My year of flops : the A.V Club presents one man's journey deep into the heart of cinematic failure : Rabin, Nathan, 1976- : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive (original) (raw)

xviii, 264 pages : 23 cm

"In 2007, Nathan Rabin set out to provide a revisionist look at the history of cinematic failure on a weekly basis. What began as a solitary ramble through the nooks and crannies of pop culture evolved into a way of life. My Year Of Flops collects dozens of the best-loved entries from the A.V. Club column along with bonus interviews and fifteen brand-new entries covering everything from notorious flops like The Cable Guy and Last Action Hero to bizarre obscurities like Glory Road, Johnny Cash’s poignantly homemade tribute to Jesus. Driven by a unique combination of sympathy and Schadenfreude, My Year Of Flops is an unforgettable tribute to cinematic losers, beautiful and otherwise."--Publisher's description

Introduction -- Disastrous dramas -- Calamitous comedies -- Musical misfires and misunderstood masterpieces -- It's a bird! it's a plane! it's a flop! superheroes, science fiction, and action -- Unsexy sexy films -- My year of flops jr.: "you know, for kids!" -- The floppiest flops -- A fairy-tale ending, or, manic pixie dream girls I have known