Eddie Murphy

Joe Piscopo on Frank Sinatra and Saturday Night Live

Joe Piscopo joined the cast of Saturday Night Live in 1980, after honing his stand-up chops at New York's Improv; he stayed with the show until 1985. During his SNL stint, he became known for such original characters as the Sports Guy, as well as celebrity impersonations of David Letterman and Frank ... More >>

Top ten outmoded industries Colorado should lure after snagging Blockbuster

If the last time you rented a movie from Blockbuster also happened to be the last time you watched an Eddie Murphy movie, you're not alone. But just in case you did feel like giving up Netflix, Hulu and Redbox, and rewinding that copy of Beverly Hills Cop III you borrowed in 1994, Colorado's got you ... More >>

Colorado hopes to lure filmmakers with a new plan

Movies filmed in Colorado: Watch clips and a photo slideshow

Once upon a time, lots of movies were filmed in Colorado. The first was an 1897 flick called Festival of Mountain and Plain. One of the last was a 2009 Eddie Murphy movie, Imagine That. In between, there were scores of hits and classics that showcased the state's scenic beauty. Now, with the help o ... More >>

You need to sign up for a Turntable.fm account right now... uh, if you know somebody, that is

​We're listening to Selena Gomez right now, but not by choice. Some user from the U.K. is playing it in the room we're in on Turntable.fm, the newest, coolest music thing to hit the Internet. And yeah, in case you're wondering, Turntable.fm is every bit as cool as it's hyped up to be. To some ... More >>

Four transvestites that sucked

​Candy Darling was probably the sexiest transvestite that ever lived, but s/he wasn't just sexy -- she was also talented. A star of stage and screen, she worked with luminaries from Andy Warhol to Tennessee Williams and was, during the course of her short life, such a fixture on the New York s ... More >>

Pirates of the Caribbean 4: Five great actors that phoned in iconic roles for terrible sequels

This is the smug grin you make when you no longer give a shit.​Johnny Depp gotta eat. And pay his mortgage. And Disney pays very well. Maybe that explains why he looks so thoroughly bored in the new Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, opening tomorrow. Captain Jack Sparrow was endeari ... More >>

Film on the Rocks rolls out fake 2011 summer line-up, Facebook war ensues

Dudes, chill. There will be no showing of Glitter this year at Red Rocks.​Judging by this weekend's Facebook frenzy over the Denver Film Society's "Bargain Bin" film selection of picks for the 2011 season of Film on the Rocks, there is just no fucking with moviegoers. On Saturday night, Karla Rodr ... More >>

Big Mommas: Like Father Like Son is this week's most ridiculous trailer

​Ever since Eddie Murphy donned a fat suit in 1996 to play every member of the Klump family in The Nutty Professor, the success of that bit has given rise to a troubling phenomenon: the cross-dressing-black-man-in-a-fat-suit movie, a trick that effectively removes everything that was fun and c ... More >>

Great American Beer Festival: 25 things I learned in 2010

​1) No matter how prepared you are for GABF, it is still overwhelming. 2) San Diego County makes more amazing beers than some entire regions of the country. 3) Maui Brewing's CoConut Porter was one of the most heavenly beers I have ever tried. Even better, sources say they'll begin distribut ... More >>

Furry Vengeance is a movie with a message and not much else.

Top Five reuses of Teddy Pendergrass Songs

​It was sad news when we found out Teddy Pendergrass had died on Wednesday of colon cancer. As others began collecting the best of his songs into comprehensive and downright exhaustive lists, we started thinking about who had used his sultry baritone or music for other ends. His songs have bee ... More >>

Top Ten Dance Albums of 2009

​The past year brought the worst economy since the malaise of the 1970s, and like that era, it also saw dance music sweep the nation. Lady Gaga, the Black Eyed Peas, Beyoncé and P. Diddy all dabbled in the sound. Even Michael Jackson was said to be working on a dance album with the Peas' Will ... More >>

