Eddie Murphy

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Review: Tower Heist

Employees plot to take back what was rightfully theirs from an embezzling billionaire
Ruth Madoff's 60 Minutes interview last week might as well have been set up by the makers of Tower Heist .
By ANN LEWINSON | November 08, 2011

Coming soon to a fake IMAX near you

Big Fat Whale
The first torture-porn-porn!
By BRIAN MCFADDEN | May 26, 2010

Silly season

Spring pimps for summer
Now that the Oscars are over, let's get dumb.
By PETER KEOUGH | March 09, 2010

Interview: Leonard Nimoy

Hot Vulcan
If Leonard Nimoy’s acting work had been limited to that deliriously crazy music video for “The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins,” he’d probably still be celebrated by a lot of us.
By ROB TURBOVSKY | November 16, 2009

Review: Imagine That

Forces you to follow its eponymous directive
Eddie Murphy proves he doesn't need a fat suit to play soft in Karey Kirkpatrick's surprisingly nuanced family comedy.
By ALICIA POTTER | June 10, 2009

33. Tyler Perry

MAD'S WORLD
Sir, please step away from the fat suit. If the world wanted an endless barrage of grossly stereotypical black characters passing gas on one another, it would have given Eddie Murphy an Oscar.
By Boston Phoenix Staff | March 25, 2009

Interview: Louis CK

Boston's contribution to Conan, Letterman, and Chris Rock returns with a comedy special and a role in This Side of the Truth
"Boston is a great town to grow up in, but I really wanted to get out of there," says comedian Louis CK.
By MIKE MILIARD | March 12, 2009

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Crossword: ''Just do it''

Where the action is
Where the action is
By MATT JONES | December 31, 2008

Role Models

A respectably quirky buddy flick
The movie, populated by improv/stand-up veterans in supporting roles, is more about its episodic parts than about the cinematic whole they yield.
By PETER HYMAN | November 07, 2008

Meet Dave

A humorless ET-tale
Murphy gives it his best shot, but the humorless script and the overuse of funhouse FX by director Brian Robbins implode Dave on the launch pad.
By TOM MEEK | July 16, 2008

Pole sitter

Interview: Werner Herzog ponders the end of the world
Speaking to the legendary German filmmaker is like speaking to God.
By PETER KEOUGH | July 01, 2008

Experiment illness

RJD2 at Paradise Rock Club, May 3, 2008
The good news is that it doesn’t appear RJ’s insistence on artistic challenge will be his undoing.
By CHRIS FARAONE | May 06, 2008

Can Britney rise again?

It’s tough to be a celebrity on the skids, but even a ‘ticking time-bomb’ can stage a convincing comeback
The first movie star was a woman named Florence Lawrence.
By SHARON STEEL | October 18, 2007

Common

Finding Forever | Geffen
Can you fault a Second City 35-year-old Gap-shilling rapper for wanting to make elevator hip-hop for Second City 35-year-old Gap-wearing yuppies?
By NICK SYLVESTER | August 14, 2007

Daddy Day Camp

Predictability ensues
Because even Eddie Murphy had better things to do, Cuba Gooding Jr. stars in this mess of a sequel.
By BROOKE HOLGERSON | August 07, 2007

Still nasty

How 2 Live Crew blew up from hip-hop comedy act to multi-platinum provocateurs
“I think a lot of our music got overshadowed by the girls,” says legendary DJ Mr. Mixx of 2 Live Crew.
By BRIAN COLEMAN | July 18, 2007

Putting the ‘art’ in ‘fart’

‘Pull My Finger’ explores the dark vortex where comedy and poop jokes meet
Everybody poops.
By SHARON STEEL | July 06, 2007

'Tis the season

To stay inside and watch awesome movies
Yeah, yeah, summer . Go outside, hone your tan, toss a Frisbee, blah blah blah.
By RYAN STEWART | June 28, 2007

Hollywood Babel on

In a so-so Oscar field, the most pretentious wins
The Academy Awards is one of the few contests where the closeness of the race is in direct proportion to the lack of interest.
By PETER KEOUGH | November 04, 2008

Dreamgirls

No-town Motown
The chorus has been singing for months now: Bill Condon’s can’t-miss adaptation of Tom Eyen & Henry Krieger’s 25-year-old Broadway musical is roaring into theaters to save a lackluster fall. Watch the trailer for Dreamgirls (QuickTime)
By BRETT MICHEL | February 20, 2007

Norbit

Filled with stereotypes only Hollywood could love
If there’s no limit to your love of fat jokes, this is the movie for you. Watch the trailer for Norbit (QuickTime)
By BROOKE HOLGERSON | February 14, 2007

Babel rousers

Oscar opts for liberal gilt
It’s not often that I feel this way, but this year I’m kind of proud of my profession.
By PETER KEOUGH | January 17, 2007

Fractured fairy tales

Fantasy and reality compete for the box office in 2007
Times are tough when the Dream Factory has a better grip on what’s going on than the people in Washington.
By PETER KEOUGH | December 28, 2006

Smart girls

Veronica Mars and 30 Rock go to the head of the class
In its third year, Veronica Mars , late of UPN, joins the new CW network as the most critically praised show on its roster.
By CHARLES TAYLOR | December 12, 2006

The future of an illusion

Reflections on 40 years spent in the dark
When I first realized that movies would, for better or worse, dominate my imagination forever, I really gave no thought to the forces at work creating these transfiguring images on a screen.
By PETER KEOUGH | November 15, 2006

Crossword: 'Make your own attack ad'

. . . in five easy steps
Visual effect to use when showing your opponent
By MATT JONES | May 31, 2006

Not ready for prime time

The 20 best and 20 worst performances from SNL alumni
With the release of yet another film starring former Saturday Night Live stars trying in vain to recapture the glories of their Lorne Michaels days - that would be The Benchwarmers starring David Spade and Rob Schneider
By RYAN STEWART | April 13, 2006

Grow jobs

Why penis enlargement is poised to become the next big thing
Until a few years ago, Tom Hubbard didn't put much stock in penis enlargement.
By CHRIS WRIGHT | October 27, 2008

New to DVD on January 17, 2006

Junebug , Enron , Lord of War , Two for the Money , and more.
With the possible exception of the days of Soviet Social Realism, people have gone to the movies to escape the daily grind, not relive it.
By | January 19, 2006