Posts Tagged ‘Matthew McConaughey’
2014 Oscar Predictions – Ben’s Picks
It’s Oscar time again and it has been a roller coaster of a year with no clear front-runner for best picture and several of the categories ripe for potential upsets. While not as strong a line up of films as last year, there are still…
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Film Review – The Wolf of Wall Street
Everything about Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) is excessive. The story, the acting, the run time – all bloated for a purpose. We’ve seen films dealing with the immoral practices of greedy stockbrokers before, but none have been as electrifying. Scorsese is…
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Film Review – Dallas Buyers Club (Second Take)
Dallas Buyers Club benefited publicity-wise from pre-filming photos of Matthew McConaughey wasting away as he lost weight to play Ron Woodruff, the main character. Basically, everyone knows by this point that this is that film where McConaughey is skinny. Why did he lose the weight?…
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Film Review – Dallas Buyers Club
There is a formula for the disease-of-the-week movies I used to watch back in the ’90s: Flawed hero/heroine (usually heroine because this movie genre is a staple of the Lifetime channel) discovers he or she has contracted a terminal illness and has a short time…
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DVD Rundown 8-6-2013 – Video Podcast #272
Spencer and Greg give their DVD rundown for August 6th, 2013. In this episode they discuss Oblivion, The Place Beyond the Pines, On the Road and Mud.
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Film Review – Mud
I don’t know if Matthew McConaughey’s agent took an especially artistic blow to the head or if one too many TBS airings of Failure To Launch set him down this new path, but if you’re reading this, sir, I’d like to buy you a Coke.…
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Top 10 of 2012 – Adelaide’s Picks
So, as much as I love movies (and I LOVE them), I don’t actually watch many new ones. I tend to view films when I feel like it, and my interest has little to do with release schedules. I do go to the theater, but…
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Top 10 of 2012 – Allen’s Picks
It’s been one heck of a good year for movies. From mainstream blockbusters to low-budget indies, there was a little bit for everyone in 2012. Even with a less than stellar summer season, I would argue that this been the strongest film year since 2007.…
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