Will Smith has a long history of “owning” the box office during the 4th of July holiday. He’s had more movies open in the top slot during the holiday than any other movie star I can think of. So it will be interesting to see the reaction to “Hancock.” It has a smart premise –…

Alec Baldwin is hilarious on ’30 Rock,’ and it turns out he’s pretty funny in real life too. In this video, Catholic-raised Alec tells The Jewish Channel (while at a party for Jewish restaurant/institution Barney Greengrass) that he’s the non-Jewish member of the Greengrass family. It turns out he can also drop some pretty decent…

From the creative forces behind “7th Heaven” comes ‘Secret Life of the American Teenager,’ a new drama series about teen angst and family ties. It features Molly RIngwald as – gasp – the mom, not the teenager. Specifically, she’s the mom of a pregnant teenage daughter. And while the clips that have been made available…

As we all set out to celebrate the 4th of July this weekend (and even though I have recommended several excellent Fourth of July films already), I decided it was time to dig back into my film archives and pull out one of my favorite movies of the last decade. “In America” stands alone as…

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