The Westword.com blog shortcut, September 8 edition

Photo by Aaron ThackerayBlink-182's Tom DeLonge.​Blink and you'll miss it. Today in Backbeat Online: • Over the Weekend: Blink-182 at Fiddler's Green. • Over the Weekend: Fell at Larimer Lounge. • Over the Weekend: Ween at Red Rocks. • Over the Weekend: Warlock Pinchers (almost) reuni ... More >>

Imagine That: Denver-filmed movie's flop seals fate of movie executives

Eddie Murphy's "Imagine That" went down the tubes -- and so did the jobs of two Paramount executives. Just as Colorado is belatedly trying to become friendlier to Hollywood moviemakers via the re-establishment of the state's Office of Film, Television and Media, the most recent studio flick to be s ... More >>

Wake-Up Call: Just imagine that

The film stories keep unrolling in Denver, where the Denver Film Society is trying to rebuild after a morale-deadening miss at installing a new executive director, and the just re-established state film office starts the process of luring moviemakers to Colorado. Still, as Imagine That, the Eddi ... More >>

Nation's critics give Eddie Murphy's Denver-filmed flick two thumbs sideways

Eddie Murphy going down the tube in "Imagine That." As Patricia Calhoun implies in this morning's Wake-Up Call, Imagine That, the new Eddie Murphy flick, much of which was filmed in Denver circa 2007, hasn't exactly enraptured those film reviewers still fortunate enough to have a job. Metacritic.co ... More >>

Even the recession can't rain on the Denver Parade of Homes

Barron Christian has a small role in Eddie Murphy's Imagine That and a lifetime of out-of-this-world stories

How to describe the voice of Colorado-based Barron Christian, who has a small part in Imagine That, an Eddie Murphy movie shot partly in Denver that opens on Friday? It's a deep baritone delivered warmly and confidently -- and there's a cadence to his vowels that gives his sentences incredible ric ... More >>

A salute to the "Tiny" movie career of another Colorado character actor

Last week, Governor Bill Ritter signed a bill authorizing the creation -- re-creation, actually -- of the Colorado Office of Film, Television and Media. Such an operation is desperately needed, as witnessed by the dearth of big-time productions that shoot in these parts. Indeed, Imagine That, an E ... More >>

The Westword.com blog shortcut, June 10 edition

Photo by Autumn DeWildeBuilt to Spill. You think you're so smart.... Today in Backbeat Online: • Q&A with Built to Spill's Doug Martsch. • Mini Q&A with the Fluid's John Robinson. • A first look at FOE and Karma's "Tic-Toc" video. • Atmosphere, Bat for Lashes, Brad Paisley shows announced. ... More >>

Rock Star

Q&A With 30 Rock's Judah Friedlander

Cho Funny

Oscar-Starved

They Like Us, They Really Like Us

Sagebrush & Spaghetti

Hand It to Him

Jamie Foxx

Saturday, January 13, Colorado Convention Center, 303-830-8497.

Dreamgirls

Jennifer Hudson nails it as a well-worn tale struggles to transcend the Ray model.

Come Together

Les Fradkin brings back the Beatles with a little help from his friends.

You So Lazy

Martin Lawrence in a crappy kid movie? Whassup with that?

Wrong Wayans

Do the right thing: Avoid White Chicks in bad masks.

Nice Puss

A killer cat steals a wonderful movie.

Till Death -- If We're Lucky

The In-Laws remake is bigger and broader but not better.

Mr. Mom

A kinder, gentler Eddie Murphy plays Daddy once more.

Flick Pick

Trading Places

Fly Spy

Murphy and Wilson fool around with formulaic fun.

Under Ogre

Shrek offers an amusing, if empty, fractured fairy tale.

Comic Relief

The Original Kings of Comedy stars some very black humor.

I See Dull People!

The only thing more boring than the surface of this Ford/Pfeiffer “thriller” is What Lies Beneath.

It's No Gem

Blue Streak has Martin Lawrence running around in circles.

Murphy's Law

The Hard Cell

Splice World

Afterthought Special

This Tomboy's Life

The Lost Metro

Keaton and Kompany

SINBAD'S MAGIC TOUCH