Mabel Simmons is back on the big screen.
Movie-goers know the fiesty character better as Madea, the recurring funny lady from the heart and soul of Tyler Perry that started sassing America on the big screen in 2005’s “Diary of a Mad Black Woman.” Perry has faithfully and regularly come back as Madea.
“Tyler Perry’s a Madea Christmas,” opening this weekend, makes it the eighth visit. Perry wrote it and directs, too, of course. Hide the milk and cookies and get ready for some ho-ho-ho’s.
The trailer unveils Madea in full bloom, like a Christmas poinsettia. Madea goes to the country to help a friend. There she finds folks preparing for a Christmas Carnival. Characters played by Larry the Cable Guy and Kathy Najimi discover Madea’s peculiar style of family togetherness.
Also opening this weekend is “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.” Fantasy adventure fans will get another fix of hobbit Bilbo Baggins, played by Martin Freeman, and his companions wizard Gandalph the Grey, played by Ian McKellen, and elf Thorin, played by Richard Armitage, as they battle evil dragon Smaug and try to recapture the homeland of Erebor.
Taken from the popular pages of the 1937 book by J.R.R. Tolkien, this is the second of a trilogy — directed by Peter Jackson, like the series opener, last year’s “The Unexpected Journey.” Next year, expect the conclusion, “There and Back Again.” All three were imagined as the prequel of hit “Lord of the Rings.” Tolkien had lots to say. The fantasy will fill 161 minutes.
Madea and Bilbo Premiere This Weekend
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