Shrek 5: Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy and Cameron Diaz returning for 2026 sequel
Wendy Ide's film of the week
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F review – Eddie Murphy’s megawatt charisma lights up creaking sequel
The seven best films to watch on TV this week
The Iron Claw to Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F – the seven best films to watch on TV this week
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F review – fish-out-of-water Eddie Murphy chases past glories
April 2024
Multiple crew members hospitalised after accident on set of Eddie Murphy film
Two crew members were hospitalised when a car and truck collided during shooting of The Pickup in Atlanta, Georgia
January 2024
Observer New Review Q&A
Actor Da’Vine Joy Randolph: ‘Eddie Murphy taught me to pace myself – don’t blow your wad’
The Golden Globe-winning star of The Holdovers on sparring with comedy greats, switching from opera to acting, and cooking as therapy
November 2023
Candy Cane Lane review – Eddie Murphy struggles to bring Christmas cheer
The star, along with Tracee Ellis Ross playing his wife, does his best but Amazon’s increasingly convoluted family film wears thin
May 2023
Eddie Murphy lined up to be Inspector Clouseau in Pink Panther reboot
The actor is set to reprise the role originally made famous by Peter Sellers in a ‘live action/CG hybrid’ version directed by Sonic the Hedgehog’s Jeff Fowler
January 2023
In defense of You People, the hit Netflix movie you hated
Andrew Lawrence
The culture-clash comedy does its job of providing a fun escape. Why is that so hard to buy?
You People review – frequently excruciating culture-clash comedy
A starry cast including Jonah Hill, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Eddie Murphy can’t save this laboured update of Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
You People review – charmless Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner update
The big winners at the Golden Globes 2023 – in pictures
Golden Globes 2023 key moments: Kevin Costner shelters in place and Tom Cruise gets a kicking
September 2022
Ranked
Movies about movies – ranked!
Odes to cinema from Sam Mendes, Steven Spielberg and Damien Chazelle will jostle for Oscar glory next year – until then, here are 20 of the best films about film-making well worth dimming the lights for
September 2021
Teenage kicks
Common’s teenage obsessions: ‘Michael Jordan gave me the shoes off his feet’
As he releases his new album, A Beautiful Revolution (Pt 2), the US rapper remembers his terrible chat-up lines and the magic of the moonwalk
May 2021
Shrek at 20: an unfunny and overrated low for blockbuster animation
The fairytale comedy was a hit with critics and audiences but its toilet humour, glibness and shoddy animation mark it out as a misfire
March 2021
Coming 2 America is an unfunny disaster for representation
Kovie Biakolo
Coming 2 America review – Eddie Murphy makes a right royal turnaround
Coming 2 America review – Eddie Murphy comes up gasping for heir
Coming to America's Arsenio Hall: 'In the 90s I was black Twitter'
