Kim Newman
- Writer
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Mark Kermode's Secrets Of Cinema: British Comedy review
It will come as little surprise to anyone who's encountered Mark Kermode's film criticism on the radio or in print that his TV essay on British comedy movies is incisive, informed and intelligent, yet effortlessly accessible.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 11th January 2021An Evening With Beverly Luff Linn review
The film has its dead spots -- a running joke about grunting Beverly's trapped wind palls quickly -- but most of the slow-burn strangeness is a hoot.
Kim Newman, Empire, 22nd October 2018Mindhorn review
Though stuck with stretches of guff and looking all too convincingly like video-era rubbish TV, Mindhorn delivers regular proper laughs and eventually wrings just enough drops of pathos to scrape by.
Kim Newman, Empire, 28th April 2017Bill review
Nothing is taken seriously, and there's a nice mix of old groaner jokes delivered with a visible wince and genuine, sneakily erudite wit. Being -- you know -- for kids, it's mucky in the sense of featuring a lot of mud and filth, but only smuggles in a few more adult gags.
Kim Newman, Empire, 18th September 2015