Mild expectations – the best way to approach a Woody Allen film – will aid enjoyment of this slight experiment that plays with the forms of tragedy and comedy. Two parallel narratives – one serious, the other comic – follow a troubled woman (Radha Mitchell both times) who crashes a dinner party. With Will Ferrell

Woody Allen’s mind-numbingly inconsequential comedy represents another of his narcissistic lows. The writer-director hands the starring role over to Jason Biggs, a neurotic comedy writer stuck in an emotionally abusive relationship with a flighty actress (Christina Ricci), and reduces him to doing a lame Woody Allen impression. If imitation is the most sincere form of

It’s fitting that Ozzy Osbourne and his family have a cameo in this third installment in Mike Myers’ spy-spoof franchise. Like the comedian’s randy hero, they went from being a highly entertaining curiosity to haunting my every waking moment. The frequently flat Goldmember showcases little of the original film’s scattershot brilliance, existing only as further

A comic farce that should surprise anyone who knows Alec Guinness only as the sage Ben Kenobi of the early Star Wars films. Here he plays eight roles – all pitch-perfect exercises in dry humor. Indeed, Kind Hearts and Coronets is so dry you have to pay close attention to realize it’s actually a comedy.

To say that Steve Martin does justice to the Pink Panther film series here is not to say that you should drop everything and watch Martin’s update. Director Blake Edwards’ original films, with Peter Sellers defining the role of inept French police officer Inspector Clouseau, aimed for inspired silliness but were more often than not