Trekkies everywhere are collectively holding their breath in anticipation of J.J. Abrams’ (“Lost,” “Alias,” “Cloverfield”) new “Star Trek” film, which hits theaters this Friday. Will the film– which gives the back stories of James T. Kirk and Spock–be everything they’ve been hoping for, or will it bomb? Interesting, Gene Roddenberry, the creator of “Star Trek,”…

At this point in the year, I am in need of a little post-winter inspiration and likewise, starved for a fun romance flick–emphasis on the fun and the romance as opposed to tragic and dark, which for me, defeat the purpose of going to see a romantic movie. The last straight-up lighter-than-air example of the…

In this film based on the Jodi Picoult novel, a girl (Abigail Breslin) conceived through in vitro fertilization for the purpose of providing bone marrow to her leukemia-stricken sister, sues her parents for control over her own body. The film also stars Cameron Diaz and Alec Baldwin and releases June 26.

I see Esquire’s beloved writer A.J. Jacobs as a stunt man of a certain sort: he picks a crazy project with a beguiling, humorous hook–one of my favorites was when he “outsourced” his life to India, including arguments with his wife and bedtime stories with his kids–and then he “lives it” well beyond reasonable extremes…

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