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Warning: Spoilers for In the Land of Saints and Sinners.

Set in Ireland during the Troubles in 1974, In the Land of Saints and Sinners tells a masterful story about a hitman, Finbar (Liam Neeson), who decides to bow out of the crime business after a decades-long career of taking lives. As a resident of the sleepy Irish village known as Gleann Cholm Cille, Finbar tries his hand at gardening and begins to live an easy, quiet life alongside his adoring neighbor, Rita (Niamh Cusack). However, he’s brought out of retirement on his own accord when a group of Ira members decide to lie low in his small, forgotten town. After detonating a car bomb in Belfast that was responsible for the deaths of six people, including three children, Doireann (Kerry Condon) and her compatriots, Curtis (Desmond Eastwood), Conan (Conor MacNeill), and Séamus (Seamus O'Hara), hole up in the quaint area.

Kerry Condon is currently enjoying some good press for her role in Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, but two years ago she teamed up with a major action star for a political thriller that’s dominating streaming charts. Condon stars alongside Liam Neeson in In the Land of Saints and Sinners, the 2023 contemporary Western that recently began streaming on Prime Video and has clawed its way into the top 10, sitting at #10 at the time of writing. In addition to Neeson and Condon, In the Land of Saints and Sinners also stars Ciarán Hinds and Desmond Eastwood, and the film earned scores of 83% from critics and 75% from audiences on Rotten Tomatoes. It grossed only $3 million and follows an old hitman who comes out of retirement for one last job when an Ira bomber arrives in his small Irish village.

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ScreenRant has exclusively revealed a new image from the upcoming movie Old Guy. This action-comedy is set for release in two months on February 21, 2025. The story follows a contract killer who, as he is about to end his career, gets pulled back in by The Company, who asks him to train newcomer assassin Wihlborg. The film is directed by Simon West and written by Greg Johnson. Old Guy features a leading cast including Christoph Waltz, Lucy Liu, Cooper Hoffman, Desmond Eastwood, Ryan McParland, and Ann Akinjirin.

Now, ScreenRant can exclusively reveal the latest image of Old Guy. The image previews Hoffman in his role as prodigy Gen Z assassin Wihlborg. Wearing a suit, the actor crouches down in an area that looks like it could be a hotel room. He...

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Two-time Academy Award winner Christoph Waltz stars in hitman action comedy “Old Guy,” which got a trailer from The Avenue on Tuesday. The film is a generation clash workplace buddy comedy where an old guy and a young guy learn how to work together and unite against their real common enemy: their employer.

“Aging contract killer Danny Dolinski (Waltz) still believes he’s the best at what he does,” according to the film’s synopsis. “Stuck in a boring ‘desk’ assignment while pining for the love of spunky club manager Anata (Lucy Liu), Danny is thrilled when The Company pulls him back in the field, but only to train Gen Z newcomer Wihlborg (Cooper Hoffman), a prodigy assassin with a bad attitude. The mismatched pair is asked to eliminate a competing crime syndicate but uncover their employer’s true motive: removing the...

An amalgam of a road trip dramedy, an emotional memory piece and a nostalgic look at the glory of World War II, “The Last Rifleman” wants to be many things. Alas, Kevin Fitzpatrick’s script fails to give any of these threads the dramatic heft or the character specification they require. Terry Loane directs all of it with a smooth but rather indifferent hand, unable to overcome the script’s limitations. As the veteran referred to by the title, Pierce Brosnan becomes the main reason to watch.

Brosnan is 92-year-old Artie Crawford, living in a care home in Northern Ireland while having poignant and unsettling flashbacks to World War II, when he fought alongside his best friend and fell in love with the woman he eventually married. Facing the end of life, he decides to go back to Normandy to visit the place that haunts his dreams. Despite the distractingly...

