Saturday, August 9, 2025

Negromancer News Bits and Bites from August 1st to 9th, 2025 - UPDATE #6

by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"

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NEWS:

WRITERS - From Variety:   The Writers Guild of America announced Friday, Aug. 8th that it has expelled two members, Park Chan-wook and Don McKellar, for writing on their HBO miniseries “The Sympathizer” during the 2023 strike.  The seven-episode series, which starred Hoa Xuande and Robert Downey, Jr. aired in 2024.  According to the guild, Park and McKellar did not appeal their expulsions. 

CELEBRITY - From USAToday:  Actor Dean Cain, who played Clark Kent/Superman in the former ABC drama, "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman," says that he has joined U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

BUSINESS - From Deadline:  Skydance Media announced the future executive team for its pending merger with Paramount Global, which will close Aug. 7. Skydance Media will apparently also restructe the company into three primary business segments: 1. Studios; 2. Direct-to-Consumer (DTC); and 3. TV Media.

BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficePro:  The winner at the 8/1 to 8/3/2025 weekend box office is Disney/Marvel Studios' The Fantastic Four: First Steps with an estimated total of 40 million dollars.

MOVIES - From WorldofReel:  Aaron Sorkin is eyeing Oscar-winner Mikey Madison (“Anora”) and Emmy-winner Jeremy Allen White (“The Bear”) as his top choices to lead "The Social Network II," the sequel to his Oscar-winning hit, “The Social Network.”

OBITS:

From Variety:  American actress, Loni Anderson, has died at the age of 79, Sunday, August 3, 2025.  Anderson was best known for her work in television, especially the former CBS sitcom, "WKRP in Cincinnati (1978-81), playing the smart and resourceful secretary, "Jennifer Marlowe."  Her performance in the series earned her two Primetime Emmy Award nominations in the category of "Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Variety or Music Series."  Anderson also appeared in such TV movies as "The Jayne Mansfield Story" (1980), "Sorry, Wrong Number" (1989), and "White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd (1991).  Anderson also starred in the short-lived NBC crime drama, "Partners in Crime" (1984-85) with Lynda Carter of "Wonder Woman" fame.

From Deadline:  American film and television actor, Alfie Wise, has died at the age of 82, Tuesday, July 22, 2025. Wise is known for his friendship and profession collaborations with late movie star, Burt Reynolds, beginning with the 1974 film, "The Longest Yard."  This would continue in such films as "Smokey and the Bandit" (1977), "Hooper" (1978), and "Cannonball Run" (1981), to name a few.  Wise also-starred with Reynolds in the short-lived ABC detective drama, "B.L. Stryker" )1989-90).  Wise also starred in series without Reynolds.  This includes the former ABC medical drama, "Trauma Center" (1983), and in various TV series starring the British pop group, "S Club 7," over a period covering 1999 to 2002.


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Monday, August 4, 2025

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Absolute Batman Volume 1 The Zoo HC, $24.99
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Batman Knightfall Omnibus Volume 3 Knightsend HC (2025 Edition), $100.00
Batman Superman World's Finest Volume 7 Total Eclipso HC, $24.99
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Supergirl Cosmic Adventures In The 8th Grade TP (2025 Edition), $12.99
Superman Action Comics By Dan Jurgens Omnibus Volume 1 HC, $125.00
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Civil War #1 Facsimile Edition Poster, AR
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Daredevil Cold Day In Hell #3 (Of 3)(Cover A Steve McNiven), $6.99
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Fall Of The House Of X/Rise Of The Powers Of X Omnibus HC (Cover A Mark Brooks Book Market Variant), $125.00
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Marvel Graphic Comic Box Civil War, AR
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Comic Books, Magazines and Books Shipping for August 6, 2025

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FEB251890 CINDY AND BISCUIT GN VOL 02 WILD WILD LIFE (C: 0-1-2) $19.99
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Friday, August 1, 2025

Review: "THE NAKED GUN: From the Files of Police Squad!" is Still Comedy Gold

TRASH IN MY EYE No. 33 of 2025 (No. 2039) by Leroy Douresseaux

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
Running time:  85 minutes (1 hour, 25 minutes)
MPAA – PG-13
DIRECTOR:  David Zucker
WRITERS:  Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and Jerry Zucker & Pat Proft
PRODUCER:  Robert K. Weiss
CINEMATOGRAPHER:  Robert M. Stevens (D.o.P.)
EDITOR:  Michael Jablow
COMPOSER:  Ira Newborn

COMEDY/CRIME

Starring:  Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, O.J. Simpson, Ricardo Montalban, George Kennedy, Susan Beaubian, Nancy Marchand, Raye Birk, Jeannette Charles, Tiny Ron, “Weird Al” Yankovic, and Reggie Jackson

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! is a 1988 American crime comedy film from director David Zucker.  The film is also known simply as The Naked Gun (the title I will use for most of this review).  It is a continuation of the short-lived ABC sitcom, “Police Squad!” (1982), which was created by the team of David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker, the comedy filmmaking trio known as “ZAZ.”  The Naked Gun the movie focuses on the sitcom's lead character, the bumbling and incompetent police lieutenant, Frank Drebin, as he attempts to foil an assassination plot against Queen Elizabeth II.

