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cwfilmbuff46. The Simpsons Movie
Like a good episode of the show, holds up on a second viewing.
47. Resurrecting the Champ
Pretty good movie with a great performance by Samuel L. Jackson as a homeless former boxer. He’s almost unrecognizable behind the makeup and wheezy voice, which makes the role more convincing - if he looked like Jackson, he wouldn’t be believable as a homeless man of questionable mental stability. Despite the most noteworthy performance, it’s not a boxing movie so much as a journalism movie, spending more time of the quality of writing and investigative journalism than punching and dancing around the ring. Additional bonus points for setting it in Denver and doing so convincingly (much of the filming was done locally, and even the bits shot in Calgary managed to look like Denver). Not a great movie, but a pretty good one.
Like a good episode of the show, holds up on a second viewing.
47. Resurrecting the Champ
Pretty good movie with a great performance by Samuel L. Jackson as a homeless former boxer. He’s almost unrecognizable behind the makeup and wheezy voice, which makes the role more convincing - if he looked like Jackson, he wouldn’t be believable as a homeless man of questionable mental stability. Despite the most noteworthy performance, it’s not a boxing movie so much as a journalism movie, spending more time of the quality of writing and investigative journalism than punching and dancing around the ring. Additional bonus points for setting it in Denver and doing so convincingly (much of the filming was done locally, and even the bits shot in Calgary managed to look like Denver). Not a great movie, but a pretty good one.
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