From Beverly Hills to the Chicago ’burbs, mayhem and hilarity seem to follow The Blacks wherever they go. After surviving a night of terror on the West Coast, (not-so) best-selling author Carl Black (Mike Epps) moves his family back to his childhood home in the Windy City where he hopes to find the peace and quiet he needs to write his new book. But when an eccentric neighbor (Katt Williams) moves in next door, Carl becomes convinced that the man is a vampire trying to take his family, and must team up with his oddball neighbors to save his career and their lives!

Bennie Upshaw, the head of a Black working class family in Indianapolis, is a charming, well-intentioned mechanic and lifelong mess just trying his best to step up and care for his family — wife Regina, their two young daughters and firstborn son, the teenage son he fathered with another woman - and tolerate his sardonic sister-in-law, all without a blueprint for success. But the Upshaws are determined to make it work, and make it to the next level, together.

Eddie Murphy is back in leading-man status as he brings to life the story of blaxlpoitation legend Rudy Ray Moore in upcoming awards-contender biopic Dolemite is My Name.

If a movie or franchise garners any kind of huge success or following you can be almost certain that it will be followed up by some people smart enough to cash in off of that success with some kind of ridiculous spoof movie. These can be done really well and end up being classics in their own right, like The …

Whenever Vince Vaughn takes a walk outside of his wise cracking comfort zone, I begin to get concerned. The guy certainly has talent and there have been one or two performances that show that he can get the job done whether its dramatic or comedic (I’m thinking of Vaughn’s FBI Agent Peter Novak in The Cell or his performance as …

Today’s stand-up comedians are wimps. Many act like they are crazy or not afraid to walk on the wild side, but few are the real deal. I’m pretty sure Russell Brand’s notoriety is at least partly thanks to his own marketing. Last Updated: March 16, 2015