From The Simpsons to Werner Herzog: the coolest, craziest, scariest Nessies ever

Loch Ness Monster hunters have included the Chuckle Brothers – and even David Lean. As the Scottish icon is honoured in a new stamp and a stirring musical, we separate the classy from the crackpot

Seth Rogen on going from onscreen slacker to studio boss: ‘People really do scream at each other in Hollywood’

He might be known for his stoner vibe and roles in comedies such as Superbad and Knocked Up, but behind the scenes the actor, writer, weed-lover and pottery fan has also become a producing power player. Has it changed him?

Just Another Girl on the IRT review – Leslie Harris takes on race, sex and class in 90s indie gem

Ariyan A Johnson stars as the back-talking, fourth wall-breaking high schooler who falls pregnant in Harris’s rough and ready drama

The Parenting review – supernatural caper is a so-so comedy and a lousy horror

A gay couple are trapped in a haunted Airbnb with their parents in an initially amusing but progressively exasperating genre mishmash

Friendship review – Tim Robinson spirals in a darkly hilarious comedy

The star of I Think You Should Leave brings a similar brand of comedy to this strange and genuinely funny film about a friendship breakup

Sister Midnight review – Mumbai-set comic horror finds the terror in arranged marriage

Radhika Apte is terrific as a woman preparing to settle down with a shiftless husband she barely knows when her world goes awry

Novocaine review – throwaway one-joke action comedy brings the pain

Jack Quaid is a charming lead as a man who can’t feel pain but this high-concept caper brings low-level enjoyment

Oh My Goodness! review – bike-racing nuns go for the prize in freewheeling clerical comedy

Silly French comedy pits one convent against another in a contest that could fund a trip to Rome but won’t raise many laughs

All Happy Families review – childhood home is renovation project in likable indie drama

An entire family gather to renovate their creaking childhood home in this easygoing, truthful portrait

American Dreamer review – Peter Dinklage is charmer in oddball tale of eccentric inheritance

Hardluck lecturer Dinklage stands to receive a mansion from rich widow Shirley MacLaine in underpowered comedy

‘Keeps me optimistic’: why You’ve Got Mail is my feelgood movie

The next entry in our series of writers highlighting their go-to comfort picks is an ode to Nora Ephron’s winsome romantic comedy

Death of a Unicorn review – goofy eat-the-rich satire isn’t fun enough

Jenna Ortega, Paul Rudd and Richard E Grant lead a wasted cast in this silly and exasperating mishmash of comedy and gore

Another Simple Favor review – supremely silly sequel serves more absurd twists

Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively return in Amazon’s ridiculous yet glossily enjoyable follow-up to 2018’s fan favorite

Plankton: The Movie review – Netflix’s Spongebob spin-off movie is for fans only

There is some fun to be had here for younger audiences especially, but this is essentially a few episodes stitched together without much added

Picture This review – Bridgerton star can’t save tinny romcom

Simone Ashley tries her best in Amazon’s gimmicky romantic comedy but it’s too flimsy and forgettable to demand our attention