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MOVIE REVIEW: Tyler Perry's Madea Family Reunion (Richmond Times-Dispatch) - I t's hard not to think of Madea as a woman. Even though the big and brassy matriarch looks less than completely female and the actor playing her, Tyler Perry, cannot completely cover his 5 o'clock shadow, she still seems the very essence of a big momma.

Commentary: No preview? That means no quick review (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) - You won't find a locally written review -- or any review, for that matter -- of "Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion" in today's paper.

Fast-Paised review: ‘Madea's Family Reunion' (Metromix.com) - Big question : This sequel to "Diary of a Mad Black Woman" is written, directed and produced by Tyler Perry, who also stars as Madea, her husband, and her nephew. Excuse me, Mr. Perry: How 'bout you spread the wealth?

In theaters (Bradenton Herald) - Caché HHH ½ REVIEW ON 3E. A brilliant, unsettling drama about a Paris couple who begin to receive a series of disturbingly invasive videotapes. Daniel Auteuil and Juliette Bincoche star in this troubling gem from Michael Haneke, the Austrian director whose pictures delve menacingly into realms of violence, racial acrimony, guilt and lies. (117 min.) Rated R.

MOVIE REVIEW: At Madea's house, sit down for the sermon and beware the belt (Detroit Free Press) - Park yourself on Madea’s plastic-covered couch and you will learn the following:

Movie review: Imagine Me and You ** (The Toledo Blade) - Cute, cute, cute, cute.

Movie Review: Date Movie (Smart-Popcorn) - Combined Rating: 31% (S:18%; P:50%) - 'Tis a simple conclusion at best: dont go see Date Movie--check out Scary Movie. If youre going to see Date Movie, at least wait until its DVD release, which will be coming very soon. From 2 of the 6 writers of Scary Movie Seriously Friedberg and Seltzer, you should have stuck to the Scary Movie sequels, which have a good following, instead of cutting away to

Leah Garchik (San Francisco Chronicle) - San Francisco lawyer Cupcake Brown, who practices in the prestigious firm Bingham McCutchen, survived a childhood that went rotten after the death of her mother, and led to a young life of prostitution, drugs and drug dealing. In a review of her new memoir, "...

Late Bloomer (Tribune-Review) - This is it. A moment of truth, an epiphany.

Death takes revered Baptist pastor Oliver Johnson (Herald & Review) - DECATUR - The Rev. Oliver Johnson, founder and pastor of Greater Mount Olive Baptist Church and respected community leader, died Friday. He was 77.