Tyler Perry
3) Don't make a black woman take off her earrings: Madea's uninhibited commentaries on love and life
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Description
In the persona of Madea, his popular movie character, Perry offers commentary on life, from love and marriage to child rearing to politics. In the foreword, Perry admits to speaking more freely through Madea but cautions that he doesn't share all of her opinions, some of them characteristically caustic and risque. Madea is the prototypical busybody neighbor woman who minds the behavior of all children--and adults--speaking her mind and imparting wisdom...
5) Gone Girl
Pub. Date
c2015
Description
On the occasion of his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne reports that his wife, Amy, has gone missing. Under pressure from the police and a growing media frenzy, Nick's portrait of a blissful union begins to crumble. Soon his lies, deceits and strange behavior have everyone asking the same dark question. Did Nick Dunne kill his wife?
6) Vice
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Christian Bale stars as Dick Cheney in this epic tale of how a bureaucratic Washington insider quietly became the most powerful man in the world. Co-starring Amy Adams, Steve Carell, and Sam Rockwell, it is a darkly comic look behind the scenes of American politics.
7) Precious
Description
In 1987, obese, illiterate, black 16-year-old Claireece 'Precious' Jones lives in Harlem with her dysfunctional family. She has been raped and impregnated twice by her father, Carl. She suffers constant physical, mental and sexual abuse from her unemployed mother, Mary. After getting pregnant for the second time, Precious is suspended from her school. Her principal arranges to have her attend an alternative school where her new teacher, Ms. Rain,...
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Your favorite pizza-loving turtles Michelangelo, Donatello, Leonardo and Raphael are back in the non-stop action adventure that is "fun from start to finish." After super villain Shredder escapes custody, he joins forces with two mutant henchmen, Bebop and Rocksteady, to unleash a diabolical plan to take over the world. Now the brothers must team up with April O'Neil and their new, hockey-masked ally Casey Jones to battle their enemies and face...
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When five struggling single moms put aside their differences to form a support group, they find inspiration and laughter in their new sisterhood, and help each other overcome the obstacles that stand in their way.
"A surprisingly sharp and funny female-empowerment ensembler."--Variety
"... the subject is very timely and worthy..."--Chicago Sun-Times
"Mr. Perry's latest film touches upon some recognizable and realistic challenges with efficient...
Pub. Date
2017
Description
Madea winds up in the middle of mayhem when she spends a hilarious, haunted Halloween fending off killers, paranormal poltergeists, ghosts, ghouls and zombies while keeping a watchful eye on a group of misbehaving teens.
"Mr. Perry is...an eccentric, inspired performer, and his screen-filling antics as the raucous but righteous Madea..."--New York Times
"...its heart is in a very old - and right - place..."--Variety
"...the devoted will find comfort...
15) Gone girl
Pub. Date
2015
Description
On the occasion of his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne reports that his wife, Amy, has gone missing. Under pressure from the police and a growing media frenzy, Nick's portrait of a blissful union begins to crumble. Soon his lies, deceits and strange behavior have everyone asking the same dark question. Did Nick Dunne kill his wife?
Series
Pub. Date
c2005
Description
Helen McCarter would seem to have it all. She's married to Charles who is one of Atlanta's most successful attorneys. But despite having wealth and prestige, things are not as they seem in the McCarter home. On the evening of their anniversary, Charles drops a bombshell on Helen - he's divorcing her for another woman. Thrown out of the house with nowhere to go, Helen moves in with her grandmother Madea, a sassy woman with no shortage of opinions and...
18) Acrimony
Pub. Date
[2018]
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Description
A faithful wife tired of standing by her devious husband is enraged when it becomes clear she has been betrayed.
Description
Brenda grew up with some incredible hardships. She had a prostitute for a mother and a pimp for a 'father.' Now, Brenda is a single mom struggling to raise her family in Chicago. When she receives a letter inviting her to attend her father's funeral in Georgia, she's not sure how to feel. Growing up, Brenda never knew the man and hadn't interacted with that part of her family. But when she loses her job, she decides that now's the time to shake things...
Pub. Date
2011
Description
Madea, everyone's favorite wise-cracking, take-no-prisoners grandma, jumps into action when her niece, Shirley, receives distressing news about her health. All Shirley wants is to gather her three adult children around her and share the news as a family. It's up to Madea, with the help of the equally rambunctious Aunt Bam, to gather the clan together and make things right the only way she knows how: with a lot of tough love, laughter, and the revelation...