My Oxford Year review – so-so Netflix romance trades on anglophilia
An American lives out her British dream in an uninspired yet competently assembled trifle from The Inbetweeners creator Iain Morris
The enduring brilliance of Peter Sellers: ‘There’s never been a better comic actor’
The actor was born 100 years ago – and his performances still induce hysteria today. Fans and collaborators like Michael Palin, Woody Allen and Lesley Anne-Down explain why
Elton John and Spin̈al Tap release new version of Stonehenge – and correct stage prop disaster
John takes lead vocal on mystical classic rock anthem and performs it live for scene in Spin̈al Tap II: The End Continues, released in September
The return of the spoof: can comedy’s silliest subgenre make a comeback?
The Naked Gun returns this weekend hoping to relaunch a long-dormant subgenre with Scary Movie, Spinal Tap and Spaceballs sequels to follow
The Naked Gun review – Liam Neeson deadpans impeccably in outrageously amusing spoof reboot
Neeson plays the son of Leslie Nielsen’s Lt Frank Drebin, appearing opposite Pamela Anderson in this enjoyable, at times very bizarre, spoof of 80s LA action movies
My Beautiful Laundrette review – landmark critique of Thatcher’s Britain with a larky Ealing air
Rerelease of funny-sad tale of a laundry madeover by a young south Asian man and his love interest (Daniel Day-Lewis) is a unique subversion of 1980s UK politics
My Best Friend’s Wedding 2: Celine Song to write sequel to hit comedy
The Past Lives and Materialists writer-director is set to pen a follow-up to the dark, Julia Roberts-led 1997 favourite
‘It’s queer, Black joy’: the TikTok creator quizzing pop stars and politicians on LGBTQ+ culture
Anania Williams’s viral show Gaydar asks guests like Zohran Mamdani and Chappell Roan about queer culture – and teaches viewers something along the way
Happy Gilmore 2 review – Adam Sandler’s Netflix sequel is strictly for the fans
Belated sequel to the 1996 comedy is unlikely to convert newcomers but there’s more than enough to entertain its cult fanbase
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues – first trailer released
The highly anticipated sequel to 1984’s seminal comedy sees the band reunite for a farewell show with appearances from Elton John, Questlove and Paul McCartney
The Bad Guys 2 review – gang of cuddly animal criminals get pulled back in for one last heist
Snappier, funnier and more relaxed than the first film, this caper sees the crew dragged back to villainy by a ‘MacGuffinite’ plot
Covid, social media, Black Lives Matter: Ari Aster’s Eddington takes 2020 on and mostly succeeds
Director of Hereditary and Midsommar tasked himself with the impossible in grimly satirical new film – but he finds truth where others have stumbled
Charlotte Otton: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)
The performer and creator of the show I Watched Someone Die on TikTok shares what she has watched on TikTok, which is mostly creepy AI filters
‘You think God didn’t make gay men?’ Comedian Leslie Jones on religion, grief and getting famous at 47
She was Saturday Night Live’s oldest hire, then faced a torrent of abuse after her role in the Ghostbusters reboot. She talks about the deaths of her mum, dad and brother – and why she’s given up dating men
‘I am elated each time I watch’: why Rushmore is my feelgood movie
The next in our series of writers drawing attention to their most-watched comfort films is a reminder of Wes Anderson’s idiosyncratic 1998 comedy