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Boston Johnny 2023
one of the highest ratios of "it's funny when everyone in the movie repeats their names over and over" characters in a long time
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Penitentiary II 1982
right on the knife edge of blaxploitation elegy and grotesque parody. maybe runs a little too long, idk it’s probably fine. boxing scenes in this one are largely boringly shot and interminable (just like the original, the best fight is a small room one between too sweet and half dead), but there’s a commentator doing a howard cosell imitation who looks like kurt fuller so they go down sort of easy. this seemingly beginning as a stern revenge movie and…
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The Love Guru 2008
there's a certain kind of art made when the ground has moved under the feet of the people making it without them knowing, leaving the entire enterprise feeling desperate and out of date--it happens in music every few years, and it happens in comedy even more. you can probably think of a few examples. The Dictator is a big one. jim carrey has like 4 of these. Ghostbusters (2016) melded this with the dreaded modern "discourse movie" that we've had…
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Norbit 2007
am fascinated by just how personal this movie is--there's so much Eddie Murphy stuff that just smacks of taking a paycheck, but he went out of his way to write this one (with Charlie) and play 3 characters (all insanely committed performances, including one in yellowface which jesus christ) in the wake of his own divorce (his wife filed in 05, finalized in 06, we get Norbit in early 07). Eddie Murphy's Scenes from a Marriage.
this is probably one…
