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Out on DVD | The Invention of Lying – Ricky Gervais makes up God in satirical...
Ricky Gervais proved an unexpectedly successful romantic lead in Ghost Town but The Invention of Lying, his second starring vehicle in Hollywood and his first as co-director, is something of a...
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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…
The Time Traveler’s Wife Endless love… Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams star in this sci-fi romance about a man with a genetic condition that causes him to involuntarily time travel, and the complications...
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Why I admire Ricky Gervais…
Couch Potato Pickings I’m feeling quite excited about Cemetery Junction, opening next week here in the UK. Written and directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, it promises to deliver some...
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At the Cinema | Cemetery Junction – Was 1973 Reading a dead end for Ricky...
Ricky Gervais’s first feature film on home soil sees him returning to the Reading suburbs of his youth. Perhaps nostalgia has rubbed off some of his edge for with Cemetery Junction he’s come up with a...
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Cemetery Junction – Ricky Gervais & Stephen Merchant reveal the origins &...
Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant discuss the origins and influences behind Cemetery Junction, their coming-of-age comedy set in the Reading suburbs in the summer of 1973. Ricky Gervais: Everything...
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Couch Potato Ponders | How would the film industry differ if lying didn’t exist?
The Ricky Gervais movie The Invention of Lying is the reason why I’m asking this question. This film is set in a world where everybody tells the truth, and sheds a very witty and clever light on the...
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Happy Birthday Ricky Gervais
“When The Office is 10, I’ll be 50.” Ricky Gervais recently posted the above statement on his blog – possibly with acute awareness that his half a century milestone was not far away. And, while the...
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Escape from Planet Earth | Film review – Sprinkling of good gags perk up...
The aliens are the goodies and the earthlings the baddies in breezy animated sci-fi romp Escape from Planet Earth, which sees a nerdy mission-control desk jockey from Planet Baab striving to rescue his...
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Muppets Most Wanted | Film review – Shifty Ricky Gervais hoodwinks the...
The madcap Muppets are back with their trademark blend of innocent wonder, gleeful musical spoofs and cheesy jokes for a follow-up to their 2011 big-screen return, aided by a roster of...
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Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb | Film review – The exhibits spring...
The museum exhibits spring into action for more crazy nocturnal adventures in Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, the third and final instalment of the breezy, bonkers fantasy-comedy series. But...
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