Madea Goes to Jail Trailer (Film Opens February 20th)

Hold on to your hats girlie! Madea is at it, again! This time Madea follows in the footsteps of Ernest and goes to jail. It's a hilarious madcap romp about an old black woman with a temper, having road rage, flipping out on house partiers and destroying sassy white women's cars with heavy construction machinery. Even the ever-topical Dr. Phil can't handle Madea's att-i-tude! Seems like plenty of movie for Madea Goes to Jail, right? Well, that's why we're no Tyler Perry. If this movie was all an old lady in drag it'd be no better than Big Momma's House, and Tyler Perry is no Martin Lawrence. He's an artist, a storyteller. His tales have weaves AND he weaves tales. This movie is more than meets the eye.

Intercut through this hilarious madcap trailer is movie number 2, about a strong African-American lawyer about to be married, finding himself having to defend an old girlfriend whose life has hit a rough patch and has become a prostitute. He needs to defend his friend, putting an awful strain on his fiancé, but he needs to do the right thing. Or is it? Meanwhile, the prostitute's sickly friends want her to go for it "because if anybody can get out of here...you can." Then the hooker with a heart of gold goes to Jail. Yup, there's more than one person that goes to Jail in this movie! That's called layers, audience. Thank you very much, Tyler Perry!

The two films are tied together with a nice hooker-with-a-heart-of-gold piano mixed with a healthy dose of cutting out the music while Madea goes on a funny rant and sound effects happen. Apparently, "we're all on a journey". No matter if you're a prostitute with a past, a man torn between two loves or a guy dressed in drag as an old woman shouting at white people. True, true. This movie has it all. Personally, I don't think I'll see it. I'm holding out for Madea Scared Stupid along with a wife dying of cancer.

Fired Up Trailer (Film Opens February 20th)

This movie is about two high school teens that want chicks, so they quit football and join the cheerleading squad. Then, they end up liking cheerleading, one finds a girlfriend and they help the win the big cheer challenge. And...that’s it. I mean, really. There’s not much else to Fired Up. That’s all there is. Guys, cheerleading to get chicks, they end up liking it. Yup, that’s it. Ummm….so, the two guys names are Shaun and Nick, but I have no idea which is which. I don’t think it matters. And….that’s it.

No it can’t be. There’s got to be more. Did I mention everything already? Horny teens, cheerleading, they don’t like it, then they do. They win. Yeah, that’s everything. I really do think that’s it. They probably learn something along the way, the dark haired kid from Heroes says something about confidence to the other cheerleaders, but it may just be a throw away line. I’m sorry, but I really think I covered anything. I mentioned they used to play football right? Oh yeah, I did. Okay…what else, what else…one of the girls has a boyfriend named Rick they call Dick a lot. Looks like it might be a running gag. I guess that wasn’t really worth mentioning. OH! I know, Edie McClurg and John Michael Higgins have bit parts, so that’s kinda neat. Or not.

So, I think that’s about it for the trailer of Fired Up. I wish I had more to say. I guess I could talk about the posters. All the posters just say F.U. Like Fuck You, but that starts with a Y, so I guess that’s not right. I’m not exactly sure what it means, maybe Fucked Up? Well, all right then, I think I’m just gonna wrap this up, I have some laundry I should probably get to. Nice talking to you though, later. Enjoy Fired Up I guess.

Crossing Over Trailer (Film Opens February 27th)

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