Tyler Perry's feisty Madea has a whole franchise of movies, from family drama to screwball comedy, and this is the best way ...

Tyler Perry is one of the most stacked filmmakers of his generation — and one of the most distinct, with his melding of comedy and melodrama. Across a few dozen films, most of which he directed, Perry ...

For many, especially black people who see in her a mockery of our own grandmothers, Tyler Perry’s Madea is little more than a mammy — an insult to the matriarchal community figure that Perry claims to ...

*Madea is headed back into theaters before year’s end. Tyler Perry’s “Boo 2! A Madea Halloween” will arrive in theaters on October 20, Lionsgate announced. The first “Boo” beat Tom Cruise’s “Jack ...

While Tyler Perry‘s iconic Madea character made him wealthy, it appears he wants to retire her. During an appearance on Bevy Smith‘s SiriusXM show, Perry talked about planning a farewell stage tour ...

A lot of ink (most of it negative) has been spilled discussing the cinematic oeuvre of Tyler Perry, whose gospel-infused morality tales leave critics cold but do so well with audiences that they’ve ...

Tyler Perry’s long-gestating third film in the Why Did I Get Married? franchise has officially been set at Netflix, with Perry, Taraji P.

*In an interview with “Black Enterprise” in 2009, Spike Lee criticized Tyler Perry’s “Madea” character, saying it promotes negative stereotypes and that it was time for Black filmmakers to evolve. “I ...