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Arab Times
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Arab Times
Nostalgia and gore collide in the new 'I Know What You Did Last Summer'
LOS ANGELES, July 17, (AP): The new "I Know What You Did Last Summer' pretty much follows the plot of the 1997 film of the same name: A bunch of well-to-do young people get stalked and killed by a vengeful killer in a rain slicker with an ice hook. It even has some of the same stars. "It's 1997 all over again. It's so nostalgic,' says Freddie Prinze Jr., who stars in both, this time around. Responds another returning star, Jennifer Love Hewitt: "Nostalgia is overrated.' That line deserves a big laugh from a so-called "legacy sequel' that blends old and new to resurrect a franchise long dormant but isn't sure where it sits in 2025. A wink here, an eye-gouging there. By aping the structure of the original - maddeningly calling itself by its predecessor's name - the new version of "I Know What You Did Last Summer' is both too tentative a step forward and yet too reliant on the past to fully break free of that gravitational pull. The new installment follows a group of post-high school friends (Madelyn Cline, Chase Sui Wonders, Jonah Hauer-King, Sarah Pidgeon, and Tyriq Withers) who cause a fatal car wreck on July Fourth and swear to keep their involvement a secret. But a year later, someone wants them dead, offering the anniversary warning: "I know what you did last summer.' This is a franchise that got a bit lost in the shadow of the "Scream' dynasty, but still helped make household names of such Gen X heroes as Prinze, Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Gellar, and Ryan Phillippe. A relaunch makes sense, but it's pretty vapid stuff until the OGs arrive. In fact, you may find yourself rooting for the killer. The five youngsters who have grown up in Southport, North Carolina - "the Hamptons of the South' - mostly live lives of nepo privilege, drinking from flasks, driving Volvos, munching on macarons, and taking Adderall. One lives on a 156-foot (48-meter) yacht with three decks. The movie mostly muddles along like a TV special, only coming to life when Prinze and Hewitt arrive, asked by the hunted youngsters for guidance. After all, the duo survived the 1997 attacks. "Get them before they get you,' Hewitt's Julie advises. Director Jennifer Kaytin Robinson, who co-wrote the screenplay with Sam Lansky, mixes gruesome stabbings, harpoon impalings, and corpses displayed on hooks like fish at the dock with jokes that needle everything from Nicole Kidman's cheesy AMC commercials to our fling with true-crime podcasts. The filmmakers make half-hearted attempts to explain the ripple effects from trauma but we're not here for generational pain; we're here for the slashy-slashy. There is one dream sequence with a surprise returning OG that's worth the ticket price alone. The tone is all over the place - whimpering victims one moment, horny the next. The police in Southport are nefarious - in a nod to "Jaws,' they cover up the murders for fear of turning off tourism - but there's a "Scooby-Doo' vibe here (even a mention) that seems less playful than idea-deprived. There are elements of spoof, too, like a vain woman who has just lost someone close in a grisly bloodbath but worries about her skin care. Look, we hate to break it to you, it's not going to end well for many of this privileged set, as they hunt whoever is hunting them. Coherence is also stabbed a lot because a clear motive for the mass murder is really hard to understand. No matter: We get the scene when a scared victim with a massive knife sticking out of her back shoots a harpoon gun at the hook killer, and that's why we came in the first place. We also get Hewitt screaming her catchphrase, mocking her attacker: "What are you waiting for?' Well, what are you waiting for? "I Know What You Did Last Summer,' a Sony Pictures release in theaters Friday, is rated R for "bloody horror violence, language throughout, some sexual content and brief drug use.' Running time: 111 minutes. One and a half stars out of four.
