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2007 Stories by Robert Wilonsky

• Moolah for Mullahs

  published December 20, 2007

  Hell of a thing, getting Mike Nichols to adapt the yer-kiddin'-me story of Charlie Wilson, the congressman from Lufkin, Texas, who damn... More >>

• What a Toad

  published November 29, 2007

  Hard to believe that it's been 20 years since the release of The Princess Bride, if only because it hasn't aged a day — the mark... More >>

• The Kids Were Alright

  published November 8, 2007

  Sesame Street: Old School Volume 2 (Genius) On the heels of the Electric Company boxed sets, which were at once educational and... More >>

• The Force Is Strong With This One

  published November 1, 2007

  The man who gave us Young Darth returns with a Young Indy boxed set. Rick McCallum had nothing to do with the original Star Wars. He... More >>

• Dan in Reel Life

  published October 25, 2007

  Dan in Real Life has this much going for it: It is not the worst Steve Carell film of 2007. That honor, of course, goes to... More >>

• The Fix Is In

  published October 11, 2007

  It will no doubt be said time and again of Michael Clayton: best John Grisham adaptation ever. Only, of course, it did not... More >>

• The Thrill of the Hunt

  published September 13, 2007

  Until 2005, Richard Shepard's was a lamentable direct-to-prop-plane filmography populated with such forgettable titles as Cool Blue,... More >>

• Sources Say, Who Cares?

  published August 23, 2007

  Resurrecting the Champ is a great movie about journalism — maybe the best there ever was — because Resurrecting the Champ... More >>

• Dream Cleaver

  published August 9, 2007

  Stardust is less an adaptation of Neil Gaiman's 1999 novel than of its dust-jacket synopsis. That will come as... More >>

• Light Dining

  published July 26, 2007

  Sadly, No Reservations is not the big-screen adaptation of Anthony Bourdain's snack-gulping, risk-taking Travel Channel show;... More >>

• The Parent Trap

  published July 19, 2007

  George Ratliff's Joshua debuted at the Sundance Film Festival to raves from a particular breed of audience member: parents.... More >>

• Back in the Fight

  published June 28, 2007

  It takes Bruce Willis awhile to get warmed up. He's always just a bit below room temperature — a cool brother, dig, dating back to his... More >>

• Evan Can Wait

  published June 21, 2007

  Evan Almighty, the follow-up to Bruce Almighty, is the work of an angry God. At 89 minutes that last a lifetime, it´s a... More >>

• Heartbreak Hotel

  published June 21, 2007

  Mike Enslin, the travel writer played by John Cusack in 1408, could use a better travel agent. Every hotel room in which he finds himself... More >>

• Busker Love

  published June 14, 2007

  Once, written and directed by John Carney, is a deceptively simple movie -- a narrative strung together by pop songs but without the sheen... More >>

• Brooks Bothers

  published May 31, 2007

  Directed by Bruce Evans. Written by Bruce Evans and Raynold Gideon. Starring Kevin Costner, Demi Moore, William Hurt, and Dane Cook. Rated R. More >>

• It's a... Hit!

  published May 31, 2007

  Written and directed by Judd Apatow. Starring Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl, Paul Rudd, and Leslie Mann. Rated R. More >>

• Spider Bites

  published May 3, 2007

  What is it with the third installments in superhero film franchises? For whatever reason — and, oh, let's just call it the lack of fresh... More >>

• Peeping Bomb

  published April 12, 2007

  Writers Christopher Landon and Carl Ellsworth receive sole credit for the movie Disturbia, which is surprising, as the film clearly is... More >>

• Little Box, Big Screen

  published April 12, 2007

  Frylock, Meatwad, and Master Shake — the three Stooges inhabiting Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters —... More >>

• Oh, the Humanity of a Heist

  published March 29, 2007

  At various times over the past decade, David Fincher, Sam Mendes, and Michael Mann were attached to direct Scott Frank's screenplay for The... More >>

• Like Pigs to Slaughter

  published March 8, 2007

  Wild Hogs — in which John Travolta, William H. Macy, Tim Allen, and Martin Lawrence play emasculated suburbanites taking a... More >>

• Low Note

  published February 15, 2007

  You remember Andrew Ridgeley, don't you? He was the other guy in Wham!, the one who found himself stranded in 1986, after George Michael had faith... More >>

• Spy Versus Spy

  published February 15, 2007

  In December 2002, ABC's 20/20 ran a story on Eric O'Neill, an undercover surveillance specialist for the Federal Bureau of Investigation.... More >>

• The Beatles

  published January 18, 2007

  A year ago, Paul McCartney opened the vaults to the Freelance Hellraiser, who smashed the back catalog all to, well, hell by mashing up... More >>