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Love lost and found in ‘The Vow’ Channing Tatum and Rachel McAdams star in ‘The Vow’. Based on a true story, the film is about newlyweds Leo and Paige, whose lives are changed forever by a… 08/02/2012
It’s time to meet the Muppets… again After a spell in the showbiz wilderness, the Muppets are persuaded to join forces again in a bid to save their old theatre from destruction by a greedy oil… 02/02/2012
Chuckles on the slopes: ski resort hosts film fest The French ski resort of l’Alpe d’Huez played host to the 15th edition of the International Comedy Film Festival, with movies from France, Canada and Belgium… 24/01/2012
Israeli film Footnote on road to Oscars The award-winning movie Footnote is on the way to the Academy Awards as Israel’s official entry in the Best Foreign Film category. Directed by Joseph Cedar… 29/11/2011
Jack and Jill Adam Sandler’s new movie “Jack and Jill” is out now. The movie co-stars Katie Holmes and features a host of A-listers making cameo appearances. This was due… 23/11/2011
Intouchables: the ‘unoriginal’ odd couple movie The Intouchables pairs a wealthy, paralysed aristocrat with an unconventional carer. Once more the French cinematic tradition of caricaturing the class system… 08/11/2011
Atkinson back as hapless spy Johnny English Rowan Atkinson returns as bumbling British secret agent Johnny English. He joined co-stars Gillian Anderson, Dominic West and Daniel Kaluuya for the premiere… 03/10/2011
How horrid is Henry? The book character ‘Horrid Henry’ is now in a 3D film, starring Theo Stevenson, Anjelica Huston, Richard E. Grant and Parminder Nagra. The American writer… 27/07/2011
Summer comedy “Horrible Bosses” hits screens “Horrible Bosses” is this summer’s Hollywood comedy starring three comic actors at the top of their art, including a delighfully sadistic Kevin Spacey… 12/07/2011
Kevin James talks to the animals in Zookeeper Kevin James stars as an amiable zookeeper who is unlucky with the ladies; cue advice on nature’s mating rituals from the zoo’s talking animals. 07/07/2011
Bad Teacher delivers zero morals entertainment Cameron Diaz is the foul-mouthed “Bad Teacher” in this summer’s new comedy, which reunites the actress with her former boyfriend Justin Timberlake. The… 17/06/2011
Carrey returns to comic roots with penguin movie Jim Carrey stars alongside a bunch of feathered friends in his new film Mr. Popper’s Penguins. The film is based on a 1938 kids book that tells the story… 15/06/2011
No humans harmed in the making of this movie The Hangover II has been premiered in Hollywood. The format remains close to the original film’s hugely successful format. A monkey called Crystal joins the… 24/05/2011
Moretti disappoints critics with film on Pope Italian director Nanni Moretti’s latest film, Habemus Papam, has been criticised for being too soft on the Church after its screening in Cannes. This… 17/05/2011
Panda mania in Cannes Cannes went Panda mad this week, with the out-of-competition screening of Kung Fu Panda 2, attended by Jack Black, Angelina Jolie and Dustin Hoffman, all back… 13/05/2011
‘Arthur’ remake opens in London British actor Russell Brand and his pop singer wife Katy Perry attended the European Premiere of ‘Arthur’ in London this week. Brand plays the lead in this… 22/04/2011
Bonus: Sir John Eliot Gardiner & Dan Jemmett The ‘Musica’ bonus includes a few excerpts from our interview with conductor Sir John Eliot Gardiner and stage director Dan Jemmett. 19/04/2011
Sir John Eliot Gardiner takes Weber to Paris Der Freischütz – ‘The Freeshooter’ - is Carl Maria von Weber’s masterpiece and is considered the model for German Romantic opera. However, it is the French… 19/04/2011
Pirates of the Caribbean saga continues Jack Sparrow is back. This fourth series of pirate adventures involves a search for the fountain of youth. Both Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley have… 04/04/2011
Depp is lizard with a problem in Rango Johnny Depp’s latest movie release is an animated feature that casts him as a reptile with an identity crisis. Rango is a chameleon on a quest to establish… 04/03/2011
