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Now Playing: “Silence”
Vikram Murthi writes about the latest epic from Martin Scorsese in this week's critic-at-large column, "Silence."
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An Overwhelming “Silence”
Josh Spiegel writes this essay about the personal experience of watching Martin Scorsese's "Silence" in the midst of religious upheaveal in the world.
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Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 276: “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe”
On this episode of Mousterpiece Cinema, Josh and Gabe talk about "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe," and discuss some big news.
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“Ted 2”
Asking whether we really needed a sequel to 2012’s Ted is almost unfair to Ted 2. Sequels, follow-ups, and part twos (and threes and fours) make up an ever-increasing percentage of our moviegoing diet these days. Questioning their necessity has nearly become r...
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In Memoriam: Approaching the End of Liam Neeson’s Action Career
Last week, Liam Neeson announced that he would most likely be quitting action movies in 2 years. Today, we mourn the oncoming loss that will be his retirement from action extravaganzas. I can understand why Neeson is planning this: he is 62 right now and is ac...
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“Run All Night”
“I’m coming after you with everything I’ve got,” growls Irish godfather Ed Harris at his old buddy Liam Neeson, the two adversaries facing off over midnight coffee at a New York diner. “As long as you’re coming after Michael,” Neeson later retorts, “I’m coming...
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“Taken 3”
Taken 3 is a movie in which no one's really taken. At least not in the fashion of Taken and Taken 2: you know, someone gets kidnapped and then resident badass Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson) shows the abductors all. No one in Taken 3 seems to have any “particular se...
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Paternal Instincts: 5 “Dad Action” Films That Came in the Wake of “Taken”
When Taken made Liam Neeson a bankable action star at the prime age of 56, it not only reinvigorated the geriaction genre, but also sparked a new trend of action films that I’m going to dub “dad action.” All these films revolve around dads who can kick ass, bu...
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I Will Find You, and I Will Mock You: The Best “Taken” Parodies
Liam Neeson shoots, karate chops, and broods his way back into the hearts of moviegoers everywhere on Friday, January 9th. Yes, folks, we are but mere hours away from the release of Taken 3 (originally Tak3n, changed for those confused by the use of a "3" in l...
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Liam Neeson and Olivier Megaton On Taken 3
With only a few days left until the anticipated sequel, Taken 3, here are some new interviews with star Liam Neeson and director Olivier Megaton. In the interviews, the biggest question of course is why. Why come back to a franchise that was never supposed to ...
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