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Why Bother? Jaume Collet-Serra To Direct ESCAPE TO VICTORY Remake

Escape To Victory (or Victory as it was known in the US) is generally regarded as one of the worst films ever made. Why would you even consider remaking the John Huston directed WWII pic? The 1981 film starred the unlikely combination of Michael [...]

March 16, 2019

Featurette For THE COMMUTER Starring Liam Neeson

Here’s a featurette for the latest Liam Neeson action-thriller, The Commuter. Jaume Collet-Serra directs with Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson co-starring. Collet-Serra directed in Unknown, Non-Stop and Run All Night – so you know [...]

January 8, 2018

He Should Have TAKEN The Bus: Liam Neeson Flexes His Action Skills Again In The COMMUTER

Liam Neeson recently said that he was going to stop making action films – but don’t worry, he’s got a few bullets already in the chamber and set for release. The first of these is The Commuter (the second is Hard Powder), a new [...]

September 16, 2017

Gavin O’Connor To Direct SUICIDE SQUAD 2: Will He Take Ben Affleck With Him?

For a brief moment it looked like Jaume Collet-Serra would direct Suicide Squad 2. However, he decided to ditch the project to direct Dwayne Johnson in Jungle Cruise. But the director’s chair wasn’t vacant for long, as Gavin [...]

September 7, 2017

The New Director For SUICIDE SQUAD 2 Means Only One Thing: Room For Liam Neeson

Forget Mel Gibson – it looks like Jaume Collet-Serra will be replacing David Ayer as the director of Suicide Squad 2. The Spanish-born Collet-Serra doesn’t really float the Movies In Focus boat. He’s directed the sub-par Liam Neeson [...]

July 12, 2017

Blu-Ray Review: Liam Neeson Uses His Particular Set Of Skills In NON-STOP

The unexpected success of Taken has led to Liam Neeson becoming Hollywood’s go-to man for onscreen ass-kicking. The burly Irishman is at it again in Non-Stop, a thriller which sees Neeson play an Air Marshall who is tasked with finding a killer [...]

June 15, 2014

Eli Roth Directs Russell Crowe In HARKER

Eli Roth (Hostel) looks set to direct Harker, a retelling of Bram Stoker’s Dracula. The film is a new interpretation of the classic vampire tale, which will see Russell Crowe play the legendary blood sucking Count. Lee Shipman & Brian McGreevy [...]

July 11, 2012

DVD Review: Liam Neeson Does His Action Thing In UNKNOWN

In recent years Liam Neeson has re-imagined himself as the thinking man’s aging action hero. Taken saw him…er take his career to the next level, and he followed it up with The A-Team and now Unknown – a film, if the marketing materials [...]

March 31, 2012