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Interview: David Zucker, legendary spoof comedy writer/director
Posted by: Matthew Ardill • November 10, 2025 @ 3:22pm
David Zucker has written and directed some of the biggest comedies of all time, including Airplane! and The Naked Gun.
Robert Ludlum's super-spy Jason Bourne returns after a two-year hiatus. This new cinematic hybrid of the Ludlum series of novels was a surprise box office hit back in 2002 when Matt Damon became the amnesiac assassin in The Bourne Identity.
The film was such a success that in some ways it changed the face of spy thrillers for modern audiences.
Director Alex Proyas, helmer of such cult favorites as Dark City and The Crow, steps into the Hollywood limelight with his first attempt at a mainstream Hollywood blockbuster.
Will Ferrell seems to have emerged as Hollywood's new king of comedy.
Make no mistake, Anchorman is far from being the perfect movie, but do you know what? It made me laugh, and at just over 90 minutes, it doesn't take up too much of your time.
Will Ferrell is Ron Burgundy, star of the 6-o'clock news at a TV station in San Diego, sometime in the 1970s.
In some film circles, the summer of 2004 has been deemed the summer of the sequel, with an unusually high number of movies being released having been the second or third film in a certain series.
The Arthurian myths have been handed down from generation to generation. Like all great myths, a new look or chapter was added or changed as the story grew. This seems to be the same way with King Arthur's journey on the silver screen.
With each new screenwriter and director we have seen a new King Arthur emerge.
Whenever you have a Hollywood legend like Robert Redford return to acting after a three year hiatus you really should be curious to see what project he has found.
Back in 2002, director Sam Raimi pushed the envelope with what a superhero film could be when he unleashed his mega-blockbuster Spider-Man. After the smoke cleared and I had a chance to see the film again, another successful superhero franchise comparison emerged.
Director Sam Raimi has managed to trump the original Spider-Man film with a sequel whose action and dramatic elements transcend the extreme competence of the first.
Okay I'll admit it, I've never been a fan of Spider-Man. In my comic book reading days I was more a DC Comics kind of guy, preferring Batman and Superman over the web-slinging Spider-Man. That's not to say that I didn't like Spider-Man or read the occasional book, because I did (working in a comic book store means you kind of have to), but he never topped my list.
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