Eddie Murphy: 'Dolemite Is My Name' (and Obama's urging) spurred his return to stand-up Watch it here: Stream your favorite shows, the biggest blockbusters and more. "The movie was very close to ...

“Dolemite Is My Name” tells the tale of Moore, a comedian turned movie maker as he struggles to gain fame in 1970s Los Angeles by embracing the persona of a rhyming, extravagantly dressed pimp ...

Eddie Murphy is back on screens with Dolemite is My Name, his biopic movie about comedian Rudy Ray Moore that was in development hell for over a decade until Netflix decided to release it.

The latter will be at Netflix, which turned the long-gestating Dolemite project into a hit viewed by more than 40 million in its first two weeks. It’s the fifth movie collaboration between ...

Larry Karaszewski: What I hear from people a lot of times is that (Moore’s movies) “Dolemite” and “Disco Godfather” are standard tour bus entertainment — that when you’re traveling ...

and “Bowfinger,” “Dolemite Is My Name” may not be quite as spirited or hilarious as any of its most obvious reference points, but its big-hearted buoyancy keeps it afloat, and the movie ...

The movie essentially breaks into two parts, with Murphy’s Rudy first developing Dolemite and seeking to sell the material, running into roadblocks because of its raunchiness before peddling ...

“Dolemite Is My Name,” a breezy, fact-based account of underground comedy star and unlikely action movie hero Rudy Ray Moore, hands Eddie Murphy his juiciest leading role in years.

In the first trailer for Netflix movie 'Dolemite Is My Name,' Eddie Murphy plays a struggling comedian who finds success performing stand-up under the persona of Dolemite, a pimp with a cane and a ...

But Moore and his self-financed 1975 blaxploitation movie, “Dolemite,” have few close parallels in Hollywood history. Moore, a comedy contemporary of Redd Foxx and Richard Pryor, became famous ...

The movie essentially breaks into two parts, with Murphy’s Rudy first developing Dolemite and seeking to sell the material, running into roadblocks because of its raunchiness before peddling ...

The "Dolemite Is My Name" filmmakers discuss emphasizing soul music and proto-hip-hop aspects in the Netflix comedy about Rudy Ray Moore. Plus Icon Film Plus Icon TV ...