Laura Linney shared her reaction to an “unfortunate” incident that occurred during New York Fashion Week, in which a member from her security team get hit in the head by an aggressive fan.
24.08.2023 - 00:43 / deadline.com
No wonder the writers are on strike. Being forced to try to bring freshness to the same tired ideas over and over to get some studio work must be frustrating. I would be picketing Lionsgate (who is behind this movie) just because it’s really not easy making this kind of thing original. The latest ripoff — and it literally is because it comes from the 2015 Spanish film El Desconocido, which itself has been remade more than once in the past few years — is the Liam Neeson starring Retribution. A better title might be Generic Neeson #9. I even looked up the title on IMDb just to make sure this was a new Neeson movie.
This is not to say Regurgitation, er, I mean Retribution isn’t effectively made. Its director, the talented Nimrod Antal (Control), does what he can to make Christopher Salmanpour’s (basically a procedural television writer) by-the-numbers script go by quickly and with some expert explosions tossed in as act breaks. It is just sad that age 71 the terrific Liam Neeson keeps succumbing to paycheck jobs. In this Neeson vehicle (literally), he plays Matt Turner, a Berlin-based businessman who seems more preoccupied with his work than his family, particularly his wife Heather (Embeth Davidtz) who is frustrated by his lack of attention. He is finally guilted into taking his daughter Emily (Lilly Aspell) to school, and along the way adding his wayward teenage son Zach to a routine car ride that turns into a nightmare when a disembodied voice that sounds a lot like that Jigsaw guy in Saw (another Lionsgate product) orders him to follow his directions and do not attempt to leave the car or the bomb that has been planted in it will explode. At first the kids are clueless, married instead to their cell phones in the
Laura Linney shared her reaction to an “unfortunate” incident that occurred during New York Fashion Week, in which a member from her security team get hit in the head by an aggressive fan.
Liam Neeson’s new action thriller Retribution has been described as in the running for “worst film of the year” by critics.Directed by Nimród Antal (Predators), the film follows financier Matt Turner (Neeson) who is threatened by a mysterious bomber while driving his son and daughter to school. Other cast members include Noma Dumezweni, Lilly Aspell and Jack Champion.It’s the third remake of the 2015 Spanish film The Stranger, following German and Korean adaptations in 2018 and 2021 respectively.Retribution, which was released in the US on August 25, received a negative review on Rolling Stone, who described it as a “formula beaten into submission”.“Retribution is not the worst of his thrillers/action movies – that honour belongs to either last year’s god-awful Blacklight or this freezer-burned turkey – but it does suggest that Neeson may want to consider retiring from the everyman action-hero beat for good,” the review reads.
the viral YouTube video of an old man learning on live TV that the studio audience around him is made up of people he rescued from the Nazis as children. If you haven’t, give it a watch.
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Lionel Messi when his personal bodygaurd Yassine Cheuko is around. A video has gone viral from Sunday night’s game between Inter Miami and Los Angeles FC, showing a fan rush the field, sprinting to Messi. The fan was so fast he caught up to the soccer star and even started to wrap his arms around him, but his bodyguard, Cheuko, was there at the knick of time to grab him by the neck and pull him away.A Barcelona and Messi fan rushed onto the field to embrace #Messi, but Messi's bodyguard proved faster.
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Ricky Martin and Jwan Yosef surprised everyone by announcing their divorce after six years of marriage. Following this news, the Puerto Rican singer has remained active on social media, while the painter has been more reserved. However, both were clear from the outset in stating that the well-being of their children will always be their priority.
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Is the journey more important than the destination? Over two decades of manga, fans have been enthralled by the adventures of Monkey D. Luffy in “One Piece” — this young pirate sets out on a larger-than-life quest and finds a crew of misfits along the way.
Liam Neeson opened up about how a priest’s reaction to him revealing a sin led him to stop going to confession.
Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend” podcast that he ceased going to confession after the priest shamed him for admitting that he indulged in self-pleasure.The “Taken” star began his saga by telling host Conan O’Brien in clip obtained by Entertainment Weekly, that the incident occurred when he was 15.He was living in Ireland at the time and a missionary from Africa had stopped by his parish.“It was a great event when you had a missionary visiting from Africa,” he said. “And he’d be there for a week and you’d go to Mass every night.
The heartbroken family of Liam Smith have paid tribute to their 'rock' as they begin to piece their lives back together following a gruelling six-week trial. The 38-year-old dad-of-two was murdered by former couple Michael Hillier and Rachel Fulstow, jurors at Minshull Street Crown Court ruled on Wednesday (August 23).
Donald Trump has returned to Twitter for the first time in over two and a half years and he’s speaking out following his arrest in Georgia.
Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter Sony’s racing drama “Gran Turismo” is driving to a soft $10 million to $12 million in its first weekend of release. The film lands in 3,800 North American theaters on Friday and will compete with last weekend’s champion “Blue Beetle” for second place on domestic charts behind “Barbie.” Greta Gerwig’s box office behemoth is expected to return to the No. 1 spot in its sixth weekend of release, with projections of $12 million to $14 million between Friday and Sunday.
Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic In “Retribution,” which could be the title of almost any Liam Neeson film of the past 15 years, the 71-year-old star is still a lean, looming oak tree of a man, but for maybe the first time he’s up against a force that outpowers his sullen machismo. It’s called trying to be a daddy in the 21st century. Neeson’s Matt Turner is a high-powered banker/financier who lives with his wife and two kids in a palatial modernist glass house in Berlin.
Felicia won Head of Household, she and many of the other houseguests such as Cirie, Izzy, and Mecole plotted to take down their alliance member, Hisam. The plan was to backdoor Hisam, who went on a bit of a power trip during his Week 2 HoH reign. During the nomination ceremony, Felicia put Jag and Cameron on the block.