Liam Neeson Gossip

To call Widows a leap forward for director Steve McQueen, or to otherwise imply this is some kind of improvement on his already capable and distinct style, is not fair to McQueen or a good assessment of his previous work (Hunger, Shame, 12 Years a Slave). However, there is no denying that Widows represents something new from McQueen, something pulpier and more commercial and more broadly accessible than his previous work. Full Story

Last summer, director Jaume Collet-Serra scored with the sleeper hit The Shallows,  the Blake Lively vs. A Shark movie that is ridiculous, but in that fun, schlocky way that is entirely watchable. Full Story

It was announced yesterday that Love Actually is getting a sequel. Sort of. It’ll be a 10 minute segment short airing called Red Nose Day Actually airing in December as part of the telethon. Several cast members were seen on set today in London including Liam Neeson Full Story

Many are considering Silence to be an Oscar snub after nominations were announced. It took Martin Scorsese nearly thirty years to bring his adaptation of Shusaku Endo’s novel to the big screen. Full Story

Whenever Martin Scorsese directs a movie, it’s a foregone conclusion that it will be considered an Oscar contender. And so here we have the first trailer for his latest film, Silence, starring Andrew Garfield Full Story

Or, more specifically, if he does have a girlfriend, she’s not “incredibly famous”. In other words, as initially suspected, he was trolling, without, probably, knowing what trolling is. If you don’t know what trolling is, can you be a troll? Anyway, his publicist is saying now that Liam was “just joking Full Story

Liam Neeson blind riddling himself generated more response yesterday – at least on my site – than Tom Hardy’s dick. What a great, unintentional, accidental publicity stunt. You think Rita Ora’s calling Liam now? Who is Liam Neeson’s “incredibly famous” secret girlfriend? My guess, based on nothing, was Nigella Lawson. Full Story

Liam Neeson recently spoke with The Irish Independent. He was asked about his Valentine’s Day plans. And then he decided to give us a blind riddle. Part of me thinks he’s trolling us. But I like this game. Apparently he has a girlfriend: “I’d embarrass her if I said her name, she’s incredibly famous. Full Story

Here’s Liam Neeson promoting Run All Night in Madrid today. Run All Night is the third team-up of director Jaume Collet-Sera and Liam Neeson, following Unknown and Non-Stop, and it is the least satisfying of the Not Taken, But Like Taken trilogy. And like the actual Taken trilogy, the Not Taken, But Like Taken trilogy gets worse Full Story

Subtitle: “I sat through this so you don’t have to”. About fifteen minutes into Tak3n—surely the year’s stupidest title—I desperately wanted to walk out. But I don’t walk out of movies on principal, so I white-knuckled it through one of the worst movies I’ve seen in a while, which is saying something because sometimes I seek out bad movies Full Story