The Funky Art of Self-Invention -- Friday Review by Mike N.
I t's Friday! I'm up early to still land my review piece for the week a little later than my usual 3AM auto-publish. Why? Something that had limited theatrical release back on October 4th (necessary to let the film be eligible for any awards), but broadly released today on Netlix: Dolemite Is My Name. ( 118 min., Rated R for profanity, nudity, sexual situations and references) It dropped at roughly midnight Pacific time, so 3 AM here in the East. It was closer to 4 when I started watching it, having set my Friday alarm a few hours early. 2019 appears to mark the start of a come-back trail for Eddie Murphy. This year will see him begin filming a reprise his role from Coming To America via a sequel (to be released December 2020), and returning to host Saturday Night Live the week before Christmas, all before staging a national stand-up comedy tour next year. Ahead of all this, though, he's gotten to pla...