16-07-2025
- Entertainment
Movie Review: Nostalgia and gore collide in the new 'I Know What You Did Last Summer'
The new 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' pretty much follows the plot of the 1997 film of the same name: A bunch of well-to-do young people get stalked and killed by a vengeful killer in a rain slicker with an ice hook. It even has some of the same stars. 'It's 1997 all over again. It's so nostalgic,' says Freddie Prinze Jr., who stars in both, this time around. Responds another returning star, Jennifer Love Hewitt: 'Nostalgia is overrated.' That line deserves a big laugh from a so-called 'legacy sequel' that blends old and new to resurrect a franchise long dormant but isn't sure where it sits in 2025. A wink here, an eye-gouging there. By aping the structure of the original — maddeningly calling itself by its predecessor's name — the new version of 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' is both too tentative a step forward and yet too reliant on the past to fully break free of that gravitational pull. The new installment follows a group of post-high school friends (Madelyn Cline, Chase Sui Wonders, Jonah Hauer-King, Sarah Pidgeon and Tyriq Withers) who cause a fatal car wreck on July Fourth and swear to keep their involvement a secret. But a year later, someone wants them dead, offering the anniversary warning: 'I know what you did last summer.' This is a franchise that got a bit lost in the shadow of the 'Scream' dynasty, but still helped make household names of such Gen X heroes as Prinze, Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Ryan Phillippe. A relaunch makes sense but it's pretty vapid stuff until the OGs arrive. In fact, you may find yourself rooting for the killer. The five youngsters who have grown up in Southport, North Carolina — 'the Hamptons of the South' — mostly live lives of nepo privilege, drinking from flasks, driving Volvos, munching on macarons and taking Adderall. One lives on a 156-foot (48-meter) yacht with three decks. The movie mostly muddles along like a TV special, only coming to life when Prinze and Hewitt arrive, asked by the hunted youngsters for guidance. After all, the duo survived the 1997 attacks. 'Get them before they get you,' Hewitt's Julie advises. Director Jennifer Kaytin Robinson, who co-wrote the screenplay with Sam Lansky, mixes gruesome stabbings, harpoon impalings and corpses displayed on hooks like fish at the dock with jokes that needle everything from Nicole Kidman's cheesy AMC commercials to our fling with true-crime podcasts. The filmmakers make half-hearted attempts to explain the ripple effects from trauma but we're not here for generational pain; we're here for the slashy-slashy. There is one dream sequence with a surprise returning OG that's worth the ticket price alone. The tone is all over the place — whimpering victims one moment, horny the next. The police in Southport are nefarious — in a nod to 'Jaws,' they cover up the murders for fear of turning off tourism — but there's a 'Scooby-Doo' vibe here (even a mention) that seems less playful than idea-deprived. There are elements of spoof, too, like a vain woman who has just lost someone close in a grisly bloodbath but worries about her skin care. Look, we hate to break it to you, it's not going to end well for many of this privileged set, as they hunt whoever is hunting them. Coherence is also stabbed a lot because a clear motive for the mass murder is really hard to understand. No matter: We get the scene when a scared victim with a massive knife sticking out of her back shoots a harpoon gun at the hook killer, and that's why we came in the first place. We also get Hewitt screaming her catchphrase, mocking her attacker: 'What are you waiting for?' Well, what are you waiting for? 'I Know What You Did Last Summer,' a Sony Pictures release in theaters Friday, is rated R for 'bloody horror violence, language throughout, some sexual content and brief drug use.' Running time: 111 minutes. One and a half stars out of four.
Hamilton Spectator
16-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Hamilton Spectator
Movie Review: Nostalgia and gore collide in the new ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer'
The new 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' pretty much follows the plot of the 1997 film of the same name: A bunch of well-to-do young people get stalked and killed by a vengeful killer in a rain slicker with an ice hook. It even has some of the same stars. 