My Year of Flops : The A.V. Club Presents One Man's Journey Deep Into the Heart of Cinematic Failure

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. Nathan Rabin And The A.v. Club. Based on the A.V. Club column, My Year of Flops is Head Writer Nathan Rabin's romp through the most notorious movies in cinematic history.