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18:13 Mountainhead: first trailer for Jesse Armstrong’s topical Succession follow-up

Billionaires, played by Steve Carell and Ramy Youssef, meet amid an international crisis in HBO’s of-the-moment satire

21/04 ‘Aspirational in the silliest sense’: why The Lizzie McGuire Movie is my feelgood movie

The latest in our series of writers calling attention to their comfort watches is a look back at the frothy 2003 comedy

17/04 Alicia Silverstone to reprise Clueless role in sequel TV series

The actor will return for a follow-up series on Peacock rejoining the life of Cher Horowitz from the hit 1995 comedy

17/04 The Wedding Banquet review – muddled gay comedy remake plays it too straight

Fire Island director Andrew Ahn’s update of Ang Lee’s seminal 1993 film works hard to differentiate itself but it’s awkwardly stuck between serious and silly

16/04 The Penguin Lessons review – Steve Coogan seabird comedy drama tries to sell feelgood mood

Coogan does his best, but there’s a tonal mismatch here: the animal-teaches-lonely-human narrative jars with a depiction of lives in totalitarian Argentina

15/04 Chosen Family review – fluid directing by Heather Graham ballasts enjoyable romcom

Graham denounces her toxic family and begins a new relationship, before discovering her beau’s preteen daughter to be a tiny psychopath in a tutu

14/04 ‘Beautifully, awfully funny’: why Withnail and I is my feelgood movie

The latest in our ongoing series of comfort movies is a pick for Bruce Robinson’s cult British comedy

13/04 Julio Torres: ‘When I worked at SNL, I thought Shawn Mendes was an intern’

The comedian and absurdist on his favourite letters, favourite colours and least favourite shapes

12/04 Ted Kotcheff, director of First Blood, Weekend at Bernie’s and Wake in Fright, dies aged 94

Prolific Canadian director also made one of the country’s first internationally successful films, The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, starring Richard Dreyfuss

11/04 Marty at 70: the underdog best-picture winner remains hard to resist

Ernest Borgnine is a butcher looking for love in a compassionate Paddy Chayefsky-scripted slice of life that still resonates

10/04 Babe review – tale of the talking sheep-pig a charming relic of its time

A startling novelty 30 years ago, the film’s now antique effects and strange anti-Orwell farmyard tale feel dated, but is still a quaintly comfortable place to visit

07/04 A Minecraft Movie breaks records to become highest opening video game movie of all time

First-weekend takings of $163m in North America puts the adaptation of the wildly popular video game ahead of previous record holder The Super Mario Bros Movie

07/04 Fran the Man review – Irish football-coach mockumentary gets the fans onside

Spin off from Irish TV comedy doesn’t really raise its game for feature about plucky amateurs taking on a strong team

07/04 ‘Unfailing ability to cheer me up’: why The Rebel is my feelgood movie

The next entry in our series of writers highlighting their go-to comfort watches is a look back to the 1961 Tony Hancock comedy

06/04 Four Mothers review – a put-upon writer is run ragged in Irish comedy charmer

James McArdle plays a novelist whose care-giving duties are suddenly expanded in this nicely acerbic remake of Italian hit Mid-August Lunch

06/04 Death of a Unicorn review – Jenna Ortega shines in B-movie-style satire on big pharma

Murderous unicorns run amok in Alex Scharfman’s gory American horror that gleefully embraces a lo-fi aesthetic but lacks sufficient bite

03/04 First trailer for Liam Neeson’s Naked Gun reboot released

Neeson steps into the role of the bumbling detective made famous by Leslie Nielsen in the TV show and film series created by the Zucker Abrahams Zucker team

03/04 Block-busted: why homemade Minecraft movies are the real hits

The bestselling video game ever has a devoted, vocal, following. Can a faceless corporation make a successful film based on such beloved IP without involving its fanbase?

03/04 Muriel’s Wedding review – Toni Collette is outstanding in the film that brought Abba back

Brilliantly led by Collette, PJ Hogan’s 1994 story of a lovable loser was the feelgood sensation that rescued the band’s reputation – how can you resist it?

02/04 A Minecraft Movie review – building-block game franchise spin-off is rollicking if exhausting fun

Full-throttle star turns from Jack Black and Jennifer Coolidge raise laughs but don’t help the perfunctory plotting in this screen take on the game franchise

01/04 Black Cab review – Nick Frost on outstanding form in creepy taxi-driving Brit horror

Though the narrative goes the long way round, there are plenty of strong performances and good ideas to keep this journey interesting

31/03 ‘Can kick me out of any funk’: why Sullivan’s Travels is my feelgood movie

The latest in our series on writers’ top comfort films is a reminder of why Preston Sturges’s 1941 comedy is unbeatable

29/03 From Hollywood’s goofy stoner to serious satire: the reinvention of Seth Rogen

The former manchild’s performance as an industry suit in new series The Studio shows how far he has come in Hollywood

29/03 Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip review – snarking all the way

Eva Longoria and family head to Mexico for a trip that doesn’t go too well – partly because of the tiresome faux-witty banter the film is filled with

28/03 The Life List review – overly neat Netflix weepie leaves dry eyes

Carry-On’s Sofia Carson is a young woman whose mother sends her messages beyond the grave in a mushy PS I Love You-esque drama

25/03 Romcom ageism: is George Clooney right to hang up his heartthrob hat at 63?

The film star has announced his retirement from romantic roles, and it could be a clever move – just look at Hugh Grant and Matthew McConaughey

24/03 ‘A loose-limbed trifle’: why Manhattan Murder Mystery is my feelgood movie

The latest in our series of writers on their go-to comfort watches is a look back to Woody Allen’s smart and nimble 1993 comedy

22/03 Seth Rogen on going from onscreen slacker to studio boss: ‘People really do scream at each other in Hollywood’

He might be known for his stoner vibe and roles in comedies such as Superbad and Knocked Up, but behind the scenes the actor, writer, weed-lover and pottery fan has also become a producing power player. Has it changed him?