"That's the thing about folks like us, Artie. We're all living with ghosts." Samuel Goldwyn Films in the US has revealed a new US trailer for the drama titled The Last Rifleman, made by filmmaker Terry Loane. This already opened in the UK last year - we posted the first trailer almost a year ago but it's only opening in the US now. Another patriotic "never forget!" story about old WWII veterans – this film tells the exact same story as The Great Escaper with Michael Caine. The same exact characters and everything. A WWII veteran escapes his care home in Northern Ireland and embarks on an arduous but inspirational journey to France to attend the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, finding the courage to face the ghosts of his past. The film stars Pierce Brosnan (in prosthetics) as 92 & 3/4-years-old Artie Crawford, Clemence Poesy, John Amos, Jürgen Prochnow, Claire Rafferty,...

In a fast-moving, ever-evolving world plagued by struggles and sensationalism, it’s easy to forget the sacrifices made by people belonging to an older generation. Many young people have no appreciation for the trauma endured by soldiers of near-forgotten wars. They are too busy stunting for likes and subscribers while desperately craving the approval of strangers who could care less. However, those who fought for freedom remember the deafening bomb blasts, burying friends far too soon, and what the word honor truly represents. In Samuel Goldwyn Films‘s The Last Rifleman trailer, Pierce Brosnan plays a WWII veteran determined to return to Ireland on the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, but does he still have what it takes to make the journey?

Terry Loane directs The Last Rifleman from a screenplay by Kevin Fitzpatrick (The Last Letter). Inspired by a true story, Brosnan plays Artie Crawford, a World War...

Tell Me Lies is a brilliantly written drama about a toxic couple created by Meaghan Oppenheimer. Based on a 2018 novel of the same name by author Carola Lovering, the series revolves around the toxic relationship between Lucy (Grace Van Patten) and Stephen (Jackson White), two college sweethearts whose relationship never quite gets on the right track, and after some time they find it hard to keep all the pieces together. So, if you loved the toxic relationship, steamy scenes, and a ton of drama in Tell Me Lies here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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You’re the Worst is a romantic comedy-drama series created by Stephen Falk. The FX series revolves around a very unhealthy relationship between Jimmy, a self-centered novelist, and Gretchen, a self-destructive PR executive, which begins after they meet at the wedding of Jimmy...

Exclusive: Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired North American rights to The Last Rifleman, a WWII veteran drama starring Pierce Brosnan (The Great Lillian Hall).

Written by Kevin Fitzpatrick and directed by Terry Loane, the film will be released in theaters on November 8. Other titles set for that frame include Focus Features’ awards prospect Conclave from Edward Berger, Lionsgate’s family comedy The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, Vertical’s sci-fi thriller Elevation starring Anthony Mackie and Morena Baccarin, and Sony/Crunchyroll’s Overlord: The Sacred Kingdom.

Inspired by a true story, The Last Rifleman centers on Brosnan’s Artie Crawford, a World War II veteran living in a care home in Northern Ireland who has just lost his wife. On the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, he decides to escape his care home and embarks on a journey to France to pay his final respects.

Pic’s ensemble also features...

A great TV show can come in so many different forms and capture audiences' hearts for various reasons. The likes of Cheers was a much-loved sitcom that became a comfort for viewers. Other shows, like Game of Thrones, are epic in their telling of fantasy stories that take audiences to a completely different world. However, these long-running shows aren't ones that can be binged in one day.

The length of a show doesn't determine how brilliant it will be. Some that are shorter hold up just as well as those with multiple seasons spread over a few years. The ones that have less episodes are far easier to watch in one day, but which ones are actually worth giving up a whole day for?

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Series adapted from the award-winning play about a young woman trying to cope with life in London whilst coming...

Daisy Edgar-Jones is open to returning to Normal People with Paul Mescal, praising Sally Rooney's stories. Despite a busy schedule, Edgar-Jones expresses love for her character and interest in exploring more. Edgar-Jones also talked about her new film, Twisters, and how her characters share introspective qualities.

Daisy Edgar-Jones says she is open to returning to the hit limited series Normal People with Paul Mescal. Before her appearances in big movies like Fresh, Where the Crawdads Sing, and currently Twisters (alongside Glen Powell), Edgar-Jones starred in the hit drama Normal People, based on the novel of the same name by Sally Rooney.

