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1 out of 5 stars.

Locked Down review – Anne Hathaway and Chiwetel Ejiofor's pandemic stinker
1 out of 5 stars.

Undeniable movie star charisma can’t save this torturous misfire about a couple who plan a heist during the London quarantine

Published: 13 Jan 2021

'Everyone considered it a bad idea': How The Office went from Slough to Scranton

Published: 29 May 2020
Lockdown watch Stephen Merchant: 'Harrison Ford would find a shop selling toilet roll'

Published: 6 May 2020

2 out of 5 stars.

First look review Jojo Rabbit review – Scarlett Johansson lifts smug Hitler comedy
2 out of 5 stars.

A charming turn from the on-a-roll actor is the best thing about a thinly etched second world war satire

Published: 9 Sep 2019

2 out of 5 stars.

Fighting With My Family review – wrestling biopic lacks punch
2 out of 5 stars.

Directed by Stephen Merchant and featuring a cameo from the Rock, the true story of British-born WWE wrestler Paige never gets to grips with its subject

Published: 27 Feb 2019
Stephen Merchant to play 'Grindr killer' Stephen Port in BBC drama

Extras actor will make major departure from comedic career to portray the man who killed four men he met on dating sites

Published: 8 Feb 2019

Jump the shark When good TV goes bad: how Ricky Gervais’s Extras went off-script

In the second series of the meta comedy, its lead and creators found fame, making it a sanctimonious sitcom rife with celebrity schmoozing

Published: 30 Jul 2018

25 years of shooting comedians

Photographer Rich Hardcastle is raising money through Kickstarter to publish 110 of his comedian portraits to celebrate 25 years in the business

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Published: 15 Jul 2017

What The Rock is cooking: Dwayne Johnson's next 26 films decoded

The world’s highest-paid actor has a staggering number of movies in the works – and you can probably guess what happens in them from their titles alone

Published: 17 Mar 2017
1 out of 5 stars.

Table 19 review – divorce yourself from this unfunny wedding comedy
1 out of 5 stars.

Anna Kendrick, Lisa Kudrow and Stephen Merchant are all wasted in an embarrassingly tone-deaf film filled with thin characters and bad writing

Published: 1 Mar 2017

4 out of 5 stars.

Logan review – Hugh Jackman's Wolverine enters a winter of X-Men discontent
4 out of 5 stars.

The third and final Wolverine film is a poignant study of ageing and infirmity, as the arthritic mutant holes up in Mexico with a declining Professor Xavier

Published: 17 Feb 2017
Stephen Merchant to direct Dwayne Johnson in female wrestling drama

The Office co-creator to make solo big screen directorial debut on Fighting with my Family, about British wrestler Paige, co-starring The Rock

Published: 8 Feb 2017

The 50 funniest films… chosen by comedians

From the canonical to the controversial, and in no particular order, we asked 10 standups to pick 50 movies that make them giggle. They made some surprising choices…

Published: 18 Dec 2016

Stephen Merchant joins the cast of Wolverine 3

The comedian and co-creator of The Office and Extras joins Hugh Jackman and Richard E Grant in the superhero sequel

Published: 28 Apr 2016

TV and radio blog How Lip Sync Battle went from fun Fallon mime to winning prime-time

Beyoncé and Channing Tatum’s appearance on Spike TV’s spin-off shows how far the program has come and that it is anything but ‘too small’ to work

Published: 8 Jan 2016

Cinema now Stephen Merchant: ‘Tarantino takes a few viewings – I struggled with Inglourious Basterds’

The co-writer of The Office on being transfixed by E.T. and flummoxed by Tarantino

Published: 26 Oct 2015

Misery Loves Comedy clip: Stephen Merchant's disastrous first meeting with Steve Coogan - video

The Office co-creator Stephen Merchant explains how his desire to be seen as witty ruined his first meeting with one of his comedy heroes, Steve Coogan

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Published: 28 Aug 2015

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