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Theater Scum: The Naked Guys

Photo: Paramount Pictures As I sit smack-dab in the dog days of a nasty, humid Mid-Atlantic summer and yearn for the crisp chill of autumn nights not too far away, let's find some movies to watch and stay away from the outdoors. The Bad Guys 2 I barely remember the first Bad Guys movie coming out a few years ago and mainly because I scroll by it every time on whatever streaming platform it haunts. With all of my kids grown, I have no reason to pay much attention to children's entertainment beyond whichever Disney release is either massively flopping or making half of the global GDP at the box office. Dreamworks has been relatively consistent with their animated fare over the years (allegedly) and the first film has pretty okay reviews so maybe I'll give it a shot at some point. It won't be anytime soon but eventually. The Naked Gun Reboots and requels and the constant regurgitation of past successes repackaged for new audiences has been around for decades and will not ...