Most American families gather around the TV set during Christmastime to watch such sweetly nostalgic films as “It’s A Wonderful Life” (1946), “Miracle on 34th Street” (1947) and, of course, “A ...

In 2002, right there in the lobby of the Broadmoor Cinema 4 in Baton Rouge, a legend held court. “Well, let me explain to you,” said Rudy Ray Moore, the actor and comedian known as Dolemite. “I have ...

It took Eddie Murphy more than a decade to get a movie made about Rudy Ray Moore. Judging by the response to the film at the Toronto International Film Festival, the wait was worth it. "Dolemite Is My ...

One sign that I’m getting older is how often I try to explain the greatest of heroes from yesteryear. Trying to tell a 20-something about the greatness of Michael Jordan is similar to speaking to them ...

into his obscene and salacious act. These albums, in addition to blaxploitation classics “Dolemite,” “The Human Tornado” and “Disco Godfather,” were celebrated by the decades of hip-hop artists and ...

“Dolemite Is My Name” kicks off the Eddie Murphy renaissance that’s been a very long time coming. And this comic biopic is a blast from start to finish. As ’70s cult comedian Rudy Ray Moore, Murphy is ...

Netflix continues to pull out all the stops on behalf of its bumper crop of Oscar-bait films. It has teamed with Dolby on an immersive exhibit in New York that will showcase Dolemite Is My Name, The ...

Eddie Murphy is producing and starring in the biopic “Dolemite Is My Name” for Netflix, with production starting June 12 and Craig Brewer directing from a script by Scott Alexander and Larry ...

In 28 days it began. In 28 weeks it spread. In 28 years it evolved.

His CIA code name is Condor. In the next seventy-two hours almost everyone he trusts will try to kill him.