Rudy Ray Moore and his singular brand of comedy captured Eddie Murphy‘s imagination from a young age. It started when Murphy’s brother, Charlie, came home raving about the wild new “Dolemite” film ...

"Dolemite is my name, and f----- up m----f---- is my game," the NSFW trailer shows Murphy's Rudy Ray Moore saying Ale Russian is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

Like The Disaster Artist—James Franco’s tribute to Hollywood’s favorite weirdo, Tommy Wiseau—a large portion of Dolemite is My Name is dedicated to recreating a low-budget, DIY, and completely ...

Eddie Murphy stars as comedian Rudy Ray Moore in Netflix's Dolemite Is My Name, marking his first movie in three years Nigel Smith is the Senior Movies News Editor for PEOPLE. He is an experienced ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Eddie Murphy is a bad mutha returning to the screen for the first time in three years to star in a biopic and comedy about a ...

Veteran Producer-Director Foster Corder Revitalizes One of Cinema's Most Enduring Black Franchises, Rebooting a Landmark Independent Film Legacy From his early days in Los Angeles, where the Dolemite ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image credits: Netflix Based on a true story, Dolemite Is My Name is a classic comedy film directed by Craig Brewer. When all the ...

Murphy required 75 costume changes and "Black Panther" Oscar-winner Ruth Carter embraced it with authenticity and creativity. Carter classifies both Moore and Murphy as “transformationist” performers, ...

Matt Goldberg has been an editor with Collider since 2007. As the site's Chief Film Critic, he has authored hundreds of reviews and covered major film festivals including the Toronto International ...

If you’ve read a review, thinkpiece, or tweet about Eddie Murphy in the past few weeks, you’ve probably heard that the comedian is back. The New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, The Daily Beast, and ...

"Dolemite Is My Name" is getting rave reviews with many critics calling it a comeback movie for Eddie Murphy. But none of that would have been possible without Murphy first being introduced to the ...

Eddie Murphy embodies the wild true story of Rudy Ray Moore in the trailer for My Name Is Dolemite, the new Netflix film based on the comedian and Blaxploitation filmmaker. The comedy, which premieres ...