A look back: While 2012 was the year that seemingly resurrected McConaughey from his rom-com grave, I predict 2013 will be the year where he earns his first major acting nomination. In 2012 he gave us silver-tongued male revue owner Dallas in Magic Mike, a cop doubling as a sociopathic hitman for hire in Killer Joe, and Danny Buck, the motivated district attorney looking to take down Jack Black’s title character in Bernie. Originally I intended to write about Mud, Jeff Nichols’ follow up to Take Shelter which was one of my favorite films from 2011. McConaughey plays an escaped prisoner who evades bounty hunters with the help of two teenage boys. The film also stars Reese Witherspoon, Sam Shepard, and Michael Shannon. IMDB lists 3 other 2013 films starring McConaughey in various stages from pre-production to post-production that look like great films on paper. Martin Scorsese’s next project The Wolf of Wall Street, Dallas Buyers Club (the film where Matthew notoriously lost 30 pounds to play an AIDS patient), and Thunder Run which depicts the April 2003 assault on Baghdad.
Posted on: Mon, 03 Mar 2014 23:39:37 +0000
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