The past, present, and future combine in a fantastical story of love, life, and death. A conquistador searches the Mayan jungle for the tree of life, a research doctor searches for a cure for his wife’s cancer, and a spaceman and his big tree speeding toward a faraway nebula.

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As a fan of Woody Allen’s older films who was really impressed by Match Point, I’m sad to say I really hated Scoop - despite featuring Scarlett Johansen and England, as did Match Point. Therefore, more blame is reserved for Allen.

Melinda and Melinda was two films in one: a comedy and a thriller, each starring the same actress (Radha Mitchell) where much of the fun was the cutting back and forth between the two. Match Point and Scoop could be seen as separate explorations of these two halves, both starring Scarlett Johansen.

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