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The USA Network has put together one of the better lineups of original programming on cable with its 'characters welcome' approach.

When everyone goes to see Drew Barrymore's Whip It later this year, one of the most memorable appearances will be that of Andrew Wilson , one of the three Wilson brothers who hasn't been in anything since Mike Judge's Idiocracy .

A mildly redeeming feature is Thomas Haden Church's amusing performance as Eddie Murphy's rival, writes Philip French Sunday, 16 August 2009 Murphy has only made one appearance of any consequence in the quarter-century since his first two films, 48 Hrs and Trading Places.

About the only way "District 9" -- a bloody marvelous action movie that's part science-fiction allegory and part unabashed mayhem -- could get more in your face is if it was shot in 3D, so that the alien appendages and spurting blood could land in your lap.

Shirtless and dressed in red leather pants and matching jacket unzipped to his navel, Eddie Murphy sauntered onto the stage of Washington, D.C.'s, Constitution Hall one night in 1983 and changed the face of stand-up comedy forever.

Don't mistake slow-moving for tender and gentle. Don't mistake a lack of solid laughs for endearing.

"All You Need Is Love" serves as the theme song for Imagine That the way "It Only Takes a Moment" did for Wall-E . When driven financial analyst Evan Danielson uses it to teach his 7-year-old daughter Olivia how to carry a tune, the scene sums up what director Karey Kirkpatrick thinks fathers and kids should do together: not act in perfect harmony, ...

Our review of Eddie Murphy: Delirious , published January 31st, 2007, is also available.

Sometimes the camera captures perfection. That ultimate moment when everything comes together in a way that will never happen again.

Stardom is a funny thing: You've got to work hard to achieve it, and even harder to maintain it.