15/03 Streaming: A Real Pain and the best mismatched buddy movies

Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin’s bickering double act follows in the footsteps of Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau, Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy, via Tom Hanks and his dog

13/03 The Parenting review – supernatural caper is a so-so comedy and a lousy horror

A gay couple are trapped in a haunted Airbnb with their parents in an initially amusing but progressively exasperating genre mishmash

11/03 American Dreamer review – Peter Dinklage is charmer in oddball tale of eccentric inheritance

Hardluck lecturer Dinklage stands to receive a mansion from rich widow Shirley MacLaine in underpowered comedy

10/03 ‘Keeps me optimistic’: why You’ve Got Mail is my feelgood movie

The next entry in our series of writers highlighting their go-to comfort picks is an ode to Nora Ephron’s winsome romantic comedy

09/03 One of Them Days review – SZA and Keke Palmer spar and sparkle in raucous LA buddy movie

The US singer makes a terrific screen debut opposite Palmer in this tale of two roommates working out how to not get evicted

09/03 Death of a Unicorn review – goofy eat-the-rich satire isn’t fun enough

Jenna Ortega, Paul Rudd and Richard E Grant lead a wasted cast in this silly and exasperating mishmash of comedy and gore

09/03 Mickey 17 review – two Robert Pattinsons for the price of one in Bong Joon-ho’s acidly funny sci-fi satire

Pattinson plays a hapless space explorer replicated for further hazardous duties every time he dies in the South Korean director’s timely follow-up to Parasite

08/03 Another Simple Favor review – supremely silly sequel serves more absurd twists

Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively return in Amazon’s ridiculous yet glossily enjoyable follow-up to 2018’s fan favorite

07/03 Picture This review – Bridgerton star can’t save tinny romcom

Simone Ashley tries her best in Amazon’s gimmicky romantic comedy but it’s too flimsy and forgettable to demand our attention

06/03 Marching Powder review – Danny Dyer still up for it in outrageous geezer comedy

Teaming up with writer-director Nick Love once more, Dyer is back in boisterous action as a middle-aged cocaine enthusiast and lower-leagues football hooligan

25/02 There’s a reason Hugh Grant is the best thing in middling movies: he writes his own lines

The actor’s insistence on scripting his own scenes in Paddington 3 and Bridget Jones 4 are proof of his talents. So why on earth hasn’t he written his own film yet?

24/02 ‘Manic screwball energy’: why The Paper is my feelgood movie

The Paper, Ron Howard’s underappreciated 1994 comedy drama, is latest in our series in which writers highlight their favourite comfort films

23/02 Lynne Marie Stewart, 'Pee-wee's Playhouse' actress, dies at 78 after 'unexpected' illness

A rep for the actress told USA TODAY a tumor was found in December near her liver and she died "a month or so after her diagnosis."

20/02 ‘Tears were running down my face’: why Bridget Jones 4 is the most moving romcom of modern times

Word back from the cinemas is united – and sniffly: Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy is leaving audiences in surprising puddles. Our writers reveal the moment that made then sob loudest, and why

19/02 The Monkey review – slapdash splatter comedy is a grating misfire

Writer-director Osgood Perkins follows up horror hit Longlegs with a tiresome, juvenile adaptation of a Stephen King short story about an evil toy monkey

18/02 Get Shorty: a madcap, loving spoof of the film biz

Starring John Travolta as a loan shark who lands himself in Hollywood, this noirish satire is pure pastiche. Like its lead, it’s a sucker for the movies

18/02 Escape from the 21st Century review – teenagers fast-forward to the future in barmy sci-fi

Three school friends discover their adult selves in this fast and flashy adventure debut from director Li Yang

17/02 What Marielle Knows review – teenager’s telepathic powers reveal parents’ secrets and lies

In this fantasy-satire of bourgeois family life, a girl is suddenly able to see everything her messed-up parents are up to

17/02 Girls on Wire review – Chinese behind-the-scenes stunt drama is a spectacle

A stunt double who plays roof-bouncing ninjas before the lead steps in for the closeup is stuck in a family/mob triangle in Vivian Qu’s occasionally silly thriller

17/02 ‘It has it all’: why The Wedding Singer is my feelgood movie

The latest in our series where writers draw attention to their favourite good-time watches goes back to the 90s when Adam Sandler went back to the 80s

16/02 Bridget Jones 4 records highest-ever opening for a romcom in the UK

Latest film in the series starring Renée Zellweger has posted record-breaking figures on its home turf

16/02 Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy review – our hapless heroine is sharper, wiser and funnier

Renée Zellweger’s Bridget faces new challenges in parenting and love, but it’s the familiar faces around her who deliver heart and humour in this unexpectedly poignant fourth outing

15/02 The Breakfast Club at 40: the teen movie blueprint for better or worse

John Hughes set the formula for many films and TV shows in his wake with his uneven 1985 high school-set comedy

14/02 Das Licht (The Light) review – mystical satirical romp channels German anxiety over refugees

Veteran director Tom Tykwer sends a magical Syrian cleaner into a bohemian yet unhappy family, bringing with her a flashing-light treatment for depression

13/02 Sidelined: The QB and Me review – hot cheerleader meets star quarterback movie is streaming-age bubblegum

Slickly made high-school movie is packed with slow-motion corridor walks and flawless cheer-squad routines – but it’s hard to get caught up in a plot with so few surprises

13/02 ‘Comedy and art should push up against a line’: Rich Peppiatt on class, controversy and Kneecap

Ex-tabloid reporter shares how an encounter with Hugh Grant and Steve Coogan led to his acclaimed film about an Irish-language rap trio

07/02 Heart Eyes review – junky Valentine’s slasher is hard to fall for

An awkward cross between insipid romantic comedy and schlocky sleepover horror fails on both counts

07/02 Turn Me On to Elevation: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

A strange, tender romance starring Bel Powley, and Anthony Mackie fights the ‘giant murder bugs’ who won’t go above 8,000ft in a satisfying end-times thriller

06/02 Love Hurts review – Everything Everywhere all over again

Ke Huy Quan’s first live-action film since his Oscar win recycles its predecessor’s hit formula into a gloatingly gory mob romcom co-starring Ariana DeBose

05/02 Kinda Pregnant review – Amy Schumer’s Netflix comedy is kinda disappointing

The comedian plays a woman pretending to be pregnant in a dated and mostly unfunny attempt to bring back the broad studio comedy

04/02 Shanghai Blues review – delirious screwball comedy from Hong Kong’s Spielberg

Tsui Hark’s classic tale of love and mistaken identity, with plentiful helpings of farce and wackiness, has been restored for its 40th anniversary

03/02 ‘Jim Carrey told me to “go all the way” with the laxative toilet scene’: Jeff Daniels on Dumb and Dumber

‘I was sitting next to my parents at a preview. When we got to the toilet scene, my father put his head in his hands and said, “No, Jeffrey …”’

03/02 ‘A thing of pure beauty’: why Pink Flamingos is my feelgood movie

The latest in our series of writers choosing their favourite comfort movies is the charmingly filthy John Waters classic

02/02 You’re Cordially Invited review – Will Ferrell and Reese Witherspoon are the draw in wildly uneven wedding comedy

Two weddings, one double booking and a series of cliches are the order of the day in Nicholas Stoller’s Bride Wars-lite comedy

31/01 You’re Cordially Invited review – Reese Witherspoon and Will Ferrell carry fun comedy

A pair of duelling weddings leads to war in this surprisingly funny, if a little overstuffed, Amazon comedy

30/01 Opus review – John Malkovich plays an evil pop star in a silly horror dud

The cult of celebrity is targeted in a progressively nonsensical and poorly made debut starring Ayo Edebiri

30/01 Detective Chinatown 1900 review – blockbusting Chinese franchise goes back in time

