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(0)Eddie Murphy
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Two fathers (Eddie Murphy, Jeff Garlin) join the ranks of the unemployed and are forced to take their sons out of the exclusive Chapman Academy and become stay-at-home fathers. With no job possibilities on the horizon, the two dads decide to open their own day care facility, "Daddy Day Care," which boasts some fairly unconventional and sidesplitting methods of tending the kids. As "Daddy Day Care" starts to catch on, it launches them into a hilarious...
3) Holy Man
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A stressed-out senior executive at the Good Buy home shopping channel, Ricky Hayman (Goldblum) is praying for a miracle that will lift the network's lousy ratings and save his job.
4) Mr. Church
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Set in a time when social boundaries were far more rigid, Henry Joseph Church takes on the role of surrogate father to a young girl as she struggles through the loss of her only present parent.
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One-sixth the gravity. 100% of the fun. That's the way things are on the moon when Eddie Murphy headlines The Adventures of Pluto Nash. Murphy plays the title role in a high-flying action comedy directed by Ron Underwood (Tremors, City Slickers). The year is 2087, and the future isn't what it used to be now that mobsters (including Joe Pantoliano) are muscling in on Nash's Club Pluto. But Pluto isn't ready to kiss his assets goodbye. With the help...
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African Americans have made huge leaps in the film industry, both in front of the camera and behind it, and are finally being recognized for their work. This film explores the journey African Americans had to take within cinema to get to where they are now. This film touches upon topics of racially insensitive films that perpetuated racial myths, unjust representation on screen, African American films vanishing into obscurity despite their merit,...
8) Golden child
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A social worker is deemed to be the Chosen One and must embark on a quest to rescue a kidnapped child who has special powers to heal the Earth.
10) Shrek the halls
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With no clue how to plan anything for the holidays, Shrek sets out to give Fiona and their children a perfect Christmas. With the help of a book and some party crashers, Shrek will learn what really matters. Includes sing-along.
"****...An instant holiday classic."--Us Weekly
"***...entertaining...Recommended."--Video Librarian
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In the early 80s, the show was coming back alive and the reason was Eddie Murphy. It's all here- Gumby, Buckwheat, Little Richard Simmons, and a dip in James Brown's Hot Tub. Pay a visit to Mr. Robinson's Neighborhood and see the best of Velvet Jones, Stevie Wonder, Solomon and Pudge, and more.
12) Tower heist
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An all-star cast in this hilarious comedy caper about a luxury condo manager who leads a staff of workers to seek payback on the Wall Street swindler who defrauded them. With only days until the billionaire gets away with the perfect crime, the unlikely crew of amateur thieves enlists the help of a petty crook Slide to steal the $20 million they're sure is hidden in the penthouse. It's so fun, it's criminal!
"...a kind of grandeur creeps into the...
13) Dreamgirls
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Singers Effie, Lorrell, and Deena are discovered at a local talent show and begin a journey that shows them exactly what it takes to be in the music business, and what they must give up to realize their dream.
"Two thumbs up!"--Roeper & Aisha Tyler
"...transports you to movie musical heaven."--Newsweek
"...a great movie musical has been made at last."--New Yorker
"This baby dazzles like nothing else anywhere."--Rolling Stone
15) Delirious
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Pontificated in his own valgarly hilarious fashion on everything from bizarre sexual fantasies to reliving the family barbecue, and is peppered with Eddie's one-of-a-kind wit. Laugh along as he reminiscences about his childhood days and the ice cream man intermixed with classic vocal parodies of top American entertainers.
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Daddy Day Care: When ad execs Charlie and Phil lose their jobs, their wives head off to work. But when they realize they can't afford to keep their kids at the fancy Chapman Academy, Charlie and Phil become proprieters of Daddy Day Care.
Daddy Day Camp : This sequel to Daddy Day Care finds dads, Charlie Hinton and Phil Ryerson, taking over running a summer day camp. Armed with no knowledge of the great outdoors, a dilapidated facility, and a motley...
17) Coming 2 America
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Shortly before his father's death, Prince Akeem learns that he sired an illegitimate son during his last stay in the United States and now he has to return to Queens to retrieve him to ensure a male successor to the throne.
18) Imagine that
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A busy financial executive finds himself looking to his daughter's imagination for solutions to his business troubles.
19) Trading places
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The rich Duke Brothers wager on whether a born loser like Billy Ray Valentine, a hustler from the ghetto, can become as successful as Winthorpe, a wealthy investment executive, if put in the proper environment--and would a prig like Winthorpe turn to a life of crime if he were to lose it all.