THR review: Eddie Murphy plays the man behind a blaxploitation cult favorite in Craig Brewer's biopic 'Dolemite Is My Name ... bystanders with a soliloquy drawing on ancient storytelling traditions.

A former top box-office draw whose hits included "48 Hrs ... and other veterans of the 1970s "Dolemite" era, their proposed movie met with resistance from studios. Meanwhile, the screenwriting ...

Eddie Murphy: 'Dolemite Is My Name' (and Obama's urging) spurred his return to stand-up Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. "The movie was very close to the mark," Shabazz says.

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.

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.

Don’t confuse Dolemite the character with dolomite — you know, the anhydrous carbonate mineral used in concrete production. The movie contains lots of things: kung fu call girls, lots of hats ...

The very title of Dolemite Is My Name is both a declaration ... SEE ALSO: Netflix's 15 best movies and shows to download for the plane As Rudy gets ready to present his film to the world, Lady ...

and “The Disaster Artist,” but none of them have Murphy, who makes “Dolemite Is My Name” the movie equivalent of one of Moore’s classic party records. Now that’s homage. (And a Netflix ...