Prequel focuses on xenophobia in turn-of-the-century San Francisco with surprising wit and silliness

30/01 Before Sunrise review – Richard Linklater’s brief encounter defies romantic convention

Undistracted by smartphones in 1995, Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy talk away one night in Vienna without resolution but with huge charm

30/01 Saturday Night review – unbearably self-indulgent sketch of an iconic comedy show

The story of the first episode of Saturday Night Live is an exhaustingly frantic, dull dramedy that even the show’s biggest superfan would struggle to watch

29/01 Sorry, Baby review – a warm, bitingly funny refocus of the trauma plot

In her feature debut, writer-director Eva Victor depicts the aftermath of sexual assault with striking naturalism and surprising grace

29/01 The Tasting review – French midlife romcom takes its leads guzzling fine wines

Easygoing tale has Hortense meet Jacques while buying a bottle at his shop, but the real star is the picturesque setting of Troyes

29/01 Magic Farm review – Chloë Sevigny can’t lift flat comedy of inept Americans abroad

A farcical tale of entitled New Yorkers arriving in rural Argentina to make a docuseries is too limp and underbaked to hit its targets

28/01 I’ve Never Wanted Anyone More review – Goethe’s Werther remade as charming contempo romcom

An 18th-century love triangle relocated to the well-to-do of modern Toronto is big on banter and farce even if real passion is sometimes lacking

27/01 Oh, Hi! review – promising romantic comedy takes awkward turn into farce

A couple’s weekend away turns into chaos when they find out they’re not on the same page, a clever concept that soon loses steam

27/01 ‘Wonderfully sentimental’: why Defending Your Life is my feelgood movie

The latest in our series of writers highlighting their favourite feelgood watches is a tribute to Albert Brooks’ 1991 fantasy

25/01 If I Had Legs I’d Kick You review – Rose Byrne is a knockout in anxious dark comedy

The often under-utilised actor gives a monumental performance as a mother on the edge in an exhausting spiral of a movie

24/01 Twinless review – dark, inventive comedy takes an unexpected path

James Sweeney’s tightrope-mastering mix of genres and tones is an incredibly effective feat, veering from funny to creepy to devastatingly sad

20/01 ‘An unmitigated joy’: why Married to the Mob is my feelgood movie

The next entry in our series of writers recommending their favourite comfort films is a tribute to Jonathan Demme’s zesty gangster comedy

20/01 Mother Father Sister Brother Frank review – frantic night of murder, mayhem and family bonding

This tale of nice ordinary folk doing bad things is a cartoonishly grisly comedy with a hint of Fargo, though without the off-kilter humour

17/01 Don’t Look Up director says ‘half a billion people’ have now seen film despite critics

Adam McKay says the Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio-starring satire resonates with a widespread feeling of being deceived by government and media

17/01 Billy Bob Thornton: ‘I didn’t want Johnny Cash to catch me looking in his fridge in my underpants’

The actor and musician answers your questions on his time as a roadie, being intimidated by rich people and falling off a horse for Steven Seagal

15/01 One of Them Days review – Keke Palmer and SZA take a bumpy but fun ride

The stars shine in bright and boisterous new buddy comedy, executive produced by Issa Rae, that only stumbles when it leans into cartoon

14/01 Panda Plan review – Jackie Chan on fighting form in a goofy cute-animal rescue yarn

Chan, now 70, rehearses his trademark action comedy chops playing a film star battling bad guys to protect a CGI panda cub

14/01 Most romcoms don’t dare ask what women in their 30s really want. We Live In Time does

Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield’s bold new film about a woman who falls in love and then gets an ovarian cancer diagnosis tackles messy questions about motherhood most films won’t touch

13/01 ‘Watched it about 12 times’: why Notting Hill is my feelgood movie

The latest in our series of writers highlighting their favourite comfort films is a reminder of why Richard Curtis’s west London-set romcom is his greatest

12/01 A Real Pain review – Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin spar in sublimely bittersweet Holocaust tour movie

The stars play Jewish American cousins touring Poland in honour of their grandmother in Eisenberg’s sharp, highly personal comedy boasting an Oscar-tipped performance from Culkin

11/01 Nick Frost: ‘I’d like to say sorry to my mum. She was an alcoholic and I spent a lot of time hating her’

The actor and comedian on being a people-pleaser, the benefits of looking after himself, and his celebrity crush

10/01 ‘Every day is 24 hours of panic to just get out the door’: Jesse Eisenberg on self-indulgence, candid aunts and his Oscar-tipped Holocaust comedy

The writer-director of A Real Pain and co-stars Kieran Culkin, Jennifer Grey and Will Sharpe talk about being overcome by generational trauma while making Oscar season’s funniest film

10/01 Bank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger review – Rory Kinnear files a solid return as the bloke from Burnley

The businessman with a heart takes on crooked payday lenders in this predictable sequel that gets by on its heartfelt performances

09/01 Rowan Atkinson at 70: his best films – ranked!

To mark his birthday this week, we celebrate his versatility from bumbling Mr Bean to his punctilious headteacher in The Secret Policeman’s Ball

08/01 A Real Pain review – Jesse Eisenberg’s sauntering Holocaust comedy is a masterpiece

The writer, director and actor effortlessly walks a tonal tightrope in this film about Jewish American cousins on a Holocaust tour in Poland. But Kieran Culkin steals the show as the more mischievous cousin

07/01 Get Away review – Nick Frost ramps up the ridiculousness in comedy horror

An almighty twist and a demented finale rescue the Shaun of the Dead actor’s cartoonish homage to folk horrors – but co-star Aisling Bea deserves better

06/01 It’s Raining Men review – Laure Calamy adultery comedy puts the heat in cheat

Call My Agent! star brings her light comic touch to a flimsy, sugary but sometimes oddly daring French romcom

06/01 ‘Brings delight’: why Rush Hour is my feelgood movie

The latest in our series of Guardian writers picking their go-to happy movies is a look back at 1998’s unlikely buddy comedy

30/12 Father of the Bride and Baby Boom director Charles Shyer dies aged 83

The writer and director worked on a string of successful comedies in the 1980s and 90s, including Private Benjamin and The Parent Trap, frequently with then wife Nancy Meyers

29/12 A laugh a day to keep the winter blues away: the 31-day comedy diet for January

From the Two Ronnies to TikTok via near-forgotten TV classics, here’s our dose of daily fun to ring the new year in with cheer

28/12 'The Cosby Show' actor Geoffrey Owens 'struggling' to make living as 'middle-class actor'

Geoffrey Owens, known for his role in "The Cosby Show," made headlines in 2018 for working as a cashier at a New Jersey Trader Joe's.

25/12 Adam Sandler back in 'Happy Gilmore 2' trailer with Travis Kelce, Bad Bunny: Watch

Netflix's "Happy Gilmore 2" first look trailer features Adam Sandler, a Shooter McGavin foe faceoff and Travis Kelce. Where's Bad Bunny?

