‘Take the Money and Run’ (1969) puts Allen on laugh radar
Woody Wednesday (Movie review): “Take the Money and Run” uses jokes Allen would repurpose for later classics. But maybe this one is a classic too.
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‘Take the Money and Run’ (1969) puts Allen on laugh radar
Craig’s Bond bows out with uneven ‘No Time to Die’
Movie review: “No Time to Die” is a little better than 2015’s “Spectre,” but the best of the Craig Bonds remain in the past.
McKenzie, Taylor-Joy light up ‘Last Night in Soho’
Movie review: Edgar Wright lusciously mashes up genres and takes us on a wild ride through London’s neon-lit club sector.
Grass is always greener in ‘Husbands and Wives’ (1992)
Woody Wednesday (Movie review): Allen blends relationship insights with creative storytelling tricks in the most effective way since “Annie Hall.”
Allen tackles TV with ‘Crisis in Six Scenes’ (2016)
Woody Wednesday (TV review): The 1960s setting is the biggest pleasure as Woody tries his hand at a six-episode Amazon Prime miniseries.
A cinematic feast: All 32 John Hughes movies, ranked
Movie rankings: From Thanksgiving feasts to Christmas classics, from teen heartbreakers to family heartwarmers, here is how I rank the catalog of John Hughes.
3 directing legends team up for ‘New York Stories’ (1989)
Woody Wednesday (Movie review): Allen, Scorsese and Coppola each contribute a short film to this anthology. Two of the three are winners.
Colorful caricatures drive ‘Venom Business’ (1969)
Michael Crichton Monday (Book review): Crichton-as-Lange breaks out in this slow-developing yet consistently entertaining fifth Lange novel.
SMG, Baldwin transcend age gap in ‘Suburban Girl’ (2007)
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): Gellar fans might want to track down this little-known, sad and sweet rom-com about an unsure book editor.
‘Crimes and Misdemeanors’ (1989) mulls murder, heartbreak
Woody Wednesday (Movie review): This dual-plotted masterpiece tackles Allen’s favorite issues: unrequited love and the moral cost of murder.