Richard Ayoade

THE BAD GUYS (2022)
Starring Sam Rockwell, Craig Robinson, Awkwafina, Marc Maron, Anthony Ramos, Richard Ayoade, Zazie Beetz, Lilly Singh and Alex Borstein. Directed by Pierre Pierfel and Pierre Perifel.

Never have there been five friends as infamous as The Bad Guys—dashing pickpocket Mr. Wolf, seen-it-all safecracker Mr. Snake, chill master-of-disguise Mr. Shark, short-fused “muscle” Mr. Piranha and sharp-tongued expert hacker Ms. Tarantula, aka “Webs.”

But when, after years of countless heists and being the world’s most-wanted villains, the gang is finally caught, Mr. Wolf brokers a deal (that he has no intention of keeping) to save them all from prison: The Bad Guys will go good.

Under the tutelage of their mentor Professor Marmalade, an arrogant (but adorable!) guinea pig, The Bad Guys set out to fool the world that they’ve been transformed. Along the way, though, Mr. Wolf begins to suspect that doing good for real may give him what he’s always secretly longed for: acceptance. So when a new villain threatens the city, can Mr. Wolf persuade the rest of the gang to become … The Good Guys?

REVIEWS The Bad Guys - Aussie author's franchise leaps onto the big screen

THE SOUVENIR (2019)
Starring Honor Swinton Byrne, Tom Burke, Tilda Swinton, Richard Ayoade, Ariane Labed, Jaygann Ayeh, Jack McMullen, Chyna Terrelonge Vaughan, Tosin Cole and Hannah Ashby Ward. Directed by Joanna Hogg.

REVIEWS The Souvenir - A flawed but fascinating act of autobiography

EARLY MAN (2018)
Starring Eddie Redmayne, Tom Hiddleston, Maisie Williams, Richard Ayoade, Selina Griffiths, Johnny Vegas, Mark Williams, Gina Yashere, Simon Greenall and Richard Webber. Directed by Nick Park and Richard Starzak.

Set at the dawn of time, when prehistoric creatures and woolly mammoths roamed the earth, 'Early Man' tells the story of how plucky caveman Dug, along with sidekick Hognob unites his tribe against the mighty Bronze Age in a battle to beat them at their own game.

REVIEWS Early Man - I would rather watch actual soccer

THE SOUVENIR: PART II
Starring Honor Swinton Byrne, Richard Ayoade, Tilda Swinton, Charlie Heaton, Joe Alwyn, Harris Dickinson, Ariane Labed, Jack McMullen, Amber Anderson and Alice McMillan. Directed by Joanna Hogg.

REVIEWS The Souvenir: Part II - A masterpiece of meta memory

SOUL
Starring Jamie Foxx, Tina Fey, Ahmir-Khalib Thompson, Phylicia Rashād, Daveed Diggs, John Ratzenberger, Richard Ayoade, Graham Norton, Rachel House and Alice Braga. Directed by Pete Docter.

Joe Gardner is a middle-school band teacher who gets the chance of a lifetime to play at the best jazz club in town. But one small misstep takes him from the streets of New York City to The Great Before – a fantastical place where new souls get their personalities, quirks and interests before they go to Earth. Determined to return to his life, Joe teams up with a precocious soul, 22 (voice of Tina Fey), who has never understood the appeal of the human experience. As Joe desperately tried to show 22 what’s great about living, he may just discover the answers to some of life’s most important questions.

REVIEWS Soul - Pixar's finest work in years

THE DOUBLE (2014)
Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Mia Wasikowska, Wallace Shawn, Yasmin Paige, Noah Taylor, James Fox, Rade Šerbedžija, Cathy Moriarty, Phyllis Somerville and Chris O'Dowd. Directed by Richard Ayoade.

Simon is a timid man, scratching out an isolated existence in an indifferent world. He is overlooked at work, scorned by his mother, and ignored by the woman of his dreams, Hannah. He feels powerless to change any of these things. The arrival of a new co-worker, James, serves to upset the balance. James is both Simon’s exact physical double and his opposite - confident, charismatic and good with women. To Simon’s horror, James slowly starts taking over his life.

REVIEWS The Double - Cracking dystopian doppelgänger dream

THE DOUBLE (2014)
Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Mia Wasikowska, Wallace Shawn, Yasmin Paige, Noah Taylor, James Fox, Rade Šerbedžija, Cathy Moriarty, Phyllis Somerville and Chris O'Dowd. Directed by Richard Ayoade.

Simon is a timid man, scratching out an isolated existence in an indifferent world. He is overlooked at work, scorned by his mother, and ignored by the woman of his dreams, Hannah. He feels powerless to change any of these things. The arrival of a new co-worker, James, serves to upset the balance. James is both Simon’s exact physical double and his opposite - confident, charismatic and good with women. To Simon’s horror, James slowly starts taking over his life.

REVIEWS The Double - Cracking dystopian doppelgänger dream