British comedy duo launch sci-fi spoof in London British comedy duo Simon Pegg and Nick Frost have teamed up again for another popular culture parody with their latest film “Paul”. The pair play a couple… 08/02/2011
French Comedy Film Festival awards Finnish movie The jury at the Alpes d’Huez International Comedy Film Festival was unanimous this year in awarding its top prize. It was a movie in from the cold that… 25/01/2011
Bonus interview: John Malkovich & Martin Haselböck Here are a few extra excerpts from our interviews with John Malkovich and Martin Haselböck. 03/06/2010
“The Infernal Comedy”: John Malkovich gets operatic backing “The Infernal Comedy” is the autobiography of Austrian serial killer Jack Unterweger performed on stage. Unterweger was imprisoned for murder but became a… 03/06/2010
Merkel and Sarkozy’s “Dinner” becomes cult net hitA German reworking of a 1960s British comedy sketch has become an internet hit. The original Dinner for One is already cult viewing on New Year’s Eve in… 04/01/2012
Back in the Day: and now for something completely different…October 5, 1969. The first episode of Monty Python’s Flying Circus is aired on BBC television in the United Kingdom. The sketch-writing team was made up of… 04/10/2011
Centenary of Mexico’s ‘Groucho Marx’It is 100 years since the birth of one of Mexico’s best-loved popular characters. In his trademark baggy pants and scruffy clothes, Cantinflas embodied the… 12/08/2011
“Burke and Hare”: dead bodies were their business.Director John Landis is taking a darkly comic look at Williams Burke and Hare, the notorious serial killers of 19th century Edinburgh. They sold the bodies of… 29/10/2010
Star-studded cast in new Woody Allen movie“You will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger” is out now, featuring a top-notch cast including Naomi Watts, Antonio Banderas and Anthony Hopkins, in his first ever… 13/10/2010
Rhys Ifans is notorious dope smuggler “Mr Nice”Based on the bestselling autobiography of the same name, “Mr Nice” is the extraordinary story of Howard Marks, one of the world’s most successful marijuana… 11/10/2010
Dinner for SchmucksDinner for Schmucks is the latest Steve Carell offering. It’s a remake of the 1998 runaway success Le Diner de Cons (aka The Dinner Game) in which a group of… 20/07/2010
Carell plays grumpy Gru in Despicable MeSteve Carell lends his voice talents to supervillain-with-a-heart-of-gold Gru in Despicable Me, a computer-animated 3D film, produced by Christopher… 14/07/2010
Burlesque dancers On Tour in rural FranceJoachim, played by Mathieu Amalric, is a top TV producer in France but he jacks it all in to go to America. There he meets a troupe of Burlesque dancers, who… 01/07/2010
Life, death, ethics and furniture in Please GiveCatherine Keener stars as a antiques dealer with an overactive social conscience in the comedy Please Give. Directed by Nicole Holofcener, the film examines… 29/06/2010
Knight and DayTom Cruise and Cameron Diaz re-unite in this non-stop spy-action-comedy-action-slightly-romantic-action… er adventure. Critics have been on the sniffy side… 22/06/2010
Grint and Nighy team up in hitman comedyRupert Grint, Bill Nighy and Martin Freeman talk about their new comedy “Wild Target”, a British remake of a French farce about an assassin who falls for his… 18/06/2010
Brand reprises rock role in Get Him To The GreekBritish comedian Russell Brand resurrects his role as rock star Aldous Snow from the 2008 film Forgetting Sarah Marshall in the spin-off sequel Get Him To The… 04/06/2010
Grave reception for Death at a FuneralHollywood has decided to remake a British black comedy just three years after the original came out. This time Chris Rock, Tracy Morgan and Martin Lawrence… 20/04/2010
It’s A Wonderful Afterlife in London‘Bend it like Beckham’ director Gurinder Chadha presents new killer comedy, ‘It’s a Wonderful Afterlife’. The film is about an Indian mother desperate to… 15/04/2010
An evening to remember in ‘Date Night’Tina Fey and Steve Carell star in new comedy ‘Date Night’. The Fosters are a typical suburban couple but a case of mistaken identity in a Manhattan restaurant… 12/04/2010
