'Rome' accentuates the ancient  The comic devices in ‘To Rome
With Love’ are well worn but aging gracefully, even if Woody
Allen is not  From left: Alessandro Tiberi, Roberto Della Casa
and Penélope Cruz in “To Rome With Love.” Philippe Antonello •
Sony Pictures Classics  “To Rome With Love”  Rating: R  When:
Opens today  Where: Landmark Hillcrest and La Jolla Village
Running time: 1 hour, 52 minutes   To get the most out of Woody
Allen’s latest film, “To Rome With Love,” try a little time
travel — back to May 2011, just before “Midnight in Paris” was
released to the warmest critical reception the writer-director
has seen in decades, and the biggest box office of his career.
With that picture wiped from existence, the fourth stop on
Allen’s grand tour of Europe might feel like yet another
forgettable, but not unpleasant entry on Allen’s lengthy
filmography, instead of a letdown.  As the traffic cop tells us
from the middle of a frenzied intersection, Rome is a city with
countless stories. Allen settles on fo