Articles tagged "eddie murphy"

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Eddie Murphy Delirious: The 25th Anniversary Edition

by Lara Killian

[18.Jun.09] :. Delivered in a box as red as the fire hydrant colored leather getup Eddie Murphy paraded around in 25 years ago, the 25th anniversary edition of the classic stand-up tour “Delirious” has arrived.

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Imagine That

by Cynthia Fuchs

[12.Jun.09] :. Why anyone imagines children want to see Eddie Murphy's internal struggle may be the first question posed by Imagine That, but it's hardly the last.

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The PopMatters Summer 2009 Movie Preview Feature

Summer of Same: June 2009

by Bill Gibron

[28.Apr.09] :. This month's "original" fare offers a take on a Sid and Marty Krofft classic, more battling seizure robots, and the retaking of '70s subway thriller. Everything old is new again.

The PopMatters Summer 2009 Movie Preview

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Coming to America

by Stuart Henderson

[6.Apr.09] :. From big hair to shoulder pads, power suits to Jeri-Curl, and an omnipresent and delightfully horrific synthed-out soundtrack, this flick has a hungover Sunday on the couch written all over it.

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Decade-Dense: The 60 Most Memorable Films of 1999 Feature

Part 3: The Sixth Sense to Fight Club (August - October 1999)

by PopMatters Staff

[25.Mar.09] :. Films that have left a lasting impression on their creators (M. Night Shyamalan, Sam Mendes, David Fincher) make up the majority of Part Three of our Films of 1999 overview.

Decade-Dense: The 60 Most Memorable Films of 1999

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Meet Dave

by Cynthia Fuchs

[11.Jul.08] :. Meet Dave is "Eddie Murphy in Eddie Murphy," literally, metaphorically, exhaustively.

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The Return of the Popcorn Circus: July 2008

by Bill Gibron

[30.Apr.08] :. And it just doesn't stop. If part two in this three-ring play was packed with well hyped product, July just keeps the receipt treats coming.

Acting legend Julie Andrews returns in Shrek the Third

by Barry Koltnow [The Orange County Register (MCT)]

[18.May.07] :. LOS ANGELES—PUBLICIST: “You’re not going to write that you watched the Kentucky Derby in Julie Andrews’ bedroom, are you?” JOURNALIST: “I wouldn’t do...

Shrek the Third (2007)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[18.May.07] :. Nothing looks to be ongoing so much as Shrek, except maybe the other sequel machines huffing and puffing this summer.

agoDreamgirls (2006)

by Iquo B. Essien

[10.May.07] :. An undeniably fun ride, albeit with too much restraint here, too over-the-top there.

Monkey Business (Part 1: May)

by Bill Gibron

[1.May.07] :. Talk about frontloading your approach. Each week in this first full month of patented popcorn movies finds another famous franchise icon making a major blockbuster bow. Only truly disastrous results from these guaranteed crowd-pleasers will keep the coffers from clogging with cash.

Norbit (2007)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[9.Feb.07] :. In the poster, he looks squished and distressed, she looks furious, as if daring you not to get the joke built into the very concept of Multiple Murphys.

Dreamgirls (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[15.Dec.06] :. The decidedly uneven score embraces the music of its moment, from soul to Motown to pop to disco, all filtered through Broadway, which means it's all too watery and white.

Eddie Murphy Raw (1987)

by Jesse Hassenger

[15.Sep.04] :. The film is now out on DVD, a bare-bones release ideal for dissection, isolating the best and worst of Murphy.

Shrek 2 (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[20.May.04] :. Cute, confident, and utterly stylish in his feathered hat, Puss confronts Shrek and Donkey in the woods: 'Ha ha!'"

The Haunted Mansion (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[4.Dec.03] :. It is as feeble a film as you're likely to see this year.

Daddy Day Care (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[8.May.03] :. Too many scenes (and far too many montages) seem in slow motion, even though they involve kids moving at something approximating warp-speed.

I Spy (2002)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[31.Oct.02] :. The basic opposition between sheepish Alex and suave Kelly sets up a series of trivial conflicts, some less tedious than others.

The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[22.Aug.02] :. The Adventures of Pluto Nash is a whole lot of nada.

Showtime (2002)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[14.Mar.02] :. The trouble with 'Showtime' is that it never lets up on its self-congratulatory wink-winking.

Shrek (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

hy would anyone want to play a talking donkey? We might suppose that doing voices for an animated movie is less stressful than acting in live-action pictures, that actors are well-compensated, or that doing a movie 'kids can see' is appealing to many movie stars.

Shrek (2001)

by Sabadino Parker

No longer are epic adventures the province of fair maidens and proud knights. According to 'Shrek', everyone is deserving of fair treatment and true love. Even a dragon and a talking donkey.

Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000)

by Cynthia Fuchs

From start to finish, the film is suffused with Eddie Murphyness, his elevated sense of himself and his desire to do 'what no one else has done before.'"

Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

Early in Dr. Dolittle 2, the good doctor (Eddie Murphy) appears on TV. Apparently, after the first movie, where he was outed as a freak who can talk to animals, he’s now capitalizing on...

Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001)

by Ben Varkentine

The last 'Dolittle' film was a successful commercial film. The trouble is, the sequel is a far less noble beast. Many of the beats (and beasts) from the first film are here too, but despite being written by Larry Levinson, one of the co-authors of the first script, it just doesn't work as well.