The Village Voice, July 26th, 2006
London Fog
Woody Allen's second straight English excursion is a failed return to comedy
Scoop
Written and directed by Woody Allen
Focus, opens July 28
For 35 years, Woody Alien was a long shot to stray into the Bronx or Staten Island-much less the alien reaches of London, England. The creator of Manhattan has always been joined to his chosen borough like pastrami on rye-so when he ventured abroad last year to direct the intriguing morality tale Match Point, moviegoers were taken aback. George Bush doesn't join the Taliban; Woody Allen doesn't cross the East River.
Allen should have concl...
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