Matthew McConaughey

Deep in the heart of Texas with Richard Linklater's Bernie

The Six Best Statutory Rock Songs

​November is national Child Safety Protection Month. Part of protecting the young, naturally, is raising awareness of stranger dangers. We do that through warnings about taking candy and rides from unfamiliar people. As kids approach dating age, the advice sometimes includes "Stay away from mu ... More >>

Meet the Candidates for the Fifth Ward Alderman Special Election

Image viaThe race for April Ford-Griffin's seat is underway.​Hey political junkies, barely able to wait the twelve months for the rush of the 2012 elections? Well, like Matthew McConaughey said in the drive-in scene in Dazed and Confused: Not to worry. There's a new fiesta in the making as we spe ... More >>

2010 is old news. Here are Ten to watch out for in 2011

Image viaThe race for April Ford-Griffin's seat is underway.​Hey political junkies, barely able to wait the twelve months for the rush of the 2012 elections? Well, like Matthew McConaughey said in the drive-in scene in Dazed and Confused: Not to worry. There's a new fiesta in the making as we spe ... More >>

St. Louisan Eric Greitens Gets Matthew McConaughey Treatement at All-Star Game

​If you caught the opening of last night's All-Star Game, then you learned about St. Louisan Eric Greitens and his Mission Continues, a non-profit that empowers and aids wounded veterans returning from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.Greitens was a winner of this year's People Magazine All-Stars Amo ... More >>

Matthew McConaughey Made Her Do It: Illinois Mother Sues RedBox Over Fees

They say fool's gold isn't worth squat. Laurie Piechur found it's worth $25.​Laurie Piechur, a single mom from St. Clair County, thought she'd discovered an inexpensive way to entertain her kids when she started renting them movies from RedBox. Piechur liked the fact that RedBox, those $1-a-day D ... More >>

Drink of the Week: Edradour 10-Year-Old Highland Single Malt Scotch Whiskey, Pi (Central West End)

The bartender at the new Central West End Pi looks like a cross between Matthew McConaughey and a young Paul Newman. He is smiling at us. We are having trouble remembering why we are standing there. Oh, yes, whiskey. Pi's whiskey selection is not only broad; it is also given a place of prominence. ... More >>

Scary Numbers: Man, 30, Poses as Teen, 17, to Sodomize Girl, 14

Police HandoutChristopher Elders; Are those hickeys on his neck?​We're not sure which film Christopher Elders is the bigger fan of: Boys Don't Cry, in which Hillary Swank's character pretends to be someone she's not in order to bed high-school girls, or Dazed and Confused, in which Matthew McConau ... More >>

The Haunting in Rhode Island: Matthew McConaughey is scary bad in Ghosts of Girlfriends Past

Police HandoutChristopher Elders; Are those hickeys on his neck?​We're not sure which film Christopher Elders is the bigger fan of: Boys Don't Cry, in which Hillary Swank's character pretends to be someone she's not in order to bed high-school girls, or Dazed and Confused, in which Matthew McConau ... More >>

Apocalypse Whatever: Ben Stiller's Hollywood send-up lacks firepower

Police HandoutChristopher Elders; Are those hickeys on his neck?​We're not sure which film Christopher Elders is the bigger fan of: Boys Don't Cry, in which Hillary Swank's character pretends to be someone she's not in order to bed high-school girls, or Dazed and Confused, in which Matthew McConau ... More >>

Get Smart redux is a rare device: a TV remake for the big screen that works on its own terms

Police HandoutChristopher Elders; Are those hickeys on his neck?​We're not sure which film Christopher Elders is the bigger fan of: Boys Don't Cry, in which Hillary Swank's character pretends to be someone she's not in order to bed high-school girls, or Dazed and Confused, in which Matthew McConau ... More >>

Love Love Loving Love

Police HandoutChristopher Elders; Are those hickeys on his neck?​We're not sure which film Christopher Elders is the bigger fan of: Boys Don't Cry, in which Hillary Swank's character pretends to be someone she's not in order to bed high-school girls, or Dazed and Confused, in which Matthew McConau ... More >>

The Cosby Show Cast Today: Bill's Got a Rap Album in the Works

Police HandoutChristopher Elders; Are those hickeys on his neck?​We're not sure which film Christopher Elders is the bigger fan of: Boys Don't Cry, in which Hillary Swank's character pretends to be someone she's not in order to bed high-school girls, or Dazed and Confused, in which Matthew McConau ... More >>

"The Sex Song": Not TASTiSKANK's homage to Matthew McConaughey

Police HandoutChristopher Elders; Are those hickeys on his neck?​We're not sure which film Christopher Elders is the bigger fan of: Boys Don't Cry, in which Hillary Swank's character pretends to be someone she's not in order to bed high-school girls, or Dazed and Confused, in which Matthew McConau ... More >>

No treasure at the end of Fool's Gold, a terrible Matthew McConaughey-Kate Hudson mash-up.

Police HandoutChristopher Elders; Are those hickeys on his neck?​We're not sure which film Christopher Elders is the bigger fan of: Boys Don't Cry, in which Hillary Swank's character pretends to be someone she's not in order to bed high-school girls, or Dazed and Confused, in which Matthew McConau ... More >>

Film Openings

Week of December 21, 2006

Film Openings

Week of March 9, 2006

Oh Grow Up

Failure is McConaughey's perfect movie, and a pretty good one for us

Swindled Art

Failure is McConaughey's perfect movie, and a pretty good one for us

Film Openings

Week of October 5, 2005

Film Openings

Week of April 6, 2005

Fortunate Son

Sahara has no reason to exist, until you see who made it

Film Openings

Week of February 5, 2003

Film Openings

Week of July 10, 2002

Big Talkers

Thirteen Conversations About One Thing takes on some weighty topics

The Lord's Work?

In Frailty, it's a Texas massacre with God's blessings

White-Bread Wedding

If you really like Jennifer Lopez and Matthew McConaughey, don't encourage movies like this one

Write and Wrong

Chris McQuarrie won an Oscar for Usual Suspects, to which Hollywood responded, 'Big deal'

U-571

Co-written and directed by Jonathan Mostow

Tube-Tied

Co-written and directed by Jonathan Mostow