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1.Casino Royale (The Collector's Edition) starring: Peter Lorre, Ian Fleming, Barry Nelson, Peter Sellers, Ursula Andress December 31, 1997
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Many think that Sean Connery was the first actor to impersonate the role of the sophisticated British agent; when in fact he wasn't. Sean was the first actor to play bond in a "theatrical" movie. But in 1954, 8 years before Dr. No hit the screens, 007 was introduced for the first time on Television broadcast. The movie was called Casino Royale, based on the first novel by Ian Fleming. The movie was adapted from this novel for a CBS broadcast, with the hopes of adapting more of Ian Fleming's novels on TV...but the broadcast was pretty much bashed by critics and ignored by viewers. The movie was broadcasted only once and lost. It was later found and re-broadcasted in the 1990's for TBS, part of a James Bond movie marathon. Thought the problem with that version that was re-aired ... Read More

2.Manhattan starring: Woody Allen July 05, 2000
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I have always thought 'Manhattan' was one of Woody Allen's best films. Filmed in glorious black and white with many of Woody's staple players and a great performance by young Mariel Hemingway. The DVD has a good transfer, but I noticed that there is a slight pause between chapter breaks which is a little distracting! Too bad, it deserves a better treatment and these kinds of glitches are really inexcusable.

3.Play It Again Sam starring: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts, Jerry Lacy, Susan Anspach directed by: Herbert Ross January 13, 1998
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You've got to love Woody Allen in this flick. Everything is great especially with Humphrey Bogart guiding Woody in every-day problems. Great movie!

4.Wild Man Blues starring: Woody Allen, Letty Aronson, Soon-Yi Previn, Dan Barrett, Simon Wettenhall directed by: Barbara Kopple November 09, 1999
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While this is, technically, an adequate-to-good documentary (Barbara Kopple always does technically proficient work) -- as for its truthfulness about the characters involved, specifically, Woody and his now-wife Soon Yi, it's an excellent example of Woody Allen's ongoing manipulation of the media. Consider this: It's the late 1990s, Woody Allen is in a world of trouble over his affair with a young, underage girl, Soon-Yi, who at one time was the adopted child of Woody's common law wife, Mia Farrow. He was also accused by Mia Farrow of molesting one of her other children. So what does Woody do? By mutual consent, he and Barbara Kopple agree to do a documentary about him and Soon-Yi. Kopple could hardly refuse. More than that, she goes ga-ga over her subject, throwing ... Read More

5.Front starring: Woody Allen, Zero Mostel, Herschel Bernardi, Michael Murphy, Andrea Marcovicci directed by: Martin Ritt August 06, 1996
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The various blanket infringements on the rights of American citizens and others since the criminal events of 9/11 hardly represent the first time that the American government has seen fit to curtail those rights. The Palmer Raids roundup of reds, radicals and foreigners in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution at the tail end of World War I comes to mind. As done the subject of this film, the red scare against communist and other labor radicals after World War II with the onset of the Cold War against the Soviet Union, a former ally. The name of this period narrowly is given in the history books as the McCarthy witch-hunt era, although that hardly dose justice to the widespread political paranoia, high and low, in America at that time. The signature event was the execution of the Rosenbergs, Julius and Ethel, for passing ... Read More

6.Annie Hall starring: Hy Anzell, Colleen Dewhurst, Shelley Duvall, Russell Horton, Carol Kane July 05, 2000
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I was discussing favorite films with a friend (East coast Jewish), who raved about Annie Hall. I said I didn't like Woody Allen. I'd seen a couple of his movies and wasn't impressed. She said, "Well, there is a lot of New York humor in it, maybe you wouldn't know the references." OK, I AM from Ohio, but I am NOT a rube! I really wanted to tell her off, but I watched Annie instead. Then I thanked her for offending me, because this movie is wonderfully quirky and very funny. Since then, I have had to watch every Woody Allen movie. Not all of them are good, it's true, but some are absolute gems. Annie Hall is a gem. It's a romantic comedy about an unlikely couple, dialogue-heavy, and sprinkled with flashbacks of Alvy's life before Annie. You must listen to the dialogue to appreciate the film; this is key ... Read More

7.Jean Luc-Godard's King Lear starring: Woody Allen, Leos Carax, Julie Delpy, Suzanne Lanza, Kate Mailer October 07, 1992
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Godard's King Lear is an extended meditation on the possibilty or impossibility of capital-A "Art" in the postmodern age. It engages inconsistently at best with Lear--if you're looking for an interesting, coherent interpretation of Shakespeare's play, you'll probably want to look somewhere else--but as a working-through of what it means to create Art or what counts as Art, it is incomparable. Ironically, but unsurprisingly, this is one of Godard's most "Modernist" works, engaging in self-conscious formal experimentation in order to engage with the "essence" of the cinematic medium. Gone is the overt political aspect of his work of the 1960's, as he has come to be concerned here with aesthetic issues alone. (Arguably, this was a necessary step leading into his religious works of the 1990's.) And all that ... Read More

8.What's Up, Tiger Lily? starring: Woody Allen, Tatsuya Mihashi, Akiko Wakabayashi, Mie Hama, John Sebastian directed by: Woody Allen, Senkichi Taniguchi
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There are so many great one-liners in this film that it would be hard to know where to begin. Oh, and don't miss an appearance by the Lovin' Spoonful and the guy with the really bad Peter Lorre imitation. The English dub job Woody Allen did on this movie is ten times funnier than most of the movies made nowadays. I loved it!

9.Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask starring: Woody Allen, Gene Wilder, Louise Lasser, John Carradine, Lou Jacobi directed by: Woody Allen
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This is a film that will leave a lasting impression on the viewer, but not because of it's clever writing, content and filming. It will be because of some of the most low based and stupid humor on film. There are some funny moments, but they are so few that you wonder why you even spent time watching it. This film does not show the best of Woody Allen, in fact, almost just the opposite.

10.What's New Pussycat starring: Peter Sellers, Peter O'Toole, Romy Schneider, Capucine, Paula Prentiss directed by: Clive Donner, Richard Talmadge March 02, 1994
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And by funny I mean funny 'ha ha'. It had a funny beginning, but that was it. Very disappointed in buying this one, I thought that since Peter Sellers and Woody Allen was in it, it would be funny, but it wasn't. No funny lines, or any creative situations. Pretty bland movie. I'll have to stick to movies by Blake Edwards instead.

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