See How They Run (2022). Film review of the farce starring Sam Rockwell and Saoirse Ronan

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The Pebble and the Boy (2021). Film review of the ‘Mods’ comedy starring Patrick McNamee

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Helen Blaby

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Jason Day

star rating 3 out of 5 worth watching

Win Hughes

star rating 3 out of 5 worth watching
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Don’t Lose Your Head/Carry on…Don’t Lose Your Head (1967). Review of the bawdy comedy starring Sid James

Film still Carry on Don't Lose Your Head (1967)
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Carry On…Up the Khyber (1968). Riotous and rude addition to the long-running comedy series

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Film review Jason Day of Carry On…Up the Khyber, the sixteenth entry in the long-running British comedy series which sends up adventures such as those written by Rudyard Kipling. Starring Sid James and Kenneth Williams.

Comedy

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Bridget Jones’s Baby (2016). Read my review to see whether this is big pants or big fun.

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Film review by Jason Day of Bridget Jones’s Baby, in which the hapless singleton played by Rene Zelwegger finds herself pregnant and not knowing who the father is. Co-starring Colin Firth and Patrick Dempsey.

Comedy

3stars Good worth watching

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David Brent: Life On the Road (2016). A welcome, big screen outing for the definitive horrible boss from the BBC comedy.

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Film review by Jason Day of the mockumentary comedy which follows David Brent, the horrible boss from BBC TV’s The Office, as he embarks on a new career as a rock star. Starring, written, directed and co-produced by Ricky Gervais.

Comedy

3stars Good worth watching

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Dad’s Army (2016)

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Film review of the comedy, based on the classic British TV series, about the actions and adventures of the Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard platoon, comprised mostly of elderly men and led by an officious, hierachy obsessed bank manager (Toby Jones) who must deal with a beautiful female reporter (Catherine Zeta Jones) and a German spy as World War II comes to a close.

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Director: Oliver Parker. (100 mins). DJ Films/Universal. (PG)

Comedy

2stars - Fair/ passes the time

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