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Maybe it happened in " Taken " or " Unknown ", but somewhere, somehow, Liam Neeson became an action star.A Synopsis In one of his latest installments, Neeson stars in " The Grey " as Ottway, aA man who works as a "hired killer" of sorts for an oil company in Alaska.

In a new study led by researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder, scientists using NASA data have found that Earth's glaciers and ice caps outside of the regions of Greenland and Antarctica are losing nearly 150 billion tons of ice annually.

Chronicle , the science fiction film about teenagers getting superpowers somewhat ahead of the morality required to wield them responsibly, brought in $22 million over the Super Bowl weekend.

The early months of every year are usually when Hollywood studios roll out the worst they have to offer.

Your plane has crashed in the barren and arctic void of the Alaskan wilderness. You've also lucked into becoming instant intruders to an extremely territorial pack of wolves who will systematically hunt you and the rest of your fellow leftovers one by one until the survivor count reaches zero.

Most Americans won't have the power to choose the next President because they live in states so tilted towards one end of the political spectrum that the election outcome, barring calamity, is not in doubt.

After some reruns, Hawaii Five-0 finally brings us a new episode. This one involves a law enforcement officer who meets a bloody end in an airplane bathroom.

When moves go straight to video but are packed with star typically big budget stars, it leaves you wondering why.

Two supernatural thrillers joined a pair of spooky holdovers in the top five of this weekend's box office, where one of the world's biggest stars was no match for the low-budget telepathic shenanigans of Team Chronicle .

Film: 'Chingari'; Cast: Darshan, Deepika Kamaiah, Bhavana, Teju, Ramesh Bhat, Sumitra, Srujan Lokesh, Yashas Surya and Praveen; Producers: Mahadev, Manu Gowda; Screenplay Writer-Director: Harsha; Camera: H.C. Venu; Composer: Hari Krishna; Rating: *** The industry is witnessing a new trend -- young directors are now remaking Hollywood films in an ... (more)

In 1993, Liam Neeson starred in Steven Spielberg's moving World War II epic, Schindler's List .

One of the most underused genres is the man vs. nature film. This is a good thing on a lot of levels as most of them fail, but when they work they can easily be more entertaining than the best action movie.

Jack London cozies up to Frederick Nietzsche in "The Grey," a sweaty-palmed action film about survival of the fittest... on every imaginable level.

In this film image released by Open Road Films, from left, Liam Neeson is shown in a scene from "The Grey." Liam Neeson stood up after the first group reading of the script for "The Grey" and told the young actors in the cast that the only way this movie could be made was for all of them to pull together.

How wonderfully unpredict able the movies can be. Who would have thought that, at nearly 60, Liam Neeson would be one of the top action stars around? It's the same, counter intuitive formula that made Mi chael Keaton a good Batman and the Rock a believable Tooth Fairy.

Death Wish is probably a lost artifact of 70's pop culture today, but it was definitely a very controversial film when it first hit theaters.

The dream is over. Stephen Colbert is no longer running for President of the United States .

In this film image released by Open Road Films, from left, Dallas Roberts, Dermot Mulroney, Liam Neeson, and Nonso Anozie are shown in a scene from "The Grey." In this film image released by Open Road Films, from left, Dallas Roberts, Dermot Mulroney, Liam Neeson, and Nonso Anozie are shown in a scene from "The Grey." My dog wants to be alpha.

"The Grey" is an adventure movie, but its director and co-writer, Joe Carnahan, offers a different tone from his tongue-in-cheek "The A-Team." This is a somber film and a grim reminder of how unforgiving nature can be.

Liam Neeson's "The Grey" topped the weekend box office with $20 million, continuing the actor's success as an action star in the winter months.