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Studio:    Fox Searchlight Pictures Plot:   The life and death story of Notorious B.I.G. (a.k.a. Christopher Wallace), who came straight out of Brooklyn to take the world of rap music by storm.
Cast:  Jamal Woolard, Angela Bassett,  Mohamed Dione, Derek Luke, Dennis L.A. White
Rating:     R
Bottom Line:     **1/2

BPRW)  History was made recently, when 39-year-old Tyler Perry became the first African-American ever to launch his own major TV and film studio. The sprawling complex, which includes more than 200,000 square feet of studio and office space and sits on 30 acres that once housed Delta Air Lines’ finance, reservation and computer center. Perry will shoot his TBS sitcoms House of Payne and Meet the Browns along with other film projects at the studio, reports the Associated Press.

Studio:  20th Century Fox
Plot: An alien arrives on Earth to stop man from destroying the planet.
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Jaden Smith, Kathy Bates
Rating:     PG-13
Bottom Line:     *