Goat review – noisy, lightning-speed basketball animation does it for the kids
A diminutive young buck aspires to compete with rhinos and horses in ‘roarball’, but this by-numbers tale is not the greatest of any time
REM x Buster Keaton’s Sherlock Jr review – classic comedy gets new alt-rock soundtrack
Keaton’s wild invention doesn’t gain much by adding indie guitars, but if they can bring a new audience to this silent classic, who’s listening?
‘Endlessly quotable’: why Wayne’s World is my feelgood movie
The latest in our series of writers paying tribute to their most rewatched comfort films is a trip back to 1992 for the unique rock comedy
Catherine O’Hara managed to make difficult characters utterly delightful
The death of the 71-year-old actor and comedian leaves behind a long line of unforgettably original comic creations, from Beetlejuice to Schitt’s Creek
Chasing Summer review – incoherent small-town comedy is a baffling car crash
Comedian Iliza Schlesinger’s nonsensical misfire is a swirl of cliches, unfunny comedy, stock characters and bizarre direction from Josephine Decker
Is This Thing On? review – funny is as funny does in Bradley Cooper’s John Bishop-inspired tale
Cooper directs Will Arnett in this likable, semi-believable story about a man heading for a divorce who discovers a cathartic outlet in comedy
Nouvelle Vague review – Richard Linklater bends the knee to Breathless and Jean-Luc Godard
Linklater recreates the making of the landmark French New Wave classic with an awestruck tastefulness that smooths over any disruptiveness
Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass review – silly, scattershot Hollywood comedy
Zoey Deutch is a small-town girl hunting down Jon Hamm for sex in David Wain’s disposable yet often funny lark
Send Help review – Sam Raimi returns with gore-laced plane-crash survival face-off
Starring Rachel McAdams, this gets off to a promising start, but the plot twists are derivative and the tacked-on violence descends into exasperating silliness
‘Pushes the nostalgia buttons’: why Enchanted is my feelgood movie
The latest in our series of writers picking their go-to comfort films is a tribute to Amy Adams and what might be her greatest performance
The Gallerist review – Natalie Portman flounders in tiring art world caper
The Oscar winner can’t find the right tone for this grating comedy which also wastes Jenna Ortega, Da’Vine Joy Randolph and Catherine Zeta-Jones
The Invite review – A-list ensemble electrify hilarious couples night gone wrong comedy
Olivia Wilde, Seth Rogen, Penelope Cruz and Edward Norton are exceptional in a smart and funny winner about sex, marriage and partner-swapping
Wicker review – Olivia Colman is smelly fisherwoman falling for wicker man in uneven fable
An inventively made fantasy boasts eye-catching premise and typically rewarding performance from Oscar-winner but something’s missing
The Moment review – Charli xcx struggles through defanged Brat summer satire
There’s a smart idea at play here, with the star playing a hellish version of herself fighting against corporate forces, but there’s not a lot else
I Want Your Sex review – vampy Olivia Wilde almost saves Gregg Araki’s tame dom-sub romp
As a provocative artist using sex to wield power, the actor is electric but the writer-director’s return to his campy, dayglo roots is largely underwhelming