Tom Jolliffe on Liam Neeson’s enduring appeal as an action hero… The sheer presence and charismatic Irish drawl of a certain Liam Neeson has long been engaging audiences. He meandered as a supporting artist for a number of years, before eventually becoming something of a critical darling in Schindler’s List, and his tall stature, rugged […]
Home defeats The Divergent Series: Insurgent at the UK box office
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 20th March to Sunday 22nd March 2015… DreamWorks Animation’s Home fended off competition from YA sequel The Divergent Series: Insurgent to take top spot at the UK box office this past weekend with a hefty £6,025,917 opening, although that did include £3.4 million […]
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel makes it three in a row at the top of the UK box office
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 13th March to Sunday 15th March 2015… The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel has made it three weeks in a row at the UK box office, fending off competition from the Liam Neeson action thriller Run All Night to retain first place with […]
Movie Review – Run All Night (2015)
Run All Night, 2015. Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra. Starring Liam Neeson, Joel Kinnaman, Ed Harris, Genesis Rodriguez, Vincent D’Onofrio, Boyd Holbrook, Common and Holt McCallany. SYNOPSIS: Mobster and hit man Jimmy Conlon has one night to figure out where his loyalties lie: with his estranged son, Mike, whose life is in danger, or his longtime […]
Insurgent opens slightly lower than estimates, The Gunman struggles
Unleashed into both US and UK cinemas this weekend, Divergent sequel Insurgent is packing them in across the Pond, but estimates from its Friday grosses are slightly below what was expected. SEE ALSO: Read our review of Insurgent here Opening to $21.3 millon yesterday (behind the $22.8million opening day for Divergent on the same weekend […]
