I can't seem to get my cron working. Any tips?

Running 1.91.6 locally on a Mac.

cron/crontab:
#run every 2 minutes
*/2 * * * * root *cron/release_pending_items.py

controllers/cron.py:
def release_pending_items():
    items = db(db.item.status=='pending').select()
    for item in items:
        item.update_record(status='active')
        purchase = db(db.purchase.item==item.id).select().first()
        purchase.update_record(status='abandoned')
        db.commit()

Works fine when I call it in the browser:
http://127.0.0.1:8000/myapp/cron/release_pending_items

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