25/12 And the 2024 Braddies go to … Peter Bradshaw’s film picks of the year

Now the Guardian’s Top 50 countdown, as voted for by the whole film team, has announced its No 1, here are our chief critic’s personal choices, in no particular order

23/12 ‘Perfect paternalistic nonsense’: why Father of the Bride is my feelgood movie

The latest in our series of writers revealing their favourite mood-lifting films is an ode to the 1991 comedy in which Steve Martin is a farcically over-protective father

20/12 Minnie Driver trashes ‘disastrous’ ‘Grosse Pointe Blank’ script: ‘It just wasn’t funny’

“Everyone knows the script isn’t really that good.” — Minnie Driver.

20/12 The 50 best films of 2024 in the UK

Jonathan Glazer’s Holocaust drama was chilling, Lily Farhadpour charmed in Iran and Paul Mescal was tremendous in a fantasy-romance as our critics select their standout picks of the year

18/12 Sonic the Hedgehog 3 review – Jim Carrey supplies laughs and energy for hedgehog threequel

Carrey’s Dr Robotnik is the best thing in elaborate third-instalment shenanigans that are pretty good fan-service fun

18/12 ‘To me, to uzi’: why Paul Chuckle as a gangster isn’t such a dramatic career change

The children’s comic’s role in a drama of ‘death, deceit and carnage’ shouldn’t be a stretch for an established master of destruction

17/12 Standing Up review – autism gets sappy treatment in didactic family road movie

Familiar worries about how to raise a neurodiverse child are played out with empathy but little subtlety

16/12 Carry-On up the cockpit: we’ve got it in for the title of Netflix’s new airplane thriller

A tense new American thriller about a plane in peril will be landing in the UK carrying unintended innuendo. Sid James might have laughed but the studio won’t

14/12 Nightbitch review – Amy Adams carries frustrating mum-on-the-edge comedy drama

Adams plays a struggling mother who starts to turn into a dog in Marielle Heller’s uneven adaptation of Rachel Yoder’s bestseller

12/12 'Happy Gilmore 2' release date, more cameos teased by Adam Sandler

Adam Sandler has revealed more information about the highly anticipated sequel "Happy Gilmore 2," including when fans can expect it to hit Netflix.

10/12 Meet the Parents sequel in development with original cast set to return

Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro are in talks to reprise their characters for a new comedy follow-up

10/12 Boy eats girl: horror comedy Fresh really is worth a second helping

What initially looks and feels like a standard romantic comedy with Sebastian Stan and Daisy Edgar-Jones deftly ends up in a far darker place …

10/12 ‘I don’t remember 20 days’: Jamie Foxx says he had ‘brain bleed which led to a stroke’

The actor has spoken in a Netflix special about the medical emergency he experienced in April 2023 as he was filming Back in Action with Cameron Diaz

09/12 Irish rap comedy Kneecap tops British independent film awards

Director Rich Peppiatt said ‘there is an irony in the best British film being Irish’ as his Belfast-set film won seven prizes in total

09/12 ‘No shortage of comforts’: why Head of State is my feelgood movie

Latest in a series of writers highlighting mood-lifting films is a tribute to Chris Rock’s prescient 2003 political comedy

09/12 The 50 best films of 2024 in the UK: 50-31

A creepy Hugh Grant, Daniel Craig as never seen before, a gangster trans musical and a fascinating insight into the Taliban help kick off the countdown of the year’s best flicks

06/12 Rumours review – close encounters for Cate Blanchett and the magnificent G7

Seven world leaders – including Charles Dance’s dozy US president – are trapped in a forest in this amusing but bizarre apocalyptic comedy

02/12 ‘Intensely nostalgic’: why A Knight’s Tale is my feelgood movie

The latest in our series of comfort film recommendations is a look back to 2001’s absurdly enjoyable mix of romance, action and anachronistic music choices

02/12 Marshall Brickman, Woody Allen’s Oscar-winning co-writer, dies aged 85

Screenwriter co-wrote Annie Hall and Manhattan, penned the Jersey Boys musical, and wrote for Johnny Carson’s Tonight Show and The Muppet Show

30/11 Mark Kermode on… director Mike Leigh, who mines the comedy and tragedy of life

From Nuts in May to Vera Drake and the forthcoming Hard Truths, Leigh’s unique creative process gives us perfectly crafted dramas and characters who feel real

27/11 Our Little Secret review – Lindsay Lohan’s Netflix comedy is a minor win

The star’s third film with the streamer, in which she plays a woman lying about her ex during the holidays, is the best yet even if the bar is incredibly low

27/11 ‘Don’t call me Shirley’: Watch five classic moments from Jim Abrahams comedies

Writer-director was involved with a string of hits, including Airplane!, Hot Shots! and The Naked Gun. Here are some of the most famous scenes

27/11 Your Monster review – Melissa Barrera excels in cheery romance with nice-guy beast

The Scream star shows impressive range in this horror-comedy, where the real peril she faces comes from a much more ordinary man

26/11 Jim Abrahams, co-creator of Airplane! and The Naked Gun, dies aged 80

Famed comedy writer and director, who was also involved in Ruthless People and Hot Shots!, died of natural causes

25/11 Dear Santa review – Jack Black plays Satan in mediocre Christmas comedy

The high-concept streaming movie, where a kid accidentally sends a letter to the wrong mythical figure, can’t decide if it wants to be naughty or nice

25/11 Global championship! The overseas sales were 600 million, but the box office in China was only 5.18 million. The audience taught Hollywood a hard lesson.

Recently, with the release of 7 new films, this year’s Lunar New Year season has officially begun. However, with the exception of "Good Stuff", which performed reasonably well at the box office driven by word-of-mouth, other new films performed poorly. The Hollywood blockbuster "Gladiator 2", which topped the global market and exceeded 600 million in overseas box office, only received 5.18 million

23/11 'Hot Frosty': I am in love with a movie about a woman falling for a snowman. Deal with it.

No matter how ridiculous you think the premise of Netflix's "Hot Frosty" is, there’s no reason to give Lacey Chabert's rom-com the cold shoulder.

21/11 Matthew McConaughey rebelled against 'rom-com dude' image by moving to Texas

Matthew McConaughey is opening up about how his success in the rom-com genre led him to leave Hollywood for Texas.

