Memphis Movies This Week: ‘The Naked Gun,’ ‘Sunset Boulevard’ at 75
“The Naked Gun” is a sequel-as-reboot of 1988’s “The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!,” this time with Liam Neeson playing Frank Drebin Jr., the son of the original “Naked Gun” protagonist played by Leslie Nielsen. (Courtesy Paramount)
At mid-year, the biggest comedy hit at a somewhat resurgent American box office has been a sleeper-success female-buddy movie. Maybe that will change in the weeks ahead.
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Chris Herrington has covered the Memphis Grizzlies, in one way or another, since the franchise’s second season in Memphis, while also writing about music, movies, food and civic life. As far as he knows, he’s the only member of the Professional Basketball Writers Association who is also a member of a film critics group and has also voted in national music critic polls for Rolling Stone and the Village Voice (RIP). He and his wife have two kids and, for reasons that sometimes elude him, three dogs.
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