'It's 1997 all over again. It's so nostalgic,' says Freddie Prinze Jr., who stars in both, this time around. Responds another returning star, Jennifer Love Hewitt: 'Nostalgia is overrated.' That line deserves a big laugh from a so-called 'legacy sequel' that blends old and new to resurrect a franchise long dormant but isn't sure where it sits in 2025. A wink here, an eye-gouging there. By aping the structure of the original — maddeningly calling itself by its predecessor's name — the new version of 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' is both too tentative a step forward and yet too reliant on the past to fully break free of that gravitational pull. The new installment follows a group of post-high school friends (Madelyn Cline, Chase Sui Wonders, Jonah Hauer-King, Sarah Pidgeon and Tyriq Withers) who cause a fatal car wreck on July Fourth and swear to keep their involvement a secret. But a year later, someone wants them dead, offering the anniversary warning: 'I know what you did last summer.' This is a franchise that got a bit lost in the shadow of the 'Scream' dynasty , but still helped make household names of such Gen X heroes as Prinze, Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Ryan Phillippe. A relaunch makes sense but it's pretty vapid stuff until the OGs arrive. In fact, you may find yourself rooting for the killer. The five youngsters who have grown up in Southport, North Carolina — 'the Hamptons of the South' — mostly live lives of nepo privilege, drinking from flasks, driving Volvos, munching on macarons and taking Adderall. One lives on a 156-foot (48-meter) yacht with three decks. The movie mostly muddles along like a TV special, only coming to life when Prinze and Hewitt arrive, asked by the hunted youngsters for guidance. After all, the duo survived the 1997 attacks. 'Get them before they get you,' Hewitt's Julie advises. Director Jennifer Kaytin Robinson, who co-wrote the screenplay with Sam Lansky, mixes gruesome stabbings, harpoon impalings and corpses displayed on hooks like fish at the dock with jokes that needle everything from Nicole Kidman's cheesy AMC commercials to our fling with true-crime podcasts. The filmmakers make half-hearted attempts to explain the ripple effects from trauma but we're not here for generational pain; we're here for the slashy-slashy. There is one dream sequence with a surprise returning OG that's worth the ticket price alone. The tone is all over the place — whimpering victims one moment, horny the next. The police in Southport are nefarious — in a nod to 'Jaws,' they cover up the murders for fear of turning off tourism — but there's a 'Scooby-Doo' vibe here (even a mention) that seems less playful than idea-deprived. There are elements of spoof, too, like a vain woman who has just lost someone close in a grisly bloodbath but worries about her skin care. Look, we hate to break it to you, it's not going to end well for many of this privileged set, as they hunt whoever is hunting them. Coherence is also stabbed a lot because a clear motive for the mass murder is really hard to understand. No matter: We get the scene when a scared victim with a massive knife sticking out of her back shoots a harpoon gun at the hook killer, and that's why we came in the first place. We also get Hewitt screaming her catchphrase, mocking her attacker: 'What are you waiting for?' Well, what are you waiting for? 'I Know What You Did Last Summer,' a Sony Pictures release in theaters Friday, is rated R for 'bloody horror violence, language throughout, some sexual content and brief drug use.' Running time: 111 minutes. One and a half stars out of four.
Winnipeg Free Press
16-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Winnipeg Free Press
Movie Review: Nostalgia and gore collide in the new ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer'
The new 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' pretty much follows the plot of the 1997 film of the same name: A bunch of well-to-do young people get stalked and killed by a vengeful killer in a rain slicker with an ice hook. It even has some of the same stars. 'It's 1997 all over again. It's so nostalgic,' says Freddie Prinze Jr., who stars in both, this time around. Responds another returning star, Jennifer Love Hewitt: 'Nostalgia is overrated.' That line deserves a big laugh from a so-called 'legacy sequel' that blends old and new to resurrect a franchise long dormant but isn't sure where it sits in 2025. A wink here, an eye-gouging there. By aping the structure of the original — maddeningly calling itself by its predecessor's name — the new version of 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' is both too tentative a step forward and yet too reliant on the past to fully break free of that gravitational pull. The new installment follows a group of post-high school friends (Madelyn Cline, Chase Sui Wonders, Jonah Hauer-King, Sarah Pidgeon and Tyriq Withers) who cause a fatal car wreck on July Fourth and swear to keep their involvement a secret. But a year later, someone wants them dead, offering the anniversary warning: 'I know what you did last summer.' This is a franchise that got a bit lost in the shadow of the 'Scream' dynasty, but still helped make household names of such Gen X heroes as Prinze, Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Ryan Phillippe. A relaunch makes sense but it's pretty vapid stuff until the OGs arrive. In fact, you may find yourself rooting for the killer. The five youngsters who have grown up in Southport, North Carolina — 'the Hamptons of the South' — mostly live lives of nepo privilege, drinking from flasks, driving Volvos, munching on macarons and taking Adderall. One lives on a 156-foot (48-meter) yacht with three decks. The movie mostly muddles along like a TV special, only coming to life when Prinze and Hewitt arrive, asked by the hunted youngsters for guidance. After all, the duo survived the 1997 attacks. 