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Liam Neeson
K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)
Kinsey (2004)
Kinsey's many contradictions and awkward personality get full attention from Condon's clever treatment and Liam Neeson's best screen performance in years.
Batman Begins (2005)
The ne plus ultra of comic-book films...an appropriately tough movie, busy but efficient, rich and thoughtful, and ornamented with visual appeal and exciting action.
Breakfast on Pluto (2005)
Taken (2009)
A blunt-force narrative...[though] Morel does good work with a string of brutish and short action scenes...
The A-Team (2010)
Frantic without bringing the fun.
Clash of the Titans (2010)
Leading man Sam Worthington exacerbates the film’s downbeat tone: as Perseus, Worthington remains a credible but basically charisma-free actor.
Darkman (1990)
The wild pulp adventure that prefigured Raimi's eventual direction of the
Spider-Man
franchise...If you've a taste for Hollywood-funded outré,
Darkman
is one of those rare films that fits the bill.
Unknown (2011)
A not-bad thriller starring Liam Neeson. If that sounds like faint praise, it is, but at least this overgrown 'B'-movie tickles the brain just a tad...
The Grey (2012)
Though it does thrill with intense, close-cropped action photography, swift editing, and vivid sound design,
The Grey
makes as much of an impression by being unexpectedly emotional.
Taken 2 (2012)
The ludicrous plot devices that allow Mills to go from point A to point Z insult the intelligence of the character and the audience.
The Nut Job (2014)
Like many rodents, the plot runs in circles, covering over and over again the same ground...[Plus,] Psy, who parties like it's 2012.
The Lego Movie (2014)
Zany episodes...provide a clothesline on which to hang social satire and an overriding message that an individual's imagination can trump social and cultural oppression. Throw out the instructions, and make what you want of the world. Plus butt jokes.
A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014)
Within spitting distance of good...lesser than the sum of its parts due to deficits of ambition, invention and commitment.
Third Person (2014)
The tasteful austerity of style and solid performances can't overcome a script that largely stands between emotional humanity and the viewer.
A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014)
What’s best about
A Walk Among the Tombstones
is atmospheric...What’s worst about the film is its sense of generic luridness...
A Monster Calls (2016)
There’s a simple power to the clean lines of Ness’ story, and it’s greatly amplified by the work of the actors.
Silence (2016)
Slow going...But
Silence
also represents consummate filmmaking.
Men in Black: International (2019)
Outside of the win for representation represented by the likeable Tessa Thompson’s leading role, there’s no creatively compelling reason to tell this story, which...drags on seventeen minutes longer than the 1997 original.
Memory (2022)
You can pretty much forget about it.
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