Author: Ben Nagy

Ben Nagy has written and edited stuff for newspapers, magazines and websites and randomly showed up on the doorstep of Joe Bob’s booth in Kentucky one day after a commute from Cleveburg. After watching Joe Bob present “Motel Hell” on MonsterVision in college in 1996, Ben knew he’d make it through. To submit a flick to review or send hate mail, email nagybj@gmail.com, go through Joe Bob's site contact form or find him hanging out at most of the usual JBB social media haunts.

Ben Nagy reviews ‘Absurd’: 40 years ago, Joe Bob reviewed the original, but he never got around to the sequel

Two score years and four or so ex-wives ago, Joe Bob Briggs brought forth upon the city of Dallas, a new column, conceived at one of the finest drive-in theaters in Dallas or Tarrant County, and dedicated to the oath that we believe in the three B’s, will party like jungle animals and then boogie […]

Ben Nagy reviews ‘Dolls’: Once these toys get possessed, it’s hard to play with em

My daughter (she’s in second grade) went through a period where she was terrified of killer dolls, and it didn’t help that her older brother was talking up the Child’s Play flicks and The Con-juring (I spell it like that because that’s how he pronounced it, no editorializing intended) to increase her terror. She got […]

Ben Nagy reviews ‘Midnight Runner’: Senioritis is contagious … and violent

The new kid in the neighborhood with a violent past struggles to fit in with everyone else in Midnight Runner, a movie that’s reminiscent of Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive, with a synthesizer-fueled soundtrack but a lot younger cast. Ian (Ben Weinswig) had an incident six years ago that landed him in juvenile detention – his […]

Ben Nagy reviews ‘Landing Lake’: Can anybody fly around here?

A group of four accented Euro antenna repair folks traipse out into the wilderness in a van on an assignment to fix some sort of messed-up satellite repeater device in an unidentified location in Landing Lake. If you like long walks in the woods, men from around the United Kingdom shouting profanity in various accents […]

The Last Drive-In | Halloween Hootenanny, Pt. 2

Lifetime movie villians, Joe Bob’s cable TV career regrets and the world champion Mutant.

The Last Drive-In | Slasher Life Lessons, Pt. 4

A Nightmare on Elm Street Our esteemed Queen of the Last Call Blog, Laura Beerman, has been ruthlessly assailed by work this past week — think about the mob scene that happens to Willem Dafoe at the end of Antichristand you know what I’m talking about — so she asked me to pinch hit to let […]