Skip to Content

Eddie Murphy, Oprah join Mike Epps in Lee Daniels’ Richard Pryor biopic

The biopic on Richard Pryor lives. Following years of being put to the side, a biopic on the famed comic is coming by the hands of The Butler and Empire director Lee Daniels. Deadline reported the news on Friday. The project was originally attached to director Bill Condon with Marlon Wayans starring as Pryor, but …

Read More about Eddie Murphy, Oprah join Mike Epps in Lee Daniels’ Richard Pryor biopic

‘Sparkle’ is a schizophrenic and scattershot, with only minor pleasures

Sparkle Directed by Salim Akil Written by Mara Brock Akil USA, 2012 Some films can’t help but be defined by elements outside their control. Every so often, those elements help the film or don’t re-form whatever legacy it may inspire. (See, for example, The Dark Knight, which was initially colored by the tragic and untimely …

Read More about ‘Sparkle’ is a schizophrenic and scattershot, with only minor pleasures