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Remembering William Friedkin’s Raw & Visceral KILLER JOE Starring Matthew McConaughey

The mighty William Friedkin’s 2012 thriller, Killer Joe is raw and visceral. It’s not a pleasant watch by any stretch of the imagination- but it is good. Very good. Friedkin has always been a director willing to push cinematic boundaries (see [...]

September 26, 2020

Get Your Bongos Out: Matthew McConaughey’s Top Roles

It’s no secret that Academy Award winner Matthew McConaughey’s career has gone from strength to strength. Since his first breakout role in Dazed and Confused in 1993, he quickly became the go-to lead in romantic comedies in much loved film’s [...]

June 8, 2017

William Friedkin To Direct An Adaptation Of Don Winslow’s THE WINTER OF FRANKIE MACHINE

The world needs more William Friedkin movies – and the good news is that it looks like we’re getting another one. Friedkin has just signed-on to direct a screen adaptation of Don Winslow’s novel The Winter Of Frankie Machine. The book [...]

August 8, 2015

Macabre Matthew McConaughey In DALLAS BUYERS CLUB

Matthew McConaughey has had an impressive career comeback (it’s on Affleckian levels). His work in Magic Mike, Mud and Killer Joe (read the Movies In Focus review) heped to show (again) that there was more to his career than fluffy romantic [...]

August 31, 2013

Review: Matthew McConaughey Is A Revelation In William Friedkin’s KILLER JOE

The great William Friedkin’s Killer Joe is raw and visceral. It’s not a pleasant watch by any stretch of the imagination- but it is good. Very good. Friedkin has always been a director willing to push cinematic boundaries (see The Exorcist and [...]

July 12, 2012