The Next Three Days
Directed by: Paul Haggis
Cast: Russell Crowe, Elizabeth Banks, Liam Neeson
Running Time:
Rating: PG-13
Release Date: November 19, 2010
Read Bayer’s Tsr 9/10 of The Next Three Days
Plot: After his wife (Banks) is sent to prison for a murder she may not have committed, a Pittsburgh man (Crowe) devises a plan to break her out.
Who’S It For? This one might work for those who didn’t see the lawyer-driven Conviction, but are still compelled by a movie about getting a loved one out of jail one way or the other.
Expectations: The few fleeting commercials I had seen made it look like a bit of an action movie, which was interesting considering that writer/director Paul Haggis has done writing work of his own on the latest two James Bond movies.
Scorecard (0-10)
Actors:
Russell Crowe as John Brennan: It’s hard not to like this character.
Directed by: Paul Haggis
Cast: Russell Crowe, Elizabeth Banks, Liam Neeson
Running Time:
Rating: PG-13
Release Date: November 19, 2010
Read Bayer’s Tsr 9/10 of The Next Three Days
Plot: After his wife (Banks) is sent to prison for a murder she may not have committed, a Pittsburgh man (Crowe) devises a plan to break her out.
Who’S It For? This one might work for those who didn’t see the lawyer-driven Conviction, but are still compelled by a movie about getting a loved one out of jail one way or the other.
Expectations: The few fleeting commercials I had seen made it look like a bit of an action movie, which was interesting considering that writer/director Paul Haggis has done writing work of his own on the latest two James Bond movies.
Scorecard (0-10)
Actors:
Russell Crowe as John Brennan: It’s hard not to like this character.
- 11/20/2010
- by Nick Allen
- The Scorecard Review
This week, we got the penultimate chapter in the Harry Potter series, the highely anticipated Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part One. Also, a Russell Crowe movie. So which one's worth your time and (more importantaly) money this weekend. That's right, all you witches and wizards out there: It's time for another Cinema Showdown!
First up...
Contestant #1: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Synopsis: It's been a year since Professor Dumbledore's death, and since then, Lord Voldemort has risen to power. Now Harry, Ron, and Hermione find themselves the last hope for not just the wizarding world, but the Muggle world as well. Time's running out for the trio, but will they be able to stick together until the very end, or will the stress of the war tear them apart?
In Five Words: Potter and Friend's Horcrux Vacation
Trailer:
Cast:
Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter
Rupert Grint...
First up...
Contestant #1: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Synopsis: It's been a year since Professor Dumbledore's death, and since then, Lord Voldemort has risen to power. Now Harry, Ron, and Hermione find themselves the last hope for not just the wizarding world, but the Muggle world as well. Time's running out for the trio, but will they be able to stick together until the very end, or will the stress of the war tear them apart?
In Five Words: Potter and Friend's Horcrux Vacation
Trailer:
Cast:
Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter
Rupert Grint...
- 11/20/2010
- Cinelinx
Filed under: Reviews, New Releases, Cinematical
At one point during 'The Next Three Days,' our protagonist John Brennan (Russell Crowe) is getting advice from an ex-con about how to break someone out of jail. John's wife Lara (Elizabeth Banks) is locked up for a murder she may or may not have committed, and it looks like she won't be going anywhere for the next 20 years or so. Her suicide attempt was the last straw for John -- now he's determined to spring her himself, no matter the cost.
Ex-con Damon Pennington, who is played by Liam Neeson with a bizarre facial scar and a Brooklyn accent, has broken out of jail numerous times and even written a book about it. As the viewer struggles to ignore how unlikely that would be, Damon breaks it down for John on how one might break out of the Allegheny County Jail...
At one point during 'The Next Three Days,' our protagonist John Brennan (Russell Crowe) is getting advice from an ex-con about how to break someone out of jail. John's wife Lara (Elizabeth Banks) is locked up for a murder she may or may not have committed, and it looks like she won't be going anywhere for the next 20 years or so. Her suicide attempt was the last straw for John -- now he's determined to spring her himself, no matter the cost.
Ex-con Damon Pennington, who is played by Liam Neeson with a bizarre facial scar and a Brooklyn accent, has broken out of jail numerous times and even written a book about it. As the viewer struggles to ignore how unlikely that would be, Damon breaks it down for John on how one might break out of the Allegheny County Jail...
- 11/19/2010
- by Jenni Miller
- Cinematical
Lionsgate has released a new clip from Paul Haggis’ jailbreak thriller “The Next Three Days”, starring Russell Crowe, Elizabeth Banks, and Liam Neeson. “The Next Three Days” tells the story of John Brennan (Crowe) and his wife, Lara (Banks), who live an idyllic life. An idyllic life that is until Lara is arrested for a brutal murder she didn’t commit. Brennan struggles to keep things together, teaching at a community college, raising their son, and trying to prove Lara’s innocence. Three years into her sentence they exhaust their final appeal. Lara becomes suicidal, and Brennan, with no other options, decides he must break her out. The clip is a tension filled scene of Damon Pennington (Neeson) giving Brennan the specifics about how to successfully free his wife. This seems like just the kind of taut, action thriller that will help get me through the tedious Oscar-fodder that typically fills theaters around the holidays.
- 10/16/2010
- by Brent McKnight
- Beyond Hollywood
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