Hollywood studio executives aren't alone in celebrating the reopening of movie theaters in New York City this weekend after nearly a year of being closed due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Actor Liam Neeson, who has received his first vaccination shot, will personally thank moviegoers for turning out before his latest action pic plays Friday evening at a prominent Upper Westside multiplex. "This is one for the diary," Neeson told The Hollywood Reporter during an interview this week. "It will be nice to welcome people.
I think going to the cinema is a bit of a sacred experience. I've felt that way since I was a kid." New York City isn't only the second-biggest moviegoing market in the country behind Los Angeles — where cinemas remain.
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