Ella McCay: Big-hearted political comic drama struggles to live up to its superb cast
James L Brooks returns to film-making with an old-fashioned, heartfelt movie that feels radical in 2025
Woody Harrelson
Ella McCay director James L Brooks: ‘Movies are a team sport. I’ve never believed in that auteur stuff’
The Hollywood legend on his collaborative approach, pitting contrasting actors against each other, and The Simpsons’ recent upturn
Does a Pacino-De Niro bromance ad contain the seeds of a cure for male loneliness?
With their depictions of fun buddy bonding – harking back to a time before technology swallowed communication – Madison Avenue is modelling the sort of friendships that are waning in society
George Wendt: Cheers star who played Norm dies aged 76
Wendt earned six straight Emmy nominations for best supporting actor in a comedy series
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Apple TV+’s stylish dystopian drama Severance is one of the best workplace TV shows. Here are eight more to watch
Britney Spears meets Shakespeare: How & Juliet puts a pop twist on star-cross’d lovers
& Juliet creator David West Read’s TV credits include Schitt’s Creek but his passion for theatre propelled him to rewrite a Shakespeare classic featuring the music of one of pop’s top hit makers
Fly Me to the Moon review: Lunar romcom starring Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum fails to achieve lift-off
Underpowered screwball take on Apollo moon landing was intended for streaming – and it shows
White House Plumbers: An agreeably preposterous retelling of the Watergate scandal
Television: Woody Harrelson and Justin Theroux star in this screwball comedy that happens to be based on actual events
Matthew McConaughey says Woody Harrelson could be his half-brother
Actor says mother’s revelation she knew the father of his True Detective co-star Harrelson led them to believe they may be related
Champions: Not even a hug from Woody Harrelson could make this film feel any warmer-hearted
Kaitlin Olson, best known for It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, is so darn good – her comic timing is impeccable
Cannes 2022: Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis and Top Gun: Maverick to be shown at film festival
Up to 35,000 accredited to attend the festival this year, the biggest showing since 2019
Killing Field: No, Bruce Willis hasn’t retired. He’s just been making bad films like this
Review: The Pulp Fiction star fails to add any value to this sub-Tarantino stinker
Venom: Let There Be Carnage – The baddest bad movie of the year
Film: Marvel sequel might have been a blast if the exchanges were not so dull
White Men Can’t Jump is about so much more than basketball
In Ron Shelton’s hands, sport is the universal story-teller, the great revealer of character
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