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Happy Gilmore 2 review – Adam Sandler’s Netflix sequel is strictly for the fans

Belated sequel to the 1996 comedy is unlikely to convert newcomers but there’s more than enough to entertain its cult fanbase

‘I call it a nihilist western’: director Athina Rachel Tsangari on her trippy folk horror Harvest

The genre-hopping director’s new work is a haunting pastoral feature about the destruction of a village. She talks ‘traumatic’ reviews, the film’s spectacular Romanian rock-inspired soundscape, and the problem with Greek cinema

‘They all looked the same, they all dressed the same’: has Hollywood distorted the Smurfs’ communist roots?

In Chris Miller’s new film, a Smurf is told to ‘believe you were born great’. But does this approach contradict what Peyo’s original Smurfs stood for?

Rumours to Fallen Leaves: the seven best film to watch on TV this week

A wild zombie plot set in a G7 summit, and a unique romantic comedy packed with deadpan humour

Australian actor Rebel Wilson sued by production company behind her own film

UK-based AI Film has accused the actor of deliberately sabotaging The Deb’s release by making alleged threats and defamatory claims

‘It was a buddy movie – and then they kissed’: Stephen Frears and Hanif Kureishi on My Beautiful Laundrette at 40

We meet the director and writer of the classic gay romance for tea, cake and bubbles to talk about the movie that changed cinema – and the lives of everyone involved

US regulators approve $8.4bn Paramount-Skydance merger

FCC approval of deal comes after Paramount paid $16m to settle Trump lawsuit over 60 Minutes interview

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues – first trailer released

The highly anticipated sequel to 1984’s seminal comedy sees the band reunite for a farewell show with appearances from Elton John, Questlove and Paul McCartney

The Bad Guys 2 review – gang of cuddly animal criminals get pulled back in for one last heist

Snappier, funnier and more relaxed than the first film, this caper sees the crew dragged back to villainy by a ‘MacGuffinite’ plot

Hulk Hogan was an era-defining American brand: big, brash and bizarre

The late wrestling star found various kinds of fame outside of the ring but the more we knew about him, the more we often wish we didn’t

Hulk Hogan, wrestling star and actor, dies aged 71

The WWE star and vocal supporter of Donald Trump died after suffering a cardiac arrest at his home in Florida

Ike Barinholtz cast as Elon Musk in OpenAI film from Luca Guadagnino

Emmy-nominated actor to play co-founder of OpenAI in Artificial, said to be set during Sam Altman’s firing and rehiring as CEO

Jules Walter obituary

Other lives: Actor and key cultural player in the Caribbean community of west London

Jeff Daniels chastises Trump voters: ‘I hope you’re losing tons of money’

Speaking on a podcast, the actor compared the US president to a ‘snake-oil salesman’ and said ‘he’s everything that’s wrong with not just America but with being a human being’

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  • Happy Gilmore 2 review – Adam Sandler’s Netflix sequel is strictly for the fans
  • ‘I call it a nihilist western’: director Athina Rachel Tsangari on her trippy folk horror Harvest
  • ‘They all looked the same, they all dressed the same’: has Hollywood distorted the Smurfs’ communist roots?
  • Rumours to Fallen Leaves: the seven best film to watch on TV this week
  • Australian actor Rebel Wilson sued by production company behind her own film
  • ‘It was a buddy movie – and then they kissed’: Stephen Frears and Hanif Kureishi on My Beautiful Laundrette at 40
  • US regulators approve $8.4bn Paramount-Skydance merger
  • Spinal Tap II: The End Continues – first trailer released
  • The Bad Guys 2 review – gang of cuddly animal criminals get pulled back in for one last heist
  • Hulk Hogan was an era-defining American brand: big, brash and bizarre
  • Hulk Hogan, wrestling star and actor, dies aged 71
  • Ike Barinholtz cast as Elon Musk in OpenAI film from Luca Guadagnino
  • Jules Walter obituary
  • My advice to people who want to write a romance novel? Don’t get dumped before you finish it
  • Jeff Daniels chastises Trump voters: ‘I hope you’re losing tons of money’
  • ‘This is not AI’: why oiled-up abs are the least radical thing about Sacha Baron Cohen’s reinvention
  • Turn the parody up to 11: the best spoof movies – ranked!
  • Fiddle-laden fake trailer reignites debate about Hollywood’s Irish stereotypes
  • Covid, social media, Black Lives Matter: Ari Aster’s Eddington takes 2020 on and mostly succeeds
  • Amadeus review – F Murray Abraham mesmerises as Mozart’s lizardly frenemy in Miloš Forman’s masterpiece
  • Benedict Cumberbatch says Hollywood is a ‘grossly wasteful industry’
  • Post your questions for Stephen King
  • Gazer review – ineffably creepy and unbearably tense noir chiller
  • Fire cults and burning banshees: has Avatar: Fire and Ash sent Pandora all the way to hell?
  • Toxic review – stylishly blank look at fashion’s real victims
  • Zero review – Senegalese time-bomb thriller is a blast
  • TV tonight: a depressing look at how TikTok Shop is making us spend
  • ‘You think God didn’t make gay men?’ Comedian Leslie Jones on religion, grief and getting famous at 47
  • Burlesque: The Musical review – Christina Aguilera movie gets a gloriously ‘dirrty’ makeover
  • FKA twigs and Shia LaBeouf reach settlement over sexual battery lawsuit

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