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.