Culture | The Guardian US3d ago
Office Romance review – Jennifer Lopez’s romcom return is too much like hard work https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jun/04/office-romance-review-jennifer-lopez-romcom #RomanceFilms #JenniferLopez #Netflix #ComedyFilms #Comedy #Culture #Film
Office Romance review – Jennifer Lopez’s romcom return is too much like hard work

Star makes for reliably charming lead in Netflix’s basic throwback, but co-star Brett Goldstein, and his co-written script, lack in fizz

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Culture | The Guardian US4d ago
Scary Movie review – spoof comedy returns but maybe it should have stayed in the 2000s https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jun/04/scary-movie-review #ComedyFilms #Comedy #Culture #Film #HorrorFilms
Scary Movie review – spoof comedy returns but maybe it should have stayed in the 2000s

Successful jokes are thin on the ground in the musty sixth installment of the once-popular parody franchise, taking aim at everything from Scream to Sinners

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Culture | The Guardian US4d ago
Savage House review – Claire Foy and Richard E Grant sell it hard in bewigged 18th-century caper https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jun/04/savage-house-review-claire-foy-richard-e-grant #Film #PeriodAndHistoricalFilms #ComedyFilms #DramaFilms #ClaireFoy #RichardEGrant #Comedy #Culture
Savage House review – Claire Foy and Richard E Grant sell it hard in bewigged 18th-century caper

The leads are the most watchable thing in this raucous period yarn about a grimy pair of status-obsessed nobles

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Science | The GuardianJun 1
Bonnie & Clive review – cheerfully ridiculous Covid road trip https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jun/01/bonnie-clive-review-cheerfully-ridiculous-covid-road-trip #Film #ComedyFilms #Coronavirus #UkNews #Comedy #Culture #InfectiousDiseases #MedicalResearch #Microbiology #Science #WorldNews #Biology
Bonnie & Clive review – cheerfully ridiculous Covid road trip

Bonnie has two days to get from south London to her grandparents’ house in Cornwall before lockdown in this super low budget British comedy

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Culture | The Guardian USMay 29
Miss You, Love You review – Allison Janney anchors affecting old-school grief drama https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/29/miss-you-love-you-movie-review #DramaFilms #Film #AllisonJanney #Culture #ComedyFilms #Comedy
Miss You, Love You review – Allison Janney anchors affecting old-school grief drama

A talky, performance-driven two-hander manages to find specificity and spark in what could have felt like an overly familiar throwback

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Culture | The Guardian USMay 29
Harpo speaks! New recordings reveal mute Marx brother chatting with audience https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/29/harpo-speaks-new-recordings-reveal-mute-marx-brother-chatting-with-audience #Film #ComedyFilms #Comedy #Culture
Harpo speaks! New recordings reveal mute Marx brother chatting with audience

The comedy legend, who adopted his silent persona because of stage nerves, did occasionally address his audience, as revealed by a new archive release

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Culture | The Guardian USMay 28
The Breadwinner review – Nate Bargatze’s dated dad comedy loses us entirely https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/28/breadwinner-movie-review-nate-bargatze #ComedyFilms #Comedy #Culture #Film
The Breadwinner review – Nate Bargatze’s dated dad comedy loses us entirely

The comedian makes an unconvincing bid for movie stardom in a largely unfunny and old-fashioned feature-length sitcom episode

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Culture | The Guardian USMay 27
Power Ballad review – Nick Jonas and Paul Rudd star in terrific comedy of bromance and betrayal https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/27/power-ballad-review-nick-jonas-and-paul-rudd-star-in-terrific-comedy-of-bromance-and-betrayal #Film #ComedyFilms #PaulRudd #PopAndRock #Comedy #Culture #Music
Power Ballad review – Nick Jonas and Paul Rudd star in terrific comedy of bromance and betrayal

Irish writer-director John Carney brilliantly brings together Rudd’s washed up wedding-singer and Jonas’s insecure ex-boyband superstar

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Culture | The Guardian USMay 22
Boots Riley: ‘Theft is not outside of capitalism, it’s what it was built on’ https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/22/boots-riley-theft-is-not-outside-of-capitalism-its-what-it-was-built-on #BootsRiley #Film #Culture #ComedyFilms #Comedy #KekePalmer #DemiMoore
Boots Riley: ‘Theft is not outside of capitalism, it’s what it was built on’

The outspoken musician and film-maker talks I Love Boosters, his colorful follow-up to 2018 hit Sorry to Bother You, and the criticisms of his partnership with an Ellison

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Culture | The Guardian USMay 22
Ladies First review – Sacha Baron Cohen and Rosamund Pike come last in one-joke Netflix comedy https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/may/22/ladies-first-review-netflix-sacha-baron-cohen-rosamund-pike #SachaBaronCohen #Netflix #ComedyFilms #RosamundPike #RichardEGrant #Comedy #Culture #Film #EmilyMortimer #FionaShaw #KathrynHunter #CharlesDance