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18 hrs ago | Guardian Unlimited

'I need to say something'

Her father was Arthur Miller. Her husband is Daniel Day-Lewis. And her brother was a secret hidden from the world.

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Related Topix: Daniel Day-Lewis, Arthur Miller, Vocal, World News, Germany, Pop/Rock

23 hrs ago | Austin Texas News - KEYE 42 News

Boris Yellnikoff (Larry David) tries to give a runaway some life pointers.

Sometimes a film comes along that its sole purpose is just to make you laugh. Well, Woody Allen directs Whatever Works set in New York and this film does just that.

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Related Topix: Whatever Works, Larry David, Pop/Rock, Entertainment

Yesterday | The Seattle Times

Movie review | Woody Allen's "Whatever Works" occasionally works

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Related Topix: Whatever Works, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Manhattan, Comedy Movies, Drama Movies, Adventure, Pop/Rock, Publishing, Media, Movies, Entertainment

Fri Jul 03, 2009

UnionLeader.com

News flash: Sun expected to appear again

"Everything our parents said was good is bad -- sun, milk, red meat, college," Woody Allen's character in "Annie Hall" famously quipped.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Weather, Goffstown, NH, Lyndeborough, NH

Arkansas Online

REVIEW: Whatever Works

A young chess player proves an unworthy opponent to Boris , the latest Woody Allen surrogate in Whatever Works.

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Thu Jul 02, 2009

Metro Santa Cruz

Doctor Manhattan

T HE LOVE of the last word is the province of comedians; when you put someone down you want them to stay down.

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Related Topix: Whatever Works, Hannah and Her Sisters, Comedy Movies, Drama Movies, Pop/Rock, Larry David, Max von Sydow

Wed Jul 01, 2009

BuddyTV

Woody Allen Praises 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' Star for Latest Film

Two weeks after the limited release of comedy Whatever Works , writer-director Woody Allen credits its star, Curb Your Enthusiasm creator and star Larry David for the believability of the film's central character.

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DVD Verdict

What's Up, Tiger Lily?

Our review of What's Up, Tiger Lily? , published November 4th, 2003, is also available.

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Mon Jun 29, 2009

KFSH-FM Glendale

As a Positive Faith Film, "Whatever Works" Doesn't

Release Date: June 26, 2009 Rating: PG-13 Genre: Comedy Run Time: 92 min. Director: Woody Allen Actors: Larry David, Evan Rachel Wood, Patricia Clarkson, Ed Begley Jr., Michael McKean, Conleth Hill Whatever Works , the title of writer/director Woody Allen's latest comedy, sums up the philosophy of the film's main character, Boris Yellnikoff, and of ...

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Related Topix: Whatever Works, Pop/Rock, Mia Farrow

Sun Jun 28, 2009

Winston-Salem Journal

'Golden throat' of radio soaps, quiz shows dies

Ken Roberts, 99, an announcer whose urbane baritone introduced the long-running TV soap operas Love of Life and The Secret Storm , and who memorably parodied his dramatic delivery on the 1970s children's show The Electric Company , died June 19 at New York Presbyterian Hospital.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Radio Days, Comedy Movies, Children TV, Entertainment, The Electric Company, Television, Ken Roberts, Pop/Rock

Sat Jun 27, 2009

Ain't It Cool News

Capone's Art-House Round-Up with Woody's Whatever Works, Frears'...

Hey, everyone. Capone in Chicago here, with my review of a collection of films that will hopefully be making their way to you very soon in select venues that play the non-blockbusters. Enjoy... WHATEVER WORKS The story goes that more than 30 years ago, Woody Allen wrote the script that became WHATEVER WORKS for Zero Mostel to star in.

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Fri Jun 26, 2009

The Boston Globe

a Whatever Worksa gets caught up in caricature development

Jessica Miglio/Sony Pictures ClassicsLarry David plays a cynical genius in "Whatever Works,'' based on a script Woody Allen wrote for Zero Mostel three decades ago.

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WFIA-AM Louisville

Faithful Christian Witness Not Part of "Whatever Works"

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Related Topix: Whatever Works, Pop/Rock, Movies, Entertainment

Thu Jun 25, 2009

Philly.com

Woody, Larry: It works fine

Larry David is Boris Yellnikoff, physicist/chess tutor; Evan Rachel Wood is Melodie St.

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Related Topix: Whatever Works, Comedy, Soap Opera, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Entertainment, Television, Larry David, Pop/Rock, Manhattan, NY, New York, NY, Lower East Side (New York, NY), Movies

The Japan Times

Vicky Cristina BarcelonaOf course, nothing to do with Woody

Director Woody Allen was interviewed on the radio program Fresh Air the other day, and repeatedly insisted that, whatever his fans may think, the characters in his films bear no resemblance whatsoever to the real him.

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Related Topix: Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Whatever Works, Drama Movies, Match Point, Thriller, Pop/Rock

Wed Jun 24, 2009

SD Reader Staff Writers

Discrepancies Aside

The news, or at any rate the publicity, that Woody Allen had originally written Whatever Works for Zero Mostel and had only lately pulled the script out of a drawer and plugged in Larry David instead, might have given rise, among a few old-liners, to hopes of a return to the "funny Woody Allen," pre- Interiors, pre- Manhattan, pre- Stardust ...

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Related Topix: Whatever Works, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Broadway Danny Rose, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Stardust Memories, Pop/Rock, Larry David, Movies, Entertainment

Tue Jun 23, 2009

The Providence Phoenix

Review: Whatever Works

Those endearing little quirks degenerate into insufferable pathologies, the funny stories become less funny with repetition, and in general the same old self-depreciating ironies and obsessive-compulsive hedges against mortality stop working.

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Related Topix: Whatever Works, Larry David, Pop/Rock, Sex Scandal, Movies, Entertainment

Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch

NPRa s Terry Gross: Jedi Master?

Dona t let the coy, gentle voice fool you. Terry Gross , whoa s been interviewing folks on the radio since 1973, is a bulldog.

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Related Topix: Whatever Works, Pop/Rock

Mon Jun 22, 2009

Catholic.net

Match Point, Little Manhattan, the Patriot

CONTENT ADVISORY: Match Point : Much sexual immorality ; practical discussion of abortion; profanity and crass language; non-explicit murderous violence.

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Related Topix: Thriller, Drama Movies, Match Point, Comedy Movies, Little Manhattan, Family, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Pop/Rock, Martin Landau, Chesterton, IN

Sun Jun 21, 2009

IndieLondon

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Vicky Cristina Barcelona is a lot better than any of those previous efforts, but it still falls some way short of being really good contrary to what a lot of critics are saying.

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Related Topix: Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Drama Movies, Match Point, Thriller, Pop/Rock, Frost/Nixon, Scarlett Johansson

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