20/11 BAM! review – smart gig-economy comedy is a rollicking modern-day farce

Director Jordan Tragash marks himself out as one to watch with these interlocking stories of a vibrant group of 20-somethings all hustling for money

20/11 The Merry Gentlemen review – more forgettable festive filler from Netflix

Britt Robertson and Chad Michael Murray go through the motions in the streamer’s latest cheapo Christmas comedy

18/11 Listy do M 6 (Letters to Santa 6) review – pick ’n’ mix Christmas tales coast on a sugar high

While director Łukasz Jaworski gets spirited performances across the board in the sixth instalment of the hit Polish franchise, it leans heavily on familiarity with the characters

18/11 ‘Makes my heart beat faster’: why I Know Where I’m Going! is my feelgood movie

In the first of a new series in which writers explain their favourite mood-lifting watch, an ode to a charming 40s romance

16/11 Streaming: Thelma and the best films about old-age rebellion

June Squibb’s star turn as a ninetysomething gran, scammed and out for justice, joins a club of indomitable seniors in the movies, from Anne Reid to Jack Nicholson

13/11 Hot Frosty review – Netflix’s sexy snowman romance is as silly as expected

Lacey Chabert falls for a snowman with abs in streamer’s latest cheap, cheerful foray into Hallmark territory

12/11 Trailer for Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy released

Footage from the forthcoming comedy shows Renée Zellweger in her signature role for the fourth time

12/11 The Last Dance review – Chinese funeral business is backdrop for arresting, life-affirming drama

An irascible priest loses his patience with a newcomer to Hong Kong’s funeral traditions in punchy melodrama of a film

08/11 Bad Sisters to Say Nothing: the seven best shows to stream this week

Sharon Horgan’s pitch-black comedy is back, plus a gripping new drama about a mother of 10 abducted in Northern Ireland during the Troubles

07/11 Skincare review – Elizabeth Banks horror thriller is a thing of beauty

An LA salon-owner gets involved in an escalating feud with a rival facialist in this blackly comic thriller with a pleasing female focus

06/11 Meet Me Next Christmas review – Netflix kicks off season with passable romcom

Christina Milian is a charming lead in the streamer’s first festive offering of the year which is watchable enough given the low bar

06/11 Red One review – bronto-head Dwayne Johnson weighs down Santa kidnap comedy

Christmassy slush and gush smothers all attempts at comedy in this bland family film about Santa’s musclebound personal security guard

04/11 Paddington in Peru review – you can take the bear out of South America, but think twice before taking him back

The third instalment in the film adventures of the furry marmalade addict may boast Olivia Colman as a singing nun but it lacks home comforts

31/10 See Jennifer Garner dress as her iconic ‘13 Going on 30’ character for Halloween

Jennifer Garner played Jenna Rink in the beloved romantic-comedy “13 Going on 30” in 2004.

22/10 Family Pack review – Jean Reno is game for a laugh in card-based time-travelling caper

A family playing a game are sent back in time to a medieval village where they must kill werewolves in order to return to the future

21/10 Secrets of a Wallaby Boy review – low budget romp-com tracks delivery rider round his route

Nice performances from the leads aren’t enough to save this comedy about a bawdy bike courier from floundering in a slew of crass sex jokes

21/10 Matt and Mara review – lo-fi answer to When Harry Met Sally offers uncertain relationship

This lo-fi Canadian dramedy feels like an excursion into nothing much, as a vague college friendship is rekindled

20/10 Are you addicted to watching horror-comedies? Watch these 7 South and Bollywood movies before 'Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3'

The trend of horror-comedy films is continuously increasing. This year, three horror-comedy films have been released in Bollywood, which have been liked a lot by the people. First Munjya was liked a lot by the audience, then Stree 2 had broken records and now Kartik Aryan's Bhool-Bhulaiyaa 3 is creating a strong buzz. If you also like to be scared along with laughing or like to laugh while being s

20/10 A planned sequel and a West End musical – but is The Devil Wears Prada out of step with our times?

Attitudes to body standards and corporate exploitation are among themes that look dated in the 2006 smash hit

18/10 Brothers review – throwaway madcap comedy wastes a host of stars

Peter Dinklage, Josh Brolin, Glenn Close, Marisa Tomei and Brendan Fraser are lost in this brief and silly Amazon caper about low-level criminals

18/10 ‘Really speaks to sex workers’: can Anora help humanise a degraded profession?

Sean Baker’s acclaimed and Oscar-tipped new drama focuses on a sex worker, a story that led him to consult with those who live and work in that world

17/10 The Crime Is Mine review – François Ozon’s 1930s crime comedy is a moreish crowdpleaser

Ozon and a stellar cast serve up an entertaining, if shallow caper that shades a little too close to #MeToo

15/10 Members Club review – male strippers meet bloodthirsty witches in gory comedy horror

Hapless dance troupe Wet Dreams get a taste of the dark arts when they’re lured to a gig to raise the dead. Plus: a cameo from Peter Andre

13/10 Transformers One review – action-packed prequel adds brains to the metal monster smash-ups

Toy Story 4 director Josh Cooley brings a blast of energy, sharp wit and an all-star voice cast to this refreshingly different origin tale

11/10 Lonely Planet review - Laura Dern and Liam Hemsworth heat up beach-read travel romance

A novelist meets a financier two decades her junior at a writers’ retreat in Morocco, in this welcome addition to a flurry of age-gap romances released this summer

10/10 Superboys of Malegaon review – boisterous heartwarmer about movie-loving underdogs

Inspired by a true story, this feelgood Indian film is about some Bollywood superfans making their own movies with a cheeky but admirable DIY ethos

07/10 Portraits of Dangerous Women review – dog car crash sets off baffling and peculiar drama

Three unlikely women are pitched together by a muddled plot with results that are short on both drama and comedy

06/10 Michel Blanc, star of Monsieur Hire, dies aged 72

Blanc, who also starred in 1978 comedy Les Bronzes, was the veteran ‘worried clown’ of French cinema

05/10 'Different Man' star Adam Pearson once felt 'undesirable.' Now, 'I'm undisputable.'

"A Different Man" star Adam Pearson opens up about life with neurofibromatosis and how he overcame bullying to become an actor.

04/10 ‘It was hard not to stare at him all the time’: inside the remarkable rise and shocking loss of Leonard Rossiter

Best known for sitcoms Rising Damp and The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, the actor died 40 years ago during a performance of Loot, aged 57. Co-stars, colleagues and friends remember a brilliant, singular and demanding man

03/10 Young Frankenstein review – Mel Brooks monster comedy is wonderfully alive as ever

Gene Wilder’s giddy brilliance is backed by a tremendous supporting cast and only a few gags lumber as the film is re-released for its 50th anniversary

01/10 ‘I was barricading myself with alcohol’: Matthew López on the play that was too scary to stage

He has done frothy romcoms and weighty epics such as Tony-winning The Inheritance. Now the US playwright is revisiting the drink-fuelled drama that terrified him as he wrote it

29/09 Wolfs review – forgettable Clooney-Pitt vehicle soon runs out of gas

Even the combined charm of its two leads cannot elevate this one-joke comedy-thriller about two underworld fixers double-booked on a job

29/09 Will & Harper review – Will Ferrell hits the road with a newly transitioned pal

Josh Greenbaum funny and poignant documentary follows the comedian and his old friend across the US in a likable portrait that never quite rings true

27/09 Maggie Smith was the grandest of grande dames – and a true cinematic superstar | Peter Bradshaw

