IN THE LAND OF SAINTS AND SINNERS shows sympathy as an uphill battle
by Jo Rempel, Staff Writer
Saints is less interested in political struggle—the lives and deaths of many—than it is in the moral struggle of one man.
by Jo Rempel, Staff Writer
Saints is less interested in political struggle—the lives and deaths of many—than it is in the moral struggle of one man.
by Tessa Swehla, Staff Writer
Marlowe ultimately falls short of both its intended goal as a period genre homage and its continuation of this legacy character’s story, despite its top-tier cast, writer, and director.
Written by Steve Allrich and Mark Williams
Directed by Mark Williams
Starring Liam Neeson, Kate Walsh, Jai Courtney, Jeffrey Donovan and Anthony Ramos
Running time: 1 hour and 39 minutes
MPAA rating: PG-13 for strong violence, crude references and brief strong language
by Audrey Callerstrom
Going into Honest Thief, it was my hope, in spite of a rather bland trailer, that I could be surprised. There are some truly ridiculous scripts that Liam Neeson brings an utter seriousness to as the lead. It’s why his cameo in Ted 2 was so funny. I don’t think that anything that happened in Non-Stop is remotely plausible, but I’ll be damned if I wasn’t hooked. Same with The Grey and The Commuter. Honest Thief never quite matches either side of the Neeson spectrum, falling somewhere in the middle, in a role that could have been done by anyone. Name an actor. Yes. That one. That one would be fine.
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by Benjamin Leonard, Best Boy
Moviejawn's May print issue focused on sad movies. Schindler’s List was at the top of my list of movies I’ve avoided watching because I didn’t want to be sad. There were a number of other reasons I didn’t watch it. I grew up in a small town in Michigan (not very diverse) and the film wasn't readily available. I’ve never particularly cared for Liam Neeson and, at the time, Ralph Fiennes hadn’t been in anything that especially interested me. I also suffered from Two Tape Trauma. This is a condition many VHS viewers suffer from because they know they are in for a long haul if the movie requires two videocassettes to see the whole thing. Now, nearly 25 years after its release, I settled in to watch Schindler’s List.
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