'Safe House' trailer shows tense action and a strong ensemble (+video)
Christian Sc
When he was 16 years old, Safe House director Daniel Espinosa had a lot of fun hot-wiring cars and taking them for joyrides around his childhood home in Sweden. Now 34, the filmmaker told Wired that he'd look for cars made in the mid-1980s — the kind Two Jews on Film – Joan Alperin Schwartz: [...]
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Hollywood Re
This week at the movies, Mr. Moviefone reviews 'The Vow,' 'Safe House' and 'Journey 2: The Mysterious Island.' Even the substantial charisma of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and a huge special effects budget can't quite make “Journey 2: The Mysterious Island” a destination worth visiting for anyone over the age of 9. I'm not gonna [...]
Read More'Safe House' review: A tale of two spies
The Star-Led
The Swedish actor best known for AMC's The Killing has a shining moment in the new action thriller Safe House. He's been working in his native Sweden for a decade — and last year he captivated US audiences by playing detective Stephen Holder to broody "Safe House" is a gritty action thriller about corruption that's [...]
Read MoreMovie review: 'Safe House'
Los Angeles
Director Daniel Espinosa makes bold choices in "Safe House." Director Daniel Espinosa makes bold choices in "Safe House." Review: When the tires stop screeching and the people start talking, the new Denzel Washington-Ryan Reynolds thriller "Safe House" gets substantially less thrilling. Review: When the tires stop screeching and the people start talking, the new Denzel [...]
Read MoreWeekend Box Office: 'The Grey' Freezes Out 'One For The Money' And 'Man On A …
Moviefone
Such is the case for One For The Money, the new film from director Julie Anne Robinson. Due out this Friday, the film is an adaptation of the first Stephanie Plum book Janet Evanovich, of which there are now 18. But while it's everyone on the set that “One for the Money” is the story [...]
Read MoreBox Office: 'The Grey' shines bright in opening weekend
Los Angeles
Liam Neeson's late-career transformation into an action star continued as the 59-year-old actor's latest thriller, The Grey, took a bite out of the box office with $6.5 million on Friday. That places the R-rated man-versus-wolves EXCLUSIVE: The weekend is already shaping up nicely for Joe Carnahan, the director of the Liam Neeson survival thriller "The [...]
Read MoreKatherine Heigl channels a bounty hunter in One for the Money
National Pos
PG One for the Money Starring Katherine Heigl, John Leguizamo and Debbie Reynolds. Directed by Julie Anne Robinson. 91 minutes. Opens Jan. 27 at major theatres. 14A A calendar is a more useful tool than a watch when deciding whether or not to see Man UPDATED: Liam Neeson's "The Grey" firmly on course to win [...]
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Seattle Post
Liam Neeson leads a survival expedition in Alaska in "The Grey." / Kimberley French/Open Road Films Glenn Close is Oscar-nominated for tackling the title role in this sorrowful but not maudlin drama. She plays a woman secretly living as a man and Joe Carnahan, director of Liam Neeson movie "The Grey," will write and direct [...]
Read MoreMovie review: 'One for the Money' seems way too familiar
Pioneer Pres
Katherine Heigl steps into the shoes of Janet Evanovich's best-selling bounty hunter, and the results are hardly page-turning. UPDATED: Liam Neeson's "The Grey" firmly on course to win the weekend with $14 million-$17 million weekend; Katherine Heigl's "One for the Money" overperforming at No. 2. Friday brought more good news at the domestic box office [...]
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Boston.com
"The Grey" will likely be No. 1, ahead of "Man on a Ledge" and "One for the Money." For those of you who may not be aware, this weekend's new release One for the Money is based on a series of books about struggling bounty hunter Stephanie. "The Grey" will likely be No. 1, ahead [...]
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