In a Family Guy episode from several years ago the talking British-accented baby Stewie encounters Matthew McConaughey in a bar. Very quickly he trashes the actor’s career, saying the only passable ...

With grosses approaching $20 million and still going strong, the breakout box-office success of Jeff Nichols‘ “Mud” seems to have surprised many people. But reading The Wrap’s report that the film ...

“Mud,” now making the rounds of movie theaters in a limited release, was a hit at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival and the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. Rotten Tomatoes says that 98% of 122 film critics ...

It might be too easy to say that “Mud” is about the loss of Ellis’ innocence. The film is too astute to make concise statements about the nature of such things. It’s named after a derelict character ...

Has anyone ever been so perfectly cast as Matthew McConaughey in Dazed and Confused? Sculpted entirely of charisma and cheekbones yet still seedier than a stash of gym-locker pot, McConaughey’s ...

The image of a boat resting in a tree is one of the more poetic images in Jeff Nichols‘ Southern drama “Mud.” This is where two boys discover a drifter, and if the movie had been able to retain that ...

In 2011 writer/director Jeff Nichols dazzled film fans with a dream-like tale set in the heartland called TAKE SHELTER which featured a fabulous, shoulda’ been Oscar nominated performance by Michael ...

After awakening with the kind of hangover that comes with doing too many movies with Kate Hudson, Matthew McConaughey stopped accepting rom-com scripts. The plan was to clean up his act and fulfill ...

The duo are joined by young co-star Tye Sheridan in THR's video lounge. By Sophie Schillaci A much healthier-looking Matthew McConaughey made a visit to The Hollywood Reporter‘s video lounge on ...

Mud is not simply rural. It is a fable, as seen and felt by country children, from a time when their world was enclosed by immediate horizons. In this case, “Mud” is not just an emblem of wet earth; ...

If Mud isn’t the best movie of this young year, it’s certainly the most instantly satisfying. Described by some as the best American movie at the most recent Cannes Film Festival, the drama by ...