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Watch: Ace First Trailer For Martin Scorsese's 'The Wolf Of Wall Street' Starring Leonardo DiCaprio

  • By Oliver Lyttelton
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  • June 17, 2013 5:52 AM
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  • 18 Comments
Leonardo DiCaprio Wolf Of Wall Street
News
We've somehow struggled, so far, to get excited for "The Wolf Of Wall Street." Maybe it's that we've started to take Martin Scorsese for granted -- his last few films, in "The Departed," "Shutter Island" and "Hugo" were all highly entertaining, but perhaps not up to the gold standard of the very best of his work. Perhaps it's that the film seemed to mine, on paper, territory already well-trodden by films like "Wall Street" and "Margin Call." Or maybe we're just tired.
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More: The Wolf of Wall Street, Leonardo DiCaprio, Martin Scorsese, Jonah Hill, Matthew McConaughey

Watch: First Teaser For HBO's 'True Detective' Starring Matthew McConaughey & Woody Harrelson

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • June 14, 2013 11:53 AM
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  • 1 Comment
Television
Need more evidence that some of the most exciting storytelling is happening on television and not at your local multiplex? Look no further than HBO's "True Detective," which has just dropped its first teaser and already has us placing this series way up high on our most anticipated of whatever for 2014.
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More: Television, Film Trailers, True Detective, Cary Fukunaga, Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson

Will This Finally Be Matthew McConaughey's Oscar Year? 'The Dallas Buyer's Club' Nabs Awards Season Date

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • June 7, 2013 4:18 PM
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  • 12 Comments
News
Matthew McConaughey must be thinking, "What on Earth do I have to do?" The actor stormed back into critical and audience hearts last year by putting on his shirt, dropping the romcoms, and showing that he's damn fine actor by delivering a fantastic performance in Steven Soderbergh's "Magic Mike," a subtle and solid appearance in Richard Linklater's "Bernie," and a wonderfully hilarious and sleazy turn in William Friedkin's "Killer Joe." The former was even a massive box office success, that was also met with great reviews. The result? He was snubbed for a much deserved Oscar nomination. This year, he's again revelatory in Jeff Nichols' beautiful fable "Mud" (one of the best of the year) but his next true Oscar shot will likely come with "The Dallas Buyer's Club."
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More: The Dallas Buyer's Club, Matthew McConaughey

Review: Deeply Felt, Thrilling 'Mud' Shows Director Jeff Nichols & Matthew McConaughey At The Top Of Their Games

  • By Erik McClanahan
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  • April 25, 2013 11:58 AM
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Matthew McConaughey, Mud
Reviews
It all starts with a beautifully surreal image: a decrepit boat resting comfortably in the branches of a tree. The young boys who find it want to use it, make it their own. But on this particular river island in Arkansas, they are not alone. It's not long before they encounter Mud (Matthew McConaughey, sporting a large snake tattoo and a chipped front tooth a la Jim Carrey in "Dumb & Dumber"), who's not only the namesake of Jeff Nichols' brilliantly constructed, emotionally satisfying genre deconstruction, but also the film's hero and anti-hero.
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More: Jeff Nichols, Michael Shannon, Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Mud, Reviews, Review

Focus Features Ready To Sign Up For Matthew McConaughey's 'The Dallas Buyer's Club' For Fall Release

  • By Charlie Schmidlin
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  • April 8, 2013 9:24 AM
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  • 2 Comments
News
For audiences and especially filmmakers, there is an aspect of deflated confusion in an actor’s misled sacrifices for an underwhelming film -- just ask Jared Leto in his role of Mark David Chapman in “Chapter 27.” Luckily, with the 2012 that Matthew McConaughey had, which saw “Bernie,” “Magic Mike,” and “Killer Joe,” that sort of fate for his AIDS drama “The Dallas Buyers Club” is unlikely, and now seems even more unlikely with the arrival of some welcome distribution news.
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More: The Dallas Buyer's Club, Focus Features, Matthew McConaughey

Matthew McConaughey Confirms He's Taken Role In Christopher Nolan's 'Interstellar'

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • April 3, 2013 8:24 AM
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  • 6 Comments
News
Nope, this isn't any April Fools. Last week, Christopher Nolan fans and those keeping an eager eye on the recent choices of Matthew McConaughey got a nice surprise when it was revealed that the actor was offered the lead in the director's upcoming sci-fi flick "Interstellar." And now, it looks like he's accepted the part.
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More: Matthew McConaughey, Interstellar, Christopher Nolan

New Pics Of Matthew McConaughey & Reese Witherspoon In 'Mud' Plus French Poster

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • April 1, 2013 4:29 PM
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  • 1 Comment
News
So, where are we in the Matthew McConaughey renaissance? Well, we've seen the man turn the tide of public perception and expectation so far in Richard Linklater's "Bernie," William Friedkin's "Killer Joe," Lee Daniels' "The Paperboy" and Steven Soderbergh's "Magic Mike." Up next is the AIDS drama "The Dallas Buyer's Club," and if all goes well, Christopher Nolan's "Interstellar." But before both of those, McConaughey has yet another unique indie on the way.
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More: Mud, Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon

Matthew McConaughey Offered Lead In Christopher Nolan's 'Interstellar'

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • March 28, 2013 5:01 PM
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  • 14 Comments
News
Yeah, we know, offer stories are kind of the worst in some ways, but considering that Christopher Nolan keeps everything inside a vault inside his own mind (see what we did there?) any morsel regarding his projects is one we'll take a bite of, so here we are. And here you are, too. Onward...
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More: Matthew McConaughey, Interstellar, Christopher Nolan

New Photos & SXSW Mondo Poster For 'Mud' Starring Matthew McConaughey

  • By Joe Cunningham
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  • March 6, 2013 5:28 PM
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News
The Matthew McConaughey renaissance continues (or as he has been calling it in interviews, “a McConaissance” – no, seriously) and we’ll see him next in Jeff Nichols’ highly anticipated third feature “Mud.” The movie played at Cannes last year and Sundance a few months ago, and it gets its theatrical release on April 26th, and as it heads to SXSW we’re getting a look at two new pictures and a Mondo poster.
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More: Mud, Matthew McConaughey, Tye Sheridan

Premature Predictions: The 2014 Best Actor Nominees

  • By Oliver Lyttelton
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  • February 27, 2013 2:45 PM
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  • 33 Comments
Awards
As part of our steady quest to go cold turkey from the Oscar season over the next few days, we've been running down some of our possibilities for the films that will be elbowing each other for awards in 2014. Yesterday, we looked at Best Picture, and today, we turn to Best Actor, won this year by Daniel Day-Lewis.
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More: Premature Predictions, Steve Carell, Benedict Cumberbatch, Bruce Dern, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Hanks, Leonardo DiCaprio, Oscars, Awards, The Amazing Race, Academy Awards

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