my guesses for Sunday night’s 86th Academy Awards
Winners are indicated. I got 16/24. Pretty good, if I may say so myself.
Matthew McConaughey
The Wolf of Wall Street review: legitimate businessman
A debauched end-of-empire horror story disguised as an outrageous comedy, with remarkable performances from Leonardo DiCaprio and Jonah Hill.
2014 preview: only movies left underived
Here are the few films coming in 2014 that are not sequels, remakes, reboots, or based on a stage show, the Bible, young-adult novels, comic books, cartoons, or — someone make it stop — toy lines.
the Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2013 EDA Award winners
12 Years a Slave and Gravity win big…
your awards-season cheat sheet… or how to sound like an insider (even if you’re not)
Shhh! don’t tell anywhere where you heard all this…
Dallas Buyers Club review: the personal is political
There’s nothing the least bit sentimental here. Nothing flashy or showy in McConaughey’s rough-edged portrait. But there is enormous compassion. (new DVD/VOD US/Can, new cinemas UK)
Dallas Buyers Club trailer: please take Matthew McConaughey seriously now
If you’d noticed that Matthew McConaughey had been looking rather terrifyingly gaunt recently, this is why.
which celebrities would survive which kind of apocalypse?
Does Matthew McConaughey’s full-body drawl doom him in the fast-zombie uprising? Will Ryan Gosling survive global warming because he’s totally hot already?
Mud (trailer)
Nice to see Matthew McConaughey getting away from the Romantic Comedy Anti-Hero Who’s Way More Skeevy Than You Would Expect From Such a Supposedly Sympathetic Character parts…
Bernie (review)
Such a simple little movie…but also sad and strange, and ironic and discomfiting.
