Robin Williams has a very “coiled rattlesnake” energy to it, which is very effective
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Blood and Wine 1996
On paper, Blood and Wine should be an effortless classic: It’s the sixth and final of Bob Rafelson’s collaborations with Jack Nicholson, and beside Nicholson it boasts Michael Caine & double Oscar nominee Judy Davis. Yet this doesn’t quite transcend the sum of its parts, only making back $2M of its $26 million budget & killing its screenwriters’ careers. Its place in film history, such as it is, is mostly as a footnote in its stars’ careers – it’s what convinced Michael…
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GoodFellas 1990
Nowadays you can’t say this is your favorite Martin Scorsese movie without getting That Look. As it happens this isn’t my favorite Scorsese movie (that would be The King of Comedy), but I still love the hell out of this.
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Gang Related 1997
Jim Belushi is so uncool he plays a crooked cop alongside 2Pac and he’s still not cool. Though the film at least rolls with his uncoolness – he’s squarely the oaf in this criminal buddy-cop duo. Danny McBride is pretty literally the improved version of Jim Belushi, but directors have often had a good sense of how to use Jim.
The plot construction (specifically, the “comically-stacked fallout” trope) is such that one suspects Gang Related was originally supposed to be…
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