5 h. ago There’s a reason Hugh Grant is the best thing in middling movies: he writes his own lines

The actor’s insistence on scripting his own scenes in Paddington 3 and Bridget Jones 4 are proof of his talents. So why on earth hasn’t he written his own film yet?We can all agree that Paddington in Peru was, well, fine. Compared to the previous Paddington films it was a bit of a damp squib, but Olivia Colman got a few chances to be decently silly and it was leagues better than any of the recent live-action Disney remakes.However, there was one moment where Paddington in Peru touched greatness. And this was the mid-credit sequence. For those who haven’t seen it, it’s a nod to the Paddington 2 scene in which a huge amount of prisoners introduce themselves, only this time it’s a huge amount of bears. And the person they’re introducing themselves to is Phoenix Buchanan, played by Hugh Grant. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Bridget Jones author says Jane Austen’s voice still so strong writers ‘steal it’

Helen Fielding is among famous faces taking part in a BBC documentary about Jane Austen as the British novelist’s 250th birthday is marked this year.

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24 h. ago Bridget Jones fans 'horrified' over 'appalling' scene branded 'totally irresponsible'

Filmmaker Universal Pictures is under fire over the movie, starring Renee Zellweger in the franchise's fourth film

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46 h. ago Want to get Bridget's style? Copy her look from just £38 with the high

Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy's costume designer, Molly Emma Rowe, headed to Great British brands to update our fifty-something heroine's wardrobe for this fourth and final film.

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5 d. ago I watched Bridget Jones 4 and it gave me strange flashbacks to these Noughties events

The film has unlocked a few dusty memories

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5 d. ago 10 films to get excited about that are being released in 2025, from Paul Mescal as Shakespeare to a romcom with Pedro Pascal

There's already been some stellar films released in 2025, from the newest installment of Bridget Jones to sob-inducing romance We Live in Time .

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5 d. ago ‘Tears were running down my face’: why Bridget Jones 4 is the most moving romcom of modern times

Word back from the cinemas is united – and sniffly: Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy is leaving audiences in surprising puddles. Our writers reveal the moment that made then sob loudest, and why• This article contains spoilers I managed to cry before the opening titles, at a scene so innocuous that I must have disconcerted those around me. Bridget picks up her daughter’s stuffed rabbit, sniffs it, says “It stinks!”, then kisses it anyway. It hints at the radical self-acceptance our widowed protagonist seems determined to instil in her children – but it’s also testament to the amount of Bridget lore heaped into this film. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago I spent the night like Bridget Jones at one of London's most iconic hotels

Ahead of the fourth Bridget Jones movie, I decided to live like the iconic rom-com character this Valentine's Day by staying in one of London's most iconc hotels.

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5 d. ago I spent the night living like Bridget Jones at one of London's most iconic hotels

I spent the night living like Bridget Jones at one of London's most iconic hotels  Express

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5 d. ago I spent the night living like Bridget Jones at one of London's most historic hotels on the ultimate nostalgia trip

I embraced my inner Bridget Jones ahead of watching her fourth film, Mad About the Boy.

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5 d. ago EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Isn't it a mercy the boffins never examined the booze consumption of the late Queen Mother?

Bristol University researchers estimate that Bridget Jones consumes 3,836 units of alcohol a year, which would lead to 'death by chardonnay' for mere mortals.

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6 d. ago Afflicted with liberal angst in the age of Trump? Take a leaf from Bridget Jones’s diary | Rafael Behr

The new movie wasn’t conceived as an allegory of the current international crisis, but for a generation of fans it works on that level When future generations study creative works that capture the unsettled spirit of our age, they might easily neglect Bridget Jones 4: Mad About the Boy. The movie isn’t about the historical inflection point that coincides with its release. It doesn’t feature Donald Trump, his vandalism of US democracy or his dissolution of the transatlantic alliance. Such things are not the stuff of romantic comedy. Also, they hadn’t yet happened in 2013, when Helen Fielding wrote the book on which the film is based.But the lack of intentional allegory doesn’t prevent us projecting one on to the story. Or maybe it was just me, experiencing a sentimental hallucination induced by events outside the cinema. Indulge me a moment (and forgive any plot spoilers), as I explain. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Where is ‘Mad About The Boy’ set? All the Bridget Jones filming locations you can visit in London

Here are the settings behind Bridget’s single (and sometimes not-so-single) life in the UK capital

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1 week ago Where is ‘Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy’ filmed? The London locations behind the hit romcom

Where is ‘Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy’ filmed? The London locations behind the hit romcom  Time Out London

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1 week ago Bridget Jones: Director hopes people 'fall in love' with London

Bridget Jones: Director hopes people 'fall in love' with London  BBC.com

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