Liam Neeson & Pamela Anderson Hit the Target in ‘The Naked Gun’
Just when you think you’ve seen this before in every cop/crime thriller, the bank robbery in which the bad guys are just about to get away, along comes Liam Neeson. But wait. We first see him as a little girl sucking a lollipop. Neeson is usually the one chasing the people who stole the little girl, but this time, it’s all about the comedy instead of who’s been, well, taken. It’s Neeson in The Naked Gun, now in theaters, as the son of...
‘My Oxford Year:’ A Diploma in Dumbness
Judging by the pre-release marketing campaign, it looked like My Oxford Year was going to be a comedy somewhat along the lines of the popular Netflix series Emily in Paris. A fish out of water story of a scrappy young American woman making her way in a foreign European country. How much fun that promised. A parable of a student at England’s premier university who’s already landed a prestigious post-college job at Goldman Sachs in New...
‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps:’ Not So Fantastic
It was one weekend into the theatrical run and there came an opportunity to see this well-reviewed film at an industry screening. And now it’s apparent that there are no legs for The Fantastic Four: First Steps. Box office plunged 66% from its opening weekend. It was easy to see why. The film started off strong enough with Pedro Pascal and Vanessa Kirby playing a married couple in their super swanky ultramodern abode when she finds...
Silly, Scary ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ Flashes Back to 1997 Original
If you’re a fan of the original 1997 slasher film, you’re probably going to enjoy this re-boot – especially with the participation of two of the original film’s stars, Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr. They survived the on-screen bloodbath after a group of five teenage friends tried to cover up a fatal car accident. As a first-time viewer of the franchise, I didn’t even buy that premise. Did one of them standing in the...
It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s a Hit! It’s ‘Superman!’
The DC Universe can breathe a sigh of relief as the Man of Steel brought in the big bucks–$125 million in North America– to the opening weekend of Superman, starring David Corenswet. There was so much on the line for DC as director James Gunn gave a new interpretation of an iconic superhero character whose recent cinematic outings were poorly received. Plus, who can ever live up to Christopher Reeves’ legacy? Another...
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