The Present review – lively family time-loop comedy that doesn’t patronise
The Present review – family grandfather clock comedy turns back time
August 2023
Peter Bradshaw's film of the week
Strays review – Will Ferrell leads brutally funny comedy of foul-mouthed talking dogs
With turns from Ferrell and Jamie Foxx, this barking stoner caper follows a neglected animal plotting revenge on a beastly owner
January 2022
Wolf Like Me review – so bad it’s good? No, just the former
This Stan/Peacock series, starring Isla Fisher and Josh Gad in a mysteriously toxic relationship, has great talent behind it and absolutely no subtlety
June 2021
Hear me out
Hear me out: why Confessions of a Shopaholic isn’t a bad movie
The latest in our series of writers defending maligned films is a reconsideration of a critically loathed 2009 comedy
January 2021
Blithe Spirit review – Judi Dench presides over a deathly farce
Dan Stevens, Leslie Mann and Isla Fisher mug spiritedly but there is little life in this unfunny Noël Coward adaptation
December 2020
Godmothered review – Disney remixes Enchanted … minus the charm
The Disney+ Christmas comedy’s winning conceit – a revisionist fairy godmother dropped in Boston – buckles under the weight of formulaic earnestness
October 2019
The Beach Bum review – Harmony Korine reaches a Zen state of unfunny
Matthew McConaughey is insufferable as a stoner poet in Korine’s awful non-comedy, which also features Isla Fisher, Snoop Dogg, Jonah Hill and Zac Efron
September 2019
First look review
Greed review – Steve Coogan gleams in knockabout satire of the mega-rich
Michael Winterbottom’s entertaining mockumentary about a high-street fashion tycoon presents a hideous carnival of obscene wealth, vanity and moral squalor
May 2018
On my radar
On my radar: Isla Fisher’s cultural highlights
The actor and children’s author on a VR installation about Mexican immigrants, sitcom Nathan for You and a hilarious memoir by the breakout star of Girls Trip
October 2017
The Snowman, Yogi Bear and Hollywood's unintentionally funny movie posters
The campaign for serial killer thriller The Snowman has gone viral for all the wrong reasons, and it’s not the first time a designer has caused accidental lols
December 2016
Hacksaw Ridge dominating the Aactas is no surprise – blockbusters always do
Luke Buckmaster
Mel Gibson’s war film winning big at the Aactas is more evidence that the Australian film industry awards are not only flexible but predictable
November 2016
Wedding Crashers 2 latest belated sequel in the works
Mark Kermode's film of the week
Nocturnal Animals review – Tom Ford’s seductive cautionary tale
October 2016
Keeping Up With the Joneses review – curtain twitching comedy raises odd snicker
There’s more lingerie than laughs in this dull meet-the-superspy-neighbours actioner
September 2016
First look review
Nocturnal Animals review – Tom Ford returns with wildly gripping revenge tale
Amy Adams and Jake Gyllenhaal star in this superb second feature from the fashion designer turned film director
July 2016
The Q&A
Isla Fisher: ‘My guiltiest pleasure? Following Justin Bieber on Instagram’
The actor on being frisked, anti-stretch mark cream and her desire to cook for Donald Trump
