Working to the principle that you don’t mess with a winning formula, directors Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud deliver more warm-hearted thrills and slapstick spills in the action-packed sequel to their delightful 2010 computer-animated adventure.

There’s a nice touch of self-deprecating humour to the title of the animated adventure Epic (G), which features all manner of swashbuckling and derring-do in a breathless save-the-world plot — except this world exists at the micro-level.

In a 1997 episode of 'The Simpsons', rotund patriarch Homer stood before the residents of Springfield with a glass of cold beer and encouraged his neighbours to join him in a toast. “To alcohol: the cause of, and solution to, all of life’s problems,” he professed.

Bradley Cooper is “grateful for” 'The Hangover' franchise.

Bradley Cooper is “grateful for” 'The Hangover' franchise.

Zach Galifianakis insists there won't be a 'Hangover 4'.

Todd Phillips says 'The Hangover Part III' is "Alan's story".

John Goodman is to star in 'Hangover III'.

Adam Sandler has shattered an unwanted Hollywood awards season record, picking up 11 nominations for the Razzies - the Academy Awards spoof singling out the year's worst movies.

If ‘Transformers: Dark of the Moon’ is indeed Michael Bay's final entry in the Hasbro toy-inspired franchise, as he has repeatedly intimated, then it is a fitting swan song for a director whose lust - and gift - for spectacle remains unmatched.

When crafting a follow-up to the highest-grossing R-rated comedy of all time, it's understandable that one might be reticent to mess with a winning formula.

Rihanna and Taylor Swift were two of the key winners at the Billboard Music Awards, which returned after a five-year hiatus with a major dose of star power, featuring Beyonce, U2, the Black Eyed Peas - even First Lady Michelle Obama.

Heather Graham will not be starring in the sequel to ‘The Hangover’.

A miserable attempt to spoof most of the recent vampire films, most notably Twilight … but without a hint of originality or wit or inventiveness or inkling of what a spoof should be.

Sandra Bullock received a standing ovation at the MTV Movie Awards as she accepted the MTV Generation Award.

'The Hangover' dominates this year's MTV Movie Awards, with six nominations.

The rapid and impressive developments in animation have led us to expect much more than we get here and though the aimed-at younger audience will find it funny enough accompanying adults will be disappointed at the technical quality.