The British comedian's marriage and mid-life crisis serves as inspiration for Bradley Cooper's new movie Is This Thing On?

Bradley Cooper's third movie as director takes unlikely inspiration from the Liverpool comedian, but is it any good?

Director Bradley Cooper’s approach takes us closer to an improv night than a session of disciplined joke-telling ...

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“I went into this mad depression for months because I realised that I was a man who was being told what to do by another man,” he says. “I suddenly thought, I’ve got this thing, this stand-up comedy, ...

The film – which is set in New York rather than Liverpool – follows Arnett's character after he stumbles into a comedy career ...

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It doesn't matter how many times John Bishop tells the story (and he tells it a lot) - he still cracks his broad and ...

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It's touching and well-judged.