Eddie Murphy
In defense of You People, the hit Netflix movie you hated
The culture-clash comedy does its job of providing a fun escape. Why is that so hard to buy?
Andrew Lawrence
31, Jan, 2023 @7:30 PM
You People review – frequently excruciating culture-clash comedy
A starry cast including Jonah Hill, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Eddie Murphy can’t save this laboured update of Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
Wendy Ide
29, Jan, 2023 @12:30 PM
You People review – charmless Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner update
Jonah Hill, Eddie Murphy and Julia Louis-Dreyfus star in an unfunny Netflix comedy about an interracial relationship
Lauren Mechling
27, Jan, 2023 @8:01 AM
Golden Globes 2023 key moments: Kevin Costner shelters in place and Tom Cruise gets a kicking
There were heroes aplenty – Jennifer Coolidge, Colin Farrell and Jamie Lee Curtis among them – but only one villain at this year’s star-studded Globes award ceremony
Guardian film
11, Jan, 2023 @9:29 AM
Movies about movies – ranked!
Odes to cinema from Sam Mendes, Steven Spielberg and Damien Chazelle will jostle for Oscar glory next year – until then, here are 20 of the best films about film-making well worth dimming the lights for
Anne Billson
15, Sep, 2022 @12:05 PM
Common’s teenage obsessions: ‘Michael Jordan gave me the shoes off his feet’
As he releases his new album, A Beautiful Revolution (Pt 2), the US rapper remembers his terrible chat-up lines and the magic of the moonwalk
As told to Tara Joshi
24, Sep, 2021 @9:00 AM
Shrek at 20: an unfunny and overrated low for blockbuster animation
The fairytale comedy was a hit with critics and audiences but its toilet humour, glibness and shoddy animation mark it out as a misfire
Scott Tobias
18, May, 2021 @6:04 AM
Coming 2 America is an unfunny disaster for representation | Kovie Biakolo
Eddie Murphy’s much-anticipated sequel to the 1988 comedy is archaic in its portrayal of both black Africans and Americans as well as being devoid of humour
Kovie Biakolo
08, Mar, 2021 @6:36 AM
Coming 2 America review – Eddie Murphy makes a right royal turnaround
Prince Akeem returns to New York to claim his son in this about-turn sequel with its heart, and politics, in the right place
Simran Hans
06, Mar, 2021 @3:00 PM
Coming 2 America review – Eddie Murphy comes up gasping for heir
Murphy is back as the Zamundan prince seeking his son in the US, in this tired sequel to the 80s comedy hit
Peter Bradshaw
04, Mar, 2021 @8:00 PM
Coming to America's Arsenio Hall: 'In the 90s I was black Twitter'
As late-night TV’s first black host, Hall introduced MC Hammer and RuPaul to the world. Now, he’s returning to the spotlight in the sequel to Eddie Murphy hit Coming to America
Lanre Bakare
02, Mar, 2021 @9:00 AM
Saturday Night Live: the 10 best sketches from the 45th season
An unusual, partly remote, season still delivered some winning skits including appearances from Jake Gyllenhaal, Eddie Murphy and Adam Driver
Zach Vasquez
18, May, 2020 @8:15 AM
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