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Zoolander 2 ** (2016, Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Penélope Cruz, Will Ferrell, Kristen Wiig) – Movie Review

Yes it’s good to see Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson back on screen as Derek Zoolander and Hansel in the long-awaited sequel to the hilarious Zoolander (2001). It’s been 15 years since the original Zoolander and fashions change […]

Feb, 11

No Escape *** (2015, Owen Wilson, Lake Bell, Pierce Brosnan) – Movie Review

Co-writer/director John Erick Dowdle’s No Escape is an ultra-tense, exciting white-knuckle ride. Owen Wilson is great in a straight role as the distraught, demented dad determined not to die. Owen Wilson and Lake Bell star […]

Aug, 28

She’s Funny That Way *** (2014, Owen Wilson, Imogen Poots, Jennifer Aniston, Kathryn Hahn, Rhys Ifans, Will Forte) – Movie Review

Peter Bogdanovich’s 2014 screwball comedy She’s Funny That Way proved his last film before his death in January 2022. It stars Owen Wilson, Imogen Poots, Kathryn Hahn, Will Forte, Rhys Ifans, and Jennifer Aniston. The 74-year Peter Bogdanovich had not directed a […]

Jun, 25

Inherent Vice ** (2014, Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin, Owen Wilson, Reese Witherspoon) – Movie Review

Writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson adapts Thomas Pynchon’s novel with due conviction and gusto, turning it into a bizarre ‘groovy’ kidnapping romp peopled by unfathomably oddball characters. Oh well, it’s LA in the 70s, no need to fathom […]

Jan, 06

Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb ***½ (2014, Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, Owen Wilson, Dan Stevens, Rebel Wilson, Ricky Gervais) – Movie Review

The British Museum provides the obvious but essential backdrop to the fun as Ben Stiller’s amiable curator-guard Larry Daley and his New York museum gang come to London for the third and final episode. The British […]

Dec, 17

Behind Enemy Lines *** (2001, Owen Wilson, Gene Hackman, Gabriel Macht) – Classic Movie Review 1667

Director John Moore’s 2001 action thriller stars Owen Wilson as Lieutenant Chris Burnett, the navigator of a US reconnaissance plane shot down by Serbs over Bosnia. He becomes stranded in enemy territory and goes on […]

Sep, 13

Armageddon *** (1998, Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler) – Classic Movie Review 1098

In a plot very similar to the simultaneously made Deep Impact, oil-riggers Bruce Willis, Ben Affleck and co are recruited to head for space to drill a hole and place a bomb to explode a […]

Apr, 15

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