Woody's At Work

In the Friday Double Feature we choose one trailer from a film opening a ways off and one opening this weekend, and provide a brief look at both.

This week TrailerTaste is spanning the spectrum of comedy with the new Woody Allen pic Whatever Work, and first timer Ruben Fleisher's Zombieland.

The trailer for Whatever Works is exactly what I expected right down to disliking Larry David as the stand in Allen character. What I didn't expect, is that by the end of the trailer I wouldn't mind. David seems to blend into the Allen pastiche in a way I didn't think he would. The supporting characters look as lively and intolerable as always. Patricia Clarkson reprises her role as an Allen lady and continues to make a case for second place. Evan Rachel Wood is the new Allen girl, and the subtle differences between her and Scarlett Johansson, like having talent, should add a little flavor to his recently bland versions of the Diane Keaton Memorial character.

A monologue and some laughs are all you need in a Woody Allen trailer and Whatever Works delivers both.



Second up we have the unexpected, Zombieland. Not due out until October, this running-zombie comedy stars Woody Harrelson, Abigail Breslin, and Jesse Eisenberg, who's only allowed in studio movies ending with 'land'. Harrelson steals the trailer, obviously, and he seems to be in Kingpin form. "Zombie kill of the week" might just be the most quotable line I've heard in a long time, and a surefire entry into the Zombie cannon. Other than that there isn't much to say, its Zombies, it's Woody at his best, and to top it all off, reports of a Bill Murray cameo... as a Zombie. It's been 5 years since Shaun of the Dead, as far as I'm concerned the Zombie apocolypse can't come soon enough. Just thank God there's no more room in hell.



**note** Zombieland looks so good we hope to get a Zombie expert to put together a more complete take on it as October nears.