Office Christmas Party proves Hollywood is mild at heart
Gross-out films used to feature raucous antics. But recent supposedly wild comedies have featured respectable professionals letting their hair down – before knuckling down to their careers. Where did it all go wrong?
August 2016
From Ghostbusters to Star Trek Beyond: gay characters are there, but only just
While LGBT characters have appeared in blockbusters, fears of a backlash from older cinemagoers, and overseas audiences, keep them largely in the closet
May 2016
Film talk
Seth Rogen: 'There are probably jokes in Superbad bordering on the blatantly homophobic' – video interview
Bad Neighbours 2 review – Zac Efron and Seth Rogen in watered-down house-selling sequel
April 2015
Selma and Boyhood miss out to The Maze Runner at the MTV movie awards
The Fault in Our Stars wins movie of the year while Jennifer Lopez wins best scared-as-shit performance for The Boy Next Door
December 2014
Box office analysis: UK
The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies marches towards year’s top spot at UK box office
The third Hobbit instalment keeps Paddington at bay, as family films shine brightest in the Christmas holiday charts – and The Lego Movie revealed as year’s biggest UK earner
September 2014
Middle East Live
US makes case at United Nations for cooperative effort to fight Isis – as it happened
Guy Lodge's streaming and DVDs
DVDs and downloads: Bad Neighbours, Concussion, the complete Sopranos, Blue Ruin and more
June 2014
Box office analysis: UK
Maleficent scores early at UK box office as England expects …
Charles Gant: Before World Cup fever sets in, Angelina Jolie's fairytale film makes a wicked start in UK cinemas, while the X-Men and Tom Cruise prove they are not past their prime
May 2014
Box office analysis: UK
X-Men: Days of Future Past finds time is now at UK box office
Film critic responds to outrage over linking Seth Rogen with Elliot Rodger
Seth Rogen lambasts film critic over Elliot Rodger comparison
Box office analysis: US
X-Men makes Godzilla look like a lounging lizard at US box office
Box office analysis: UK
Bad Neighbours loots UK box office
Box office analysis: US
US box office: Neighbors borrows Spider-Man 2's sugar
Box office analysis: UK
Spider-Man 2 is still amazing but Bad Neighbours secretly stuns UK box office
Bad Neighbours review – raucous comedy that's short on laughs
Seth Rogen: older, wiser, just as stoned
Bad Neighbours review: Seth Rogen and Zac Efron gross but great
The Guardian film show
The Guardian Film Show: Pompeii, Bad Neighbours, Blue Ruin and Ilo Ilo - video review
