WRBL

The Screen Scene: Dolemite is My Name

Usually when a former mega-star mounts a comeback, he takes his career in a completely new direction. John Travolta was the king of 1970’s musicals and dance films like Grease and Saturday Night Fever ...
Cinema Blend

Dolemite Is My Name's Kung Fu Scene Played Out Even Funnier In Real Life

Spoilers for Netflix's latest release starring Eddie Murphy can be found throughout this article. If you haven't caught it yet, it's streaming now! Director Craig Brewer’s new film Dolemite Is My Name ...
NPR

My Name Is Dolemite: We Dig It

Dolemite Is My Name is a new Netflix biopic about comedian Rudy Ray Moore, who created a flamboyant alter ego and became a blaxploitation legend in the 1970s. The film stars Eddie Murphy, who's joined ...
The Harvard Crimson

‘Dolemite Is My Name’ Is An Unstoppably Hilarious Tribute To The Obscene

Overtly vulgar and salacious, “Dolemite Is My Name” is an unabashed celebration of the spirit and life of 1970s blaxploitation-era film icon Rudy Ray Moore (Eddie Murphy). The film chronicles Moore’s ...
Yahoo

The Rap on Rudy Ray Moore: How ‘Dolemite’ Became as Much a Soul Musical as Comedy

How seminal an influence on hip-hop is Rudy Ray Moore? Scott Alexander: He’s pretty seminal, at least according to the guys who started it. Snoop and Eazy-E always tipped their hat to Rudy, as the guy ...
WBEZ

Dolemite Is My Name

Dolemite Is My Name is a new Netflix biopic about comedian Rudy Ray Moore, who created a flamboyant alter ego and became a blaxploitation legend in the 1970s. The film stars Eddie Murphy, who's joined ...
Los Angeles Magazine

Finding the 1970s L.A. of Rudy Ray Moore’s ‘Dolemite’

Eddie Murphy as Rudy Ray Moore in Dolemite Is My Name When I set out for the Dunbar Hotel in Historic South-Central, I didn’t expect to wind up sitting on the curb hooked up to an EKG monitor. About ...
NPR

A Breezy Look At The Making Of A Blaxploitation Classic: 'Dolemite Is My Name'

Note: This film is now in limited theatrical release before debuting on Netflix on Friday, October 25th. Eddie Murphy, who had name-above-title billing in a hit movie at 21, was one of the biggest ...
KQED

Eddie Murphy Explores a Blaxploitation Classic: 'Dolemite is My Name'

Note: This film is now in limited theatrical release before debuting on Netflix on Friday, October 25th. Eddie Murphy, who had name-above-title billing in a hit movie at 21, was one of the biggest ...
TheWrap

‘Dolemite Is My Name’ Writers Explain the Secret to Great Biopics

A version of this story about “Dolemite Is My Name” writers Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski first appeared in the Actors/Directors/Screenwriters issue of ...
Fox 5 San Diego

Dolemite Is My Name

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Just as we’re all thinking Eddie Murphy hasn ...