‘A despicable pig’: What About Bob?, the film that revealed the truth about Bill Murray
The film was shot in 1990 in Moneta, Virginia. According to Frank Oz, production was “incredibly difficult, incredibly full of tension”. The director said: “I was really…
Why Elon Musk is wrong about Netflix’s ‘woke mind virus’
There are many major figures currently having their films or television programmes financed and shown by Netflix who could be defined as anti-woke, or at least politically…
The 25 biggest shocks and snubs in Oscars history
With 11 nominations, The Color Purple had all but one of the ingredients for an epic sweep in 1985 – it was in for picture, screenplay, three acting…
Young viewers are about to discover a terrible truth: Monty Python often weren’t funny at all
More dead air was to follow in the series, with Cleese hamming for all he was worth – quite a lot it turns out – as a…
Comedian Dylan Moran: ‘The panel show circuit is a rigged game’
Words flow from him constantly as though he is reaching for golden coins out of the air, and scattering them across the table, certain they will always…
Why everyone was wrong about Ghostbusters II
Weaver, Ernie Hudson, Rick Moranis, Annie Potts, and, erm, Slimer all reprised their roles. Murray poked fun at Weaver on set by calling her “double Academy Award…
Why The Fresh Prince of Bel Air is so important to black families like mine
Like nursery rhymes and ice cream-van chimes, the theme song to The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air was a soundtrack to my childhood, I wasn’t born when the…
The Jackass crew are idiots – but multimillionaire YouTubers owe them everything
Last year, Johnny Knoxville suffered a brain haemorrhage after taking on a bull and losing. The stunt also earned him a broken wrist and ribs, plus an…
The Jackass crew are idiots – but multimillionaire YouTubers owe them everything
Last year, Johnny Knoxville suffered a brain haemorrhage after taking on a bull and losing. The stunt also earned him a broken wrist and ribs, plus an…
John Cleese, untamed: the folly of Fierce Creatures
Curtis, who was missing her children, fought with Cleese openly on set; the producer Michael Shamberg’s driver head-butted other set drivers, and most of the supporting cast,…
The best Christmas films to watch on Netflix UK in 2021, from Single All The Way to David and the Elves
Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without fixing your eyes on the TV, for hours on end, watching festive films. It doesn’t even matter that many of them are completely terrible….
The 30 best Christmas films to watch on Netflix UK in 2021, from Single All The Way to David and the Elves
Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without fixing your eyes on the TV, for hours on end, watching festive films. It doesn’t even matter that many of them are completely terrible….
The 30 best Christmas films to watch on Netflix UK in 2021, from Single All The Way to David and the Elves
Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without fixing your eyes on the TV, for hours on end, watching festive films. It doesn’t even matter that many of them are completely terrible….
The best Christmas movies of all time
The Holiday (2006) One of those films drummed into our brains as a “modern Christmas classic” in light of seemingly endless ITV2 repeats, The Holiday is twee…
Private Lives, review: Havers and Hodge are perfect, but which coward cut the risqué lines?
What a beguilingly silly, slyly profound play Private Lives is, a temple to Noel Coward’s genius. It was a glittering hit when it opened at the Phoenix…
The 30 best Christmas films to watch on Netflix UK in 2021, from Love Actually to The Princess Switch
Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without fixing your eyes on the TV, for hours on end, watching festive films. It doesn’t even matter that many of them are completely terrible….
The 30 best Christmas movies of all time
The Holiday (2006) One of those films drummed into our brains as a “modern Christmas classic” in light of seemingly endless ITV2 repeats, The Holiday is twee…
America’s saddest clown: the outrageous life of Rodney Dangerfield
One of the main reasons he invested $250,000 in his own Dangerfield’s comedy club in New York was because it meant he would not have to travel…
The Benny Hill Show is back – so what do three generations make of it?
An under-appreciated benefit of being a feature writer in a newspaper office is that you can have practically anything on your computer screen, at any time, and…