Any intrepid voyager through the vast space of science fiction should recognize the origins and context of Christopher Nolan’s new movie, “Interstellar.” The picture owes a great deal to all those contemporary doomsday flicks, along with some special debts to the “Star Trek” series and the landmark Stanley Kubrick film, “2001: A Space Odyssey.”ย Its […]
Matthew McConaughey
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“Dallas Buyers Club”
His recent work in film displays quite an impressive versatility for the very active and generally underrated Matthew McConaughey. In “The Lincoln Lawyer,” “Magic Mike,” and “Killer Joe,” for example, he plays extremely different characters — a slick defense attorney, a sleazy strip club owner, a soft-spoken, polite hetman/deputy sheriff. His latest picture, “Dallas Buyers […]
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“Mud”
After spending years slumming it in one dimwitted romantic comedy (more often than not co-starring Kate Hudson) after another, Matthew McConaughey appears to have grown tired of coasting and decided to remind audiences that he’s still capable of, you know, acting. Starting with 2011’s “The Lincoln Lawyer,” he has made a number of good choices, […]