Before she reached a new level of TV celebrity in the 21st century, Smith had a remarkable big-screen career, channelling her stage presence into the camera whether as Jean Brodie or her tragic, absurd ‘aunt’ persona

26/09 My Old Ass review – Aubrey Plaza adds texture to comedy of teen meeting future self

After a promising opening, this coming-of-age romance from director Megan Park fails to deliver the big finish

17/09 Clawfoot review – Hollywood nepo babies do fine in horror-comedy bathed in gore

The unexpected arrival of an inept tradesman kicks off this suspenseful and witty thriller, with Francesca Eastwood proving the film’s secret weapon

17/09 200% Wolf review – moon spirit baby turns kiddie werewolf sequel into frenetic howler

Where 100% Wolf was giddy fun, the chaos of its sequel is in a rush to get to nowhere very interesting or charming

15/09 In Camera review – smart, surreal showbiz satire hits a nerve

An aspiring actor faces endless knock-backs in writer-director Naqqash Khalid’s enjoyably exaggerated skewering of the TV and film industry

14/09 On my radar: Mo Gilligan’s cultural highlights

The award-winning standup on Peckham superheroes, black boy joy and his favourite trainers

13/09 'Happy Gilmore' sequel's cast: Adam Sandler, Bad Bunny, Travis Kelce, more confirmed

The 1996 Adam Sandler comedy "Happy Gilmore" is returning for another round, and though its sequel may be in early development, the film is already racking up an all-star cast. The golf comedy, to be released on Netflix, will be a reunion for Sandler and his…

13/09 ‘The main issue was always the hijab’: the Iranian directors arrested for their gentle septuagenarian comedy

Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha, makers of My Favourite Cake, received an ovation at the Berlin film festival while under house arrest in Tehran. They speak about the struggle of creating art under a dictatorship

12/09 Kenneth Cope, star of Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) and Coronation Street, dies aged 93

Liverpudlian actor, described by his family as ‘an incredible icon’, also appeared in the Carry On film series

12/09 Saturday Night review – tedious SNL origins tale is an unfunny misfire

Toronto film festival: Jason Reitman’s 70s-set comedy detailing the first-ever episode of Saturday Night Live is a dull and self-indulgent mess

11/09 The 4:30 Movie review – Kevin Smith cues up a hot date with crush for his teen avatar

The Clerks director continues his nostalgic mood in endearing study of a geeky adolescent with high romantic ambitions

10/09 Fawzia Mirza and Amrit Kaur on The Queen of My Dreams: ‘People want to hear more queer Muslim stories’

Mirza’s feature debut may have started with a wish to better understand her conservative Pakistani mother, but the joy it finds as it hops from 90s Canada to 60s Karachi speaks to big questions about south Asian identities

09/09 Nightbitch review – Amy Adams turns into a dog in rough dark comedy

The multiple Oscar nominee has some fun as a mother at the end of her tether but this unsubtle mix of comedy and horror doesn’t go far enough

08/09 Beetlejuice Beetlejuice review – Tim Burton has fun with pleasingly idiosyncratic sequel

The director’s long-imagined follow-up to his 1988 cult movie Beetlejuice revels in some gleefully silly moments while narrowly avoiding that dated feeling

06/09 Nutcrackers review – Ben Stiller finds little joy in middling Christmas comedy

The actor returns to the big screen for his first leading role since 2017 yet David Gordon Green’s charmless throwback comedy fails to justify why

04/09 ‘We didn’t worry about a few dirty laughs!’ The Carry On women on playing nags, bra-burners and ‘crumpet’

No one could say that the Carry On movies stretched their female stars, or paid them generously. But, decades later, Amanda Barrie, Valerie Leon, Sheila Hancock and co have fond memories

01/09 Mandoob (Night Courier) review – Saudi crime thriller delves into the secrets of Riyadh

Director Ali Kalthami shows the city as never before, through the eyes of a desperate delivery man negotiating a world of gangsters and illegal alcohol

28/08 Beetlejuice Beetlejuice review – Tim Burton sequel takes retro joyride through old haunts

Burton’s game attempt to bring the 1980s horror-comedy back from the spirit world is full of gaudy set-pieces but fails to add much to the original

28/08 And Mrs review – love never dies for Aisling Bea in barmy Brit romcom

This Richard Curtis-like comedy sees Bea on fine form as she tries to marry her her dead boyfriend, supported by a knockout cast including Harriet Walter and Susan Wokoma

25/08 Between the Temples review – bittersweet screwball comedy with shades of Harold and Maude

Playing a bereaved synagogue cantor and his former primary school music teacher, Jason Schwartzman and Carol Kane light up Nathan Silver’s endearing odd couple tale

24/08 Kneecap review – fictionalised origin story is one of the funniest films of the year

Belfast rappers Kneecap use the Irish language as their weapon in Rich Peppiatt’s exhilarating comedy drama co-starring Michael Fassbender

23/08 Incoming review – Netflix’s Superbad-esque comedy is super unfunny

Raucous teen film about out-of-control high school party never finds its footing, relying on tiresome gross-out humor

21/08 Travis Kelce successfully begged his way into a role in 'Happy Gilmore 2'

When news broke the a long-awaited sequel to the 1996 Adam Sandler golf comedy Happy Gilmore was officially a go at Netflix, arguably no one was happier than Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce. First and foremost, because he's a huge fan of the original film.…

21/08 The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat review – female friendship saga falls flat

Adaptation of Edward Kelsey Moore’s novel has admirable intentions and terrific cast but is too rushed to soar

21/08 Nothing But the Best review – raffish Alan Bates comedy is a time capsule of 60s London

Millicent Martin and Denholm Elliott also star in Clive Donner’s 1964 satire on class, filled with macabre twists

20/08 Between the Temples review – Jason Schwartzman and Carol Kane charm in quirky comedy

Actors sell an unusual, compelling friendship as a widower reconnects with an old teacher in this thoughtful film

14/08 Jackpot! review - Awkwafina and John Cena strapped into stunt-heavy action comedy

The efforts of a strong cast to make a future dystopia into knockabout fun result in a discordant mismash of general ridiculousness

14/08 Edinburgh film festival 2024: 12 of the best movies on show

From uplifting drama to gonzo body-horror and an intensely personal documentary, here are our favourite picks

14/08 When Govinda signed 75 films at the age of 21, Dilip Kumar asked him to reduce the load and said - 'How to return?'

Govinda also told that he often fell ill and often had to go to the hospital because he was working continuously. He had made this shocking revelation that once he did not sleep for 16 days because he was working continuously on the set for two weeks.

13/08 The Hypnosis review – watch-through-your-hands squirmfest as woman loses inhibitions

A big-money business pitch is threatened when a tech entrepreneur’s unpredictable inner child is unleashed after hypnotherapy

11/08 Zak Williams reflects on dad Robin Williams: 'He was a big kid at heart'

Zak Williams reflects on his childhood as Robin Williams' son, 10 years after his dad's death. "He was very funny," but also "very introspective."

