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Tag: Matthew McConaughey
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Free State of Jones turns a Civil War legend into a plea for racial equality
In Gary Ross’s drama, a 19th-century deserter becomes a hero for today.
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Why this season of True Detective is such a bummer
A lot of things are wrong with season two—but two things really stand out.
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Matthew McConaughey goes nowhere fast in Interstellar
Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar is long on idea but short on story.
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Q-BBQ: Please make it stop
The Lakeview outpost of suburban minichain gets the same things wrong that they all do.
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The light is winning (we think): A True Detective recap
We’ll miss you Rust and Marty.
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True Detective is criminally great
HBO’s new series is not a typical crime show (not that you’d care if it were).
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A party for Mayor 1%
A few hundred or so lefties get together to celebrate Kari Lydersen’s book and debate whether Chicago voters can save themselves from the mayor they elected.
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LGBT, PFFA, and the rest of TWS*
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Getting by in four recent American comedies
Comparing Bernie, Magic Mike, Moonrise Kingdom, and Silver Linings Playbook in terms of style and themes
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The foul brown water of your love
Zac Efron, Nicole Kidman, and Matthew McConaughey star in Lee Daniels’s The Paperboy
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Now playing: Magic Mike and a new generation of “bad news”
A short review of the male stripper comedy directed, improbably, by Steven Soderbergh
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The best little murderer in Texas
Jack Black stars in Richard Linklater’s Texas-set comedy Bernie