Kevin Hart and Kenan Thompson are a winning duo of Olympic hosts
Andrew Lawrence
The comedy multi-hyphenates have been providing perfectly silly commentary for NBC at this year’s Olympics
May 2024
Prom Dates review – grating high school comedy is a low-rent disaster
Junky romp from producer Kevin Hart sees two teens desperately search for prom dates with unfunny results
January 2024
Lift review – airborne bullion heist no better than a counterfeit Oceans
Lift review – Kevin Hart a hard sell in ho-hum heist flick
April 2023
Kevin Hart returns to UK to amplify the outrageous in Reality Check tour
The controversial standup brings big cartoonish energy to his first tour since 2018, delivering a set of self-mockery and dismay at bizarre behaviour
August 2022
Me Time review – Kevin Hart and Mark Wahlberg’s confused Netflix comedy
There are some effective comic set pieces in this familiar buddy comedy, but tonal confusion and an unsure Kevin Hart distract
July 2022
DC League of Super-Pets review – all-star cast carries cute superhero romp
Kevin Hart: Will Smith is ‘in a better space’ after Oscars slap
June 2022
The Man from Toronto review – dull Kevin Hart Netflix caper
The anodyne action comedy, which sees the star buddied up with Woody Harrelson as a hitman, is competently made but lacks humour
February 2022
Netflix’s 2022 preview trailer is a ghoulish nightmare of coerced A-listers
Stuart Heritage
The streamer’s frenzied look at the year ahead breaks the fourth wall mid-scenes to turn major stars into reticent marketing tools
November 2021
TV review
True Story review – Wesley Snipes and Kevin Hart cannot salvage ludicrous crime caper
Snipes and Hart are both utterly compelling as brothers forced to dispose of dead bodies in the new Netflix thriller, but it all ends up feeling … unnecessary
June 2021
Fatherhood review – Kevin Hart Netflix drama is manipulative reputation rehab
The comedian gives a false dramatic performance as a saintly father coping with his daughter’s gender nonconforming behavior in a calculated new film
January 2020
After Ricky Gervais at the Golden Globes, is this the end of the awards show host?
Gervais tried, and failed, to torch Hollywood at this year’s Golden Globes. Now the future of awards shows looks to be mercifully host-free
December 2019
Jumanji: The Next Level review – Dwayne Johnson ups his comedy game
The old gang re-enter the video game fantasy world for more body-swap hijinks and Indiana Jones-ish adventures, and Johnson levels-up his comedy stylings
September 2019
Kevin Hart suffers 'major back injury' in Malibu vintage car crash
Actor and comedian was a passenger in 1970 Plymouth Barracuda, California highway patrol says
February 2019
Oscars 2019: theories circulate that Whoopi Goldberg is secret host
Oscars 2019: problems mount as Academy aims to reboot TV show
January 2019
Worst job in showbiz: why will no one touch the world's glitziest gigs?
The Oscars have no host, Rihanna turned down the Super Bowl, and the White House dinner will be MC’d by a historian. What’s behind the sudden demise of entertainment’s biggest jobs?
Is standup comedy doomed? The future of funny post-Kevin Hart, Louis CK and Nanette
Whether it’s censorship, problematic tweets or #MeToo, comics are being scrutinised like never before. Is there a ‘new sense of panic’ in the industry?
Monopoly film adaptation to star Kevin Hart gets go ahead
After repeated attempts to get a movie based on the board game off the ground, Hart will play the lead in what is likely to be a live-action caper
