The actor gives a mournful performance (and still, of course, kicks ass) in a movie with a canny underworld atmosphere and too many familiar devices. In memory, most of them blur together, and it’s ...

Liam Neeson plays a regretful gangster with a serious medical condition in this drab, downbeat action movie. By Jeannette Catsoulis When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film ...

Wake up, kiddo. It's time to take your annual dose of another Liam Neeson action movie. Ever since starring in the viral smash-hit Taken, Liam Neeson has become the king of "old man action movies," ...

Listen to this story and more on our podcast, Here & Now Anytime. Ten years after his celebrated “Southern Reach” trilogy, novelist Jeff VanderMeer is out with a surprise prequel. “Absolution” tells ...

Given the commercial success of Jeff VanderMeer’s Southern Reach Trilogy, its open-ended conclusion, and the sad tendency of science fiction writers to pen unnecessary sequels, fill in timelines, and ...