The Naked Gun

For those not familiar with The Naked Gun, it started life as a very short-lived TV series back in the early ’80s, entitled Police Squad. Starring Leslie Nielsen and created by the team behind Airplane! It became a feature film in 1988 and spawned two sequels, and they are still some of the funniest movies…

The Last Showgirl

Las Vegas has been used as a backdrop to so many movies, mainly for the glitz and glamour. The Last Showgirl, from Gia Coppola, the granddaughter of legendary director Francis Ford Coppola, has taken a different approach. This is a film about the death of old Vegas, with the kind of cabaret show that is…

Red One

I will admit it: I’m not a fan of Christmas movies. It’s always been an issue for me to find the balance between sentimentality and schmaltz. It’s a Wonderful Life is a giant in the genre, as is Die Hard, Elf and a small handful of others. The rest seem lazy, trite, or even apparent…