Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s directorial debut “Don Jon” hits theaters October 18th, and we have our first preview. Let’s take a look, shall we? I’ve got mixed feelings. On one hand, I love the cast. On the other hand, I’m not particularly thrilled with movies that have celebrities summoning the passion of the working class. Take one more »

The trailers I’ve seen for the upcoming “The Lone Ranger” did a nice job blending action while explaining how Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss went from chasing Mark Zuckerberg to chasing bad guys. A couple of days ago a new trailer for the summer spectacle, which eschews background for things blowing up, was revealed.  Here it more »

Here is the box office report for this past weekend, complete with snarky commentary. 1.) “Star Trek Into Darkness,” $70.6M. According to TheWrap, the second installment in the entertaining reboot didn’t perform as expected. Everyone wanted a $100 million four-day opening; the final tally was $84.1 million. It’s easy to understand why J.J. Abrams and more »

For fans of “Office Space” and “King of the Hill,” I can’t think of a better sliver of news to start your weekend. Mike Judge’s new comedy has received a series order from HBO on the strength of its pilot, according to Deadline TV’s Nellie Andreeva. She adds that it’s a single-camera dark comedy “set more »

My wife typically is gone a week in late July for work — she’s an apprentice superhero with the Justice League — so I like to indulge my nerd tendencies. That means a lot of sports documentaries and horror movies that her pacifist eyes can’t handle. Well, I think I may have found the ideal entertainment more »

In another attempt to homogenize the film world, Will Smith is considering starring in and producing a reboot of “The Wild Bunch,” Sam Peckinpah’s 1969 classic Western about grizzled old coots kicking ass.  I don’t want to live in a world where Will Smith has a remote chance of playing roles originated by old, ornery more »

We’ve written about the “Beverly Hills Cop” TV reboot in these parts before, and it sounded like a slam dunk. Eddie Murphy serving as an executive producer. Shawn Ryan of “The Shield” working as showrunner.  And, to top it all off, Barry Sonnenfeld directed the pilot. What could go wrong? Well, something did. CBS, according more »

Here’s your box office report for the past weekend, complete with snarky commentary. 1.) “Iron Man 3,” $72.5M. Having been around for most of Robert Downey Jr.’s tumultuous career — the perplexing choices, the stretch in prison — it’s to comprehend that this guy (who is now pushing 50) is box office royalty. 2.) “The more »

Ronde Barber, the longtime standout corner for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, retired from professional football Thursday but promised that he would not be out of the public eye for too long. Yup, television is in the future. According to Pro Football Talk: “I’m not ready to say what I’m doing or where I’m going,” Barber more »

With Relativity Media securing U.S. distribution rights and veteran director Joe Johnston on board, the biopic on infamous mobster John Gotti is back on track. For now, that is. According to Collider, filming for “Gotti” begins this September. The film still stars John Travolta — um, OK — and is based on a story by more »