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Back To The Law For Matthew McConaughey
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Back To The Law For Matthew McConaughey When I read today's Variety headline about Matthew McConaughey's next project, I was briefly terrified that Steven Spielberg had ditched Liam Neeson and cast McConaughey instead in the lead role of his Abraham Lincoln biopic. Happily for all of us, that's not remotely true, even though McConaughey will be playing a lawyer somehow inspired by our 16th President. The movie, The Lincoln Lawyer , will feature McConaughey as a defense attorney who represents a client with ties to a previous murder case the lawyer was involved in. It's ...
Astonishingly, Matthew McConaughey Gets Lead in Legal Thriller
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Matthew McConaughey, looking a bit lost.
As you may already have guessed, I’m not a huge Matthew McConaughey fan. Nothing personal, I just don’t think he has any talent (I also don’t find him attractive, but that’s just my preferences). He’s never good in any movie and isn’t a big enough name to open a movie, despite the fact that execs still seem to believe this. Which, I guess, is why Variety is saying he has been cast in a movie called, “The Lincoln Lawyer.”
The movie is based on a 2005 book by Michael Connolly. Variety says that the book was acquired by ...
REEL TALK MIXTAPE: MONDAY, MARCH 30th
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... I have a hard time remembering what Matthew McConaughey is like in a film that’s not some sort of romantic comedy. As reported by Variety, Lakeshore Entertainment is gearing up to attempt to do so. The studio’s latest crime thriller, “The Lincoln Lawyer,” will star McConaughey as Mickey Haller, a criminal defense lawyer representing a wealthy client who is connected to one of Haller’s previous cases. ...
Matthew McConaughey Goes To Court As ‘The Lincoln Lawyer’
MTV Movies Blog —
Once upon a time, Matthew McConaughey was known more for playing brainy Southern lawyers than living his life half-naked and happy-go-lucky. But he’s returning to the world of legal briefs and thrillers, as he’s signed on to star in Lakeshore Entertainment’s “The Lincoln Lawyer.”
According to Variety, the film is based on Michael Connolly’s 2005 bestseller. The story centers on a low-level criminal defense lawyer named Mickey Haller, who finds himself representing a wealthy client named Louis Roulet against assault charges.
Roulet and his wealthy mother will pay Mickey anything to get him off ...
McConaughey Heads Back To The Courtroom
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... to Matthew McConaughey banking on his charm and good looks, that I frequently forget I enjoyed the actor in the first role I saw him in - the adaptation of John Grishams legal drama, A Time To Kill . Not that McConaughey didnt take advantage of his charisma for the movie, but I did like the movie, and Im not usually a fan of legal dramas. McConaughey is returning to the courtroom in a movie adapted from Michael Connollys best selling novel, The Lincoln Lawyer . According to Variety , the movie will see McConaughey play a low-level criminal defense attorney who winds up ...
