Hocus Pocus review – Bette Midler and co still bewitching a devoted fanbase
With its 30th-anniversary rerelease, the family-friendly answer to Witches of Eastwick secures its status as a sweet-natured and sometimes weirdly brutal cult favourite
Garry Marshall: a genuine mensch who made everything improbably joyous
Hadley Freeman
Garry Marshall, creator of Happy Days, dies aged 81
June 2016
Box office analysis: UK
Me Before You fights off Julia Roberts and Melissa McCarthy at UK box office
Mother's Day review – Jennifer Aniston and Julia Roberts in skin-crawlingly smug romcom
From Mother's Day to Flying Ant Day: which holidays should get the romcom treatment?
Happy Days creator Garry Marshall on the Fonz's jump: 'Sharks were big then. It was after Jaws!'
May 2016
Julia Roberts's $750,000 day rate is high. But Ving Rhames gets five times that …
Jungle Book still atop US box office as Captain America: Civil War rules overseas
April 2016
Celebrity cameos: has the joke worn thin?
From the new Absolutely Fabulous movie to Zoolander 2, Ryan Gilbey reflects on what separates the unforgettable star turns from the excruciating B-list cash-ins
Mother's Day movie gets the mother of all maulings from critics
The comedy, which reunites Julia Roberts and Pretty Woman director Garry Marshall, has been unanimously panned, with one critic calling it ‘vaguely evil’
Mother’s Day review – almost transcendentally terrible
Surely destined to become a camp classic, this movie features the likes of Julia Roberts and Jennifer Aniston spouting unintentionally hilarious dialogue
October 2015
Al Molinaro obituary
Happy Days actor Al Molinaro dies aged 96
July 2015
Film blog
After Mother's Day: which holiday should be turned into a movie next?
Valentine’s Day and New Year’s Eve director Garry Marshall continues his obsession with star-studded gift cards by announcing Mother’s Day. Where in the calendar should he circle now?
March 2015
How we made
Henry Winkler and Garry Marshall: how we made Happy Days
Henry Winkler: ‘Leather was associated with crime, so at first I had to wear a puce golf jacket. It did not look cool’
August 2014
Robin Williams obituary
Film blog
Robin Williams' career in clips: from Mork to Mrs Doubtfire via Aladdin