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Posts Tagged "Woody Allen"

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Antz **** (1998, voices of Woody Allen, Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman) – Classic Movie Review 1557

Directors Eric Darnell and Tim Johnson find an ingenious way to find new work for old Woody Allen – as the cartoon voice of an ant! Allen voices neurotic ant Z-4195, a New York Central Park […]

Aug, 17

Fading Gigolo **** (2013, John Turturro, Woody Allen, Sharon Stone) – Movie Review

John Turturro and Woody Allen provide a perfect partnership as New York odd couple Fioravante and his friend Murray Swartz in a consistently funny comedy written and directed by Turturro. Murray’s family rare book business is […]

May, 21

Celebrity *** (1998, Kenneth Branagh, Judy Davis, Leonardo DiCaprio, Melanie Griffith, Joe Mantegna, Winona Ryder, Charlize Theron, Hank Azario, Famke Janssen) – Classic Movie Review 1037

Celebrity has to be counted a bit of an intriguing flop in 1998 from writer-director Woody Allen (who doesn’t appear, which is always bad news). Kenneth Branagh is miscast and struggling in what amounts to […]

Apr, 02

Casino Royale *** (1967, David Niven, Peter Sellers, Woody Allen, Orson Welles, Ursula Andress, John Huston, William Holden, Deborah Kerr) – Classic Movie Review 839

The original 1967 Casino Royale movie is a huge-scale, vastly costly James Bond spoof, starring David Niven as British secret agent Sir James Bond, who is called out of retirement after the death of M […]

Feb, 18

Bullets over Broadway ***** (1994, John Cusack, Dianne Wiest, Jennifer Tilly) – Classic Movie Review 347

This glittering old-style comedy from an on-form writer-director Woody Allen dazzled us in 1994. Unfortunately he doesn’t appear this time, but he’s ensured that a great ensemble cast does. The story takes place in 1920s […]

Nov, 01

Vicky Cristina Barcelona **** (2008, Rebecca Hall, Scarlett Johansson, Penélope Cruz, Javier Bardem) – Classic Movie Review 1442

‘We came so close to perfection, you and I.’ Rebecca Hall and Scarlett Johansson star as holidaying young American friends Vicky and Cristina, in Woody Allen’s return to his finest form, the 2008 romantic comedy-drama […]

Sep, 19

Annie Hall ***** (1977, Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts) – Classic Movie Review 196

‘That was the most fun I’ve ever had without laughing.’ No doubt about it, this 1977 report on romance in the 70s and New Yorkers’ inability to enjoy pleasure, is the quintessential Woody Allen movie, […]

Aug, 27

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