A new Woody Allen film can be a scary thing. In the 70's he was directing back-to-back classics, but three decades later he is far less bankable. Of course this isn't to say his most recent work is bad, 'Match Point' had it's moments and I've not seen 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona' but word of mouth is good. If anything I admire the fact he's found the sexiest star of the decade, Scarlett Johansson, and keeps giving her roles she can be sexy and promiscuous in. If you don't at least sympathise with old men like Woody going after hot young females, you probably don't like any of his films full stop. Well I do like Woody Allen, and as the above picture indicates; he's in familiar territory with 'Whatever Works'. (Woody knows all about familiar territory.) (That was a dig by the way.) More-so he's teamed up for the first time with Larry David (of the impossibly popular 'Curb Your Enthusiasm'), a pairing of star and director which could be fantastic. Throw in Evan Rachel Wood as Larry David's wife and the creepy/funny, old-man/young-woman, Woody-Allen-eternal-fantasy circle is complete. I just wish Allen would return to the front of the camera once more before his inevitable demise, but as long as he casts his films so well I really struggle to complain.
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