After his previous films, it's hard to see why anyone would let Woody Allen make another comedy. I'm glad they did! "Bananas" is the first truly funny Woody Allen film. Right from the start it contains gags which - amazingly - make you laugh. A departure from his earlier films!

The jokes come at an even pace, a good mix of satire, slapstick, surrealism, and sight gags. The semi-improvised dialogue has a "stand-up" feel to it.

What's surprising is just how consistent it is. I'm used to being able to sit through 15 minutes of a Woody Allen film without a single laugh - Bananas sets up a relentless modern pace.

You can buy Bananas from Amazon - and I highly recommend it!

Take The Money And Run has a promising start. A faux documentary with some excellent gags. But it leaps around the story with no real regard for the viewer.

It's possibly the first "mockumentary" and, as such, is a trail-blazing piece. But as with his earlier films the gags are few and far between. Once the jokes hit, they're often substandard and fall flat.

You can buy Take The Money And Run from Amazon.

I'll confess, I tried watching What's Up Tiger Lilly a few years ago. I didn't get more than 40 minutes into it before switching it off in a mixture of boredom and disgust.

I'm not sure who first came up with the idea of revoicing a movie - making snarky comments about the action on screen - but this is one of the most influential and successful.

How it became so successful is entirely a mystery to me. For a comedy film, it is almost utterly devoid of jokes.

One thing I do when I'm watching comedies which I don't find funny is to count the number of jokes I think there are supposed to be. If there are jokes that I don't find funny - that's ok, we all have a different sense of humour. But this is a comedy film which goes minutes without a single identifiable joke.

The main problem is that the original film has large stretches without dialogue. Rather than edit this down, the audience is left watching "action" on screen which is simply dull.

What few jokes there are range from pretty decent to annoying and repetitive - but it's not enough to sustain the film.

You can buy "What's Up With Tiger Lily?" from Amazon, but I really wouldn't bother.

As I watched Woody Allen's latest film - Midnight in Paris - I realised that there are so many films of his that I haven't seen.

So, I have a brand new resolution for 2012.

• Watch every single film Woody Allen has made.
• In chronological order.
• Posting reviews on this blog.

Woody has made over 40 films - so I'll be aiming to watch one per week over the next year.

I'll be watching all the films he has directed and - where possible - those he has written.

Let's go!