The Naked Gun

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The Naked Gun Review

August 6, 2025August 5, 2025ReviewAkiva Shaffer, Liam Neeson, Seth McFarlane, The Naked Gun

I have made no secret of the fact that the 1980 spoof comedy Airplane is one of my all-time favourite movies, which featured a scene-stealing Leslie Nielsen, whose comedic talents were recognized late in his

The First Full-Length Trailer for The Naked Gun Revival Has Me Concerned

June 25, 2025June 23, 2025OpinionAkiva Schaffer, Liam Neeson, Seth McFarlane, The Naked Gun

When the first teaser trailer for the upcoming revival of The Naked Gun – which stars Liam Neeson as Frank Drebin Jr. (the son of Leslie Nielsen’s character from the original films) and is written

Judging By the Recent Teaser, The Naked Gun Revival Might Actually Be…Good

April 30, 2025April 28, 2025AnnouncementsThe Naked Gun

Back in 2017, in my early days of writing for Hollywood North Magazine, I wrote a piece remembering the career of Canadian legend Leslie Nielsen, who passed away in 2010 but left an indelible mark

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