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Blu-ray Review – The Ice Road (2021)

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The Ice Road, 2021. Directed by Jonathan Hensleigh. Starring Liam Neeson, Laurence Fishburne, Marcus Thomas, Amber Midthunder, Matt McCoy, and Benjamin Walker. SYNOPSIS: After an explosion in a mine traps some of the workers, a crew of truck drivers must brave the elements to deliver the rescue equipment. There is going to come a time […]

Liam Neeson joins thriller Thug and action sci-fi Cold Storage

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Liam Neeson has added a couple of new projects to his upcoming slate in the thriller Thug and action sci-fi Cold Storage. Thug will reunite Neeson with his Cold Pursuit director Hans Petter Moland and sees him playing “an ageing San Pedro gangster (Neeson) who attempts to reconnect with his children and rectify the mistakes […]

Sam Raimi reveals Universal is talking about a Darkman sequel

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With Sam Raimi applying his own unique style to the MCU in this week’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (watch our video review here), not only has the Evil Dead director been asked about his last foray into the world of superhero movies with Spider-Man, but also his first big-budget studio movie, 1990’s […]

Liam Neeson action thriller Memory gets a poster and images

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After sharing the trailer last month, Open Road Films and STXfilms have now released a poster and images for Memory, the upcoming action thriller from director Martin Campbell (Casino Royale) and starring action veteran Liam Neeson alongside Guy Pearce, Monica Bellucci, Taj Atwal, Ray Fearon, and Harold Torres; check them out here… Directed by Martin […]

Liam Neeson stars as a hitman with Alzheimer’s in trailer for Memory

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Academy Award winner Liam Neeson has continued to churn out hitman related action films with diminishing returns, even firing off a trio of pandemic era releases – The Marksman, The Ice Road, and Blacklight – to keep fans of his very particular set of skills happy, and now he’s at it again in Martin GoldenEye […]

First trailer for Liam Neeson action thriller Blacklight

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A poster and trailer have been released for Blacklight, the upcoming action thriller from director Mark Williams which stars Liam Neeson as a freelance government ‘fixer’ who finds himself and his family in the crosshairs of an FBI Chief when he uncovers a shadow operation targeting ordinary citizens; take a look here, courtesy of Collider…. […]

Daniela Melchior and François Arnaud join Liam Neeson thriller Marlowe

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Deadline has revealed that Daniela Melchior (The Suicide Squad) and François Arnaud (The Borgias) have been cast in the next Liam Neeson thriller Marlowe from director Neil Jordan (The Crying Game). Marlowe follows private detective Philip Marlowe (Neeson) when he “is hired to find the ex-lover of a glamorous heiress, it looks an open and shut case, […]

Liam Neeson reunites with The Marksman director for In the Land of Saints and Sinners

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Liam Neeson is heading home, with Deadline reporting that the actor is set to reunite with Robert Lorenz, his director on this year’s U.S. box office hit The Marksman, for the Ireland-set action thriller In the Land of Saints and Sinners. According to the trade, the film will take place in a remote Irish village […]

Liam Neeson to produce Unknown sequel series for television

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While Liam Neeson continues to churn out his own sub-genre of steadily paced, indistinguishable action vehicles (read our ★★ review of his latest effort The Ice Road here) he has teamed up with Jaume Collet-Serra to produce a small screen spin-off of their 2011 hit Unknown for TNT. According to Deadline the latter-day action hero […]

Exclusive Interview – The Ice Road composer Max Aruj

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Martin Carr chats with The Ice Road composer Max Aruj… Max Aruj has been involved in music composition on numerous projects from 12 Strong through to The Crown and His Dark Materials. His list of projects encompasses documentaries, such as Studio 54, as well as more mainstream fare including 6 Underground and Bad Boys for […]