‘Beyond marketing, beyond explanation’: how Inside Out and Despicable Me saved the summer
Despicable Me 4 review – Gru goes into witness protection to keep Minion magic alive
May 2024
Wendy Ide's film of the week
IF review – imaginary friends reunited in a kid-pleasing live-action fantasy
If review – John Krasinski’s so-so, sentimental family fantasy
April 2024
Uncle Vanya review – Steve Carell leads excellent cast in Chekhov reimagining
The star makes a convincing Broadway debut in a tragicomic winner staged with thought and deft flashes of modernity
January 2024
Jeremy Strong, Alicia Keys and The Wiz: biggest Broadway shows of 2024
This year on Broadway promises major debuts from Steve Carell, Rachel McAdams and revivals of Doubt and The Wiz
May 2023
Peter Bradshaw's film of the week
Asteroid City review – Wes Anderson’s 1950s sci-fi is an exhilarating triumph of pure style
This tale of earth-shattering events in a space-obsessed desert town leans nicely into its own artificiality, and every delicious, microscopic detail is a delight
December 2022
The week in TV: The Patient; Slow Horses; Simon Schama’s History of Now; The Traitors – review
Steve Carell’s beard seems to grow in real time in a ponderous psychological thriller; Gary Oldman and co return for more grubby sleuthing; and Claudia Winkleman channels Anne Robinson
November 2022
The seven best shows to stream this week
The Patient to Willow: the seven best shows to stream this week
Steve Carell and Domnhall Gleeson star in a gripping doctor-patient thriller, while Warwick Davis is off on another quest as the beloved sorcerer
August 2022
TV review
The Patient review – Steve Carell offers killer therapy in intriguing series
Carell faces off against a conflicted serial killer, played by Domhnall Gleeson, in a hit-and-miss drama that tries to combine a suspense thriller and a character study
July 2022
Minions: The Rise of Gru review – another serving of funny goofball nonsense
Steve Carell’s wannabe supervillain takes on the hippest bad guys on the block in this irrepressible latest Despicable Me outing
June 2022
Minions: The Rise of Gru review – feeble origin story hopefully lays franchise to rest
This fifth instalment in the Despicable Me animation series spirals back to 1976 and a stolen mega-powerful amulet but the plot is perfunctory and it runs on the faintest of fumes
March 2022
A rehearsal for war: Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s path from comic to symbol of courage
As the president of Ukraine, his defiance has made him a hero across the world. Could his success as a politician lie in his years as an entertainer?
September 2021
TV review
The Morning Show season two review: Aniston and Witherspoon return – minus #MeToo
The first season’s Weinstein-esque plot pivot added emotional heft to TMS’s glossiness. But as we kick off again, Apple’s drama is back to fluff and empty monologues
January 2021
It gets … worse: what can we learn from movies set in 2021?
A look ahead, courtesy of movies set in the next 12 months, suggests we should expect natural disasters, all-consuming tech and a super swine flu
June 2020
Mark Kermode's film of the week
Irresistible review – subtle satire from Jon Stewart
Steve Carell is a political strategist lost in backwoods America in a Capra-esque satire from ex-Daily Show host Jon Stewart
Peter Bradshaw's film of the week
Irresistible review – Jon Stewart’s political non-satire for liberals is as dull as it gets
Steve Carell is lacklustre as a political strategist for the Democrats in this flaccid film that sits on the fence
Crash landing: Space Force is not the Trump satire we need right now
Steve Carell’s new Netflix comedy series is a toothless attempt to ridicule the current administration, failing to be either sharp or entertaining
May 2020
TV review
Space Force review – Steve Carell parody fails to reach orbit
'Everyone considered it a bad idea': How The Office went from Slough to Scranton
