Today, famed Boy Movies contributor Nicholas Russell makes his triumphant return to the newsletter to go in on a subject that has vexed me since its inception: Hot Ones. When Nicholas pitched this idea to me, he was like, “I know it’s not about movies per se…” to which I said something to the effect of, “That does not bother me; I’m always playing it fast and loose with this concept.” Ultimately, he ended up sending in a piece that fits squarely within the Boy Movies ethos. Nicholas is a columnist at Defector, and it’s always a pleasure to read his thoughts on anything. I had a blast with this and I hope you do too.
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Hot Ones is perhaps the only show capable of making Jake Gyllenhaal not seem like a complete psychopath.
There are two things I want to highlight about that sentence. The first is the fact that Hot Ones is readily considered a show now. I remember first watching one of their earlier videos, with Key and Peele, and findi…
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