Released in April 2020 at the zenith of the Covid pandemic, the show resonated with audiences worldwide and launched the careers of its two leading stars, Edgar-Jones and Mescal, to new heights. While both are currently busy on major blockbusters - Paul Mescal stars in Ridley Scott's Gladiator 2 -...

Daisy Edgar-Jones rose to fame thanks to her role as Marianne in Normal People. The limited series was a big hit, and Edgar-Jones admitted she would love to revisit the role in the future.

Speaking to BBC News to promote her latest role in Twisters, Daisy Edgar-Jones also addressed Normal People. The actress had several other projects before the hit series, including a role in the series Cold Feet, but it was Normal People that put her and Paul Mescal on the map. The actress has taken on some interesting roles since, while Mescal is set to headline Ridley Scott's highly-anticipated Gladiator II.

Related Twister Director Reveals the Reason He Dismissed Sequel Pitches

Director Jan de Bont says he never wanted to make a sequel to Twister despite its breakout success at the box office.

"I love those characters," the British actress admitted. "It would be wonderful to explore them again.

The action thriller In the Land of Saints and Sinners was recently given a limited theatrical release in the United States, and JoBlo’s own Chris Bumbray had the chance to talk to one of the film’s stars: Jack Gleeson, who may be best known for playing the role of Joffrey Baratheon on 27 episodes of Game of Thrones. You can watch Bumbray’s interview with Gleeson in the video embedded above, and you can read his 8/10 review of In the Land of Saints and Sinners at This Link.

Reuniting Liam Neeson with his The Marksman director Robert Lorenz, In the Land of Saints and Sinners was written by Mark Michael McNally and Terry Loane (with revisions by Matthew Feitshans). It tells the following story: Ireland, 1970s. Eager to leave his dark past behind, Finbar Murphy leads a quiet life in the remote coastal town of Glencolmcille, far from the...

“In the Land of Saints and Sinners” is a new action feature, directed by Robert Lorenz, starring Liam Neeson, Kerry Condon, Colm Meaney, Ciaran Hinds, Jack Gleeson, Desmond Eastwood and Sarah Greene, opening March 29, 2024 in theaters:

“…hoping to leave his dark past behind him, a degenerate but now ‘reformed’ hired killer ‘Finbar Murphy’, leads a quiet life in a coastal Irish town, far from the political violence that grips the rest of the country.

“But when terrorists show up, Finbar soon discovers that one of them has been abusing a local girl.

‘Drawn into an increasingly vicious game of cat and mouse, he must choose between exposing his secret identity and defending his friends and neighbors…”

Click the images to enlarge…...

The BBC has released the trailer for series two of the hit Belfast-based police drama ‘Blue Lights.’

Co-created and written by Declan Lawn and Adam Patterson and produced by Two Cities Television, Blue Lights is an authentic, gripping and darkly funny drama about ordinary people doing an extraordinary job.

Series one, which aired in March last year, followed three new Psni probationary recruits as they navigated their way through their first few months in a uniquely complex place to be a response police officer. It was recently commissioned for two more series.

Reprising their roles in the forthcoming second series are Siân Brooke (Grace Ellis), Martin McCann (Stevie Neil), Katherine Devlin (Annie Conlon), Nathan Braniff (Tommy Foster), Joanne Crawford (Helen McNally), Andi Osho (Sandra Cliff), and Hannah McClean (Jen Robinson).

Also set to return are Paddy Jenkins (Happy Kelly), Desmond Eastwood (Murray Canning), Jonathan Harden (Jonty) and Andrea Irvine (Nicola Robinson...

