Scoop

Scoop (2006) is Woody Allen's mystery comedy you can watch online on iFILM. Scarlett Johansson plays a clumsy American journalism student who lands in London and stumbles onto the story of her life.

The premise runs on pure absurdity: the ghost of dead reporter Joe Strombel (Ian McShane) slips back from the afterlife mid-trick during a stage act by visiting magician Sid Waterman, played by Allen himself. Joe passes Sondra the name of a possible serial killer — a charming aristocrat named Peter Lyman. Hugh Jackman plays Lyman. Roping in the grumbling conjurer, Sondra launches an amateur investigation and promptly falls for her chief suspect. The closer she gets to the truth, the funnier and riskier her position becomes.

Shot in London during Allen's most English stretch, between Match Point and his later European films, this is a light, chatty caper about a reporter's hunger for a big headline. The director hands himself every good gag about death and bad luck. Stream Scoop (2006) online on iFILM.