11/08 Babes review – Pamela Adlon’s caustically funny pregnancy comedy

Ilana Glazer and Michelle Buteau fizz in the Better Things creator’s directorial debut, a rapid-fire riff on pregnancy, motherhood and female friendship

08/08 Borderlands review – Cate Blanchett is wasted in janky video game adventure

The Oscar winner tries to rise above Eli Roth’s juvenile and derivative adaptation of the hit game but gets lost in the mess

08/08 Aliens, artists and Abscam: Amy Adams’ 20 best performances – ranked!

The six times Oscar-nominated actor, who turns 50 this month, stars in new comedy horror Nightbitch. We look back at some of her best roles

07/08 Broad City’s Ilana Glazer on her new pregnancy comedy: ‘I had no idea how effortful having children is’

After defining goofy millennial aimlessness with her beloved sitcom Broad City, the writer-actor is facing up to motherhood with new film Babes. But don’t worry: she hasn’t grown up too much

05/08 Together 99 review – quarter-century renuion for Lukas Moodysson’s Swedish commune comedy

Moodysson reunites the gang of hippies from his joyful 2000 sendup for a fun yet slightly sour sequel

02/08 Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie review – another enjoyably madcap SpongeBob adventure

An incredibly game Wanda Sykes leans in to the evil inventor trope as the gang follow their favourite scientist squirrel to the Lone Star State in a bid to save their world

01/08 Harold and the Purple Crayon review – garish and charmless kids fantasy dud

Zachary Levi makes for a miscast lead in a poorly thought- out adaptation of Crockett Johnson’s classic picture book

27/07 Deadpool & Wolverine review – Marvel’s achingly meta new sequel is going to be huge

Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman’s superhero odd couple are flung together in a gagtastic if sloppy action comedy that maxes out its 15 certificate

23/07 Robin and the Hoods review – nostalgic battle cry for children’s imagination

The armoured knights and magic thunderbolts of a child’s play world are threatened by a property developer in this formulaic yet fun family feature

22/07 Bad Newz review – racy Bollywood romcom breaks new ground with parenting shenanigans

Love triangle caper about a woman who bears twins by two different fathers gives disappointingly more life to its competing men

22/07 Cloudland Revisited by SJ Perelman review – the humorist who broke the mould

The Marx Brothers collaborator and New Yorker writer returns to the dime store novels and schlocky movies of his teens – and nails American culture

20/07 Glen Powell: meet the new Hollywood A-lister who can do heart-throb, goofball or action hero

His good looks haven’t restricted Powell to the superhero universe. Now, after starring in an impressive variety of films, genres and roles, he’s finally attained star status

19/07 ‘My testicles were on fire for weeks’: the sex movie craze that swept 70s Britain

In the 1970s, huge crowds – even royalty – packed cinemas to watch bawdy ‘sexploitation’ films. Ahead of a documentary, their stars talk pain, secrets – and being ‘the most famous bare bum in British screen history’

17/07 Who’s laughing now? The gags that derailed comedy careers

Kyle Gass’s ill-judged Donald Trump assassination jibe has put Tenacious D on ice. Will he be for ever cancelled, or bounce back like Billy Connolly and Jo Brand?

16/07 Chuck Chuck Baby review – emotionally charged musical drama rules the roost

Louise Brealey plays Helen, a chicken factory worker who gets a second chance at love, in Janis Pugh’s uplifting crowdpleaser

16/07 Forrest Gump review – Tom Hanks’ hero still gets under your skin 30 years on

Robert Zemeckis’s re-released fantasy is entirely ridiculous, hokey-sentimental and politically naive, but it’s superbly paced and expertly acted

15/07 Thelma review – June Squibb is marvellous in sweet mobility scooter revenge caper

Ninety-four-year-old Squibb is great as a woman going after phone scammers – with the help of the late Shaft star Richard Roundtree – in a robust feelgood comedy

13/07 From ‘lottery tickets’ to ‘jam nights’, our guide to getting the best of British culture for less

Want to immerse yourself this summer without splashing huge amounts of cash? Our critics have the key to the offers, hacks and frugal surprises that can save you money

09/07 Fly Me to the Moon review – slinky Scarlett Johansson in cynical moon-landing conspiracy comedy

This misjudged and unfunny romcom about how the US government planned to fake the moon landing in case the real one tanked undermines the Apollo 11 achievement

07/07 The Nature of Love review – opposites attract in sizzling French-Canadian romcom

Sparks fly between a lecturer and a builder, but are they enough, wonders director Monia Chokri in this vibrant romance

05/07 Rude awakening: when movies change their original NSFW titles

Hit Netflix comedy A Family Affair and Zoe Kravitz’s upcoming thriller Blink Twice were both once called very different things

05/07 ‘I wish my parents were alive so I could tell them I’m a concept’: Tilda Swinton and Julio Torres on elves, slaps and giving dignity to toilets

Comedy auteur Torres’s surreal new opus, Problemista, is also the basis for a friendship with arthouse queen Swinton. Cinema’s oddest new couple talk South Park scatology, mortifying restaurant behaviour and cutting-edge queerness

04/07 Space Cadet review – Emma Roberts joins Nasa in lazy streaming slop

There are shades of Legally Blonde and Private Benjamin in Amazon’s lesser, low-rent comedy about a Florida bartender with dreams of being an astronaut

01/07 Despicable Me 4 review – Gru goes into witness protection to keep Minion magic alive

Steve Carell’s everyvillain starts a dull new life but nemesis Will Ferrell’s Maxime Le Mal has other ideas

28/06 A Family Affair review – Nicole Kidman’s hot age-gap romance quickly goes cold

Zac Efron plays a heartless airhead movie star who is much too hastily transformed into Kidman’s Mr Perfect

26/06 Will The Rock’s Red One be the worst Christmas movie ever?

The trailer for Amazon’s reportedly troubled $250m action-comedy shows that it might just be weightless action mush

26/06 Poolman review – Chris Pine makes splash of totally wrong kind in shambolic stoner comedy

Pine writes, directs and stars – alongside Danny DeVito and Annette Bening – in this rambling comedy mystery about a shaggy, quirky pool attendant

24/06 Freelance review – John Cena fun in kind of pulpy action-comedy Arnie used to make

Cena and Alison Brie bring the genre up to date, with the pair comically adept enough to rescue this rescue mission from being a lame duck

18/06 Anouk Aimée was an entrancing 60s movie icon with an air of glamorous unknowability

The star of La Dolce Vita and A Man and a Woman, who has died aged 92, had a unique screen presence that was at once alluring and forbidding

14/06 Laughter lessons: a comedy watchlist for Pope Francis

Pitching his creed to a roomful of comic stars, the pontiff pronounced that it is good to laugh at God. In which case, he may enjoy these

14/06 Amy Poehler: ‘If we want young people to fix everything, why do we make fun of them?’