The Infidel opens in the UKBritish comedian David Baddiel turns screenwriter for The Infidel, a satire which gleefully pokes fun at an area often avoided nowadays – the preconceptions… 09/04/2010
Millar’s Kick-Ass hits the big screenBased on the comic book series by Mark Millar, Kick-Ass is about nerdy New York teenager Dave Lizewski, who decides to become a superhero. 07/04/2010
GreenbergBen Stiller’s latest comedy also stars Rhys Ifans – the nightmare flatmate in Notting Hill, and the star DJ in the Boat the Rocked… and unless you’re among… 30/03/2010
Woody Harrelson in The DefendorWoody Harrelson stars in The Defendor. The Hollywood star is already up for an Oscar for his role in The Messenger. In the film he plays Arthur Poppington, a… 25/02/2010
Bruce Willis is back with new comedy Cop OutDirected by Kevin Smith, Willis plays veteran detective Jimmy Monroe, who wants to cash in on a rare collectable baseball card, so he can pay for his… 24/02/2010
High-altitude laughs in Alpe d’HuezAlpe d’Huez in the French Alps is known for its 21 hairpin bends, high-altitude skiing and, for the past 12 years, its international comedy film festival. 26/01/2010
Efron graduates to Orson WellesTween dreamboat Zac Efron is leaving High School Musical behind him, with his latest film Me And Orson Welles, also starring Christian McKay. 01/12/2009
From Germany the chick with two ears!Zweiohrkueken, the latest comedy from Germany -in English ‘The chick with two ears.’ The film follows a couple once madly in love, now struggling as routine… 26/11/2009
Dear WallGerman film Liebe Mauer – Dear Wall – is a romantic comedy set just before the Fall of the Wall. When Franzi (Felicitas Woll) goes shopping in East Berlin and… 11/11/2009
The Invention of LyingRicky Gervais wrote, co-directed and starred in this comedy about a liar in a truthful credulous world. Critics are calling it smart, cool and funny –… 01/10/2009
A Prophet/Neuilly Sa MereTwo new French films have hit the screens in Belgium and France this week. A Prophet is the controversial prison drama from French director Jacques… 28/08/2009
Whatever works worksWoody Allen’s new film “Whatever Works” stars Larry David, who better known as a writer and television actor, on shows such as “Saturday Night Live” and… 30/06/2009
US indie movie “Gigantic” on release in UKUpcoming US acting talents Paul Dano and Zooey Deschanel team up in “Gigantic”, an offbeat love story set in New York City. Dano, who has already made a… 15/06/2009
The Hangover releasedThe Hangover is the latest tasteless gross-out comedy offering from Warner Bros. Director Todd Phillips is best-known for Will Ferrell vehicle “Old School”… 09/06/2009
The Brothers Bloom opensRian Johnson’s new film “The Brothers Bloom” is a comedy about a pair of con men starring Rachael Weisz, Mark Ruffalo, and Adrien Brody. Feel-good and… 28/05/2009
Comedy drama City Island on release across EuropeStarring Andy Garcia and Juliana Margulies, “City Island” is the story of an Italian-American family from New York whose members find out nothing is as it… 12/05/2009
Waters looks for repeat success with “Ghosts of Girlfriends past”‘‘Ghosts of Girlfriends Past’‘ throws a celebrity photographer who doesn’t like to be tied down when it comes to love towards a childhood friend at a wedding… 04/05/2009
Good friendships between menTwo men fall in like, in a new film comedy “I Love you Man”. A man gets engaged and realises he has no friend to be best man, so he goes on a long search. It… 16/04/2009
High School Musical star ends up back in classA middle-aged man played by Matthew Perry magically finds himself whisked back 20 years in time to his high school days. The age-swap concept is certainly… 01/04/2009
Pirate radio hits the big screenThe stars of a new British comedy, The Boat That Rocked, braved the chill London weather for the world premiere. 24/03/2009
‘Marley & me’ takes the biscuitDog comedy “Marley & Me” remains at the top of the US box office, beginning the new year as it ended the last one, as the weekend’s biggest-grossing film. The… 05/01/2009
