Who would have thought when the “21 Jump Street” movie was announced in 2009 that Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill would be a perfect fit for the reboot? The original series that jump started the career of some guy named Johnny Depp was far from a comedy but really, the premise– cops posing as teenagers and going undercover in high schools– is ripe for parody.
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We are all looking for something better to come along and we’ve all been guilty a time or two of hoping that fate would present a sign that things were going to get better. Of course these signs don’t always come along, at least not in the way we expect them to.
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A man is only as good as his word. If only that applied to Eddie Murphy when he promised to stop making crappy movies. Did he ever make that promise? Maybe he didn’t. But he should have. “A Thousand Words” is yet another attempt for Murphy to use his fast talking, cheesy grin charm that used to work back before he sold his soul. Unfortunately funny Eddie Murphy has gone bye-bye.
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