Culture | The Guardian US3h ago
‘It’s about finding light in the dark’: why Harold and Maude is my feelgood movie https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/apr/20/harold-and-maude-feelgood-movie #Film #Culture #ComedyFilms #RomanceFilms
Culture | The Guardian US2d ago
Roommates review – Netflix broken friendship comedy is a sweet and salty treat https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/apr/17/roommates-review-netflix #ComedyFilms #Comedy #Culture #Film #Netflix
Roommates review – Netflix broken friendship comedy is a sweet and salty treat

The streamer has strangely kept this witty and detailed college comedy from critics but it’s far better than one has come to expect

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Culture | The Guardian US4d ago
Balls Up review – Mark Wahlberg is a hoot in gross-out football comedy https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/apr/15/balls-up-review #MarkWahlberg #ComedyFilms #Culture #Film #Football #WorldCup #Sport
Balls Up review – Mark Wahlberg is a hoot in gross-out football comedy

Peter Farrelly’s World Cup-themed buddy movie winningly channels the juvenile charm of his 90s classics

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World news | The Guardian5d ago
Bridget Jones statue becomes permanent resident of Leicester Square: ‘She makes Londoners feel seen’ https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/apr/15/bridget-jones-statue-leicester-square-london-permanent #Film #Culture #Statues #ArtAndDesign #BridgetJonesDiary #BridgetJonesTheEdgeOfReason #BridgetJonessBaby #BridgetJonesMadAboutTheBoy #London #RomanceFilms #ComedyFilms #UkNews
Bridget Jones statue becomes permanent resident of Leicester Square: ‘She makes Londoners feel seen’

Extension of three-year lifespan for bronze coincides with 25th anniversary rerelease of original romcom

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Culture | The Guardian USApr 13
‘Endearing and enduring’: why Hot Fuzz is my feelgood movie https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/apr/13/endearing-and-enduring-why-hot-fuzz-is-my-feelgood-movie #EdgarWright #SimonPegg #NickFrost #ComedyFilms #Film #Comedy #Culture #ActionAndAdventureFilms
‘Endearing and enduring’: why Hot Fuzz is my feelgood movie

The latest in our ongoing series of writers highlighting their go-to comfort watches is a journey back to 2004 and the unusually violent village of Sandford

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Culture | The Guardian USApr 9
Outcome review – Keanu Reeves sends himself up in Jonah Hill’s Hollywood satire https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/apr/09/outcome-review-keanu-reeves-sends-himself-up-in-jonah-hills-hollywood-satire #Film #ComedyFilms #DramaFilms #KeanuReeves #JonahHill #CameronDiaz #MartinScorsese #Culture #Comedy
Outcome review – Keanu Reeves sends himself up in Jonah Hill’s Hollywood satire

Hill writes and directs in-joke and insider-laden spoof about a nice-guy mega-star actor hiding a drug addiction, whose career is threatened when he’s blackmailed over a compromising video

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Culture | The Guardian USApr 9
You, Me & Tuscany review – slick romcom offers solidly charming getaway https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/apr/09/you-me-tuscany-romcom-review #RomanceFilms #Film #ComedyFilms #Comedy #Culture
You, Me & Tuscany review – slick romcom offers solidly charming getaway

Halle Bailey and Regé-Jean Page flirt their way through expected genre tropes in a watchable, if a little unspecific, slice of formulaic fantasy

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Culture | The Guardian USApr 1
Why do this spring’s blockbusters feel so smug? https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/apr/01/blockbusters-smug-humor-ready-or-not-2-mike-nick-nick-alice-project-hail-mary #Film #Culture #ComedyFilms #ActionAndAdventureFilms #HorrorFilms #Thrillers
Why do this spring’s blockbusters feel so smug?

From action thrillers to sci-fi flicks, a deluge of recent releases are riddled with self-satisfied smarm

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Culture | The Guardian USMar 26
They Will Kill You review – satanic beat-’em-up offers gore, bad jokes and deja vu https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/mar/26/they-will-kill-you-movie-review #HorrorFilms #ActionAndAdventureFilms #ComedyFilms #Comedy #PatriciaArquette #Culture #Film
They Will Kill You review – satanic beat-’em-up offers gore, bad jokes and deja vu

A housekeeping role turns into a fight for survival in a derivative cocktail of action, comedy and horror that doesn’t go down all that well

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Culture | The Guardian USMar 25
Pretty Lethal review – Amazon’s ballerina action thriller puts on a decent enough show https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/mar/25/pretty-lethal-review-ballerina-action-thriller #ActionAndAdventureFilms #Film #Thrillers #ComedyFilms #AmazonPrimeVideo #UmaThurman #Culture
Pretty Lethal review – Amazon’s ballerina action thriller puts on a decent enough show

A group of American dancers face off against Hungarian gangsters, and a hammy Uma Thurman, in a cheap and cheerful Friday night adventure

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