Eddie Murphy

Miss Pop Rocks: More Pop Culture Items To Be Thankful For This Year

Q&A: Charlie Murphy Says We Gotta Do Better

Seven Deadly Sins: Celebrity Edition

Saturated Fat

Nutty Professor II may be hazardous to your health

Do Little Indeed

Who needs a plot when you have Eddie Murphy talking to the animals?

The In-(F)laws

This Douglas-Brooks remake is bigger and broader, but not better

The Five Worst Movie Vampires

With the release of Twilight, we're seeing a continuation of the metaphorical "defanging" of the vampire in modern culture. Vamps used to be terrifying creatures of the night, bent on evil and slaking their undead thirst. Now they're brooding fops who want to talk about their feelings. Here are ... More >>

In Honor Of The Defunct Penthouse Club, The Five Best Strip Club Scenes

We at the Houston Press are pretty broken up about the closing of the Penthouse Club. Not because any of us were frequent patrons, of course (*cough*), or because we aren't wholly convinced the City's efforts to shutter "gentlemen's clubs" will eliminate crime as we know it, but because the strip ... More >>

Good-bye to Summer

What this year's movies portend for next year

Tonka Turns Tomboy

Disney goes East in Mulan to give girls their due

Coming to America

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Mr. Mom

Eddie Murphy plays Daddy, once more, just be "Cos"

Just for Laughs

Spike Lee's gloriously unpolished concert film focuses on the yuks -- to our great amusement

Crimefighter in Spite of Himself

Blue Streak is not quite up to its identity crisis

Stranded by Oscar: Into the Wild, Radiant City, SNL in the '80s: Lost and Found, The Love Boat: Season One, Volume One

Blue Streak is not quite up to its identity crisis

Charlie Murphy

Former member of Chappelle’s Show is not his brother’s keeper

Sagebrush & Spaghetti

Former member of Chappelle’s Show is not his brother’s keeper

Hand It to Him

Former member of Chappelle’s Show is not his brother’s keeper

Dream Works

But it's not perfect. Jennifer Hudson nails it as a well-worn tale struggles to transcend the Ray model

Goapele

Change It All

Nasty Mixx

Talkin' dirty with 2 Live Crew's spinster

Horse Senseless

Racing Stripes is strictly for kids. More precisely, it's not for them either.

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Racing Stripes is strictly for kids. More precisely, it's not for them either.

Wrong Wayans

Do the right thing: Avoid White Chicks in bad masks

Nice Pussy

A killer cat steals a wonderful movie

Oh, Say Can You See

The Star Spangles regurgitate the best of a punky rock stew

Fly Spy

Eddie Murphy and Owen Wilson's cash-in pays off

Losin' It

A host of first-timers lit up the screen in 2001

Mouse Bait

Shrek plunders the Magic Kingdom for empty laughs

Better in Pairs

Generally a letdown, the year in film offered some well-crafted works that are best viewed as double features

Two Girls Talking Bad

I Can Do Bad All By Myself

Giving Up the Ghost

The only thing deader than the haunted spirit in What Lies Beneath is the movie itself

Murphy Magic

Eddie saves the comic Bowfinger from Steve's blahs

Lifeless

A confused prison comedy locks up Eddie Murphy's talent

Is It Just Me, Or Does The New Eddie Murphy Film Look Terrible?

I have this vague memory of being a kid and watching Mr. Robinson's Neighborhood on Saturday Night Live. There was Eddie Murphy, making serious fun of my childhood idol Mr. Rogers by creating a freaky, parallel universe where Mr. Robinson could joke freely about his wife leaving him ("I'm so glad t ... More >>

In Honor Of Will Ferrell: The Five Biggest "Summer Blockbuster" Duds

That thud you heard last weekend was Will Ferrell's career settling noisily back to earth. With a budget estimated at over $100 million, Land of the Lost was supposed to propagate the 2009 summer blockbuster season (handily inaugurated by the new Star Trek) and continue Ferrell's successful box-offi ... More >>

For TDCJ: How To Tell If That Child Molester In A Wheelchair Is Faking And About To Escape

The reward has gone up to $15,000 for tips leading to the arrest of the child molester who escaped from TDCJ by hiding a gun and pretending to be wheelchair-bound. (Trenchant analysis by a TDCJ spokeswoman: "[Arcade Joseph] Comeaux was in a wheelchair, which he claimed was necessary for his mobility ... More >>

Godsmacked: 27 Years Of Mouthwash Buzz And Birthday Shame

​This coming Monday, Craig's Hlist enters his 27th year of decadence and shame. One year closer to 30, with no signs of getting wiser or smarter. This year we have no clue as to what to do or where to go, other than see live music and drink too much. But that's a typical weekend anyway and will mo ... More >>

Which Actors Can Hack It As Musicians?

