Ben Whishaw

Paddington 2: a funny and wondrous adventure

These days, CGI looks worn out. Deeply concerned with realistic and explosive tendencies, no thought is placed into the aesthetic and the beautiful. But while millions are spent on digitally removing Henry Cavill's 'tache, writer-director Paul King re-creates animation magic for Paddington 2.

Paddington, the hero of Michael Bond's books, may be an undersized Peruvian bear but he packs a warm hug in this family-friendly treat. Taken in by the Brown family (parents played by Hugh Bonneville and Sally Hawkins), Paddington (sweetly voiced by Ben Whishaw) indulges in plenty of extreme marmalade-fun, and a moderately scary run-in with menacing taxidermist Millicent (Nicole Kidman).

Anarchic comedy to be staged about Murdoch and The Sun

James Graham's Fleet Street play part of season which includes the return of Ben Whishaw and a series of films in which actors perform famous speeches, available on the Guardian website.

'The Lobster' review

Colin Farrell comedy brims with originality, wickedly weird details.

Edgy and surreal, peppered with rich deadpan absurdist moments, The Lobster, Jury Prize winner at Cannes offers a hilariously bizarre glance at contemporary mating habits.

In the near future singles check into The Hotel run by the tyrannical Olivia Colman - it's dance and interact but no masturbation with 45 days to find a genuine partner or they're transformed into an animal of their choice.

If lonely architect David (Colin Farrell) can't find a partner he wants to be a lobster. He tries the hotel dances and forays into The Woods to kill Loners but picking the heartless woman (Angelika Papoulia) was a disaster and the man with the limp (Ben Whishaw) and the man with the lisp (John C. Reilly) are only so so pals. David seeks happiness and that's his problem so it's escape into The Woods, obey the Loner's rebel Leader (Lea Seydoux) and fall in love with the previously unseen narrator Rachel Reisz which breaks the rules.

The cast are terrific, The Hotel's spot on but as it moves into The Woods it stretches itself and fumbles somewhat for ideas. Bizarre, absurdly funny, off-the-wall. This is the age of Tinder dating.

The Lobster - video review

Xan Brooks, Henry Barnes and Peter Bradshaw review Dogtooth director Yorgos Lanthimos's new satire, set in a world in which single people must couple-up or risk being turned into an animal. The Lobster, which features an ensemble cast including Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, Ben Whishaw, John C Reilly and Léa Seydoux, is released in the UK on Friday 16 October.

Ben Whishaw replaces Colin Firth as voice of Paddington

Bond star Ben Whishaw is the new voice of Paddington Bear after Colin Firth "consciously uncoupled" from the role last month.

The English actor, 33, stepped in after Paddington director Paul King decided that a "slightly more open and younger voice" was needed.