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Matt Damon Needs Your Love in "We Bought a Zoo"

By Robert Wilonsky
Dec 22, 2011

Six years off from feature filmmaking, Cameron Crowe returns with a film he did not write, but one he rewrote, based on the real-life story of Benjamin Mee, a Brit newspaper columnist who picked up from his idyllic new digs in the South of France and went off to rescue...
The Formulas Work in "Moneyball," Starring Brad Pitt and Philip Seymour Hoffman

By Robert Wilonsky
Sep 22, 2011

At the time of this writing, the Oakland Athletics sit at a distant third in the American League West, 18 games behind the Texas Rangers, managed by Ron Washington, once the first-base coach under A's wonderboy Billy Beane. The A's have not had a winning season since making the playoffs...
Too Many Sci-Fi References, Not Enough Kristen Wiig in "Paul"

By Robert Wilonsky
Mar 17, 2011

Paul, it should be noted up-front, is not the third installment in the so-called "Blood and Ice Cream Trilogy" featuring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, though there are indeed servings of both. Note the one key missing element: Edgar Wright, who directed and cowrote with Pegg both the 2004 zom-com...
"The Dilemma" Movie Review: Not a Comedy, not a Drama, and Definitely not Worth Seeing

By Robert Wilonsky
Jan 13, 2011

From Ron Howard, director of the better carmaker dramedy Gung Ho, The Dilemma is a myriad of subplots piled into the trunk of a lemon. Vince Vaughn is Ronny, co-owner of a boutique car-engine manufacturer. He’s the pitchman; the brains belong to Nick, played by Kevin James. Their intention—to build...
"Megamind 3D" Isn't Funny, Isn't Surprising, and Can't Hold at Least one kid's Attention

By Robert Wilonsky
Nov 4, 2010

On matters animated and three-dimensional, I take my cue from the 7-year-old sitting at my right, who got megafidgety about ten minutes into Megamind, a 3-D superhero story about the villain who — shockingly — turns into the good guy. ("Same story as Despicable Me," said the wee one.) To...

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