It’s only been six months since the release of Liam Neeson’s last film, which means theaters are overdue for another thriller led by the prolific star. His latest vehicle, “In the Land of Saints and Sinners,” arrives with an unusual distinction: Directed by Robert Lorenz, the film premiered in Venice a month before another Neeson movie, the maligned bomb-threat thriller “Retribution,” hit U.S. screens. Being selected by such a festival lends ”Saints and Sinners” a whiff of prestige, which it decidedly earns. In fact, the film practically resembles a “one for me” endeavor for the star, with its windswept Irish landscapes and thoughtful reserve, putting the actor among an ensemble of his fellow countrymen and providing the performances room to find poignancy.

The story opens with its most suspenseful action: a bombing by an Ira platoon in Belfast that accidentally kills a group of young children, setting...

Liam Neeson's latest film, In the Land of Saints and Sinners brings the Northern Irishman back to the Emerald Isle in the acclaimed film from director Robert Lorenz. The movie, which also features a stellar cast including Colm Meaney, Ciaran Hinds—an Oscar nominee known for his roles in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and Belfast, Kerry Condon, another Oscar nominee celebrated for her performance in The Banshees of Inisherin, Jack Gleeson of Game of Thrones fame, Desmond Eastwood from Normal People, and Sarah Greene, known for her role in Bad Sisters, will hit cinemas across the country tomorrow on March 29th. To mark the occasion, Collider is delighted to give our readers a sneak peek at an exclusive preview clip of the movie.

Lanthimos' dynamic filmmaking complements actresses open to experimenting within fantastical yet brutal worlds of hidden human experiences. Actress Anya-Taylor Joy would benefit from Lanthimos' unorthodox style and bring in a wider audience for his upcoming project. Rachel Sennot's potential to capture comedy and drama makes her a perfect fit for Lanthimos' films, providing vital moments of levity.

Yorgos Lanthimos is rumored to have another movie in the works, and for his upcoming project, many talented actresses deserve the chance to work with him. Two of the Best Actress winners at the Oscars in recent years have won for their portrayal of characters in a film directed by Lanthimos. Although no one director's movie is a path to accolades, his brand of filmmaking meshes well with actresses who aren't afraid of experimenting and exploring hidden worlds.

Within the fantastical yet brutal worlds he creates, there is a deep understanding of the human experience.

“In the Land of Saints and Sinners” is a new action feature, directed by Robert Lorenz, starring Liam Neeson, Kerry Condon, Colm Meaney, Ciaran Hinds, Jack Gleeson, Desmond Eastwood and Sarah Greene, opening Mtach 29, 2024 in theaters:

“…hoping to leave his dark past behind him, a degenerate but now ‘reformed’ hired killer ‘Finbar Murphy’, leads a quiet life in a coastal Irish town, far from the political violence that grips the rest of the country.

“But when terrorists show up, Finbar soon discovers that one of them has been abusing a local girl.

‘Drawn into an increasingly vicious game of cat and mouse, he must choose between exposing his secret identity and defending his friends and neighbors…”

Click the images to enlarge…...

Liam Neeson returns to his native Ireland with an ensemble cast of notable Irish actors in the “Irish-Western,” In the Land of Saints and Sinners. The film comes from director Robert Lorenz. Along with Neeson, the crime thriller also stars Colm Meaney, Oscar® nominee Ciaran Hinds, Oscar® nominee Kerry Condon (The Banshees of Inisherin), Jack Gleeson (Game of Thrones), Desmond Eastwood (Normal People) and Sarah Greene (Bad Sisters).

The official synopsis from Samuel-Goldwyn films reads,

“Ireland, 1970s. Eager to leave his dark past behind, Finbar Murphy (Liam Neeson) leads a quiet life in the remote coastal town of Glencolmcille, far from the political violence that grips the rest of the country. But when a menacing crew of terrorists arrive, led by a ruthless woman named Doirean (Kerry Condon), Finbar is drawn into an increasingly vicious game of cat and mouse, forcing him to choose between exposing his secret identity or defending his friends and neighbors.

New year, new Hulu! As the streamer welcomes in dozens of new and classic titles this January, including its new whodunit series “Death and Other Details,” it will first have to say goodbye to the old.

