New To DVD – Tues March 8
Movies out today include a prison break out flick that has Russell Crowe devising ways to get his wife out of jail, a young TV producer takes over a flailing morning news show that has two iconic news anchors battling it out for exposure, a TV writer must deal with his wife’s aging father and the first season of AMC’s original TV series centred around ZOMBIES is released!
THE NEXT THREE DAYS
After his wife Lara (Elizabeth Banks) is convicted of a murder he’s positive she didn’t commit, John (Russell Crowe), a literature professor, becomes convinced that the only way to bring his family back together is to break her out of prison after all other attempts at proving her innocence have gone sideways! After learning his wife is to be transferred in three days to another, out of state prison, John must punch up his timetable to get her out!
Paul Haggis has done a great job on twisting the prison break film into an elaborate game of chance where the actual prisoner has no clue as to what’s about to happen. Russell Crowe once again proves his worth playing a naïve, straight arrow guy who must learn what is involved in planning a prison break, from Googling ‘How To’s’ (who knew that ‘YouTube’ was such a criminal wealth of information?)to getting his butt kicked while trying to obtain fake passports. The great thing about this film is it’s anything but predictable, and while you may not be on the edge of your seat you will be trying to figure out what’s going to happen next!
MORNING GLORY
Becky (Rachel McAdams) is a TV producer trying to a save a morning show from a downward spiral. To bring the show back to life, she hires a legendary TV show anchor (Harrison Ford) however he refuses to do all the morning show staples such as celeb gossip, weather, etc… he also seems to have a problem with his co-host (Diane Keaton), who has been the shows personality for quite some time and has her own ideas on how it should be done.
JACKASS 3
It’s Jackass and I’m not sure the rental will have all the Umph of the theatrical 3D version. My only question is why is this film necessary save for 12 year old boys? Maybe I just don’t get it…
EVERY DAY
A television writer (Liev Schrieber) must take in his wife’s estranged father (Helen Hunt and Brian Dennehy), who is nothing short of pleasant while still trying to deal with the drama of everyday life of his ever changing family.
THE WALKING DEAD: SEASON 1
An AMC original series – Rick, a police officer, wakes up from a coma to find that everything that he knew has been taken over by a zombie epidemic (is there any other kind?). He eventually comes across other survivors and together they must struggle to stay alive battling the undead at every turn, The first season consists of six episodes and was picked up for a second season after only the second episode aired!
ALSO OUT: Green River, The Con Artist, Hanah Montana Forever
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