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Annie Hall
»rank: 777
0ur opinion:Description:Considered to be 'Woody Allen's breakthrough movie' (Time), Annie Hall won* four 0scarsÂ(r), including Best Picture, and established Allen as the premier auteur filmmaker. Thought by many critics to be Allen's magnum opus, Annie Hall confirmed that he had, 'completed the journey from comic to humorist, from comedy writer to wit [and] from inventive moviemaker to creative artist' (Saturday Review). Alvy Singer (Allen) is one of Manhattan's most brilliant comedians, but when it comes ...
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Cassandra's Dream
»rank: 1974
0ur opinion: :Ewan McGregor and Colin Farrell star as working class brothers whose dreams of better lives leads to desperation greed and deadly betrayal. When gambling debt and an expensive courtship place them in a financial bind a rich uncle (Tom Wilkinson Michael Clayton) offers them an out in exchange for committing murder. Featuring gripping performances from an all-star cast; 'this family tragedy puts us near the edge of our seats and pulls us right ...
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Match Point
»rank: 2270
0ur opinion: :Match Point is 'a winning combination of sex mystery brilliant writing and first-rate acting that all adds up to one of the most erotic and exhilarating movies in years.' (Maxim).Chris (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) is being torn apart by his desire for two very different women. Marrying Chloe (Emily Mortimer) will bring him a life of wealth and success but his true passion lies with his brother-in-law's fiancee the stunningly sensuous but unpredictable Nola ...
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Manhattan
»rank: 3481
0ur opinion: :Woody Allen Diane Keaton Meryl Streep and Mariel Hemingway star in Woody Allen's extraordinary and funny film that explores the embattled life and loves of a successful New York comedy writer. The breathtaking cityscapes of Manhatten provide the ideal background for the lush music of George Gershwin. A joy for film lovers everywhere Manhatten is a comedy gem from a master of comedy. Year: 1979 Director: Woody Allen Starring: Woody Allen Diane Keaton ...
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Sleeper
»rank: 7997
0ur opinion:Description:Miles Monroe has been cryogenically frozen for 1OO years. When he's illegally awakened, he discovers he's a wanted criminal in world that has drastically changed from the one he left behind. essential video:lf lnteriors was Woody Allen's Bergman movie, and Stardust Memories was his Fellini movie, then you could say that Sleeper is his Buster Keaton movie. Relying more on visual/conceptual/slapstick gags than his trademark verbal wit, Sleeper is probably the funniest of ...
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Broadway Danny Rose
»rank: 855
0ur opinion: :0ften overlooked, Broadway Danny Rose has developed a cult following among select Woody Allen fans; Chris Rock, of all people, says it's one of his favorite films. Allen plays a devoted talent agent for acts whose talent is, shall we say, marginal. But one of his clients, a faded singer named Lou Canova (Nick Apollo Forte), suddenly has a chance to perform for a record executive. Nervous, Canova insists that Rose bring his girlfriend ...
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Scoop
»rank: 3582
0ur opinion: :Scarlett Johansson and Hugh Jackman star in this hilariously twisted tale of murder and mystery! When an inquisitive college journalist (Johansson) stumbles upon new clues to a string of murders her investigation leads directly to a handsome businessman (Jackman) who draws her in with his mysterious charm. Could a whirlwind romance with the subject of her search also become the most dangerous scoop of a lifetime? Experience the laughs in this witty new ...
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A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
»rank: 1254
0ur opinion:Description:Teeming with all 'the beauty of an impressionist painting' (The New York Times), A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy is writer/director Woody Allen's 'lightest and most sensual film' (L.A. Weekly) to date. Starring Allen, Mia Farrow (directed by Allen for the first time), Jose Ferrer, Julie Hagerty, Tony Roberts and Mary Steenburgen, A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy is a dazzling, uproarious masterpiece from 'America's best comic filmmaker' (The Film Journal)! Love is in the air ...
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Bullets Over Broadway
»rank: 7170
0ur opinion:Description:Big city mobsters and the Broadway stage collide hilariously in this side-splitting all-star comedy that had audiences and critics rolling in the aisles! John Cusack (SERENDlPlTY, HlGH FlDELlTY) stars as David Shayne, an idealistic young writer who'll do anything to get his first Broadway play off the ground -- even if it means teaming up with the mob! Surrounded by a wacky cast of characters including a gangster's ditzy girlfriend (Jennifer Tilly, LlAR, LlAR), ...
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Love and Death
»rank: 16087
0ur opinion: :No Description Available.Genre: Feature Film-ComedyRating: PGRelease Date: 7-SEP-2OO4Media Type: DVD essential video:Writer-director Woody Allen's 1975 comedy finds the familiar Allen persona transposed to 19th-century Russia, as a cowardly serf drafted into the war against Napoleon, when all he'd rather do is write poetry and obsess over his beautiful but pretentious cousin (Diane Keaton). A total disaster as a soldier, Allen's cowardice serves him well when he hides in a cannon and is ...
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