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This weekโs new entertainment releases include albums from Kesha and Dave Matthews Band, while rapper Jack Harlow stars in a remake of โWhite Men Canโt Jumpโ and wilderness expert Bear Grylls tests contestants on their survival skills, physicality and gross-out tolerance with "I Survived Bear Grylls.โ.
Review: โComing 2 Americaโ is just the ticket in a tough year
โ โ โ โ ยฝ out of 5 -- Rated: PG-13 -- Run time: 1 hour, 50 minutes (Available now on Amazon Prime Video streaming)Thereโs always a bit of nervous apprehension when actors try to revisit a favorite old character. Thereโs even a nod to two stars from the Murphy movie, โTrading Placesโ that involves SNLโs Colin Jost. Eddie Murphy and Kiki Layne (Courtesy Amazon Prime Video)Thereโs Kiki Layne (โIf Beale Street Could Talkโ) as Akeemโs oldest daughter who clearly possesses major leadership capabilities. Shari Headley, Arsenio Hall, and Eddie Murphy (Courtesy Amazon Prime Video)โComing 2 Americaโ is a welcome comedy in a movie season filled with a lot of heavy subject matter. Murphy and company have great timing: Itโs been a tough year and this film is just the ticket.
33 years later, Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall return to Zamunda
NEW YORK โ When Eddie Murphy made the original โComing to America,โ he was, almost indisputably, the funniest man in America. โNow I take nothing for granted and appreciate everything.โThirty-three years after โComing to America,โ Murphy and Hall have returned to Zamunda. At the barbershop, where Murphy and Hall also reprise their characters, the conversation bounces from Teslas to transgender people. Before making โBlack Panther,โ Murphy has said Ryan Coogler approached him about a โComing to Americaโ sequel. Ruth E. Carter designed the costumes of both โBlack Pantherโ and โComing 2 America.โ Both were shot in Atlanta.
'Coming 2 America' to launch on Amazon Prime in March
โComing 2 America,โ the sequel to the 1988 Eddie Murphy comedy, has landed on a date to come to audiences. The film which reunites Murphy and Arsenio Hall will debut on Amazon Prime Video on March 5, 2021, Amazon Studios said Friday. Originally a Paramount Pictures theatrical release, the studio sold the film to the streamer last month but had yet to finalize a date. โComing to America was a cultural phenomenon that is one of the most loved and celebrated comedies of all time,โ said Jennifer Salke, head of Amazon Studios, in a statement. โWe know audiences around the world will fall in love with this hilarious, joyful movie that will surely become a timeless favorite.โJames Earl Jones, Shari Headley and John Amos will also be reprising their roles alongside new additions like Wesley Snipes, Leslie Jones, Tracy Morgan and KiKi Layne.
'Dolemite Is My Name': Eddie Murphy Is a Karate-Chopping Showman in First Trailer
On Monday, Netflix dropped the first trailer for the legendary funnyman's new biopic project, Dolemite Is My Name, showcasing a role for the ages. He decides to invent Dolemite, a well-dressed, larger-than-life character who he hopes will take him to the top. Next, Moore and his pals set out on a mission to make movies that center on his new persona. In Cohen's 2012 memoir, Most Talkative: Stories From the Front Line of Pop Culture, Cohen wrote about being traumatized while watching Murphy "ridiculing gay people" during a stand-up show in 1985. Burgess wrote, presumably about Cohen.