‘Pure euphoric escapism’: why Adventureland is my feelgood movie
The latest in our series of writers highlighting their most rewatched comfort films is an ode to the charming 80s-set comedy
The best films of 2025 … you may not have seen
From an old-fashioned western to a charming baseball comedy, Guardian writers pick their favourite lesser-known films of the year
‘When no one laughs, your soul leaves your body’: have you heard the one about the Bradley Cooper film inspired by John Bishop … ?
Is This Thing On? is Cooper’s third film as writer/director – and his third to wonder whether performing saves or destroys your love life. He and stars Will Arnett, Laura Dern and Andra Day talk gags, growth and relationship goals
The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants review – swashbuckling, snicker-inducing silliness
With a turn by Mark Hamill and a saltily suggestive catchphrase for Patrick, the fourth SpongeBob film shows that anything can still happen in Bikini Bottom
Anaconda review – Jack Black and Paul Rudd charm in unusual meta-comedy remake
The 1997 creature feature gets a self-referential redo that works best when it allows its two stars to lean into silliness
Obamas were supposed to meet Rob and Michele Reiner on night of their deaths
The former first lady paid tribute on Jimmy Kimmel Live to ‘some of the most decent, courageous people you ever want to know’ as Jerry Seinfeld also writes of debt to Reiner
Rob Reiner obituary
Actor and director of a string of hit films including The Princess Bride, When Harry Met Sally and A Few Good Men
‘Not a second of wasted time’: Rob Reiner’s golden run from Spinal Tap to A Few Good Men was breathtaking
In his pomp there was no genre or story this director couldn’t turn to gold – despite never being nominated for an Oscar
‘Apocalyptically funny’: why The Mitchells vs the Machines is my feelgood movie
The latest in our series of writers explaining their comfort watches is a celebration of 2021’s acclaimed animated adventure
Actor and comedian Stanley Baxter dies aged 99
Baxter enjoyed a decades-spanning career on radio, TV and film, and was famous for impersonating famous people including Queen Elizabeth II
Ella McCay review – James L Brooks returns with a sorry mess of a movie
Emma Mackey, Jamie Lee Curtis, Albert Brooks, Rebecca Hall and Woody Harrelson are among the stars lost in the writer-director’s baffling misfire
‘I wanted to be one of them’: why Bring It On is my feelgood movie
The latest in our series of writers paying tribute to their most loved comfort films is an ode to the 2000 teen classic
Fackham Hall review – Downton Abbey spoof is fast, funny and throwaway
Period drama parody has some decent and often smart gags and benefits from a game cast including Damian Lewis and Thomasin McKenzie
Oh. What. Fun. review – Michelle Pfeiffer leads Amazon’s underbaked Christmas turkey
Starry cast, including Felicity Jones and Chloë Grace Moretz, can’t save misfiring cross between Home Alone and The Family Stone
Sunset Boulevard review – Hollywood never looked more glorious or more tragic
Gloria Swanson is extraordinary as faded film-star Norma Desmond in Billy Wilder’s cameo-packed self-referential masterpiece about tinseltown ghosts and delusions