Detective Lieutenant Frank Drebin, Jr, is on the case to stop a villain’s plan in the worthy legacy sequel, Naked Gun, directed by Akiva Schaffer.
If you read nothing else, know this: I laughed long, hard, and often during the run time of Naked Gun. For that, it succeeds wonderfully. If you like the ZAZ-spoof subgenre of comedy, you’ll be mighty pleased.
The downfall of a Canadian town is detailed with Lovecraftian comic-absurdity through faux TV programs and commercials in writer-director Simon Glassman’s Buffet Infinity, presented as part of the Fantasia International Film Festival.
A Japanese soldier and a British POW have to survive a stranding on a South Pacific island in 1942, one populated by a vicious monster in the sadly slight Monster Island, written and directed by Mike Wiluan, now streaming on Shudder.
A couple is haunted by a missing friend on a strange mountain and in their lives in the chilling Taiwanese Haunted Mountains: The Yellow Taboo, directed by Tsai Chai Ying, and presented through the Fantasia International Film Festival.
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A new couple’s weekend getaway doesn’t go as planned in the dark relationship comedy Oh, Hi!
A sex worker is suspected of a series of murders in the dark comedy Anything That Moves, written and directed by Alex Phillips, presented as part of the Fantasia International Film Festival.
The Fantastic Four, Marvel’s First Family, deal with new additions: baby Franklin and world-eater Galactus and his herald in the radiantly fun The Fantastic Four: First Steps, directed by Matt Shakman.