Tag: Eddie Murphy

Blu-ray Review: Trading Places (Paramount Presents)

Released in 1983, Trading Places has the feel of a 1930’s screwball comedy. Set in Philadelphia during the holidays, this modern reworking of Mark Twain’s Prince and the Pauper concerns two men of vastly different backgrounds who switch places. Louis…

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Blu-ray Review: Trading Places (35th Anniversary Edition)

[amazon_link asins=’B07BR9FHHN’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazett03-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’c94f6534-6cee-11e8-a6c0-4354cdabc897′]Released in 1983, Trading Places has the feel of a 1930’s screwball comedy. Set in Philadelphia during the holidays, this modern reworking of Mark Twain’s Prince and the Pauper concerns two men of vastly different…

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Blu-ray Review: Dreamgirls (Director’s Extended Edition) (2006)

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Blu-ray Review: Beverly Hills Cop

Paramount Pictures | 1984 | 105 mins. | R Beverly Hills Cop owes its success to star Eddie Murphy. Murphy’s one-of-a kind, fast-talking personality turned a rather routine, shallow cop comedy into something special. Murphy’s presence is the primary reason…

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