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Happy Gilmore (Adam Sandler) takes on big-money corporate golf in Happy Gilmore 2.

Happy Gilmore 2 is here. But has Adam Sandler shanked it or scored a hole in one?

The celebrity-filled sequel honours the original with some amusing callbacks, but it could have done with more chaos.

  • Craig Mathieson

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Luna Garret and Clément Favreau in French film Holy Cow.

Blunt and charming, this French film about cheese-making is filled with pride

Holy Cow balances familiar grit with an equally familiar feelgood formula – but there are some more surprising elements.

  • Jake Wilson
Pierce Brosnan plays an artist in Four Letters of Love

Helena Bonham Carter and Pierce Brosnan can’t save this clanger of a film

In spirit, Four Letters of Love is a very slightly elevated Hallmark movie. But that’s not the biggest problem.

  • Jake Wilson
Ebon Moss-Bachrach (left) and Pedro Pascal as best friends Ben Grimm and Reed Richards.

The Fantastic Four’s real superpower is bringing the fun back to Marvel

Starring Pedro Pascal and Vanessa Kirby, this retro resuscitation is a welcome return to Marvel’s once familiar tongue-in-cheek tone.

  • Sandra Hall
Tim Robinson (left) and Paul Rudd: Unlikely buddies in Friendship.

Paul Rudd, Tim Robinson and the art of social suicide

The new film Friendship is a comedy of embarrassment as a man with no friends teams up with an adventurous TV weatherman.

  • Sandra Hall
Jonah Hauer-King, Sarah Pidgeon, Chase Sui Wonders, Madelyn Cline and Tyriq Withers face a horrific dilemma.

I Know What You Did sequel is hooked on setting up another sequel

This reboot of the 1997 slasher movie has more ideas than the original, but makes less sense than these films usually do

  • Jake Wilson
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Sarah Bernhardt

A ‘sacred monster’: The true story behind one of the first celebrities

There is plenty to enjoy in The Divine Sarah Bernhardt, but at times you feel as if you’re caught in a rapidly revolving roll-call of famous names.

  • Sandra Hall
Movie wrap July 11

New movies to watch now: Smurfs, Superman, a gay rom-com and Spanish battlers

The Superman reboot takes flight, the Smurfs return, a deeply personal love story and a moving Spanish drama – here’s what’s new in cinemas now.

  • Jake Wilson, Karl Quinn and Sandra Hall
Naveen (Karan Soni) and Jay (Jonathan Groff) first encounter each other at a Hindu temple.

Bollywood-infused rom-com makes song and dance (of course) of gay love

It has upsides and downsides, but this film from Canada is a satisfying masala of a movie.

  • Karl Quinn
The Smurfs are back, including No Name (James Corden) and Smurfette (Rihanna).

Does the new Smurfs movie find its thing?

With an all-star cast including John Goodman, Rihanna and James Corden, Smurfs boasts some appealing backdrops, a few neat gags, and not much else.

  • Jake Wilson

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