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This copy of the 2007 film is just that and is equally entertaining with heavy handed humor delivered by Chris Rock and Martin Lawrence, playing brothers who resolve their own differences in the course of dealing with upsetting information about dad, at his funeral.

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Sandra Bullock scores a touchdown in bringing to life the story of Leigh Anne Tuohy and her husband, Sean Tuohy (Tim McGraw) who rescued a homeless Afrcian-American teenager Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron) and gave him an opportunity to achieve academically & athletically.  There’s enough inspiration in this faith-based film to cover an entire football field.

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The latest installment in the Tyler Perry franchise features amusing confrontations (including a frustrated Dr. Phil) with the anger management deficient Madea (Tyler Perry) and her clan. The humor offsets the serious relationship issues that are tackled amongst a group of young attorneys (Derek Luke, Ion Overman, RonReaco Lee) working their way up [...]

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If your feet boggie to the beat of the blues, you’ll thrill to the tempo of Muddy Waters (Jeffrey Wright), Little Walter (Columbus Short), Chuck Berry (Mos Def) Willie Dixon (Cedric the Entertainer), Howlin’ Wolf (Eamonn Walker), and Etta James (Beyonce Knowles) showcased in the order they were discovered by record promoter/producer Leonard Chess (Adrien Brody).  [...]

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Young Lily Owens (Dakota Fanning) escapes from her widowed father’s (Paul Bettany) South Carolina peach farm with her housekeeper (Jennifer Hudson) in tow, and makes a beeline across the state where she believes her mother had a connection.  They find lodging with the Boatwright sisters (Queen Latifah, Alicia Keys, & Sophie Okonedo), whose revelations and [...]

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An LAPD patrol officer (Samuel L. Jackson) disapproves of his new neighbors, an interracial couple (Patrick Wilson & Kerry Washington) and he doesn’t have a problem demonstrating his dislike. Jackson’s over the top tough talk engages audiences in an otherwise inadequate script.
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Lust and greed invade two southern families like termites on a backyard lumber stack, in the latest Tyler Perry preachy production. Alfre Woodard and Kathy Bates are the two charismatic matriarchs who strive to get their adult children and connected spouses to behave (Sanaa Lathan, Rockmond Dunbar, Taraji P. Henson, Tyler Perry, Cole [...]

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Even cute characters (Raven Symone and Martin Lawrence) cannot make up for lame dialogue in this Disney disaster.
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Loretta Devine is the idealistic matriarch who thinks it’s going to be all hugs and kisses when her brood gathers for the Holidays in this not so jovial, Christmas pic. With Delroy Lindo, Regina King, Mekhi Phifer, Idris Elba, Sharon Leal, et. al., keeping it real, filmmaker Preston A. Whitmore II’s family [...]

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There’s no debate about the inspirational benefit related to this story of professor Melvin B. Tolson (Denzel Washington) and the students he motivated in the mid 1930’s at Wiley College in Texas to form the school’s first debate team.
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