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Reuben Kaye: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)

The comedian is haunted by his addiction to his phone but all that scrolling has given us this list of clumsy pets, Chloë Sevigny impersonations and Carrie Fisher

Meet Me Next Christmas review – Netflix kicks off season with passable romcom

Christina Milian is a charming lead in the streamer’s first festive offering of the year which is watchable enough given the low bar

Red One review – bronto-head Dwayne Johnson weighs down Santa kidnap comedy

Christmassy slush and gush smothers all attempts at comedy in this bland family film about Santa’s musclebound personal security guard

Paddington in Peru review – you can take the bear out of South America, but think twice before taking him back

The third instalment in the film adventures of the furry marmalade addict may boast Olivia Colman as a singing nun but it lacks home comforts

The Problem with People review – old-country lark takes on blarney-fuelled family feud

Paul Reiser and Colm Meaney go into cliche mode when an Irish patriarch wills half his legacy to his son’s unknown American cousin

Ruby Teys: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)

The actor, comedian and performance artist tried to pick ‘cool girl’ entries. Instead she unearthed a lot of Vine and classic British YouTube

Secrets of a Wallaby Boy review – low budget romp-com tracks delivery rider round his route

Nice performances from the leads aren’t enough to save this comedy about a bawdy bike courier from floundering in a slew of crass sex jokes

‘The worse the world gets, the better for this play’: Armando Iannucci on staging Dr Strangelove with Steve Coogan

Stanley Kubrick’s pitch-black comedy about nuclear armageddon was once called ‘sick’. Iannucci explains why – in the age of Trump, Putin and Musk – this madcap story is as relevant as ever

Mel McGlensey: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)

The professional clown shares what makes her laugh online, including a scary Big Bird, a Taskmaster rap and goats being goats

Family Pack review – Jean Reno is game for a laugh in card-based time-travelling caper

A family playing a game are sent back in time to a medieval village where they must kill werewolves in order to return to the future

Matt and Mara review – lo-fi answer to When Harry Met Sally offers uncertain relationship

This lo-fi Canadian dramedy feels like an excursion into nothing much, as a vague college friendship is rekindled

A planned sequel and a West End musical – but is The Devil Wears Prada out of step with our times?

Attitudes to body standards and corporate exploitation are among themes that look dated in the 2006 smash hit

The Crime is Mine review – Isabelle Huppert and co revel in Ozon’s frothy French crime caper

Set in 1930s Paris, François Ozon’s theatre-world courtroom comedy is a fizzing if throwaway delight

Brothers review – throwaway madcap comedy wastes a host of stars

Peter Dinklage, Josh Brolin, Glenn Close, Marisa Tomei and Brendan Fraser are lost in this brief and silly Amazon caper about low-level criminals

‘Really speaks to sex workers’: can Anora help humanise a degraded profession?

Sean Baker’s acclaimed and Oscar-tipped new comedy focuses on a sex worker, a story that led him to consult with those who live and work in that world

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