Luckily, I have now seen it and all my worries were set aside. The Naked Gun is really funny, and smartly, the filmmakers didn’t try to compete with the original in the sheer number of jokes being thrown at the audience. It’s the smartest thing they could have done.

The sequel avoids the stale nostalgia of Hollywood’s endless reboots, reimaginings, and remakes to deliver fresh laughs.

In 2022, I sat down with actor Liam Neeson on Zoom for his action film, Memory. We chatted for a while, and I asked him about what he wanted to do next in his career, hoping he would confirm his return to the Star Wars series.