​Hollywood Shuffle got word Thursday that Blues Brother and Saturday Night Live alumnus Dan Aykroyd will be at the downtown Spec's this afternoon from 3-7 p.m. to sign bottles of his new vodka, Conehead Crystal Head. Aykroyd is in town to act as Grand Marshal for Saturday's Art Car Parade. Sat ... More >>

Top Eight Weirdest Saturday Night Live Musical Moments

​This past Saturday was Steve Martin's birthday and, if you're old enough, you may remember back to a time when the snow-capped comedian/actor/musician was more than just a comedy archaeologist, exhuming the corpses of classic comic franchises and defiling the shit out of them. No, he actually ... More >>

The Top Five Saturday Night Live Musician Impressions

​In the wake of the recent news that feted comedian/actor/YouTube sensation Jay Pharoah - above, known for his spoofs of A-list bait like Drake, Chris Tucker, 50 Cent, Jay-Z, Eddie Murphy, and President Obama - will join the cast of Saturday Night Live when its 36th season premieres September ... More >>

Bill White's Election "Party" Stumbles On, Even As Networks Crown Perry

Aaron SprecherThis podium is about as empty as Bill White's watch party.​If you can get to the Americas Hilton ballroom tonight, it'd be well worth it: less than an hour after the polls have closed, the Bill White election watch is nearly deserted, which means there is no wait to get your paws all ... More >>

Top 10 Musical Wikileaks We'd Like To See

Bigger than Bowie and Bing, we tell you.​Ever since WikiLeaks began the publication of what is claimed to be over a quarter-million United States embassy cables last week, we've been pondering what secrets, phenomenon and other ephemera could be lingering out there in the music world, awaiting ... More >>

Adios "Age Of Aquarius": A Zodiac Realignment Playlist

​If Twitter is good for one thing, it's the immediate and rapid dispersal of breaking news. If Twitter is good for two things, it's that, plus the immediate and rapid dispersal of whatever trumped-up rumor, lie, or fakery that manages to draw the ire of the millions of poor saps reading along ... More >>

Jo Koy

​If Twitter is good for one thing, it's the immediate and rapid dispersal of breaking news. If Twitter is good for two things, it's that, plus the immediate and rapid dispersal of whatever trumped-up rumor, lie, or fakery that manages to draw the ire of the millions of poor saps reading along ... More >>

Cheaper to Keep Her

​If Twitter is good for one thing, it's the immediate and rapid dispersal of breaking news. If Twitter is good for two things, it's that, plus the immediate and rapid dispersal of whatever trumped-up rumor, lie, or fakery that manages to draw the ire of the millions of poor saps reading along ... More >>

The Top 25 Comedy Rap Songs Of All Time: Nos. 15-11

​The countdown continues (Click here for Nos. 25-21, and here for 20-16). So far we've seen everything from Star Wars raps to Irish street beats to towering mainstream figures like Eddie Murphy, MC Hammer, and Afroman. Today's playlist should be triumph for the nerdcore crowd, and features som ... More >>

For Tyler Perry's Birthday, a Comprehensive History of Black Men in Drag

That's a man, baby.​Happy birthday, Tyler Perry. The media mogul is celebrating his 41st with the news that he topped Forbes list of highest paid men in entertainment: Thanks to five movies he has cranked out over the past two years and two TV series, Perry earned $130 million between May 20 ... More >>

High-rise Robbery

Stealing from the rich to...oh, whatever. Funny is the message in Tower Heist.

RIP Heavy D: Why Are The '90s Slowly Dying On Us?

​Word just came from TMZ on Twitter - yeah, yeah - that hip-hopper Heavy D has passed away at the age of 44. The artist, born Dwight Arrington Myers, was the leader of Heavy D & The Boyz, best known for cuts like "Chunky But Funky" and "Now That We Found Love". So far details have Myers coll ... More >>