Tag: liamneeson
IN THE LAND OF SAINTS AND SINNERS Review: Liam Neeson Tries to Retire His Particular Skills Again
Liam Neeson, Colm Meaney, Ciaran Hinds, and Kerry Condon star in a film directed by Robert Lorenz.
MARLOWE Review: Over-Familiar Tropes Sinks Chandler Homage
Directed by Neil Jordan, Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger and Jessica Lange star in an adaptation of a novel by John Banville.
Review: In MEMORY, Liam Neeson Returns to Familiar Action-Hero Mode
The return of Martin Campbell, the Brit director who successfully rebooted the James Bond franchise not once but twice (GoldenEye, Casino Royale), on opposite sides of the millennium and gave English-language audiences Antonio Banderas as the title character in The...
Review: BLACKLIGHT, Grandpa Fixer
Liam Neeson and Aidan Quinn star in an action-thriller, directed by Mark Williams.
Review: HONEST THIEF, Liam in Love, Still an Action Star
Liam Neeson, Kate Welsh, Jeffrey Donovan and Jai Courtney star in a ludicrous yet lovable action picture, directed by Mark Williams, and opening in U.S. theaters.
Review: MEN IN BLACK: INTERNATIONAL Is Forgettable Fluff From Outer Space
The fourth in the hugely profitable - and fun - Men In Black series, Men In Black: International takes the duty to protect Earth from nefarious space aliens to Europe, introducing a new pair of leads and a whole new...
Friday One Sheet: Baby It's A COLD PURSUIT Outside...
Cold Pursuit is latest in a series of Liam Neeson revenge pictures. It is a remake of Hans Petter Moland's (here directing again) thriller, In Order Of Disappearance, which starred Stellan Skarsgård and Bruno Ganz. The 2014 version had a...
Review: THE BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS, The Coens Struggle on Netflix
Netflix's seemingly low-key ongoing rebrand tripped over frustratingly familiar stumbling blocks with The Ballad of Buster Scruggs. Originially conceived of as a series -- and only quite recently announced as a converted feature -- The Ballad of Buster Scruggs definitely bares...
Los Cabos 2018 Dispatch: AMERICAN ANIMALS and WIDOWS, a Heist Movie Double Feature
Reminiscent of the recent Mexican film Museo, by Alonso Ruizpalacios, American Animals is a heist movie starring youngsters who, on paper, would have no obvious reason to carry out a robbery. With the support of their families, without economic problems,...
Friday One Sheet: THE COMMUTER (and Perspective Text)
Ever since the Saul Bass designed opening titles of North by Northwest, key art designers have used perspective text to imply 'on the run.' This minimalist (one of very many great Bass inflectected designs from LA Studios) key art, quite...
Liam Neeson in THE COMMUTER Trailer: One Little Thing
Never play dare with Vera Farmiga. This just a hunch on my part, informed by the first trailer for The Commuter, in which businessman Liam Neeson meets a stranger on a train (Farmiga) who suggests he do "one little thing,"...
Watch: Exclusive Interview with Cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto on Martin Scorsese's SILENCE
After more than 25 years, Martin Scorsese finally completed Silence last year, his adaptation of the homonymous Japanese novel written by Endo Shusaku and a real passion project for the master filmmaker behind other religious films such as The Last...
Review: A MONSTER CALLS Goes Through the Motions
You might be able to argue that J.A. Bayona is not the most original filmmaker currently working today, but there is no denying that he has a masterful understanding of how to direct a film that will grab (almost) all...
Review: SILENCE Demands Respect and Inspires Debate
An impressively devout expression of religious faith that seeks to answer some of mankind's most pressing questions, Silence demands respect and inspires debate, all while displaying the absolute command of master filmmaker Martin Scorsese. Now 74, Scorsese has reportedly desired...
Scorsese Answers our Prayers with Astonishing First SILENCE Trailer
Martin Scorsese leaps right into this year's Oscar race with Silence, his epic new adaptation of Shûsaku Endô's novel. Andrew Garfield and Adam Driver star as Portuguese Jesuit missionaries sent to Japan in the 17th Century. Their mission is to track...
Black Nights 2016 Review: A MONSTER CALLS, Emotional Manipulation at its Finest
You might be able to argue that J.A. Bayona is not the most original filmmaker current working today, but there is no denying that he has a masterful understanding of how to direct a film that will grab (almost) all...
Review: OPERATION CHROMITE, A Soulless, Calculated Cashgrab
Summer in Korea guarantees a few things, hot humid days, the loud whir of cicadas and the guaranteed release of a jingoistic cashgrab. The last few years have gifted us with Roaring Currents and Northern Limit Line and this season...
OPERATION CHROMITE: Liam Neeson Is General MacArthur In Full Trailer For Korean War Film
Telling the story of the decisive Battle of Incheon in the Korean War, John H Lee's Operation Chromite sports a hefty budget and at least one major international star in the form of Liam Neeson starring as General Douglas MacArthur....
New Trailer For A MONSTER CALLS Gives Us ... A Big Talking Tree
Juan Antonio Bayona's new film, A Monster Calls, has been slowly teasing its potential audience with cast announcements, photos, and one teaser released late last year. And now, still six months before the film's release, there is a new trailer....
A MONSTER CALLS In The Teaser To Bayona's Latest
How do you launch a film that is not a sequel or superhero property and doesn't come with a massive built in audience in the current day and age? You start early, apparently. At least that's what they're doing with...
