Jon Hamm takes over the role of Fletch in this movie, which is the first sequel since 1989’s forgettable Fletch Lives. It adapts author Gregory McDonald’s second Fletch novel, which is perfect, ...

I just watched Confess Fletch, and found myself wishing that Gregory McDonald were still alive to see the film of his book. It's an adaptation done by people who understood and loved the Fletch books.

The short answer: yes, and no. Sorry. First, a breakdown of the books, and then we’ll dig into how the movies play it. In McDonald’s novel Fletch, Irwin M. Fletcher is an investigative journalist, a ...

Novelist Gregory Mcdonald’s crime-solving journalist Irwin M. Fletcher, better known as “Fletch,” has never been a very conventional hero. After Chevy Chase put his own bumbling, pratfall-filled spin ...

Last year marked the return of the iconic comedic reporter Irwin M. Fletcher, better known as Fletch, with the Jon Hamm-led reboot Confess, Fletch. Based on the series of mystery novels by Gregory ...

This month marks the 36th anniversary of the 1985 comedy Fletch, which stars Chevy Chase as journalist Irwin Maurice Fletcher, who used assumed names like Ted Nugent, Harry S. Truman and Don Corleone ...

‘I enjoyed trying to find ways to make fun of influencer types and tone-deaf white privilege,’ says the writer-director, who updated the 1976 mystery novel for 2022. ‘It’s nice to sneak into ...

There was a time when if anyone said the name “Fletch”, most film fans would immediately picture Chevy Chase as wiseacre, disguise-happy (at least in his version) investigative reporter Irwin “Fletch” ...