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Vampire in Brooklyn (1995) More at IMDbPro »
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9 items from 2012
Retro Active: Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)
11 May 2012 6:11 PM, PDT | GreenCine Daily | See recent GreenCine Daily news »
by Nick Schager
[This week's "Retro Active" pick is inspired by Tim Burton and Johnny Depp's fish-out-of-water vampire comedy Dark Shadows.]
Pair a flagging comedian with a floundering horror director and what you get is Vampire in Brooklyn, a marriage made in horror-comedy hell courtesy of Eddie Murphy and Wes Craven. The mid-90s-isms of this wretched collaboration are plentiful—cue Salt-n-Pepa's "Whatta Man" to underline Murphy's alpha-male sexiness?— and yet they're the least of this film's problems, so misbegotten and poorly executed is its every element. Working from a story co-conceived by Murphy and a script co-written by Murphy's yet-to-be-Chappelle's-Show-famous brother Charlie, Craven's pre-Scream debacle gets clunky wit' it from the get-go. Before we've even seen him, Maximillian (Murphy) narrates the set-up: with all his brethren dead, Max has left his Bermuda Triangle island home to find and marry the last of his line, who happens to be living (unaware of her vampiric nature) in Brooklyn. Given Craven's Haiti voodoo-themed The Serpent and the Rainbow, »
Retro Active: Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)
11 May 2012 6:11 PM, PDT | GreenCine Daily | See recent GreenCine Daily news »
by Nick Schager
[This week's "Retro Active" pick is inspired by Tim Burton and Johnny Depp's fish-out-of-water vampire comedy Dark Shadows.]
Pair a flagging comedian with a floundering horror director and what you get is Vampire in Brooklyn, a marriage made in horror-comedy hell courtesy of Eddie Murphy and Wes Craven. The mid-90s-isms of this wretched collaboration are plentiful—cue Salt-n-Pepa's "Whatta Man" to underline Murphy's alpha-male sexiness?— and yet they're the least of this film's problems, so misbegotten and poorly executed is its every element. Working from a story co-conceived by Murphy and a script co-written by Murphy's yet-to-be-Chappelle's-Show-famous brother Charlie, Craven's pre-Scream debacle gets clunky wit' it from the get-go. Before we've even seen him, Maximillian (Murphy) narrates the set-up: with all his brethren dead, Max has left his Bermuda Triangle island home to find and marry the last of his line, who happens to be living (unaware of her vampiric nature) in Brooklyn. Given Craven's Haiti voodoo-themed The Serpent and the Rainbow, »
Eddie Murphy set for 'Twins' sequel 'Triplets'
30 March 2012 11:41 AM, PDT | Pop2it | See recent Pop2it news »
It's never too late for a movie franchise to have its shot at resurrection.
Now, 24 years after "Twins" -- the comedy starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito as unlikely brothers -- debuted, a sequel is reportedly in the offing that would add Eddie Murphy to the mix as a third brother.
All three actors are reportedly attached to star in the sequel -- tentatively titled "Triplets," reports THR, though a director hasn't yet been named and the idea is being floated to writers to develop into a script.
Could this finally be the vehicle to put Murphy back on top since his last two releases, "Tower Heist" and "A Thousand Words" emphatically did not? And does this mean there's hope for a "Vampire in Brooklyn" redux?
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- editorial@zap2it.com
How The Nutty Professor Explains Eddie Murphy's Entire Film Career
15 March 2012 2:36 PM, PDT | Moviefone | See recent Moviefone news »
Pretty much every time Eddie Murphy releases a film like A Thousand Words, Imagine That, Meet Dave or even Daddy Daycare, the critical world at large starts wondering out loud about whether we'll ever see the 'return of funny Eddie,' which is of course code for 'R-rated Eddie Murphy.' The implication is, of course, that Murphy's more family-friendly work isn't funny, which is true (Meet Dave, The Haunted Mansion) about as often as it's false (Shrek, Dr. Doolittle). But what these pundits fail to realize is two-fold. First of all, we've been wondering when the Eddie Murphy of old will return longer than he was around in the first place. Second of all, that persona is dead. Dead and buried, and Mr. Murphy killed it himself right onscreen in front of us 16 years ago. The very film that launched his most recent 'comeback' is the film that revolved »
- Scott Mendelson
"I'm Too Old for This Shit" - Movie Supercut
14 March 2012 7:30 PM, PDT | GeekTyrant | See recent GeekTyrant news »
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the awesome classic buddy cop film Lethal Weapon, The Huffington Post created a great supercut video edit of different movie characters who openly admit that they're "too old for this shit," a line of dialogue that was spoken most memorably by Danny Glover. Enjoy the video, and let us know if you're too old for this shit.
