David Zucker renews attack on new Naked Gun reboot starring Liam Neeson
The director has taken fresh aim at the new film, saying that producer Seth MacFarlane ‘totally missed’ the spoof-comedy style that defined the original Naked Gun franchise
Christmas Karma review – Dickens adaptation has as much Yuletide spirit as a dead rat in the eggnog
Gurinder Chadha’s leaden update of the hardy seasonal chestnut with Kunal Nayyar is joyless and nausea-inducing
The Devil Wears Prada 2: first teaser trailer for hotly anticipated sequel
Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway reunite in the first look at the follow-up to hit comedy set to be released in May 2026
Being Eddie review – reverential Netflix doc paints limited portrait of Eddie Murphy
There’s great access in this look at the comedian and actor’s life, from time with the subject himself to his many peers, but there’s depth missing
A Merry Little Ex-Mas review – Netflix’s season of cheap Christmas spirit starts with a shrug
Alicia Silverstone is latest 90s star to lead a film for the streamer but her charm can’t save another bland addition to their pile of festive fare
Under the Stars review – picturesque Italian setting is backdrop for AI prompt of a romcom
The tale of two strangers finding love ticks all the right boxes – including big-name support in Toni Collette and Andy Garcia – yet feels clunky and unconvincing
The Secret Santa Project review – festive romcom tries for the Love Actually style multiple story strands
Set in a London council office, this clunky Christmas comedy interweaves a handful of storylines but musters only a brief flicker of cosy charm
‘She knew how to love and be loved’: Julia McKenzie and Jonathan Pryce pay tribute to Pauline Collins
Fellow actors of stage and screen share their memories of working with the much-loved Shirley Valentine star
Slow Horses’ Jack Lowden: ‘I feel more at home on stage than I do in life’
Speaking at a screening of hit play The Fifth Step, the actor reveals he is ‘not comfortable at all on camera’
‘Such a tonic’: why Burn After Reading is my feelgood movie
The latest in our series of writers remembering their most rewatched comfort film is a tribute to the Coens’ playful star-packed comedy
In Your Dreams review – Netflix dreams up solid sub-Pixar adventure
Echoes of Inside Out and Coco in streamer’s engaging enough caper about a brother and sister journeying through their dreams
‘Why don’t you believe Palestinians?’: the Israeli comedian putting the conflict on stage
In documentary Coexistence, My Ass!, Noam Shuster Eliassi uses humor and honesty to turn a one-woman show into something politically radical
Shirley Valentine gave Pauline Collins a role to match her talent. She seized it with style and glee
The film for which the actor, who has died aged 85, is best-remembered is also that in which she was afforded most airtime. If only more film-makers had managed to channel her warm, sharp charm
Miss Piggy movie on way from Jennifer Lawrence, Emma Stone and Cole Escola
The demanding Muppet is set to get her own movie at Disney with Oscar-winning actors producing and the Tony-winning multi-hyphenate writing
Don’t Trip review – lo-fi comedy shocker sets out to find the horror in Hollywood
What starts as a compelling satire of the film industry turns into an unconvincing schlocky mess that even Fred Melamed can’t save