The Naked Gun is getting a remake starring Liam Neeson. The original film, released in 1988, became a sold hit for the team of David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker, who previously had a smash hit with the spoof Airplane! The Naked Gun was their take on classic cop movies, with Leslie Nielson in the role … Read more
Following up his Oscar-nominated debut film “Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom,” Bhutanese filmmaker Pawo Choyning Dorji’s “The Monk and the Gun” is a droll political satire set in the year 2006 as the Kingdom of Bhutan transitions towards becoming the world’s youngest democracy. Lusciously lensed by cinematographer Jigme Tenzing, the ensemble comedy examines how … Read more
Austin Butler ended up landing the role of Tex Watson in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Austin Butler could have had an even more successful 2022 than he already did, that year nabbing numerous accolades and an Oscar nomination for playing Elvis Presley for Baz Luhrmann. As it turns out, he could … Read more
Glen Powell has confirmed he’s returning for Top Gun 3. Days after word got out that Paramount has another installment in the pipeline after the success of 2022’s Top Gun: Maverick — a sequel to the original 1986 Top Gun movie — Powell has teased that himself (Hangman), Tom Cruise (Maverick) and Miles Teller (Rooster) will … Read more
It took 36 years for Paramount to release Top Gun: Maverick after Top Gun became the #1 movie of 1986 and one of the biggest films of the entire decade. How long will we have to wait for a Top Gun 3? Maybe not that long. According to various reports, Paramount is already working on a third film in … Read more
We take a look back at one of the funniest films of the 80s, The Naked Gun: From the FIles of Police Squad with Leslie Nielsen. Riggs and Murtagh. Tango and Cash. Starsky and Hutch. John McClane. Frank Bullitt. Dirty Harry Callahan. While those are all tough movie cops, none of them are as hard … Read more
Thirty-five years ago, David Zucker unveiled his comedy classic The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! to audiences. The rest was history. In 1988, the film’s irreverent and satirical comedic approach wasn’t new. Zucker’s own The Kentucky Fried Movie, Airplane!, and Top Secret! were the first out of the gate. Still, The Naked … Read more
Mads Mikkelsen is reportedly in talks to play the main villain in the upcoming Naked Gun reboot against Liam Neeson’s Frank Drebin. Liam Neeson’s Frank Drebin may have found his foil in the upcoming reboot of The Naked Gun, as reports have come out that former Bond villain Mads Mikkelsen may be close to signing … Read more
Top Gun: Maverick took 2022’s Memorial Weekend crown with tons of people contributing to its box office record success. But that doesn’t mean everyone’s seen it yet. One cop pled guilty to pulling a gun on a colleague for threatening to spoil the Top Gun sequel. While no one likes movie spoilers, it’s a whole … Read more
The story’s setting is lovely, thematically and visually. It’s 2006 in Bhutan, and the nation has just started to receive Internet and television. Its gorgeous hills and serene mountainsides remain unchallenged, but it makes the slowly growing number of TVs and satellite dishes pop when we see the outsides of homes. It’s exciting how the … Read more