‘Perfect paternalistic nonsense’: why Father of the Bride is my feelgood movie

The latest in our series of writers revealing their favourite mood-lifting films is an ode to the 1991 comedy in which Steve Martin is a farcically over-protective father

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 review – Jim Carrey supplies laughs and energy for hedgehog threequel

Carrey’s Dr Robotnik is the best thing in elaborate third-instalment shenanigans that are pretty good fan-service fun

‘To me, to uzi’: why Paul Chuckle as a gangster isn’t such a dramatic career change

The children’s comic’s role in a drama of ‘death, deceit and carnage’ shouldn’t be a stretch for an established master of destruction

Best movies of 2024 in the US: No 4 – Anora

The Hollywood romcom is turned on it head in this tale of an exotic dancer and an oligarch’s son who get hitched before the honeymoon turns sour

Standing Up review – autism gets sappy treatment in didactic family road movie

Familiar worries about how to raise a neurodiverse child are played out with empathy but little subtlety

Hold on to Your Butts review – Jurassic Park redone with DIY dinos

This recreation of Steven Spielberg’s 1993 classic is frenetic fun, with the dinosaurs brought to life using physical comedy – and traffic cones

Meet the Parents sequel in development with original cast set to return

Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro are in talks to reprise their characters for a new comedy follow-up

Irish rap comedy Kneecap tops British independent film awards

Director Rich Peppiatt said ‘there is an irony in the best British film being Irish’ as his Belfast-set film won seven prizes in total

‘No shortage of comforts’: why Head of State is my feelgood movie

Latest in a series of writers highlighting mood-lifting films is a tribute to Chris Rock’s prescient 2003 political comedy

Rumours review – close encounters for Cate Blanchett and the magnificent G7

Seven world leaders – including Charles Dance’s dozy US president – are trapped in a forest in this amusing but bizarre apocalyptic comedy

Jim Abrahams obituary

Writer and director who was part of the Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker team behind the classic film spoofs Airplane! and The Naked Gun

Our Little Secret review – Lindsay Lohan’s Netflix comedy is a minor win

The star’s third film with the streamer, in which she plays a woman lying about her ex during the holidays, is the best yet even if the bar is incredibly low

Your Monster review – Melissa Barrera excels in cheery romance with nice-guy beast

The Scream star shows impressive range in this horror-comedy, where the real peril she faces comes from a much more ordinary man

From Airplane! to The Naked Gun, Jim Abrahams was a pioneer of spoof comedy

The writer and director, who died this week, helped to define what big screen spoofs would look like in the decades after

Jim Abrahams, co-creator of Airplane! and The Naked Gun, dies aged 80

Famed comedy writer and director, who was also involved in Ruthless People and Hot Shots!, died of natural causes