
Dolemite Is My Name
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‘Cats’ Wins Razzie Award for Worst Picture, John Travolta Wins Worst Actor
By Brian Welk | March 16, 2020 @ 12:47 PM40th edition of live awards broadcast recognizing worst movies of 2019 was postponed due to coronavirus
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Costume Designers Guild Puts ‘Hustlers,’ ‘Rocketman,’ ‘Dolemite’ on the Best-Dressed List
By Steve Pond | December 10, 2019 @ 7:00 AMOther nominees include ”Downton Abbey,“ ”Jojo Rabbit“ and ”Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood“
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‘Dolemite Is My Name’ Writers Explain the Secret to Great Biopics
By Steve Pond | December 6, 2019 @ 1:00 PMTheWrap Oscar magazine: ”The truth is stranger than fiction, so use as much of it as you possibly can,“ Larry Karaszewski says
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Eddie Murphy to Receive Career Achievement Award from Critics Choice Association
By Brian Welk | November 19, 2019 @ 9:00 AMNia Long, Kasi Lemmons and Chiwetel Ejiofor to be honored as part of celebration of black cinema
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‘Dolemite Is My Name’ Film Review: Eddie Murphy Is a Soulfully Vulgar Blast as Comedy Legend Rudy Ray Moore
By Robert Abele | October 24, 2019 @ 10:30 AMPerhaps the best-ever comedy about the making of a cult hit, it’s mainly a spectacular vehicle for Murphy’s buoyant comic gifts
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‘Dolemite Is My Name’ Writers on How Eddie Murphy Was Their First and Only Choice for the Film | Video
By Brian Welk | September 26, 2019 @ 6:00 PM”If Eddie loves it, we get to make a movie. If Eddie doesn’t love it, then there is no movie,“ Scott Alexander says
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‘Dolemite Is My Name’ Writers Broke Their ‘Cardinal Rule’ for Eddie Murphy: ‘This Script Is Only for Eddie’ (Video)
By Brian Welk | September 26, 2019 @ 2:58 PMToronto 2019: ”It doesn’t matter what anyone else thinks. If Eddie loves it, we get to make a movie,“ screenwriter Scott Alexander says
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‘Dolemite Is My Name’ Turns Into an Eddie Murphy Lovefest in Toronto
By Steve Pond | September 7, 2019 @ 11:44 PMToronto Film Festival 2019: Craig Brewer’s film about guerrilla filmmaker Rudy Ray Moore drew a raucous crowd to celebrate both Moore and the man who plays him
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Paging Oscar Voters: 19 Fact-Based Fall Movies and Biopics, From ‘Judy’ to ‘Bombshell’ (Photos)
By Trey Williams | August 29, 2019 @ 2:46 PMSome of the glitziest, most-anticipated movies of the fall star Hollywood’s biggest stars portraying real people
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Eddie Murphy’s ‘Dolemite Is My Name,’ Meryl Streep’s ‘The Laundromat’ and More Netflix Films Get Theatrical Release Dates
By Brian Welk | August 27, 2019 @ 10:00 AM10 films in all receive theatrical window ahead of debut on the streaming service
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Eddie Murphy Is a Blaxploitation Legend in Trailer for Netflix’s ‘Dolemite Is My Name’ (Video)
By Brian Welk | August 12, 2019 @ 1:04 PMBiographical comedy is based on life of actor and comedian Rudy Ray Moore
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Keegan-Michael Key Joins Netflix Blaxploitation Biopic ‘Dolemite Is My Name!’
By Jeremy Fuster | June 28, 2018 @ 1:14 PMKey plays Jerry Jones, who wrote ’70s cult classic about kung fu prostitute