For Colored Girls (2010)

When you look at the scores on IMDB for Tyler Perry movies you’ll notice one thing, which is that almost all his movies have a score of 4 or lower. Despite this fact he has made a lot of movies, is succesful and even Oprah Winfrey recommends his films. So why do the movies receive such low scores? For Colored Girls is not the first Tyler Perry movie I’ve seen. I’ve seen the movies starring Perry himself as Madea and Why Did I Get Married Too. One thing is clear with these movies, which is that it’s obvious that they have their own target audience. I should have looked at the title more closely and read it as a manual. Continue reading

Lottery Ticket (2010)

This movie stars Bow Wow as Kevin Carson, a young man who still lives with his grandmother and works at Footlocker. His grandma regularly plays the lottery and although he never enters is he does decide to play for one time with the numbers he got from a fortune cookie.

It doesn’t take long for hm to find out that he has won $370 million dollars. Only problem is that he can’t immediately claim his price because the lottery office isn’t open till after the weekend. He wants to try to keep it a secret, but his grandmother can’t keep her mouth shut and the whole neighbourhood turns up at the house to get something from him. Continue reading

Death at a Funeral (2010)

Death at a Funeral is a remake of the english version which was made in 2007. I have not seen the original, so I really can’t compare the two. I did see the trailer of the original and it shows the exact same jokes as the remake. The movie has a many big stars, like Chris Rock, Danny Glover, Martin Lawrence (who I think just isn’t funny), Zoe Saldana, Luke Wilson and Tracy Morgan. Continue reading