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Film Review: “Wild”

If “Foxcatcher” presents a tragedy of lofty aspirations gone horribly wrong, “Wild” gives audiences an inspirational tale of finding strength from within. While director Jean-Marc Vallรฉe’s “Dallas Buyers Club,” left me cold, his new film is intimate and honest in a way that that film wanted to be but never was. Stripped of her usual […]

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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, […]

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