The Brothers 2001  R, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Gary Hardwick
Cast: Morris Chestnut, Shemar Moore, D.L. Hughley, Bill Bellamy, Gabrielle Union, Tamala Jones, Susan Dalian, Tatyana Ali, Jenifer Lewis, Clifton Powell, Marla Gibbs, Julie Benz, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Kimberly Scott, Angelle Brooks
"The Brothers" is a group of close friends–affluent Black professionals Jackson Smith (Morris Chestnut), Derrick West (D.L. Hughley), Brian Palmer (Bill Bellamy), and Terry White (Shemar Moore)–who have problems figuring out what's behind love and commitment in male/female relationships. Complications arise when Terry considers giving up his bachelorhood for marriage. Good comedy.
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 Diary of a Mad Black Woman 2005  PG-13, 116 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Darren Grant
Cast: Kimberly Elise, Steve Harris, Shemar Moore, Tamara Taylor, Lisa Marcos, Tiffany Evans, Cicely Tyson, Tyler Perry, Terrell Carter, Carole Mitchell-Leon, Avery Knight, Vickie Eng
Based on Tyler Perry's hit stage play, this story switches back and forth from comedy to melodrama. Helen (Kimberly Elise) thinks she is living the perfect life: married 18 years to successful attorney Charles (Steve Harris), beautiful mansion, and wealth–until Charles kicks her out and wants to marry her best friend (Lisa Marcos). Helen returns to her ghetto roots and tries, successfully and unsuccessfully, to put her past with Charles behind her.
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| 1. The Brothers (2001)
2. Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005)
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