I was forced a laugh after being faced with this issue recently: why aren't there more black directors directing mainstream Hollywood pictures? Is it a rhetorical question? Probably. But it’s also one that we as filmmakers and producers don't like facing because the answers are always inadequate. Some facts: among the 200 top-grossing films of 2011 approximately five where helmed by black directors, and only two among those were

Anyone who’s ever read James Patterson’s "Alex Cross" novels knows that the Psychologist/Detective is far from the AARP card-carrying veteran made famous by Morgan Freeman. He’s actually a single father living with two kids (with a third on the way, plus a possible promotion to the FBI) and his grandma, Nana Mama. So “Alex Cross” is a reboot of sorts, one with the wild card of having Tyler “Madea” Perry