"The Curse of the Jade Scorpion" is light, clever, workmanlike Woody, a whimsical and affectionate ode to old movies and vintage music that features some of the best and the worst of Allen's ...

is an ace insurance investigator, a rumpled, fedora-wearing gumshoe who would look as if he had stepped out of a 1940s There was a time when the mere thought of Allen playing such a character would be ...