Onward to August: movie openings keep coming!

AUGUST 1: THE NAKED GUN Liam Neeson takes a big swing at comedy with The Naked Gun. Judging from the first trailer, he connects big time as Lt. Frank Drebin Jr., son of the legendary, Frank Sr. (the late, great, Leslie Nielson). While Paramount is keeping the plot under wraps, playing opposite Neesom, is Pamela ...
Koehler on Cinema: “Rush” It Ain’t

In lieu of original material, Hollywood continues to borrow (Spike Lee’s “Old Boy”), copy (the sequel tsunami that never ends), or adapt better non-Hollywood writers (“Life of Crime”). Or, in a favored mode of where we are right now, which is the start of the official Oscar season, turn actually interesting true stories into hopefully ...