She’s the voice of Joy in Pixar’s Inside Out 2 – but Poehler has more complicated emotions on her mind. The SNL star talks teen angst and clueless grownups in a non-binary world

13/06 Fantasia to Flesh and Fantasy, the Coens to Cavalcanti: anthology films – ranked!

With Yorgos Lanthimos’s Kinds of Kindness hitting UK cinemas next week, we ask where it features in the pantheon of anthology masterpieces

13/06 Ultraman: Rising review – endearing kaiju animation battles the monster that is parenting

Appealing superhero film saddles a kaiju fighter with an orphaned infant, who brings challenges to test supernanny’s domestic mettle

12/06 Treasure review – Lena Dunham and Stephen Fry uneasy in well-intentioned Holocaust drama

Wonky-toned story follows Dunham as a journalist visiting Poland, and Fry as her cuddly European dad, both trying to get to grips with family history

08/06 Gremlins at 40: Joe Dante’s untamed classic is a love letter to chaos

Even in the less conventional summer of 1984, the Spielberg-produced comedy horror was a gleeful rule-breaker

07/06 I Used to Be Funny review – Rachel Sennott can’t save messy PTSD drama

The Shiva Baby and Bodies, Bodies, Bodies standout goes serious in an uneven and at times frustrating combination of disparate tones and genre

04/06 Bad Boys: Ride or Die review – Will Smith bromance goes big on Pointless Action Explosions

Smith and Martin Lawrence may be in the career wilderness but the serial rule-breakers are back with a winning cop comedy

04/06 The Prank review – silver screen legend Rita Moreno graces twisty high school comedy

This dark comedy isn’t quite as clever or funny as it thinks it is, but it’s great fun watching Moreno clearly having a blast as the baddie

03/06 Post your questions for Ken Jeong

The doctor-turned-comedian has starred in films from The Hangover to Crazy Rich Asians, been a judge on The Masked Singer and still assists with the odd medical emergency. What would you like to ask him?

30/05 Summer Camp review – Diane Keaton and pals reunite in so-so friendship comedy

The star hopes for some more of that Book Club magic although she’s the weakest link in a trio buoyed by Kathy Bates and Alfre Woodard

29/05 The famous 'Home Alone' house is for sale: See inside the revamped home listed at $5.25 million

The house used as the McCallister's family home in the 1990 Christmas classic "Home Alone" has been listed for $5.25 million.

28/05 This Time Next Year review – satisfyingly slick by-the-numbers romcom

From the love/hate setup and the must-dump boyfriend to the kooky mate and frantic finale this well-crafted love story hits all the classic romcom beats, just don’t expect fireworks

26/05 You will be scared and laugh after watching these movies

You will be scared as well as laugh after watching these movies. There are many such movies in Bollywood which are not only scary but also have a lot of comedy in them. ‘Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2’ is one of those films, it is a fantastic horror comedy film by Kartik Aryan. Rajkummar Rao and Shraddha Kapoor's film 'Stree' is scary as well as funny. Janhvi Kapoor and Rajkumar Rao's...

23/05 Hit Man review – Richard Linklater’s thoroughly entertaining fake-killer caper

Glen Powell plays a mild-mannered professor posing as a contract killer to catch would-be criminals in this diverting noir comedy loosely based on a true story

22/05 Marcello Mio review – droll Catherine Deneuve best thing in twee Mastroianni family whimsy

Playing themselves, film icons gaze into the looking-glass in this unconvincing and tiresome piece of cine-narcissism

20/05 The Substance review – Demi Moore is game for a laugh in grisly body horror caper

Moore plays a fading Hollywood star whose career is set to be axed by misogynists when she’s offered a secret new medical procedure

19/05 The Balconettes review – neighbours finding trouble in invitation to hot guy’s flat

Noémie Merlant’s first film as a director is relentlessly silly, self-indulgent and unsuited to its themes of misogyny and sexual violence

16/05 The greatest dancer of all time? Fred Astaire’s 20 best films – ranked!

On the 125th anniversary of his birth – and with a Tom Holland biopic in the works – we run down the finest performances in the Hollywood legend’s eight-decade career

15/05 If review – John Krasinski’s so-so, sentimental family fantasy

Ryan Reynolds leads an all-star cast in a sweet, if a little messy, tale of imaginary friends reconnecting with the grown-ups who once bid them goodbye

15/05 Two Tickets to Greece review – insufferable women-on-holiday comedy is no Shirley Valentine

Even Kristin Scott Thomas can’t save this painful French comedy about two older women heading for the Greek islands for wacky fun

14/05 The Second Act review – Quentin Dupieux’s likable meta comedy of actors’ private lives

With help from an A-list cast, Dupieux brings his customary mischief to an amiable tale of imposture and role play

13/05 The Coffee Table review – horror comedy takes its cue from gaudy furniture item

Caye Casas’s second feature is audacious and sharp, but the shifts between acidic comedy of manners and humour-free horror are grating

04/05 The Fall Guy review – Ryan Gosling fails to fly in vacuous stuntman action comedy

The combined star power of Gosling and Emily Blunt can’t lift Bullet Train director David Leitch’s action-heavy spectacle into meaningful entertainment

02/05 The Fall Guy review – Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt fun it up in goofy stuntman romance

Gosling does the dirty work in this entertaining action film, which has moments of tenderness with Blunt among the crashes, leaps and fireballs

01/05 The Idea of You review – Anne Hathaway lives out fanfic fantasy in solid romance

The star makes for a charming lead playing a mother falling for a younger pop star in a passable adaptation of Robinne Lee’s bestselling pulp

28/04 Challengers review – Zendaya holds court in absurdly sexy three-way tennis romance

Luca Guadagnino’s sizzling, sharply scripted drama, co-starring Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist, is such fun it’s almost indecent

25/04 A way to make a livin’: Jennifer Aniston set for 9 to 5 reboot

Aniston’s production company will reportedly reimagine the hit 1980 Jane Fonda and Dolly Parton comedy about sexism in the workplace – with a script by Diablo Cody

23/04 Ben Stiller was blindsided over ‘Zoolander 2’ failure: I ‘really f–ked this up’

“I thought everybody wanted this.” — Ben Stiller

23/04 Set It Up: the 2018 Netflix romcom that became a classic of the genre

Glen Powell and Zoey Deutch ooze chemistry in this under-appreciated romcom about two overworked assistants trying to set up their bosses

21/04 Sometimes I Think About Dying review – Daisy Ridley excels as shy office worker in offbeat comedy

​Rachel Lambert’s perceptive tale of a ​l​oner with a vividly imaginative inner life​ proves an unexpected showcase for the Star Wars actor​’s talents

18/04 Abigail review – Dracula’s daughter gets kidnapped in fun-sucking horror

There’s some low-stakes pleasure to be had in the first half of the gory new film from the team behind Ready or Not and Scream but things fall apart disastrously