Tropic Thunder

Screen Fever Score: 8/10

Ben Stiller gets back behind the camera with hilarious results, guiding himself, Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr as three egocentric actors who stumble into a real-life conflict while filming Tropic Thunder, the 'greatest war film ever'. It's thrilling to see big budget production values on what is essentially a very silly film, and Stiller takes every opportunity going to poke fun at the movie industry, most effectively with Downey Jr's character, the jaw-droppingly self-involved Kirk Lazarus. It's not a perfect film, but it is a very funny one.

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Info:
UK Release: 19 September
Cert: 15

Pineapple Express

Screen Fever Score: 6/10

Seth Rogen and James Franco star in this odd mix of stoner comedy and 80s action thriller from producer Judd Apatow (Knocked Up, Superbad). While it's got some very funny moments and a great performance from Franco, it's all over the place in terms of tone and storytelling, so the end result is less than the sum of its parts.

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Info:
UK Release: 12 September
Cert: 15

Baby Mama

My review of Baby Mama, starring Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and the back-to-brilliant Steve Martin is featuring on futuremovies.co.uk. This'll give you an idea of what I thought:

"Fey and Poehler are very funny together, and the scenario gives them plenty of opportunities to show it...but it’s as much the supporting cast that make this such an enjoyable film; Sigourney Weaver has a handful of hilarious scenes as the ridiculously amoral head of Kate’s surrogacy agency, Chaffee Bicknell (note to comedy writers: a really silly name goes a long way), but it’s Steve Martin, back from the brink and funnier than ever as Kate’s New Age guru boss, who steals the show."

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UK release date: 25 July
Cert: 12A