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Matthew McConaughey is looking to continue his remarkable recent run of performances in films like "Magic Mike" and "Killer Joe" with a starring turn as a mysterious fugitive in "Mud." The latest ...

Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon and Tye Sheridan are in talks to star in "Mud" for writer-director Jeff Nichols. By Jay A. Fernandez Matthew McConaughey Reese Witherspoon - P 2011 Mud follows a ...

We saw the first two clips from writer/director Jeff Nichols' Mud back in May of last year, but now the first trailer has been made available. Â Starring Matthew McConaughey (Magic Mike) as a fugitive ...

Matthew McConaughey, center, with Jacob Lofland, left, and Tye Sheridan, in an image from the drama 'Mud.' (Roadside Attractions) The New Orleans Jazz Fest might be the headline-grabbing entertainment ...

Mud is the place where the earth meets the water. In a rural stretch of Arkansas, a few folks live in wooden shacks along the Mississippi, as comfortable on the river as on land. One of these is ...

Ellis spends much of “Mud” ignoring the obvious ways that the people he cares about don’t conform to his expectations. He ignores repeated warnings from people like concerned neighbor Tom Blankenship ...

If you’ve read or heard anything about Mud, writer/director Jeff Nichols’ tale about two boys who encounter a fugitive hiding on an island in the Mississippi River, it’s most likely been about Matthew ...

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 ...

For a critic, obviously seeing movies is the largest part of the job. But seeing careers start, and grow, is the best. In 2007, Jeff Nichols made "Shotgun Stories," a down-home story of a rage-blinded ...

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 ...