Adam Driver joins Jeff Nichols’ Midnight Special

Posted 12 years ago

Back in May we shared the news that TAKING SHELTER director Jeff Nichols was gearing up to helm a 'contemporary science fiction chase film' titled MIDNIGHT SPECIAL, which the director revealed is to be a kind of tribute to 1980's...

Kirsten Dunst joins Michael Shannon in Midnight Special

Posted 13 years ago

Kirsten Dunst has joined Michael Shannon and Joel Edgerton in MIDNIGHT SPECIAL, a sci-fi thriller being directed by Jeff Nichols (MUD, TAKE SHELTER). Nichols has called MIDNIGHT SPECIAL an ode to 80s John Carpenter movies, which is exactly what the...

Jeff Nichols’ Midnight Special, a tribute to 80s John Carpenter, rolls forward

Posted 13 years ago

Jeff Nichols is one of the most talented young directors working, in my opinion. The man has helmed the fantastic indie dramas SHOTGUN STORIES, TAKE SHELTER and MUD (currently in theaters), but for his next film, he’s going in a...

Review: Mud

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: Two boys happen upon an outlaw in hiding and help him repair a boat and elude the men who are hunting him. REVIEW: Jeff Nichols is quickly becoming one of my favorite new directors. His 2007 debut, SHOTGUN STORIES,...

Review: Mud (Sundance 2013)

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: Two Arkansas boys, Ellis and Neckbone, stumble upon a mysterious stranger, who calls himself Mud (Matthew McConaughey) and lives in a boat that happens to be shipwrecked in a tree. They agree to supply the charismatic stranger with food...

Matthew McConaughey and Reese Witherspoon look damn impressive in the trailer for Mud

Posted 13 years ago

I remember seeing A TIME TO KILL back in 1996 and thinking that Matthew McConaughey was going to be a big star some day. Well, he was poised for superstardom and churned out a bunch of lackluster romcoms that did...