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Movie: Candy Cane Lane

[TRAILER] Chris Carver (Eddie Murphy), determined to win the neighborhood's annual Christmas decorating contest, makes a pact with an elf (Jillian Bell) to help him win. However, the elf casts a spell bringing the twelve days of Christmas to life, bringing chaos to the small, unsuspecting town. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Jan 9, 2024 - 5 comments

Movie: 48 Hrs.

Renegade cop Jack Cates (Nick Nolte) pulls bank robber Reggie Hammond (Eddie Murphy) from a federal prison on a 48-hour leave to help him capture Hammond's old partner, Albert Ganz (James Remar). Having escaped from a prison work crew, Ganz is on a killing spree around San Francisco, on the trail of half a million dollars that went missing after one of his robberies. The cocky Reggie knows where the money is, but spars with the hotheaded Jack as he enjoys his temporary freedom. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Jan 12, 2023 - 15 comments

Movie: Beverly Hills Cop

A freewheeling Detroit cop pursuing a murder investigation finds himself dealing with the very different culture of Beverly Hills. [more inside]
posted by wabbittwax on Feb 27, 2022 - 2 comments

Movie: Coming 2 America

The African monarch Akeem (Eddie Murphy) learns he has a long-lost son in the United States and must return to America with his best friend Semmi (Arsenio Hall) to meet this unexpected heir and build a relationship with his son (Jermaine Fowler). [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Mar 5, 2021 - 16 comments

Saturday Night Live: Eddie Murphy / Lizzo  Season 45, Ep 10

Eddie Murphy hosts for the first time since 1984, breaking Mick Jagger's record (34 years) of longest gap between hosting appearances. [more inside]
posted by rhizome on Dec 22, 2019 - 20 comments

Movie: Dolemite Is My Name

Eddie Murphy returns as real-life legend Rudy Ray Moore, a comedy and rap pioneer who proved naysayers wrong when his hilarious, obscene, kung-fu fighting alter ego, Dolemite, became a 1970s Blaxploitation phenomenon. [more inside]
posted by growabrain on Oct 26, 2019 - 15 comments

Movie: Coming to America

An African prince goes to Queens, New York City to find a wife whom he can respect for her intelligence and will. [more inside]
posted by MoonOrb on Mar 31, 2016 - 12 comments

Movie: Trading Places

A snobbish investor and a wily street con artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires. Driected by John Landis, starring Eddie Murphy, Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis, Denholm Elliott, and Don Ameche and Ralph Bellamy. [more inside]
posted by the man of twists and turns on Jan 1, 2015 - 18 comments

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