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2001 Stories by Robert Wilonsky

• Sly Foxx

  published December 27, 2001

  When he first auditioned for Any Given Sunday director Oliver Stone to play quarterback Willie Beamen, an embittered bench-warmer prone to... More >>

• Talkin' Tolkien

  published December 20, 2001

  David Salo's colleagues and classmates at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have absolutely no idea how he spends his free time. It's not that... More >>

• Dark Victory

  published December 13, 2001

  It is December 5, the day AOL Time Warner-owned DC Comics has been anxiously awaiting for almost 15 years--the day writer-illustrator Frank Miller... More >>

• Eyes Half Open

  published December 13, 2001

  Beneath the hazy, mystifying layers of Vanilla Sky lies a remarkable Tom Cruise performance -- one that, to a large extent, takes... More >>

• American Why

  published December 13, 2001

  It took five men to concoct the hackneyed plot and conceive the brainless jokes that constitute Not Another Teen Movie, meaning... More >>

• Hunger Strike

  published December 6, 2001

  "Mr. Human Rights," they once called him, and though his was never the most famous name on the bill--that was Bono or Bruce Springsteen, Sting or... More >>

• Flaming Wreck

  published November 29, 2001

  Although Behind Enemy Lines, a film set in Bosnia, was originally due for release next year, it already feels antiquated. That... More >>

• War on War Books

  published November 22, 2001

  Only a couple of months ago, it looked as though Donald Miller had a publishing home run on his hands--a thoughtful, exhilarating, inclusive book... More >>

• Hell of a Long Day

  published November 1, 2001

  There cannot be man, woman, child or beast alive who does not know that on November 6, Fox will debut its new series 24. Long before the... More >>

• Emmy or Not to Emmy?

  published October 25, 2001

  On November 4, some 1,800 television personalities--actors, writers, producers, show-runners, network executives--will, finally, parade into a Los... More >>

• Reel War

  published October 18, 2001

  Two weeks ago, it would have been possible to use the name of the man interviewed below; indeed, it would have been expected, as he is no mere... More >>

• Arabian Knight

  published October 11, 2001

  On October 3, there appeared in The New York Times an article about how movie studios are struggling to find new villains in a... More >>

• Hairy Situation

  published October 11, 2001

  Plot aside -- way aside, as it's almost a non-issue in a film that telegraphs its final scenes during its opening moments --... More >>

• The Brave & the Bold

  published October 4, 2001

  Before he was editor in chief at Marvel Comics--which, by all rights, makes him the man who tells Spider-Man what he can do with himself and the... More >>

• Law & Disorder

  published September 27, 2001

  Rene Balcer, like you and everyone you know, can't stop talking about what we now refer to simply as The Attack. We may resume our lives, fall... More >>

• Stand by Them

  published September 27, 2001

  The cynic may notice only how Hearts in Atlantis plays like a Stephen King best-of compilation, a reheating of familiar stories and... More >>

• Culture Shock

  published September 20, 2001

  On September 13, at 11:30 a.m., Bryce Zabel was to have met with USA Network executives about a miniseries he was pitching to the cable outlet.... More >>

• Feel His Pain

  published September 13, 2001

  The cold-bloodedness of some entertainment journalists is a thing to be admired; they've balls for brains, which gets you far in this profession.... More >>

• Metal Meltdown

  published September 6, 2001

  A year after Cameron Crowe climbed back aboard the tour bus for one last spin through rock's golden days of giddy hedonism and phony heroism comes... More >>

• Back to School

  published August 30, 2001

  Judd Apatow tries not to think of what became of Sam and Lindsay Weir, Neal Schweiber, Bill Haverchuck, Daniel Desario, Nick Andopolis and the... More >>

• End of the Road

  published August 23, 2001

  Far too often, those who work in the music industry are so concerned with making a living they often forget they're capable, at their best, of... More >>

• Dust to Dust

  published August 9, 2001

  Ten years ago, Robert Harris picked up the phone to find on the other end a relative stranger bearing extraordinary news. This man was at a film... More >>

• Deep Bloat

  published August 9, 2001

  During this cinematic Summer of Dumb, it would be all too easy to celebrate half-assed cleverness as a virtue, especially when proffered by Bobby... More >>

• Money Men

  published August 2, 2001

  There is only one reason Jon Favreau's new film is called Made. Not too long ago, his old... More >>

• Flush Hour

  published August 2, 2001

  The most telling scene in Rush Hour 2 comes during the closing-credits montage of outtakes that has become the most enjoyable part... More >>