The Film Yap

“Man of the Year” — where Robin Williams is to topical comedy as Lawrence Welk is to smoking jazz — continues Nick Rogers’ look at the worst films of 2000-2009.

When it comes to depictions of male sex symbols, Hollywood always turns to the dark side.

Oscar nominated “Up in the Air” and “Precious” join “Old Dogs,” “Planet 51″ and “Capitalism: A Love Story” all on DVD this week.

The sequel to “Night at the Museum” piles on the computer-assisted goofiness, a movie with little heart and fewer brains.

On this week’s show, Chris and Joe rap on Robin Williams, Jim Carrey and Eddie Murphy for being good comedians who often make bad movies.

A comedy so by-the-numbers you’d have a harder time predicting what happens watching 90 minutes of Robin Williams doing dot-to-dot puzzles.

Moffett took some time to chat with the Yap about his film “Shrink,” making it in Hollywood without living there, and on securing the big names for his film.

“Shrink” is the rare ensemble film that works on nearly every level, with Kevin Spacey as a psychiatrist to an array of stars and wannabes.

The idea of Robin Williams and Bobcat Goldthwait teaming up opens the door to both great expectation and great disappointment. In this case, the latter.