A few titles have already been removed from the library so far this month, including the hit samurai thriller “13 Assassins,” but over the next few weeks of January, dozens more titles will be leaving the platform, including the beloved baseball coming-of-age comedy “The Sandlot,” several Christmas classics, and the 1996 box office buster “Twister.”

Don’t miss your last chance to watch— fill up your watch list with The Streamable’s top picks (and everything else) for what’s leaving Hulu this month!

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Pierce Brosnan looks unrecognizable as the D-Day veteran, Artie Crawford, for the upcoming Sky Cinema film, The Last Rifleman, in a newly released photo.

With the help of prosthetics and a gray wig, the 70-year-old actor had been given the appearance of a 92-year-old man.

Brosnan’s character wears a uniform covered in war medals while also using a walking stick.

The character was inspired by the experiences of the late Royal Navy Lieutenant Bernard Jordan.

In June 2014, this veteran became famous for escaping his care home at 89 years of age just so he could commemorate the 75th anniversary of the D-Day Normandy landings.

Jordan lied to the staff by stating that he was just “‘popping down to the shops.'”

He made it to France by taking a train at Brighton Railway station to Portsmouth before taking a ferry to France.

The World War II veteran managed to attend the anniversary.

"It's a miracle that you made it this far. You are quite the soldier, Mr. Crawford." Sky Cinema has revealed an official trailer for a UK drama titled The Last Rifleman, from filmmaker Terry Loane. This is set for a quick opening next week streaming in the UK via Sky Cinema. Yet another super patriotic "look at what we did back then!" story about a WWII veteran – this film tells the exact same story as The Great Escaper with Michael Caine. I guess it's a story they really need to tell multiple times. A WWII veteran escapes his care home in Northern Ireland and embarks on an arduous but inspirational journey to France to attend the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, finding the courage to face the ghosts of his past. The film stars Pierce Brosnan (in prosthetics) as 92 & 3/4-years-old Artie Crawford, Clemence Poesy, John Amos, Jürgen Prochnow, Claire Rafferty,...

Picture Tree Intl. has boarded international sales for Scandinavian period drama “Stormskerry Maja,” directed by Tiina Lymi, adapted from Anni Blomqvist’s series of novels.

The film chronicles the saga of Maja and her family as they embark on a journey to the desolate and remote island Stormskerry. Their daily existence becomes an unwavering struggle for survival, but Maja, holding on to her deep-rooted connection to the island, remains there despite hardships.

The cast includes “Thin Blue Line” star Amanda Jansson and Linus Troedsson, as well as Desmond Eastwood, who appeared in “Normal People.” The film was shot in Swedish and English.

“Stormskerry Maja” is produced by Markus Selin, Jukka Helle and Hanna Virolainen for Solar Films in Finland, and marks its second collaboration with Pti after “The Midfwife.” Nordisk Film will distribute the film in Scandinavia next year.

Pti’s AFM slate includes “Everything’s Fifty Fifty,” written and directed by Alireza Golafshan,...

The paddywhackery’s as thick as the Oirish brogues and flavorful caricatures in Robert Lorenz’s In the Land of Saints & Sinners, a deadly serious thriller about violence and redemption in which a local lush pauses to grab his pint as gunfire tears up the village pub. Not since the merry blarney of Wild Mountain Thyme has a movie leaned so hard into Emerald Isle stereotypes, which makes it remarkable that Liam Neeson as a pipe-smoking, Dostoevsky-reading assassin manages to play it straight. Kerry Condon as an Ira spitfire with a fondness for the C-word adds some interest, but this is overwritten, overripe and likely destined to be streaming fodder.

While the film is set in 1974 when The Troubles were still raging, that bitter political conflict is merely background wallpaper for a formulaic faux-Western in the predictable script written by Mark Michael McNally and Terry Loane, which loads up...

Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired U.S. rights to “In the Land of Saints and Sinners,” a new thriller starring Oscar nominees Liam Neeson and Kerry Condon. The studio is planning to release the film in theaters this fall.

