Paul Blart: Mall Cop (movie)

While talking to Mick Foley for my newspaper column, I asked the pro wrestling star about his high school wrestling teammate in Ward Melville's Class of 1983: Kevin (Paul Blart) James. "I was talking to friends of mine and saying,......

“Think Like a Man,” starring Tyler Perry and made on a meager $12-million budget, is now a significant comedy hit; will it boost the career of director Tim Story?...

A film company that invested in a Sony Pictures co-financing fund arranged by Relativity Media is suing both Relativity and Wall Street giant Fortress Investment Group for fraud and breach of contract....

We want the same thing from our comedians that we expect of great ballplayers – that they “leave it all on the field.” And Kevin James does that. From his various team-ups with Adam Sandler to “Paul Blart: Mall Cop,” James...

After wreaking havoc at the box office over the July 4th holiday weekend, "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" is prepared to take down its rivals yet again. The 3-D sequel, which has grossed more than $200 million domestically since opening......

Can Jennifer Aniston's fans, wanting to see her talk dirty and “maneat” her way through “Horrible Bosses,” knock “Transformers” off the top of the mountain? It's a long shot, but with good reviews, a lot of theaters and...

While "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" beat the opposition at the box office for the second consecutive weekend, two new films weren't knocked entirely off their feet. Both "Horrible Bosses" and "Zookeeper" debuted to slightly higher grosses than had...

When a young film producer pal of mine went to "The Social Network" the other night, he was surprised to see a trailer for Ron Howard's upcoming film, "The Dilemma," a relationship comedy that stars Vince Vaughn, Kevin James, Jennifer......

And then there was one. In a move that surprised Hollywood, Columbia Pictures' long-running tag team of production heads Doug Belgrad and Matt Tolmach is breaking up. Tolmach, who has served as co-president of Sony's Columbia label for the last......

Hollywood, as everyone knows, is teeming with liberals of every shape, size, creed and color. Away from work, the legions of Prius-driving actors, filmmakers and studio executives are always busy ardently promoting some desperately important progressive...

Here's a longer version of my Calendar cover story from today's Los Angeles Times... It's not easy being a hard-luck hero. Just ask Seth Rogen who, for the better part of four years, has been trying to get "The Green......

It's amazing how many studios have bitten the dust lately. MGM is flat on its back, Miramax is pushing up daisies, New Line has been absorbed into Warners while DreamWorks is now part of the Disney brand factory. Warner Independent......