Email Author Robert Wilonsky

2006 Stories by Robert Wilonsky

• 2006: The Year in Movies

  published December 27, 2006

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• Juices Flowing

  published December 27, 2006

  Jackass Number Two: Unrated (Paramount) The sequel to the dumb-ass jamboree makes its predecessor look plain and... More >>

• Like Herding Sheep

  published December 20, 2006

  Like Herding Sheep It took Norman Mailer seven years and 1,282 pages to write 1991's Harlot's Ghost: A Novel of the CIA, and if memory... More >>

• Rich Man, Poor Man

  published December 13, 2006

  About Will Smith's estimable talents, there is no doubt. Six Degrees of Separation, Ali...um...the "Parents Just Don't Understand"... More >>

• Farce of a Champion

  published December 13, 2006

  Talladega Nights (Columbia) This cut of Will Ferrell's NASCAR comedy runs 13 minutes longer than the theatrical version,... More >>

• A Masterpiece on Canvas

  published December 6, 2006

  Rocky: 2-Disc Collector's Edition (MGM) An old TV commercial for Rocky included here compares Sylvester Stallone... More >>

• Extra! Read All About It

  published November 29, 2006

  Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (Warner Bros.) At long last, Richard Donner's much-whispered-about "original... More >>

• Bad News With Al

  published November 22, 2006

  An Inconvenient Truth (Paramount) This isn't exactly the kind of DVD you buy to watch again and again; the ending... More >>

• Royale Flush

  published November 15, 2006

  By all rights, 2002's Die Another Day should have been and could have been the final James Bond film. It was packaged like a cynical, weary... More >>

• When the Stars Came Out

  published November 15, 2006

  Forbidden Planet (Warner Bros.) Long available as faded discount product, Fred McLeod Wilcox's 1956 masterpiece -- the... More >>

• Burning the Yule Log

  published November 8, 2006

  The Junky's Christmas (Koch) They just aren't cranking out claymation Christmas specials like they used to, which makes this a... More >>

• Impossibly Passable

  published November 1, 2006

  Mission: Impossible III: Special Edition (Paramount) On the commentary track, director J.J. Abrams and star Tom Cruise sound... More >>

• History Lessons

  published October 25, 2006

  There's a scene about halfway through Catch a Fire during which freedom fighters — men and woman, each boasting such nicknames as... More >>

• These Dogs Still Hunt

  published October 25, 2006

  Reservoir Dogs: 15th Anniversary (Lions Gate) Quentin Tarantino's first film shows its age these days, mostly because we've... More >>

• Took a Shot

  published October 18, 2006

  American Dreamz (Universal) Till this, Paul Weitz had a stellar filmography, a career in ascension: American Pie... More >>

• Voter Fraud

  published October 11, 2006

  Barry Levinson hasn't made a movie of note in almost a decade — since 1997's Wag the Dog, to be precise, and even that was less a work... More >>

• Future Imperfect

  published October 11, 2006

  The animated feature has become the most tiresome dish available in the googolplex buffet line — more so than even the mopey art-house... More >>

• Repeat Offender

  published October 11, 2006

  There is no way of sidestepping the issue, so why not jump right into it: Infamous, this year's retelling of how Truman Capote wound... More >>

• Poetry and Puncture Wounds

  published September 20, 2006

  The Proposition (First Look) There's an old saying about Ginger Rogers, who did everything Fred Astaire did -- but backwards... More >>

• Turning Tricks

  published September 13, 2006

  I Am a Sex Addict (IFC) Caveh Zahedi has made a movie of our times -- a strange mix of self-absorption, shamelessness in... More >>

• Necessary Evil

  published September 6, 2006

  United 93 (Universal) A suggestion to those who've put off watching the year's most wrenching and essential film: Before... More >>

• The Short Goodbye

  published August 30, 2006

  Arrested Development: Season Three (Fox) The final collection of Arrested Development discs feels sadly incomplete: only... More >>

• Get a Clue

  published August 23, 2006

  Veronica Mars: The Complete Second Season (Warner Bros.) Any concept along the lines of "high school hottie solves... More >>

• Smells Like Victory

  published August 16, 2006

  Apocalypse Now: The Complete Dossier (Paramount) It's all here, more or less: the 1979 theatrical cut of Francis Ford... More >>

• One Day in September

  published August 9, 2006

  World Trade Center is about just that — the attacks on, and the collapse of, the twin towers on September 11, 2001. But 45 minutes... More >>