Exceptional Crime a study of desperation Though it is being touted as an action film, Bart Layton’s gripping Crime 101 actually consists of multiple character studies, examining three people who’ve each come to a crossroads in their lives. Captivating and smart, the film benefits from exceptional work from its three veteran leads and old-school pacing, […]
Liam Neeson
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Neeson walks strong Among the Tombstones
Liam Neeson as Matt Scudder in A Walk Among the Tombstones. PHOTO COURTESY UNIVERSAL PICTURES In the last decade, Liam Neeson has seemingly taken every script that’s come his way. He’s been forthcoming in his reasoning as, since the tragic death of his wife Natasha Richardson, he’s freely admitted that the best way for him […]
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Brosnan shines in November Man
Pierce Brosnan as Peter Devereaux in The November Man. Could the widespread usage and acceptance of Viagra be somehow linked to the spate of action films with heroes over 60 years old in the last decade? Now that sexual virility is attainable at any age, is it such a leap to assume that movie audiences […]
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Non-Stop flaws
Liam Neeson stars as Bill Marks in Non-Stop. PHOTO BY UNIVERSAL PICTURES Liam Neeson continues to save the day in Jaume Collet-Serra’s Non-Stop, a claustrophobic thriller that, if nothing else, lives up to its title. Never before has a film been so stagnant in setting, yet brisk in the way it tells its tale. It […]
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Costner saves 3 Days to Kill
Kevin Costner in 3 Days to Kill. McG’s 3 Days to Kill is the sort of film that’s hard to defend. Yet, I couldn’t help but be entertained by its odd pastiche of elements and dark sense of humor, both of which helped add a sly twist on what otherwise would have been a pedestrian […]
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The new Clash offers little new
I fondly remember the 1981 version of Clash of the Titans. Though it didn’t leave me as breathless as another film from that same summer, a little ditty called Raiders of the Lost Ark, it did provide the necessary fun for a young teen to while away a summer’s day. Besides, being a young movie […]
