This image released by The Weinstein Company shows Bryce Dallas Howard and Matthew McConaughey, right, in a scene from, “Gold.” It was probably inevitable that Matthew McConaughey’s bold rebirth – that terrific run of “True Detective” ”Magic Mike,” ”The Wolf of Wall Street,” ”Interstellar,” ”Mud” and “Dallas Buyers Club” – would dissipate.
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‘Gold’ movie review: Matthew McConaughey’s bonkers performance shoulders so-so drama
His character, Kenny Wells, is a capitalist dreamer, a prospector who hits bottom and takes a desperate gamble on a possible gold mine deep in the Indonesian jungle. For the role, McConaughey grew a beer-swollen paunch, capped his pearly whites with jagged falsies, and swept about 17 long hairs over a balding pate merging with a mass of greasy curls licking the top of his collar.
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Review: The McConaissance reaches its limits in ‘Gold’
This image released by The Weinstein Company shows Bryce Dallas Howard and Matthew McConaughey, right, in a scene from, “Gold.” This image released by The Weinstein Company shows Bryce Dallas Howard and Matthew McConaughey, right, in a scene from, “Gold.”
Book review: Inside man tells all in John Grisham’s ‘The Whistler’
When a sitting judge is on the wrong side of the law, who can make things right? In John Grisham’s newest novel, “The Whistler,” someone close to a small-town judge is telling all the dirty little secrets. I’ve been a fan of Grisham since the beginning.
Matthew McConaughey snacked on ‘cheeseburgers’ to bulk up for Gold
The 47-year-old actor was tasked with piling on almost 50lb for his role as prospector Kenny Wells in the upcoming crime adventure movie, and has admitted he loved having the freedom to be able to snack on fatty foods whenever he wanted. Speaking on UK television show ‘The Graham Norton Show’, Matthew said: “I was a real yes man.
Matthew McConaughey reveals naked REAR in new R-rated trailer for Gold
The 47-year-old Oscar winner – who put on 45lbs to play Kenny Wells – revealed his rear in a jacuzzi scene where he confronts the ‘son-of-b**** who controls more gold than anyone on the godd*** planet.’ It was the longest lingering look audiences have had of the bongo-beating Texan’s behind since his striptease in the 2012 hit Magic Mike.
‘Gold’: Film Review
In an adventure drama inspired by true events, Matthew McConaughey and Edgar Ramirez star as business partners whose underdog mining enterprise puts them on the high-finance map. Kenny Wells, the indefatigable wildcat prospector at the center of Gold , is a classic American striver – but without the classic American sheen.
Sunday Conversation: Filmmaker Garth Jennings gives animation a whirl with ‘Sing’
… inspired by “First Blood.” It was Chris Meledandri, head of the successful animation company Illumination Entertainment , that called Jennings one day to have tea. Soon Jennings was packing up with his family and moving from England to France to …