May 8 2009 'Whatever Works' Trailer (This Isn't What Works)

Woody Allen and Larry David, over the years, the two of you have thoroughly entertained me while making me more comfortable about being a neurotic, misanthropic freak than I should be, and for that I am grateful. But this collaboration of yours, Whatever Works. I don't know about this. I really want to like it, but I also don't particularly want to to see a comedy full of obvious shots at stupid, religious zealot Southerners paired with gay jokes from the Bruce Vilanch catalog, which appears to be what the two of you have made:

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Mar 25 2009 Larry David Will Be So Larry Davidy in 'Whatever Works'

Ropes of Silicon has posted 44 new production photos from Woody Allen's Whatever Works, meaning it's time to play the smash party game Which is Most Larry Davidy? It's simple: you look at 44 photos of the Evan Rachel Wood/Larry David comedy and determine (answers must be in number form) which is most Larry Davidy.

I think the above photo, 32, with its gesticulation and askew mouth, might be most Larry Davidy, but I'd be willing to hear arguments that 3 (plain clothes, disgusted face), 21 (lifting-massive-ball pose), or 23 (rigid, emphatic, hands up gesture) are more Larry Davidy.

Have fun playing, and be safe.

Feb 19 2009 'Battle for Terra' Teaches Kids Humans Are Jerks

Every generation needs their own animated, ham-fisted, humans-as-enemies morality tale. My generation had Fern Gully, a response to deforestation concerns told through ferries fairies and an obnoxious bat. This generation will have Battle for Terra, giving today's youth the clear message that humans should not commit genocide in the name of colonization, even if the native inhabitants of those lands do look like creepy stillborns just begging to be killed. Here's the trailer:

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Nov 26 2008 'Whatever Works' Shots Make Chess Uncomfortably Neurotic

Voir.ca has the first production photos to emerge from the supernova of neuroses that is Whatever Works, Woody Allen's latest that stars Larry David and Evan Rachel Wood. Is anyone else excited about the natural pairing of Allen and David? I'm really looking forward to this, despite knowing I'll be humming the Curb Your Enthusiasm theme as a Pavlovian response to every scene change.

Two more under the cut.

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Apr 23 2008 Evan Rachel Wood and L.D. on Set of Typical Woody Allen Film

Here's a shot from Woody Allen's latest, still-untitled lasagna of neuroses that was shooting in the Lower East Side Tuesday. The film appears to feature Allen's typical pretty young girl-meets-old neurotic Jewish guy dynamic, this time starring Evan Rachel Wood as pretty girl and Larry David as old guy. I'm pretty sure L.D. can't really act (outside of his brilliant appearance on Hannah Montana, of course), and Woody is obviously writing himself again, so we'll likely be seeing Larry David playing himself playing Woody Allen as written by himself. Needless to say, I'm pretty excited.

Evan Rachel Wood Dating Larry David? [Just Jared]