“Downsizing” is a bit too big for its britches – a movie that wrestles with several provocative themes, then seemingly draws back from them to pursue more conventional ones. Director Alexander Payne ...

It’s hard to say what’s better about the first half of Alexander Payne’s wonderfully weird — or is it weirdly wonderful? — “Downsizing”: the audacity of its premise, or the delicious skill with which ...

There is no smarter director of wry and human comedy than Alexander Payne, whose filmography includes gems like Election, Nebraska, About Schmidt and Oscar-winning scripts like Sideways and The ...

Matt Damon may be a well-known, high-paid movie star, but he’s just a regular guy. He’s normal looking, he’s of average height (average height for an American male is 5-foot-10, Damon’s exact height).