‘Shrek the Third’ is Foxy Flirt Between Kid’s Play, Adult Wit
CHICAGO– To thwart his fate of being royally screwed (“mommy, what does that mean?”), the ornery ogre who smells like the shallow end of a swamp has unwavering resolve to crown someone else as proxy...
View ArticleIt’s Eddie Murphy Inside Eddie Murphy in Made-For-Children Sci-Fi Comedy...
Rating: 2.5/5.0CHICAGO– The longtime career of Eddie Murphy has lately taken an interesting turn.After a meteoric career with huge box-office comedies, Murphy has steered toward more family oriented...
View Article‘Imagine That’: Eddie Murphy’s Family Fare Predictable as Sunrise
Rating: 2.5/5.0CHICAGO– Nobody expects an actor to maintain the ambitions of their early career. The manic energy of Eddie Murphy from “Raw” or “48 Hours” is as gone as an ‘80s hairdo. But the numbing...
View ArticleLazy, Uninspired ‘Shrek Forever After’ With Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz
Rating: 1.0/5.0CHICAGO– The laziest big budget film of the year, “Shrek Forever After” is the worst kind of family entertainment in that it relies solely on the goodwill engendered by the hit movies...
View ArticleBen Stiller in ‘Tower Heist’ is a Waste of Time, Talent
Rating: 1.5/5.0CHICAGO– The frustrating madness that is the typical Hollywood movie never ceases to amaze, in the sense where large sums of cash are outlaid to pair the right movie stars together, and...
View ArticleNothing Nice to Say About Eddie Murphy’s ‘A Thousand Words’
Rating: 0.5/5.0CHICAGO– The movie business is a funny thing in that EVERYONE involved with “A Thousand Words” has moved on and yet there are studio executives who still want you to care enough to open...
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