“In the Land of Saints and Sinners” unfolds in a remote Irish village, where a damaged Finbar (Neeson) is forced to fight for redemption after a lifetime of sins. The question is what price is he willing to pay, as he finds himself drawn into a lethal game of cat and mouse with a trio of vengeful terrorists.

Neeson has starred in dozens of films, including “Schindler’s List,” “Taken” and “Batman Begins.” Condon was nominated for nearly every award possible for her supporting performance in “The Banshees of Inisherin.” The starry ensemble of “In the Land of Saints and Sinners” also includes Colm Meaney (“Star Trek: The Next Generation”), Oscar-nominee Ciaran Hinds...

Finnish helmer Tiina Lymi has found the cast for her upcoming period drama “Stormskerry Maja,” set in the 19th century. “Thin Blue Line” star Amanda Jansson will play the headstrong lead, with Linus Troedsson cast as Maja’s husband Janne.

Jonna Järnefelt, Tobias Zilliacus, Amanda Kilpeläinen Arvidsson will also star, joined by Tony Doyle and Desmond Eastwood, who appeared in “Normal People.” The film will be shot in Swedish and English.

Based on a series of novels written by Anni Blomqvist, “Stormskerry Maja” tells the story of Maja and her family as they move to a barren and remote island. Their everyday life is a relentless battle for survival, but Maja stands her ground. Despite all the setbacks, she stays in Stormskerry, where her roots are.

Produced by Markus Selin, Jukka Helle and Hanna Virolainen for Solar Films, it will be distributed locally by Nordisk Films. The film will premiere...

In October 2021, much of the world heard about the tragic fate of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who was killed when actor and producer Alec Baldwin discharged a firearm on the set of the movie “Rust” in New Mexico.

However, that project was not the only undertaking that the 42-year-old Ukrainian Dp had been working on at the time of her death. In September 2020, Hutchins joined director Dennis Hauck in Ireland for the production of a still-untitled 19th century period piece. Now, Hauck is trying to finish the work they started together.

“She was definitely one of those DPs that lived and breathed filmmaking,” Hauck said in a phone interview with IndieWire. “She had no ego. She just wanted to talk to everybody and learn everything she could.”

Hauck, who previously directed John Hawkes in the 2015 detective drama “Too Late,” serves as the sole producer of his second feature but described Hutchins as a key collaborator.

Bleiberg/Dimbort to show footage in Cannes next week.

Screen has obtained first-look images from producers Facing East of Liam Neeson and Ciarán Hinds in action thriller In The Land Of Saints And Sinners which Bleiberg/Dimbort represent for international sale and will tease footage in Cannes next week.

Robert Lorenz is currently directing the film in County Donegal, Ireland, about a retired assassin in a remote Irish village who gets drawn into a lethal game of cat-and-mouse with a trio of vengeful terrorists.

Mark Michael McNally and Terry Loane wrote the screenplay to the film, which also stars Colm Meaney,...

Exclusive: Netflix, France’s Metropolitan and multi-territory distributor Vertice are among companies to have pre-bought Liam Neeson thriller In The Land Of Saints And Sinners, we can reveal.

Filming is now underway in County Donegal, Ireland. As we first reported, Neeson (Taken) is starring with Ciarán Hinds (Belfast) and Kerry Condon.

Newly joining them are Colm Meaney (The Banker), Jack Gleeson (Joffrey in Game Of Thrones), Desmond Eastwood (Normal People), Sarah Greene (Penny Dreadful), Conor MacNeill (The Fall), Seamus O’Hara (Game of Thrones), Valentine Olukoga (Unforgotten) and Mark O’Regan (Blood).

The film, which reunites Neeson with The Marksman director Robert Lorenz, is set in a remote Irish village, where a newly retired assassin finds himself drawn into a lethal game of cat and mouse with a trio of vengeful terrorists. Screenplay was written by Mark Michael McNally and Terry Loane.

Bleiberg/Dimbort has completed pre-sales...