From cannabis-smoking teddy bears to sweary felt creatures: why are we so obsessed with filthy puppets?
Foul-mouthed soft toy Ted is about to get his own TV series and hot on its heels is a show where cuddly characters act out celebrity fan fiction. What is it about cuteness gone bad?
July 2015
Box office analysis: UK
Universal claims UK box-office record as Amy Winehouse doc stuns in week two
Box office analysis: global
Telugu epic Baahubali smashes box-office record in Bollywood takedown
Film blog
When the laughter stops: how sitcom stars have fared in Hollywood
Ted 2 review – a syrupy, disjointed sequel
The Guardian Film Show
The Guardian Film Show: Ted 2, Dear White People, Love & Mercy and The Human Centipede 3: Final Sequence - audio
The Guardian film show
The Guardian film show: Ted 2, Dear White People, Love and Mercy, The Human Centipede 3 - video
Ted 2 - video review
Ted 2 review – Mark Wahlberg and furry friend still cheerfully rude
Trailer park
Ted 2 trailer: the return of Seth MacFarlane's talking bear
June 2015
Box office analysis: global
Is Seth MacFarlane fatigue to blame for Ted 2's threadbare box office?
Ted 2 beaten by Jurassic World and Inside Out at US box office
Three movies set to top $50m for first time ever at US box office this weekend
First look review
Ted 2 review: Seth MacFarlane's sequel has enough grins to bear the sticky bits
September 2014
With Taken over, Liam Neeson cuddles up to Ted 2
The actor has signed up for the sequel to Seth MacFarlane’s hit comedy Ted, but has said the Taken franchise is going to come to an end
