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Woody predicts a ‘Tall Dark Stranger’ in our future

Woody Allen’s latest comedy-drama starring Josh Brolin, Antonio Banderas, Anthony Hopkins, Naomi Watts, Gemma Jones and Freida Pinto is going to be titled ‘You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger’

Watercooler: ‘Whatever’ works, ‘Bruno’ bores, Bay bombs

In this week’s Watercooler we finally catch up to Woody Allen’s latest plus we see if Bruno lives up to the hype and if Transformers is really as bad as they say.

Woody Allen and Larry David: The Schnook and the Bellower

Photo: Nigel Parry/CPI for New York Magazine
In the current issue of New York Magazine, Mark Harris puts Woody Allen’s latest film Whatever Works (June 18) into the context of the shifting landscape of so-called Jewish humor. He traces a line from Allen through Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David to current incarnations such as John Stewart [...]

Trailer: Whatever Works

The poster for Woody Allen’s Whatever Works underwhelmed and the trailer…well it looks like a pleasant diversion, but nothing more.

We’ll all have a chance to sit through a couple of hours of Ms. Wood’s accent beginning June 19.
For you streaming fans, TrailerAddict has it now after the jump. I’m segregating it because the home page [...]

Poster: Whatever Works

Vulture has the poster for Woody Allen’s Whatever Works:

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The comedy starring Larry David as a New Yorker who falls for a younger and much more Southern Evan Rachel Wood didn’t get a great response when it premiered at Tribeca and I don’t like the poster at all, but I’m [...]

Review: Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) ****

Javier Bardem and Scarlett Johansson in Vicky Cristina Barcelona 
Like a fleeting love affair in a beautiful foreign country, Woody Allen’s Vicky Cristina Barcelona is probably best appreciated for what it is rather than analyzed for what it means. It’s a bit of a trifle to be sure, but a supremely engaging and entertaining one. More [...]

Giulia y Los Tellarini – Barcelona

As I type away at my review of Woody Allen’s Vicky Cristina Barcelona, put yourself in the mood with this (poorly synced) live performance of Barcelona by Giulia y Los Tellarini. It’s the song that made up the bulk of the soundtrack for the film and it can be heard in the trailer.

The Watercooler: 8/18/08

It’s late so I’ll spare you the story of the drunk guy form Michigan at the Arclight bar who tried to share the secret of The Secret with me (“I’m not gay but you have amazing, mystical green eyes.”  Wah??!) and I’ll pass up the trailers to get right to the weekend’s movies.
LiC’s first rule [...]

Weekend Forecast: 8/15/08

Penelope Cruz is neither Vicky nor Cristina in Vicky Cristina Barcelona
You can almost feel summer winding down and the fall movie season arriving, can’t you? Here’s what’s on tap this weekend:

Vicky Cristina Barcelona. Woody Allen’s tale of two American women, the sensible one (Rebecca Hall) and the adventurous one (Scarlett Johansson), who travel to Barcelona [...]