I’m convinced Liam Neeson is simply putting out the same movie every six months and waiting to see how long it takes people to catch on. “Memory” is the latest “Liam Neeson with a gun” film, this time following an aging hitman with early onset dementia who must save an illegal immigrant child from a… Continue reading ‘Memory’ Review: A Liam Neeson Shooter You’ll Soon Forget
For a guy who announced he was going to retire from action movies, Liam Neeson sure does make a lot of action movies. “Blacklight” stars Neeson as an off-the-books FBI fixer who gets caught up in a government conspiracy. Mark Williams directs while Emmy Raver-Lampman, Taylor John Smith, and Aidan Quinn also star. Liam Neeson… Continue reading ‘Blacklight’ Review: Another By-the-Book Liam Neeson ‘Thriller’
Another year, another Liam Neeson-with-a-gun movie. “The Marksman” stars Liam Neeson as a retired U.S. Marine who lives on the Arizona-Mexican border, and is forced to escort a young Mexican boy (Jacob Perez) to Chicago while being pursued by cartel members. Katheryn Winnick, Juan Pablo Raba, and Teresa Ruiz also star, while Robert Lorenz directs.… Continue reading ‘The Marksman’ Review: More Misses Than Hits
Even in a year as weird as 2020, there’s something comforting about still having a “Liam Neeson with a gun” movie. “Honest Thief” stars Liam Neeson in the titular role as a former bank robber who wants to trade the $9 million he stole over the years for a reduced sentence after meeting a woman… Continue reading ‘Honest Thief’ a Pretty Standard Thriller
And the summer of sequalitis duds continues. “Men in Black: International” is the fourth film of the alien-fighting franchise that started with Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith in 1997. This time around Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson take the reins while F. Gary Gray takes over directing duties from Barry Sonnenfeld. In the film,… Continue reading If I Called This Review ‘Meh in Black’ It Would Still Be Funnier Than Any Joke in ‘MiB: International’
Remember when Michael Jordan and Brett Favre both kept retiring and promising that it was “for real this time”? Yeah, that seems to be Liam Neeson with his “old man with a gun” films. “Cold Pursuit” is a remake of the 2014 Norwegian film “In Order of Disappearance,” which was directed by Hans Petter Moland,… Continue reading ‘Cold Pursuit’ Leaves Liam Neeson Out in the Cold
It’s like “Ocean’s 8” just with none of the light-hearted jokes or Rihanna and Awkafina quipping. “Widows” is based off the 1980s British TV series of the same name, and follows a group of women (Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki, and Cynthia Erivo) who must complete a heist to pay back a crime boss… Continue reading ‘Widows’ Can’t Fully Pull Off the Job, but the Effort is There
This is honestly going to be one of the most difficult reviews I’ve ever written… “Silence” is the latest film from Martin Scorsese, a passion project of the director’s for over 25 years. The film follows two 17th-century Jesuit priests (Andrew Garfield and Adam Driver) who travel from Portugal to Japan in order to locate… Continue reading ‘Silence’ Easier to Admire than Enjoy
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