MUD is an adventure about two boys, Ellis (Tye Sheridan) and his friend Neckbone (Jacob Lofland), who find a man named Mud (Matthew McConnaughey) hiding out on an island in the Mississippi. Mud describes fantastic scenarios—he killed a man in...See more Texas and vengeful bounty hunters are coming to get him. He says he is planning to meet and escape with the love of his life, Juniper (Reese Witherspoon), who is waiting for him in town. Skeptical but intrigued, Ellis and Neckbone agree to help him. It isn’t long until Mud’s visions come true and their small town is besieged by a beautiful girl with a line of bounty hunters in tow.
MICHAEL SHANNON! So Michael Shannon's a pretty scary dude, is he not?! Dude's got a mad-mean-mug that'll make Medusa blush a deep shade of crimson. Thing is, he also happens to be a tremendous actor. One of the best in...
This is Movie Jail, a unique maximum security prison that houses some of the worst writers, directors, actors and producers from Hollywood and beyond. Their crimes? The offenses vary from convict to convict but most of these inmates have contributed...
This week: Tom Cruise and his old school sci-fi, a bizarro season of Community, and Ryan Gosling goes gritty again. ► OBLIVION is like the year’s forgotten sci-fi movie, cast aside once all those shiny summer toys arrived. It deserves...
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,...
MICHAEL SHANNON! So Michael Shannon's a pretty scary dude, is he not?! Dude's got a mad-mean-mug that'll make Medusa blush a deep shade of crimson. Thing is, he also happens to be a tremendous actor. One of the best in...
This is Movie Jail, a unique maximum security prison that houses some of the worst writers, directors, actors and producers from Hollywood and beyond. Their crimes? The offenses vary from convict to convict but most of these inmates have contributed...
This week: Tom Cruise and his old school sci-fi, a bizarro season of Community, and Ryan Gosling goes gritty again. ► OBLIVION is like the year’s forgotten sci-fi movie, cast aside once all those shiny summer toys arrived. It deserves...
The awesome Michael Shannon has signed on to reteam with MUD director Jeff Nichols on a sci-fi flick. We don’t know much about the movie since the plot is being kept under wraps. But since it has been pegged as...
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,...
And so another edition of the Sundance Film Festival is over and done with. Once again, I was lucky enough to attend for JoBlo.com (my fourth time), and I had an absolute blast. I ended up reviewing twenty-nine movies; as...
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...
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...
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