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2018 BFI London Film Festival Review – The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

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The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, 2018. Directed by Ethan Coen & Joel Coen. Starring Tim Blake Nelson, Liam Neeson, Brendan Gleeson, Tom Waits, Harry Melling, Zoe Kazan, James Franco, Bill Heck, Grainger Hines, Chelcie Ross, and Jonjo O’Neill. SYNOPSIS: A collection of six Western-style shorts set out on the frontier, taking in stories of a […]

Movie Review – Widows (2018)

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Widows, 2018. Directed by Steve McQueen. Starring Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki, Colin Farrell, Carrie Coon, Daniel Kaluuya, Liam Neeson, and Cynthia Erivo. SYNOPSIS: When a posthumous debt from her husband (Liam Neeson) lands at the feet of Veronica (Viola Davis), she decides to inherit so much more than a death sentence by planning a heist […]

2018 BFI London Film Festival Review – Widows

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Widows, 2018. Directed by Steve McQueen. Starring Viola Davis, Liam Neeson, Elizabeth Debicki, Michelle Rodriguez, Daniel Kaluuya,  Colin Farrell, Cynthia Erivo, Brian Tyree Henry, Jacki Weaver, Carrie Coon, Liam Neeson, Robert Duvall, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, John Bernthal, Garret Dillahunt and Lukas Haas. SYNOPSIS: When her husband is killed in a robbery gone wrong, Veronica Rawlings must […]

The Coens’ The Ballad of Buster Scruggs gets a new trailer

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Netflix has debuted the first trailer for Joel and Ethan Coen’s western anthology The Ballad of Buster Scruggs which stars Tim Blake Nelson, Liam Neeson, James Franco, Zoe Kazan, Tyne Daly, Brendan Gleeson, and Tom Waits; watch it here… The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is a six-part Western anthology film, a series of tales about the American […]

Steve McQueen’s Widows gets a brand new poster

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20th Century Fox has released a brand new poster for Widows, the upcoming crime thriller from director Steve McQueen (Shame, 12 Years a Slave), which features a star-studded cast that includes Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki, Cynthia Erivo, Colin Farrell, Brian Tyree Henry, Daniel Kaluuya, Garret Dillahunt, Carrie Coon, Jacki Weaver, Jon Bernthal, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Robert Duvall, […]

Steve McQueen’s Widows gets a new trailer

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20th Century Fox has released a new trailer for Widows, the upcoming crime thriller from director Steve McQueen (Shame, 12 Years a Slave), which features a star-studded cast that includes Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki, Cynthia Erivo, Colin Farrell, Brian Tyree Henry, Daniel Kaluuya, Garret Dillahunt, Carrie Coon, Jacki Weaver, Jon Bernthal, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Robert […]

First TV spot for Steve McQueen’s Widows arrives online

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The first TV spot has arrived online for Steve McQueen’s upcoming crime thriller Widows which features a star-studded cast that includes Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki, Cynthia Erivo, Colin Farrell, Brian Tyree Henry, Daniel Kaluuya, Garret Dillahunt, Carrie Coon, Jacki Weaver, Jon Bernthal, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Robert Duvall, and Liam Neeson; check it out here… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11o6LQXv7hw […]

Steve McQueen’s Widows gets a first trailer

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20th Century Fox has debuted the first trailer for the upcoming crime thriller Widows. Based upon the 1983 Lynda La Plante crime series, the film is directed by Steve McQueen, who co-wrote the script with Gone Girl author Gillian Flynn, and features a cast that includes Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki, Cynthia Erivo, Colin […]

Exclusive Interview – Liam Neeson on working with The Commuter director Jaume Collet-Serra

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To mark the home-entertainment release of The Commuter – out now on DVD and Blu-ray – we’ve got an exclusive video interview with star Liam Neeson, where he talks about working with director Jaume Collet-Serra (Unknown, Non-Stop, Run All Night). Check it out here… Insurance salesman Michael (Neeson) is on his daily commute home when […]

Liam Neeson in talks for Men in Black reboot

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It looks like the Men in Black reboot may have found its new leader. Variety reports Liam Neeson (Taken) has begun talks to join Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson in the new film. If negotiations are successful, Neeson will portray the head of the U.K. branch of the MIB organization. Audiences have previously seen Rip Torn (Dodgeball) as […]