Poolman review – Chris Pine makes splash of totally wrong kind in shambolic stoner comedy
Pine writes, directs and stars – alongside Danny DeVito and Annette Bening – in this rambling comedy mystery about a shaggy, quirky pool attendant
April 2024
Stream team
Death to Smoochy: Robin Williams brings his manic energy to gleefully twisted children’s TV revenge-o-rama
Williams and Edward Norton play two TV hosts battling it out in Danny DeVito’s 2002 satire
March 2024
Stars in disguise: behind the scenes with Gary Oldman, Jennifer Lopez and Jerry Lewis – in pictures
Gary Oldman as Cary Grant, J-Lo doing the tango … The photographs of Funny Bones director Peter Chelsom capture his actors in a different light
November 2023
I Need That review – Danny DeVito makes an awkward return to Broadway
A funny performance from the actor is the only saving grace of Theresa Rebeck’s messy comedy drama about a hoarder
July 2023
Haunted Mansion review – Disney theme-park chiller is joyless Halloween merch
Lakeith Stanfield, Rosario Dawson, Owen Wilson and Jamie Lee Curtis cannot save this laborious story of a creepy old dwelling and the awful Hatbox Ghost
January 2023
TV review
Little Demon review – Danny DeVito’s super-fun animation is absolute filth
Packed with gore and glorious zingers, this animation about the daughter of Satan is here to have a good time – and it’s like Rick and Morty meets The Simpsons at its peak
June 2022
Matilda musical movie starring Emma Thompson to open London film festival
World premiere of the film version of the Roald Dahl-based musical also stars Lashana Lynch, Stephen Graham and Andrea Riseborough
Batman Returns at 30: still as weird as big-budget blockbusters get
Tim Burton’s kinetic and kinky sequel pushed the boundaries for the summer movie template helped by a standout movie star turn from Michelle Pfeiffer
Stream team
Matilda: the cake-based torture sticks in the mind – but this delightful film is worth rewatching
All 90s children are haunted by Miss Trunchbull – but revisiting Danny DeVito’s 1996 film is a zany and joyful experience
February 2022
Ivan Reitman – a life in pictures
Hollywood’s master of comedy has died aged 75, after creating a string of classics including Ghostbusters, Kindergarten Cop and Twins. We look back over his career
December 2021
Unmasked: the Penguin saves world from Covid in Danny DeVito’s Batman story
The actor, who played him in Batman Returns, has written a storyline for an 80th anniversary edition of the DC comic which sees him vaccinate the planet
February 2021
How we made
Danny DeVito and Barry Sonnenfeld: how we made Get Shorty
‘Gene Hackman was scary as hell. At the premiere, he pulled me aside and said: “I didn’t think you had a clue what you were doing!”’
August 2020
The One And Only Ivan review – Disney's painting gorilla movie lacks colour
The true story of a silverback gorilla who lived in a mall is brought to half-life in a rushed and magic-free late summer adventure
December 2019
Mark Kermode's film of the week
Jumanji: The Next Level review – an upbeat, frenetic adventure
In this latest lively instalment of the video game adventure, two old curmudgeons join the kids in a battle against tyranny
Jumanji: The Next Level review – Dwayne Johnson ups his comedy game
The old gang re-enter the video game fantasy world for more body-swap hijinks and Indiana Jones-ish adventures, and Johnson levels-up his comedy stylings
The War of the Roses at 30: still one of the nastiest comedies of all time
The brutal 1989 hit took a much-loved onscreen pairing, Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner, and tore them to pieces
July 2019
Lost in showbiz
A Charlie Sheen-endorsed tequila? Make mine a triple
There’s an air of desperation about a spirits company turning to a notorious alcoholic who is on the wagon, but then look at the other celebrities who are busy pushing booze
May 2019
'I'm sucking up your IQ!': what 90s Batman tells us about Hollywood
The dialogue is corny, the heroes moody, the fights risible, but the Batman films of Tim Burton and Joel Schumacher paved the way for today’s blockbusters
March 2019
Dumbo review – this flying elephant fails to take off
Peter Bradshaw's film of the week
Dumbo review – Tim Burton remake lands with elephantine thud