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! reintroduces Lieutenant Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen), a member of “Police Squad,” a special division within the Los Angeles Police Department.  Frank returns from a mission in Beirut to hear some bad news from Police Squad Captain Ed Hocken (George Kennedy).  Drebin's best friend and Police Squad colleague, Detective Nordberg (O.J. Simpson), is in a coma after his attempt to bust a heroin operation turned disastrous.

Drebin's investigation of what happened to Nordberg brings Vincent Ludwig (Ricardo Montalban), a highly-successful businessman, to his attention.  Drebin soon learns that Ludwig may be involved in a plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II (Jeannette Charles) during her visit to Los Angeles, one of the three stops on her American tour.  Drebin's investigation is complicated by the fact that he falls in love with Ludwig's assistant, Jane Spencer (Priscilla Presley).  Can Drebin save the Queen, or will his bumbling and incompetence lead to an international scandal?

I first saw The Naked Gun in the old Bon Marche Cinema 11 at the Bon Marche Mall in Baton Rouge, Louisiana during a midnight showing.  I went with some friends, and we laughed until we cried, doubled-over, chocked, and coughed.  Since that first time, I think that I have only seen the film in its entirety once, and that was well over thirty years ago.  Paramount Pictures just released a “legacy sequel,” also entitled The Naked Gun, from director Akiva Schaffer and producer Seth MacFarlane (“Family Guy”), with actor Liam Neeson playing “Lt. Frank Drebin, Jr.”  So I decided to give the 1988 film another watch, and I found myself laughing out loud again from start to finish.

The fast-paced slapstick comedy has not slowed with age; in fact, The Naked Gun has not aged, at least to me.  It doesn't feel like an “old movie,” and the visual and verbal puns and sight gags are as sharp as ever.  The team of Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and Jerry Zucker, and their frequent collaborator, Pat Proft, deliver a film full of gags that are shamelessly unapologetic, goofy, brilliant, and truly hilarious.  As the film's director, David Zucker, does superb work, but it is clear that his film editor, Michael Jablow, also does some fantastic work here.

The Naked Gun also has a great cast with Leslie Nielsen as the center of this comic force of nature.  Nielsen reinvented himself as the star of parodies and satires during the last three decades of his prolific Hollywood career.  As Lt. Frank Drebin, he made The Naked Gun the crowning achievement of his career as comic lead.  Priscilla Presley is excellent in her turn as the dry and droll Jane, and George Kennedy is smooth as a kind of straight policeman to Nielsen's Drebin.  Every chance he had in his career, actor Ricardo Montalban showed his range, as he does here as the delightful villain, Vincent Ludwig.  Even future killer, O.J. Simpson, makes the most of his small role here, six years before the world would look at him differently.

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! is one of the greatest American film comedies of the last quarter of the 20th century.  I hope this new film encourages audiences to see The Naked Gun for the first time or to see it again for the first time in a long time.  The original will make your laughter laugh. 

8 of 10
A
★★★★ out of 4 stars

Friday, August 1, 2025


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THE NAKED GUN, the original trilogy, is available as a set on Blu-ray at Amazon.

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A Negromancer August 2025

Welcome to August 2025. Welcome to Negromancer 2.0.  This is the rebirth of the Negromancer, the former movie review site, as a movie review and entertainment and culture news blog.

All images and text appearing on this blog are © copyright and/or trademarks of their respective owners.

While you're at it, have AnotherCookie.

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Also, my first original graphic novel, THE WRATH OF KARAPACE: A BIG SPIRITS EPIC, which is published by Candle Light Press.  Co-created by Carter J. Allen, (Warning Comics), The Wrath of Karapace is now on sale at Amazon and Barnes and Noble online.

Other online shops that are selling "The Wrath of Karapace" include the following:

- AmazonUK;

- Bookshop.org;

- ElmStreetBooks;

- the German book shop, OrrellFussli;

- Powells.com;

- Russell Books.com;

- SuperBookDeals.com;

- Walmart online.

Of note, The Wrath of Karapace is also available on eBay from a few different sellers.

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"The Wrath of Karapace" also a "Google Books" listing.




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