Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Jaume Collet-Serra Stars: Liam Neeson, Julianne Moore, Linus Roache, Corey Stoll, Michelle Dockery, Lupita Nyong'o, Scoot McNairy, Omar Metwally. Nonstop is not the type of film you want to sit through if you're planning on flying anywhere in the near future. But otherwise it is a slick, efficiently directed suspense thriller set on a trans-Atlantic flight. An aeroplane makes for …
UNKNOWN
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Jaume Collet-Serra Stars: Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, January Jones, Aidan Quinn, Bruno Ganz, Frank Langella. A strong character actor, Liam Neeson had an opportunity to flex his muscles as an action hero in the Euro thriller Taken, in which he played a former spy seeking vengeance on the slave traders who kidnapped his daughter. In Unknown he again flexes his muscles as …
THE NEXT THREE DAYS
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Paul Haggis Stars: Russell Crowe, Elizabeth Banks, Liam Neeson, Brian Dennehy, Helen Carey, Olivia Wilde. A moderately gripping yarn about a man who goes to extraordinary lengths to break his wife out of prison, The Next Three Days requires a healthy suspension of disbelief from the audience to succeed. Mild mannered college professor John Brennan (Russell Crowe) finds …
THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Michael Apted Stars: Skandar Keynes, Georgie Henley, Will Poulter, Ben Barnes, Liam Neeson, Tilda Swinton, Gary Sweet, Bruce Spence, Terry Norris. This third and possibly final installment in the cinematic adaptation of C S Lewis’ fantasy series about Narnia is disappointing. This film is fairly weak and dull, and fails to live up to the expectations established by the …
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