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Imagine That Review
11 June 2009 5:41 PM, PDT
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There was a time when an Eddie Murphy film would be released and it was guaranteed gold. His stint on “Saturday Night Live” is one for the ages, and who can deny the hilarity of Coming to America and Trading Places? Somewhere around Beverly Hills Cop III he took a turn for the worse only to slightly be redeemed by The Nutty Professor and Shrek. As brilliant as he was in Dreamgirls, he seemed to sully that with Norbit and Meet Dave. And now comes Imagine That, a film that slowly rights the ship but ultimately brings it down and crashes it.
Now this blanket will give my career a third comeback right?
The concept of the film itself is actually pretty cute with a father actually going to his daughter’s imaginary world to find solutions to his problems. It’s interesting at the very least and the film
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DVD Review: Coming To America (1988)
29 January 2009 6:01 PM, PST
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After Eddie Murphy became an
enormous movie star, his ego started to get the best of him. That meant
a series of flicks in which he presented himself more and more as some
sort of slick hero, a trend that took us away from the rough-hewn charm
that made him famous. In 1988.s Coming to America, Murphy goes even farther: he casts himself as a virile African prince.
In Coming, Murphy plays
young Prince Akeem of Zamunda as he reaches his 21st birthday. On this
day, he meets his preordained bride-to-be, but Akeem displays no
excitement. Indeed, Akeem tires of his pampered position and wishes for
something different. He wants an independent woman and a life with more
freedom.
King Jaffe (James Earl Jones)
just thinks Akeem wants to get some out-of-town loving, so he grants a
delay of 40 days before the royal wedding occurs. However, Akeem plans
to find a bride on his own,
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Deepika's not an angel! - News
8 January 2009 10:30 AM, PST
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Deepika Padukone's character Meow Meow in her recent film with Akshay Kumar Chandni Chowk To China is inspired Hollywood actress Lucy Liu's character in Charlies Angels.So when the director of the English film McG got to know about it, he was quite amused and was keen on watching Akshay's film. He attended the premier in La and told director Nikhil Advani that he was quite impressed by Deepika's look. The others who graced the event held at the Steven J Ross Theatre in Burbank, California, were John Landis, director of Beverly Hills Cop III, Honey
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