8/5/2023 0 Comments Scoop 2006![]() WOODY ALLEN plays an old school stage magician who hesitantly joins Sondra on her quest and then gets wrapped up in his roll playing her father.She drinks some and reportedly was drunk for that casual sexual encounter. But she ends up falling for and sleeping with him (after having a one-night stand with another man) in the process. She thinks she's found it when Joe's ghost gives her the scoop about Peter, so she makes up an alias, infiltrates his life, and tries to find out if he's a serial killer. SCARLETT JOHANSSON plays an American college student in London looking for her big break in journalism.WHY THE MPAA RATED IT: PG-13 For some sexual content. WILL KIDS WANT TO SEE IT? Unless they're fans of someone in the cast or filmmaker Woody Allen, it doesn't seem too likely. From that point on, and as Sondra starts to fall under Peter's charming spell, she and Sid continue on their quest, unsure of what they might find and how they'll prove it if they do. Needing a way to get into his circle, Sondra feigns a drowning episode so that he'll save her, and then concocts an alias that includes Sid being her rich businessman father. However, when Joe's spirit shows up again, they're convinced and thus set out - with no evidence and little to go on - to figure out if Peter really is the serial killer. She doesn't believe it at first, and neither does Sid when she comes back the next day to follow up. Unable to stay on Earth for long, he gives his scoop to Sondra. Joe's hunch is that he's really the Tarot Card Killer who's been preying on local prostitutes. ![]() It seems that down on the River Styx, he met a woman who believes she was poisoned by her boss, Peter Lyman (HUGH JACKMAN), a rich and dashingly handsome aristocrat. Randomly selected by him to perform in a trick, she's shocked when she encounters the spirit of recently deceased reporter Joe Strombel (IAN McSHANE) in the magic box. When her pursuit of a famous director results in a roll in the hay but no interview, she takes a break by attending the stage act of old-school magician Splendini, a.k.a. PLOT: Sondra Pransky (SCARLETT JOHANSSON) is an American college student in London trying to get her first big break in journalism. QUICK TAKE: Comedy: Working on a tip from a deceased reporter and with the aide of an old-school stage magician, a college journalism student tries to figure out whether a handsome aristocrat is really a serial killer. ![]() (2006) (Scarlett Johansson, Woody Allen) (PG-13)
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