Match Point Articles

Josh Brolin in Joel Coen and Ethan Coen's No Country for Old Men NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN Review Part I: The Pros The Cons: I was unable to either relate to or care about any of the "good" characters. Josh Brolin's Llewelyn Moss is supposed to be just an "ordinary guy" who acts the way ordinary guys would act under similar circumstances. Well, perhaps [...]

Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Scarlett Johansson in Woody Allen's Match Point MATCH POINT Review: Part I Emmy nominee Jonathan Rhys Meyers, a sort of Irish Joaquin Phoenix, brings to Chris the required mix of vulnerability, self-resilience, and obsession — mercifully without any Allenesque mannerisms. Although no more than competent in the first half of the film, Rhys Meyers' acting skills seem to evolve so as to [...]

MATCH POINT (2005) Direction and screenplay: Woody Allen Cast: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Scarlett Johansson, Emily Mortimer, Matthew Goode, Brian Cox, Penelope Wilton Oscar Movies Recommended Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Match Point If Alfred Hitchcock were to direct a screenplay written by Nietzsche, Dostoevsky, and Stanislaw Lem, and based on Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy, the result would be something like Woody Allen's latest opus, Match Point. [...]

2006 Iowa Film Critics Association Awards 2006 Iowa Film Critics Association award winners: January 10, 2006   Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain   Best Film: Brokeback Mountain Best Director: Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain Best Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote Best Actress: Joan Allen, The Upside of Anger Best Supporting Actor: Paul Giamatti, Cinderella Man Best Supporting Actress: Rachel Weisz, The Constant Gardener The [...]