project?

Believe the Hype: Dune Part Two is a Feast for the Mind and the Senses

What movie should I see next in my big 1994 project at Nathan Rabin's Happy Place?

The 1989 Inter-Species Mismatched Buddy Comedy K-9 Is No Turner & Hooch. It's Better, or Worse, I Can't Remember

An Update on the Indiegogo Campaign for the 50th Anniversary Saturday Night Live books

The Joy of Positivity: Zola (2020)

Drive-Away Dolls is a B-Movie Delight!

The Joy of Positivity: So I Married an Axe Murderer

The 1989 James Belushi/Whoopi Goldberg Mismatched Buddy Road Movie Homer and Eddie Is Like a Real Life Version of Tropic Thunder's Simple Jack

It's that time again!

The Joy of Positivity: I Wanna Hold Your Hand

What movie should I see next for my 1994 project?

Madame Web Is Puzzlingly, an Action Movie Without Action and a Superhero Movie Devoid of Superheroism

It's that time again!

Lisa Frankenstein is a Charming Combination of Snappy and Morbid

2008's Harold, a "Comedy" About a Balding Child, is One of the Most Obscure SNL-Derived Films as Well as One of the Worst

The Joy of Positivity pick of the day is Tin Men (1987)

Argylle Has a Lot of Problems, Such as Being Terrible and Also Way Too Long

What should I see next for my next movie in the 1994 Project?

The Joy of Positivity: Christmas Evil (1980)

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The Joy of Positivity: Season one of Baywatch Nights

Wayne's World II is like Mike Myers' Career: It Starts Out Great, Then Takes a Turn

The Joy of Positivity: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Wayne's World Remains Excellent

I'm Going to Watch all 1000 Episodes of Saturday Night Live So I Can Write Between Two to Seven Books About The Show For its 50th Birthday

What movie should I see next for my 1994 project?

They made a live-action sitcom pilot for hapless clay icon Mr. Bill and it turned out about as well as you would imagine

The Joy of Positivity: To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)

What movie should I cover next for my 1994 project?

The Joy of Positivity: Targets (1968)

Jason Statham's Wonderfully Silly New Vehicle Is Both a B Movie and a Bee Movie

It's that time again!

The Joy of Positivity: The Stepfather (1987)

In a Perhaps Unsurprising Development, It Turns Out That I Am Autistic and have ADHD

The Joy of Positivity Pick: Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976)

It's that time again!

The Joy of Positivity: Nobody (2021)

At my other site I confront the horror of the Alex Jones/Kanye convo of the damned

The Joy of Positivity: Funny Farm (1988)