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Digital Trends
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- Digital Trends
This buddy cop comedy is one of three Netflix action movies you need to watch (August 2025)
This month on Netflix, we're spotlighting the action comedy. What's better than mixing in a few laughs with some fight scenes and explosions? Our first movie features an actor — the funniest man alive — reprising a legendary role in Beverly Hills. Our second pick is a buddy cop movie from the '90s featuring an indelible duo. Finally, we're taking you back to 1980 to experience some blues music. All three action movies are now streaming on Netflix. Recommended Videos We also have guides to the best new movies to stream, the best movies on Netflix, the best movies on Hulu, and the best movies on Amazon Prime Video. Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F (2024) More often than not, legacy sequels fail to recapture the magic of their predecessor. Look no further than Space Jam: A New Legacy, Zoolander 2, The Exorcist: Believer, and Jaws: The Revenge as examples. Luckily for the Beverly Hills Cop franchise, it has Eddie Murphy, who reprised his iconic role as Axel Foley in the surprisingly effective fourth outing, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F. When Axel Foley (Murphy) heads back to Los Angeles, it's personal. He's looking to reconnect with his daughter, Jane Saunders (Taylour Paige), a defense attorney. When a criminal organization zeroes in on Jane, Axel teams with her ex-boyfriend (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) and his two old friends, Billy Rosewood (Judge Reinhold) and John Taggart (John Ashton), to protect his daughter. You can't fake charisma, and when Murphy slips back into Axel's fast-talking ways, the movie soars. Stream Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F on Netflix. Rush Hour (1998) I'm unaware of the national consensus on Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker as a buddy cop duo. For me, they're top draft picks. The martial arts star and the comedic lightning rod joined forces in 1998's Rush Hour. After the kidnapping of a Chinese diplomat's daughter, Hong Kong Detective Inspector Lee (Jackie Chan) travels to America to work the case. However, the FBI does not want Lee to be involved, so they assign him to be the LAPD's problem. Enter Detective James Carter (Chris Tucker), the obnoxious and smooth-talking cop tasked with babysitting Lee. Lee and Carter initially hate each other. However, the duo realizes that their best chance of saving the little girl is to work together. From Chan's extravagant fight choreography to Carter's crisp one-liners, Rush Hour is a classic '90s comedy that remains a gold standard for chemistry between co-stars. Stream Rush Hour on Netflix. The Blues Brothers (1980) With elaborate car chases and thunderous explosions, The Blues Brothers is most definitely an action comedy. John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd star as Jake and Elwood, the Blues Brothers, based on their excellent sketch from Saturday Night Live. After being released from jail, Jake reunites with Elwood and checks in on the Catholic orphanage that raised them. Unfortunately, the orphanage will close unless they pay $5,000 in property taxes. After an epiphany, Jake and Elwood decide to reform their band, the Blues Brothers, and organize a concert to raise money. Along the way, the Blues Brothers are chased by Neo-Nazis, rival bands, police, and a sadistic woman. The music is great, the chases are exciting, and the laughs are nonstop. What more could you want? Stream Blues Brothers on Netflix.
USA Today
29-05-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence are officially in-laws as their kids get married
Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence are officially in-laws as their kids get married Show Caption Hide Caption 'Beverly Hills Cop 4': Eddie Murphy is back with a badge in 'Axel F' Detroit detective Axel Foley (Eddie Murphy) chases bad guys in the Motor City via snowplow in Netflix's "Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F." No joke: Two of the funniest actors in Hollywood are officially in-laws. Eddie Murphy confirmed during a May 29 appearance on "The Jennifer Hudson Show" that his son, Eric Murphy, has married Martin Lawrence's daughter, Jasmin Lawrence. Murphy said the couple opted against a large wedding and instead tied the knot quietly. "They got married like two weeks ago," he revealed in a clip shared by Entertainment Weekly. "Everybody was making the big wedding plans, and then they decided they wanted to do something quiet with just the two of them. "They went off and they got married at the church," he went on to add. "They just had the two of them and the preacher." Though the pair skipped a large wedding, Murphy said there will likely be a "big party" to celebrate the union. He noted that he and Martin Lawrence, who co-starred in the films "Life" and "Boomerang," are "in-laws" and joked the "Bad Boys" actor doesn't have "to pay for the big wedding now." Eddie Murphy's son is marrying Martin Lawrence's daughter: 'A love that feels like destiny' Jasmin Lawrence and Eric Murphy confirmed their relationship in 2021. In 2022, Lawrence told InTouch that they met through her uncle, not their famous parents. "It wasn't even our dads, and they've done two movies together," she told the outlet. "They're friends. I don't even know. It's crazy. But we met through my uncle, and we became really good friends. We bonded on a lot of things. Obviously, we have similar backgrounds, so we understood each other on a certain level." The pair confirmed their engagement in November by sharing a romantic video on Instagram showing Murphy getting down on one knee in a room filled with candles. "We're engaged!! God truly blessed us with a love that feels like destiny. We couldn't be more excited for this next chapter," Lawrence wrote on Instagram at the time. Eddie Murphy's son is 'head over heels in love' for Martin Lawrence's daughter Speaking to "CBS Mornings" last year, Eddie Murphy joked that if Eric and Jasmin "get married and have a child, I'm expecting the child to be funny." In his own appearance on "The Jennifer Hudson Show," Martin Lawrence praised Eric Murphy as a "great young man."
Buzz Feed
17-03-2025
- Health
- Buzz Feed
"The Pain Would Make Me See Stars": Taylour Paige Opened Up About Her Silent Battle With Endometriosis
March is Endometriosis Awareness Month, and actor Taylour Paige is getting real about unknowingly living with the chronic condition for decades. The Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F star took to Instagram on March 4 to share her experience of going decades without a proper diagnosis and the effect it had on her physical, emotional, and mental being. For those unfamiliar with endometriosis, the Mayo Clinic defines it as an "often-painful condition in which tissue that is similar to the inner lining of the uterus grows outside the uterus." It can often affect ovaries, fallopian tubes, and the pelvic lining. Along with pain, it can also lead to fertility issues, cysts, excessive bleeding, fatigue, diarrhea, and more. "Goodness the self betrayal and abuse I've internalized and would ruminate in," Taylor wrote on Instagram. "Those not for you benefit from this confusion. I've transmuted so much, but old habits die hard." "A really violent illness that went undiagnosed for 20 years but caused me so much agony and turmoil. Finally had surgery fall of 2023 with Wonderful Dr Elizabeth Poynor thanks to my sister Lena. It was 4 hours long." Taylour revealed it impacted her colon, bladder, and rectum. She also shed light on the uncomfortable things she's had to endure while battling the disease, including pain that made everyday tasks unbearable. "The pain would make me see stars," Taylour added. "Throwing up every month. Sometimes couldn't drive. the worst is how much you gaslight yourself. It's almost like there's no way you're hurting this much? it definitely psychologically does something to you because it's like you and no one around you believes the pain you're in." "So many times I've ruined a costume or a good pair of jeans. In highschool my khaki uniform skirts. i learned over the last few years that endo is anger turned on yourself. You're literally inflamed. That tracked for me." Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images for Rabanne Taylour concluded her post by giving thanks to the people and things that have brought her and her body joy throughout her journey, including her support system like her husband and "true health mentor" Elizabeth Halpern, as well as things like acupuncture, walks, sunshine, protein, and the sauna. Love seeing people find the light during dark times! You can read more from Taylour below:
