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Coming 2 America star Eddie Murphy has the full support of his director. Craig Brewer wants audiences to know that they shouldn’t take the comedian for granted. The filmmaker talked to CinemaBlend about the way that his star is considered in popular media. A lot of comedians get separated from their more “serious” peers when

Joe and Anthony Russo’s Cherry has its moments. But the film, an adaptation of Nico Walker’s hit 2018 novel of the same name, is, for the most part, a misfire and a missed opportunity. The Russo brothers, best known of late for helming a spate of Avengers epics — most recently 2019’s Endgame — bought

Amy Poehler is known for an array of comedies ranging from Saturday Night Live to Parks and Rec, but her latest project for Netflix sees her in front of the camera as well as behind. Moxie is a new Netflix movie that follows a group of teenage girls who decide to take a stand and

Sia’s Music, Robert Downey Jr.’s Dolittle, and the Netflix movie 365 Days are among the maligned films to receive multiple nominations for the 2021 Golden Raspberry Awards, a.k.a. the Razzies, the annual celebration of Hollywood’s worst films and performances. In the prestigious Worst Picture category, Dolittle (“cinematic yak dung,” as Rolling Stone described it), Music,

Marvel Studios set up a powerful new ally in WandaVision with the appearance of Monica Rambeau, the child who first appeared in Captain Marvel but has now been granted powerful abilities ahead of her appearance in the upcoming sequel. We know Teyonah Parris will appear in Captain Marvel 2, and after WandaVision she will now

Rolling Stone joined forces with IndieWire, New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, and the online-education platform Yellowbrick to launch “Film and TV Industry Essentials” last year. The program began enrolling students earlier this fall, and the curriculum is composed of five easily digestible course modules. Each of the concise lessons lasts between three and five hours, and includes

As production continues on the upcoming Mission: Impossible 7, the film’s director Christopher McQuarrie has taken to Instagram to reveal a slew of new additions to the seventh and eighth installments. Joining Tom Cruise in the film will be Rob Delaney, Charles Parnell, Indira Varma, Mark Gatiss, and Cary Elwes. McQuarrie captioned the final image,

Don Hertzfeldt’s World of Tomorrow series began in 2015 with an odd, wistful animated sci-fi short film, largely born out of a surreal, and somewhat baffling storytelling choice: The plot of its initial “episode” would be based entirely around recorded conversations with his four-year-old niece, Winona. Her adorable, babbled musings (“I drew….a TRI-angle!!!”) became the

Coming to America 3 is already being worked on according to series star Eddie Murphy in a new interview. The comedian sat down with Live! with Kelly and Ryan to talk about what’s next for the franchise. Nobody expected Coming 2 America this time last year, but it came onto the scene and has made

“Tell me a story.” This is the command that Roman (Bakary Koné), a new arrival at La Maca penitentiary — a forest-borne fortress just outside of the Ivory Coast’s capital, Abidjan — is given almost as soon as he arrives. It’s quite a welcome. Dismissed by the prison’s guards for the gang affiliations that landed

Paramount Pictures hired Star Trek: Discovery writer Kalinda Vasquez to pen a new Star Trek movie script, but it t sounds as if Nicholas Meyer, director of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, is also trying to make his way back into the Star Trek universe. After pitching television series focusing on Khan Noonien

The cast for the Borderlands movie continues to grow as Creed II star Florian Munteanu (who played the progeny of Dolph Lundgren’s Ivan Drago in the film) is in final negotiations to appear in the movie according to The Hollywood Reporter. Munteanu will take on the part of Krieg in the film, starring opposite Ariana

Exclusive Pepe Le Pew was never meant to be interpreted as rape-y, but the times have caught up with him to make it seem that way … so says the daughter of the guy who first drew him. Linda Jones — whose father, Chuck Jones, is credited as the creator and original animator of Pepe

For fans of Coming to America, one of the biggest joys of Craig Brewer’s recently released sequel, Coming 2 America, was seeing the multiple nostalgic nods to the original hit. Actress Vanessa Bell Calloway, last seen hopping on one foot as Eddie Murphy’s bride-to-be, was still hopping. Peaches and Sugar Cube, two rappers who made

Disney CEO Bob Chapek voiced his support for Lucasfilm head Kathleen Kennedy during The Walt Disney Company’s 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders today. Chapek was forced to speak up in support of Kennedy when one Texas shareholder dropped the surprisingly aggressive “question” of whether or not Chapek was planning on firing Kennedy and installing The

Exclusive Paul Rodriguez — one of the ‘Original Latin Kings of Comedy’ — underwent heart surgery, but the good news is he’s on the mend. A rep for the legendary comic tells TMZ … Paul recently had bypass surgery, but is recovering nicely at his home. They add, “Paul wants everyone to know he is

A new trailer has been released for City of Lies, the previously shelved film about the investigation into the murder of the Notorious B.I.G. The film is set to open in theaters March 19th before arriving on on-demand services April 9th. The film stars Johnny Depp stars as real-life LAPD detective Russell Poole, who spent

Coming 2 America debuted last week on Amazon Prime Video and while the sequel to the classic Eddie Murphy-starring Coming to America scored the biggest opening weekend for a streaming film in the past year, it didn’t exactly win over critics. The film is presently sitting at 52 percent on Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer, but the

HBO Max subscribers looking for some family fun were instead treated to an early look at Zack Snyder‘s “Justice League” … with the streaming service leaking the film 10 days early. Here’s the deal … folks who wanted to watch the PG-rated “Tom and Jerry” movie Monday on HBO Max were, instead, greeted with the

Hadley Robinson had never heard of Bikini Kill before she was cast in Moxie. Directed by Amy Poehler and based on Jennifer Mathieu’s 2017 young adult novel of the same name, the Netflix movie follows Robinson’s Vivian, a shy 16-year-old who sparks a rebellion at her high school when she starts anonymously publishing a feminist