Match Point

...one. Anyone with Allen's compulsive work ethic is bound to produce as many hits as misses; in recent years, the former include the sly Hitchcock homage "Match Point" and the uneven but ultimately pleasing "Vicky Cristina Barcelona."

In this article: Woody Allen, Whatever Works, Larry David, Physics, Lyle Kanouse, Dostoyevsky, and Zero Mostel

...if he shot it in Barcelona. And Allen, who had previously followed the money to England, making his last three films ( Match Point , Scoop , Cassandra's Dream ) there in exchange for financing, agreed. Making 'Marley & Me' with...

In this article: Giuseppe Tornatore, Venice Film Festival, Woody Allen, Mickey Rourke, David Frankel, Cinema Paradiso, The Wrestler, and Sicily

...dull Cassandra's Dream. His latest, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, easily joins Match Point as one of his best from the past two decades, but I'd just like to understand how two out of four ain't just, you know, average? Batting .500 would make...

In this article: Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Woody Allen, Javier Bardem, Brett Ratner, Penelope Cruz, Rebecca Hall, and Scoop

...a bad taste behind. After filming his past four films overseas (three of which - "Match Point," "Scoop" and "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" - were pretty good), Allen's back in New York and back to his old tricks. "Whatever Works" is from a...

In this article: Woody Allen, Whatever Works, Evan Rachel Wood, Patricia Clarkson, Larry David, Ed Begley Jr, Donald Trump, Seattle Times, and Michelangelo

...Allen Movie set for release on Friday LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- When Scarlett Johansson was hired by Woody Allen for the film "Match Point" in 2005, she was a last-minute replacement. Penelope Cruz, left, Scarlett Johansson and...

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" As for break-ups, Scarlett insists they only make you stronger. Recently she has starred in the Woody Allen films Scoop, Match Point and Vicky Cristina Barcelona. Now comes He's Just Not That Into You, which promises to be a perfect...

In this article: Scarlett Johansson, He's Just Not That into You, Alanis Morissette, Hollywood, Trademark, The Horse Whisperer, Josh Hartnett, Ben Affleck, and Drew Barrymore

While best known for her film work ("Lost In Translation," "Vicky Cristina Barcelona," "Match Point") Johansson released her first album "Anywhere I Lay My Head" in 2008, under the production helm of TV on the Radio's David Sitek. The...

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...happy and break some bread with one another. Whatever works. Although the afore-mentioned ouvre-busting gems like MATCH POINT and VICKY CRISTINA will define '00s-era Woody (and rightly so), it's nice to see that even when he goes back to...

In this article: Paper Heart, Woody Allen, Whatever Works, Bruce Greenwood, Eric Bana, Li Cunxin, Charlyne Yi, and Rachel Hurd-Wood

...stay-at-home Brooklynite continue his recent spate of films outside of his beloved home city, including tennis-based box-office hit Match Point, the little-seen murder mystery Scoop - both of which starred his current muse Scarlett...

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