Taken." title="Spy Daddy: Liam Neeson in Taken." / Taken Running time 93 minutes Written by Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen Directed by Pierre Morel Starring Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen Liam Neeson was up for—but never got to play—James Bond, and now he’s getting even. In the vio...

It's awesome, somehow, that Liam Neeson (along with some nifty marketing, it's true) can open an action movie to the tune of $24.6 million. Maybe it's the fact that Taken's debut at #1 comes after two depressing weeks when Paul Blart: Mall Cop inexplicably dominated the charts (and indeed, Paul Blar...

TAKEN Studio: 20th Century Fox Rated: PG-13 for intense sequences of violence, disturbing thematic material, sexual content, some drug references and language. Starring: Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Katie Cassidy, Famke Janssen and Xander Berkeley Directed by: Pierre Morel What it’s about: Bryan Mil...

Starring: Liam Neeson, Famke Janssen Directed by: Pierre Moral So I just got back from seeing the movie “Taken” this afternoon and here is my review. Plot/synopsis: Liam Neeson stars as a single father and divorced man named Bryan Mills, he is also a retired government operative. The mo...

Fresh off a wide(r) release and 10 Oscar nominations, Slumdog Millionaire seemed positioned perfectly for the backlash that goes hand-in-hand with having front-runner status. But did anyone expect it to happen so soon? This week, stories splashed all over the Internet claiming the child actors in th...

Actually, the best thing I could find out there this morning is that Lauren Graham is returning to primetime TV in something that's at least called a "comedy," part of ABC's big buy back into the sitcom game. Graham, a k a Lorelai Gilmore the elder, will play a female talk show host who urges her vi...

Directed by Pierre Morel Starring Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen, Xander Berkeley, Katie Cassidy and Olivier Rabourdin The director of District B13 brings us the story of a father who will do anything to ensure the safe return of his daughter. Bryan Mills (Neeson) is an ex-CIA agent who ha...

Liam Neeson has taken issue with a proposed bill to ban the horse carriage business in New York City. The legislation aims to put an end to an industry considered cruel by some, including Alec Baldwin. Here’s a bit from the letter that Neeson wrote to the City Council: “As a horse lover ...

Canadian filmmaker Atom Egoyan is certainly tackling all sides of the relationship spectrum. In June of last year, word hit that he would film a love triangle called Seven Wonders -- one that would follow a woman on the rebound who gets involved with a commercial director and her boyfriend. While th...

Flotsam and Jetsam Miscellaneous thoughts and observations. If I had a Hall of Fame vote - I'd vote for Rickey Henderson, Jim Rice and Andre Dawson.... Terence Stamp (probably best remembered as Sir Larry Wildman in the movie Wall Street) has a brother Chris who was a long time manager of the rock b...