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'Peeples' Review

Matt Singer — Wed, 08 May 2013 13:15:18 +0000

If you asked me to sum up Craig Robinson's onscreen presence in a word, the one I'd choose is "likable." Even when he's playing a jerk or a heavy -- like the bouncer in "Knocked Up" or baseball star Reg Mackworthy on "Eastbound & Down" -- his inherent sweetness shines through. Nobody else could say the line "I would tear that ass up," and make it sound like a kind, sensitive compliment. That's Robinson's gift. Try as he might to be a jerk, he'll always be nice. He's the kind of guy you'd want your daughter to marry.

It's precisely that quality that 'Peeples' tries to play off of by casting him as Wade, a typically amiable Robinson character whose relationship with Grace (Kerry Washington) hits a snag when she refuses to introduce him to her family, out of fear of her stern father Virgil (David Alan Grier). But c'mon; he's Craig Robinson. How could anyone not like him?

'Tyler Perry's Temptation' Review

ScreenCrush Staff — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 13:15:20 +0000

Genius or madman, auteur or amateur, Tyler Perry is a fascinating artist. And while it shouldn’t earn him either new fans or detractors, 'Temptation' is his most polished showcase to date of the bizarre and utterly irresistible divide between his razor-sharp creativity and decidedly duller technical precision. The story of a bored therapist who gets involved with one of her clients, Perry’s film wields melodrama like a hatchet, wringing moralistic justice from a story that’s remarkably more complex than it’s being sold – and, in fact, than Perry probably realizes.

'SNL' and Jamie Foxx Take on Tyler Perry

Jacob Hall — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 16:31:22 +0000

Last night, Saturday Night Live took on a target that's been pretty ripe for parody for some time now: the films and work of Tyler Perry, AKA, Madea, AKA, Alex Cross. In the case of this very funny digital short, it turns out that they're one in the same...literally. As in Cross and Madea are split personalities inhabiting the same body and they must work together to solve mysteries. Yeah, it's weird.

'Alex Cross 2′ – Tyler Perry is Already Plotting Sequel, 'Double Cross'

Damon Houx — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 14:30:41 +0000

‘Alex Cross‘ doesn’t open until Friday and we just reviewed it unfavorably, but that’s not stopping Tyler Perry and book writer James Patterson from finalizing a deal on a sequel called ‘Double Cross.’ Deadline is reporting that the deal is pretty much done, though if the first film doesn’t do particularly well, this will probably [...]