Even with the literal elephant off stage, a figurative elephant is still in the room: the ever-frustrating work of Woody Allen.
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Answer This!
Answer: “Answer This,” a harmless, but forgettable romantic comedy not worthy of the exclamation point in its title. Caterpillar-eyebrowed Christopher Gorham (TV’s “Covert Affairs”) plays Paul Tarson, a TA of a “Bible as Literature” college class, and son of the esteemed English professor Dr. Elliot Tarson (Ralph Williams, in his first feature). Living in his […]
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Shallow pals
And if you want your film to withstand the test of time, don’t be tempted to include of-the-moment pop-culture crazes like, say, a flash mob. “Friends with Benefits,” an otherwise springy rom-com, is saddled with two flash mob scenes, an unfortunate turn given how that phenomenon is already taking on the whiff of Macarena rot. […]
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The Sweet Life
Purported to be a rom-com for those who dislike rom-coms, the 2003 work is unfortunately as generic and unremarkable as its title. That’s too bad, because I was an insta-fan of James Lorinz since his inspired turn in Frank Henenlotter’s notorious “Frankenhooker” of 1990. Here, now with a Pooh belly he hides beneath flame-embossed bowling […]