This Week in DVD & Blu-ray is a column that compiles all the latest info regarding new DVD and Blu-ray releases, sales, and exclusive deals from stores including Target, Best Buy and Fry’s. FOUR LIONS For at least half of its runtime, Four Lions is a relatively good-natured comedy, foremost because its characters seem like…
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Paul Haggis has directed two theatrical features since 2004: the divisive, Oscar-winning Crash, and the far less-seen In the Valley of Elah. This weekend he returns with The Next Three Days, which stars Russell Crowe and Elizabeth Banks in a remake of the French thriller Pour elle, aka Anything For Her. When Lara Brennan (Elizabeth…
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Paul Haggis has worked quite a lot since his Best Picture winning film Crash divided critics and audiences into rather strict love/hate camps. He directed the rather good In the Valley of Elah, and worked on scripts for two Bond films, two Clint Eastwood films and other projects. But the spectre of Crash is still…
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A bunch of new release dates were announced overnight, including the Ryan Reynolds one-man thriller Buried, the computer animated/live-action hybrid 3D film Smurfs, Jonah Hill's big screen adaptation of the television series 21 Jump Street, and Crash writer/director Paul Haggis' new film The Next Three Days. Details after the jump. Buried Lionsgate announced a release…
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It's Monday morning, so the casting news is just starting for the week, but we've already got brief tidbits about a couple of marriages between talent and movies that you may (or may not) be excited to see. Since he made Taken into a genuine hit, Liam Neeson has owned more cred than ever. But…
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It's difficult for me to get very excited for a new Paul Haggis directorial project. The stain of Crash stays with me. But The Next Three Days could be interesting. It's a remake of a 2008 French film Pour Elle by Fred Cavaye about a couple that has some problems when the woman is imprisoned…
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We all love Paul Haggis around these parts (and by love, I mean mock and ridicule as much as possible), so we try our best to keep close tabs on his projects just to make sure we don't miss a single thing. It looks like his next film is The Next Three Days, a remake…
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