Owen Wilson and Rachel McAdams in Midnight in Paris.By Hap ErsteinNeil Simon, in his heyday, used to churn out a Broadway play every season, whether he really had a worthy idea for a play or not.The same could be said of Woody Allen over the past decade -- from 2000’s Small Time Crooks to last year’s You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger -- he has written … [Read more...]
Film review: ‘Whatever Works’ slight, but at least it’s funny
Evan Rachel Wood and Larry David in Whatever Works.By Hap ErsteinYou would not need to know that Woody Allen first wrote the screenplay for his latest film, Whatever Works, more than 30 years ago to recognize it as a refreshing throwback.To say that the past decade or so have been artistically fallow for Allen, despite the arrival of at least one movie a year, would be an … [Read more...]