Full list of films featured:
"Lethal Weapon," "The Hurt Locker," "Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey," "Aces: Iron Eagle III," "Unleashed," "Vampire in Brooklyn," "Frankie and Johnny," "Showtime," "Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy," "Stripes," "The Art of War," "Blade," "Blame It on Rio," "The Sure Thing," "Death Proof," "The Night Listener," "For Colored Girls," "Lethal Weapon 3," "The Yakuza," "Black Moon Rising," "Racing Stripes," "Ed Wood," "Ladder 49," "To Live and Die in L.A.," "Space Cowboys," "In the Line of Fire," "Father of the Bride Part II, »
- Venkman
A Thousand Words review
12 March 2012 12:02 AM, PDT | Den of Geek | See recent Den of Geek news »
How bad can an Eddie Murphy vehicle that's sat on the shelf for years actually be? Here's Ron's review of A Thousand Words...
Jack McCall (Eddie Murphy) is a very successful man. He's some sort of agent by trade - I believe it's literary - with a beautiful wife (Kerry Washington), an adorable little baby boy, and an awesome house in the hills of what appears to be Los Angeles. He's got the life, that's for sure, but he's always looking for more.
In this case, McCall's next big score is with a New Age nondenomination spiritual guru named Dr. Sinja (Cliff Curtis) who has millions of followers. McCall knows he has a book, and even though McCall never reads more than 10 pages of one, he knows dollar signs are there for the taking. So, Jack pursues Sinja to his ashram, disrupts some pleasant meditation with a brief Michael Jackson interlude, »
'I'm Too Old For This Sh**' Mash-Up, In Honor Of 'Lethal Weapon's' 25th Anniversary (Video)
6 March 2012 1:10 PM, PST | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
You're getting too old for this: 25 years ago, on March 6, 1987, "Lethal Weapon" was released. The buddy-cop thriller not only cemented Mel Gibson's status as a household name after playing good-natured loose-canon (as opposed to now) Martin Riggs, but also created a social phenomenon still relevant to this day: "I'm getting too old for this shit."
The catchphrase, said numerous times throughout the "Lethal Weapon" series by Roger Murtaugh (Danny Glover), has appeared in many movies over the last 25 years, often times in reference to the put-upon police detective himself. (The recent trailer for "Men In Black 3" features Will Smith uttering a PG variation on Murtaugh's famous one-liner.)
What you might not know? That "Lethal Weapon" wasn't the first film to utilize some form of the defeated turn-of-phrase. From "North by Northwest" and "The Sting" to Murtaugh himself, enjoy a mash-up of movie characters getting too old for this.
Video »
- The Huffington Post
'I'm Too Old For This Sh*t' Mash-Up: 'Lethal Weapon,' 'Stripes' And More (Video) (Nsfw)
6 March 2012 1:03 PM, PST | Moviefone | See recent Moviefone news »
You're getting too old for this: 25 years ago, on March 6, 1987, "Lethal Weapon" was released. The buddy-cop thriller not only cemented Mel Gibson's status as a household name after playing good-natured loose-canon (as opposed to now) Martin Riggs, but also created a social phenomenon still relevant to this day: "I'm getting too old for this shit." The catchphrase, said numerous times throughout the "Lethal Weapon" series by Roger Murtaugh (Danny Glover), has appeared in many movies over the last 25 years, often times in reference to the put-upon police detective himself. (The recent trailer for "Men In Black 3" features Will Smith uttering a PG variation on Murtaugh's famous one-liner.) What you might not know? That "Lethal Weapon" wasn't the first film to utilize some form of the defeated turn-of-phrase. From "North by Northwest" and "The Sting" to Murtaugh himself, enjoy a mash-up of movie characters getting too old for this. Video »
- Christopher Rosen
Bounce TV Licenses Paramount And Warner Bros Films
7 February 2012 7:21 AM, PST | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
Atlanta (Feb. 7, 2012) – Bounce TV (http://www.bouncetv.com), the nation’s first and only over-the-air broadcast television network for African-American audiences, has acquired the television rights to more African American-skewing motion pictures in two individual, multi-year licensing agreements with Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution and Paramount Home Media Distribution. Among the titles Bounce TV lands in their agreement with Warner Bros Domestic Television Distribution: The Academy Award® winning Bird, directed by Clint Eastwood; the original Shaft (1971); Richard Pryor starring in Greased Lightning and The Mack with Max Julien; Bill Cosby & Sidney Poitier in Let’s Do It Again and 1997’s Rosewood. Bounce TV’s agreement with Paramount includes such titles as Critical Condition starring Pryor; Diana Ross in Mahogany as well as her classic 1972 performance as Jazz great Billie Holiday in Lady Sings The Blues; two Eddie Murphy comedies Best Defense and Vampire In Brooklyn, and Denzel Washington starring in the 1990 comedy Heart Condition. »
- DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor
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