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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

Extra Geography review – a sweet and spiky coming-of-age debut

Two teenage girls find their friendship put to the test in a witty and charmingly odd British comedy

Buddy review – high-concept horror misfire dares to wonder: what if Barney killed kids?

There’s a dearth of both laughs and scares in this one-joke comedy horror that feels like it would have made for a better short film

Bulk review – Ben Wheatley’s quirky sci-fi brings small-budget charm to big questions

Wheatley’s engaging tale sends Sam Riley’s tough-guy reporter to the home of a reclusive oligarch who has invented a ‘Brain Collider’

Post your questions for Melissa Leo

The Oscar-winning actor – star of The Fighter, Frozen River, The Equalizer and now The Knife – will take on your questions

‘A celebration of the carefree’: why Ferris Bueller’s Day Off is my feelgood movie

The latest in our series of writers celebrating their favourite comfort watches is an ode to John Hughes’s 1980s classic

Eddie Izzard: ‘I once ran 90km in just under 12 hours. That was a tough day’

The comedian and actor on her favourite Bond film, revisiting the Death Star canteen and avoiding the press with Brad Pitt

People We Meet on Vacation review – Netflix travel romcom is a dull journey

Emily Henry’s hit book has been adapted into a glossily made yet charmless attempt to resurrect the friends-to-lovers formula

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