Review: Eddie Murphy and Pete Davidson's heist comedy is implausible, predictable and good company

Review: Eddie Murphy and Pete Davidson's heist comedy is implausible, predictable and good company

Once upon a time, movie houses were full of all sorts of pictures — big pictures, little pictures, A pictures, B pictures, smart pictures, silly pictures. Nowadays, with the film business contracting around blockbusters, the little pictures, the B pictures…

The Pickup Review – 'Better off left unpicked'

There’s been much talk lately of the decline of the movie comedy. But action-comedies, the movie comedy’s punchier, shootier, more explodey cousin, are all the rage — at least for streaming services looking for undemanding, easy-to-watch, pop-it-on-in-the-background fare. In the last year alone, we’ve had Deep Cover, Heads Of State, Love Hurts, Novocaine, Back In Action, Guns Up — and now The Pickup, starring Eddie Murphy. Murphy would seem like…

Prime Video’s The Pickup Review: I Am Far More Baffled Than Amused By Eddie Murphy And Pete Davidson’s Heist Comedy

Eddie Murphy and Pete Davidson teamed up with Keke Palmer for Prime Video's action-comedy The Pickup, but is it worth watching?