Year: 2006 (Page 40 of 228)

Eddie Murphy, glutton for punishment


“Kill my agent. C-I-L-L my agent.”

Cinematical has announced that Eddie Murphy is set to star in a new science fiction comedy:

“Starship Dave” tells the story of a crew of miniature, human-looking aliens who are seeking a way to save their doomed planet. Murphy will play — wait for it — Dave, the human spacecraft they travel in an as well as the ship’s captain.

So, basically, we’re talking “Innerspace” meets “The Adventures of Pluto Nash,” here…not exactly a recipe for the resounding success that Murphy’s career could use right about now.

And, to be honest, we might perhaps have a wee soft spot for that 1987 flick starring Dennis Quaid, Martin Short and Meg Ryan…but something tells us that won’t be nearly enough to keep “Starship Dave” from flaming out in spectacular fashion.

DVD shuffle: 10/17/06

New on DVD this week:

1) The Break-Up – RENT: Okay, so a lot of people didn’t exactly like the much-talked about “romantic comedy” starring Vince Vaughn & Jennifer Aniston, but it’s still worth seeing at least once… if just for the hilarious exchanges between Vaughn and pal Jon Favreau.

2) Over the Hedge – BUY: I haven’t had a chance to see this yet, but if the opinion of fellow BE critic David Medsker means anything (and it does), then this is by far the best animated film of the year.

3) American Dreamz – BUY: Sadly, there are no special features to be found on this single-disc release, but that doesn’t excuse you from going out and buying this DVD right away.

4) The Omen – PASS: Remakes remakes are no fun, even when they kill someone.

5) Feast – RENT: The best combination of horror and comedy since 2004’s “Shaun of the Dead.”

Scarlett Johansson to release an album of Tom Waits covers

Is this a good idea? We’re not sure. We do know that the album cover is guaranteed to be very, very attractive, prominently featuring her big, beautiful…eyes…and we give the girl credit for setting the vocal-quality bar very, very low.

We’re not saying that Tom Waits isn’t a good songwriter; we’re just saying that if you dredged a Singing Hokey Pokey Elmo doll up from the bottom of the sea, crusted with months’ worth of salt and rust, its voice would probably still sound more melodious than that of Mr. Waits…so at least Scarlett shouldn’t have too much to worry about on that front.

Occultic He-Man!

Or, “They Sold Their Souls for Crappy Toys.” The following evangelical blast from the good old ’80s features a couple dudes rambling on about the “occultic” nature of He-Man and the rest of The Masters of the Universe. God, can you imagine the toys the kids of these people got to play with? Neither can I. Paranoia sure is fun, though.

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