Despite McConaughey’s Efforts, ‘Gold’ Proves Lackluster

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.

The top 10 Hollywood South films of 2016

The big 2016 story in the Louisiana film industry is how relatively few major releases hit theaters when compared to previous years, thanks largely to the Louisiana Legislature’s 2015 tinkering with its filmmaking tax incentive program. Granted, there weren’t so few that disappointments like “Jack Reacher: Never Go Back” or “When the Bough Breaks” made our year-end list of the 10 best locally made films of the year — but they were uncomfortably close.