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Meshugamorphosis
Woody Allen and Larry David meld into one superneurotic in “Whatever Works.”
by Wayne Melton
Larry David seems so perfect for a lead role in a Woody Allen movie, mostly because the character for which he’s best known, himself, seems like a character Woody Allen could have created. The curious thing is that the Larry David version and the Woody Allen version are easier to tell apart now that the two have fused into one ranting psychotic for Allen’s new comedy, “Whatever Works.” Read the rest of this entry »
Space Inveighers
“Battle for Terra” has small lessons to impart to kids and galactic-sized absurdities for adults.
by Wayne Melton
For children, at least until they reach a certain age, plausibility might be a secondary concern for a film. But for the rest of us, sitting through a movie like “Battle for Terra” (perhaps for the sake of a son, daughter or weird date) raises a few questions: Why, for example, do the large-eyed creatures in the movie, who live in gourd-shaped condos in the sky, use H.G. Wells-inspired flying contraptions even though they can fly on their own? Do they eat those flying whalelike creatures with which they share the sky? And how did the robot sidekick end up looking almost exactly like Wall-E without anyone getting sued? Read the rest of this entry »