'Get them before they get you,' Hewitt's Julie advises. Director Jennifer Kaytin Robinson, who co-wrote the screenplay with Sam Lansky, mixes gruesome stabbings, harpoon impalings and corpses displayed on hooks like fish at the dock with jokes that needle everything from Nicole Kidman's cheesy AMC commercials to our fling with true-crime podcasts. Weekly A weekly look at what's happening in Winnipeg's arts and entertainment scene. The filmmakers make half-hearted attempts to explain the ripple effects from trauma but we're not here for generational pain; we're here for the slashy-slashy. There is one dream sequence with a surprise returning OG that's worth the ticket price alone. The tone is all over the place — whimpering victims one moment, horny the next. The police in Southport are nefarious — in a nod to 'Jaws,' they cover up the murders for fear of turning off tourism — but there's a 'Scooby-Doo' vibe here (even a mention) that seems less playful than idea-deprived. There are elements of spoof, too, like a vain woman who has just lost someone close in a grisly bloodbath but worries about her skin care. Look, we hate to break it to you, it's not going to end well for many of this privileged set, as they hunt whoever is hunting them. Coherence is also stabbed a lot because a clear motive for the mass murder is really hard to understand. No matter: We get the scene when a scared victim with a massive knife sticking out of her back shoots a harpoon gun at the hook killer, and that's why we came in the first place. We also get Hewitt screaming her catchphrase, mocking her attacker: 'What are you waiting for?' Well, what are you waiting for? 'I Know What You Did Last Summer,' a Sony Pictures release in theaters Friday, is rated R for 'bloody horror violence, language throughout, some sexual content and brief drug use.' Running time: 111 minutes. One and a half stars out of four.
Miami Herald
26-06-2025
- Automotive
- Miami Herald
Iconic Volvo 240 Finally Overtaken As Brand's All-Time Best-Seller
The Volvo 240 was one of the cars that helped cement the Swedish brand's reputation for safety and durability. Its success was such that it enjoyed a nearly two-decade production run and became Volvo's best-selling model of all time, but that record has now been broken. Unsurprisingly, it has taken a crossover to surpass the 240's achievement, and that honor goes to the XC60. With over 2.7 million units sold, the XC60 is now Volvo's most successful model ever, and it achieved the feat in less time than the 240. Going into production in 2008, the XC60 has only been around for two generations, but that's been enough time to cement its place as Volvo's most successful model. It wasn't Volvo's first SUV - that honor goes to the larger XC90 - but the XC60's lower price point made it accessible to a wider demographic. The second-generation XC60 arrived for the 2018 model year, and it's one of the classiest vehicles in its segment, plus a worthy alternative to the German brigade. From the base 247-horsepower model to the 455-hp plug-in hybrid variant, all XC60s have plush interiors and the Scandinavian style that has typified modern Volvos. While they're vastly different in terms of the driving experience, body styles, and technology, both the 240 and XC60 have been pioneers for the latest safety technologies. In 1978, Volvo introduced the Child Booster Cushion, a world-first feature at the time. Later, the 240 became one of the first cars to have enhanced side-impact protection. Fast-forward to 2008, and the XC60 introduced City Safety, the first low-speed automatic emergency braking system that can assist in avoiding collisions at up to around 18 mph. In 2017, the XC60 introduced Oncoming Lane Mitigation that will steer you back into your lane should you be distracted enough to drift into oncoming traffic. Produced in sedan and wagon form, the 240 (and the related 260) was a massive success story for Volvo. Its boxy styling is unmistakable, but the long hood and large bumpers were not just visual choices; these features allowed Volvo to incorporate more effective crumple zones. Production ran from 1974 to 1993, with exactly 2,685,171 models produced. The last 240 left Volvo's Gothenburg plant on May 5, 1993. At the time of its discontinuation in the United States, the 240 used a 2.3-liter four-cylinder paired with either a five-speed manual or four-speed automatic. "Growing up in Sweden in the 1980s, the Volvo 240 was the iconic family car – you could spot one in almost every driveway," says Susanne Hägglund, head of Global Offer at Volvo Cars. "Today the XC60 has taken over that position in two ways. Not only as the family favourite, but also becoming our all-time top-seller, which in itself is the ultimate proof point of a successful car. And now, with the latest updates, it gets even better." Seeing this switching of places at the top of the list of most successful Volvos, one wonders if it's just a matter of time before the CR-V overtakes the Civic at Honda, or the Tiguan shoots past the Golf. Unless another design comes along to replace the crossover, it seems inevitable. Copyright 2025 The Arena Group, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
