Word: mcconaughey
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...reductionist, Frailty is a horror flick of the Stephen King pulp fiction ilk. A man claiming to be Fenton Meiks (Matthew McConaughey) emerges at a Texas FBI bureau from out of nowhere claiming that he knows the identity of the God’s Hand murderer, a serial killer who has slain a slew of victims all over Texas. The improbable reason? The killer is his younger brother, and to prove it, he is going to explain how the current situation came about. So, we flash back to 1979, back to Fenton’s childhood where we see that...
...told from McConaughey’s standpoint in a manner eerily reminiscent of Keyser Soze’s narrative in The Usual Suspects. As such, the first two-thirds of the film’s action is filtered through Fenton’s perspective and therefore tainted. However, McConaughey is barely worthy to serve even as Kevin Spacey’s personal assistant as he authors his own tale. McConaughey lacks the charisma, the composure and the personality quirks to make his recounting of the events truly compelling, although the vignettes depicted on screen do redeem his bland detachment...
Starring Matthew McConaughey, Bill Paxton
...Stipe heads, and both focus on low-budget films. "I refer to what we do as 'under the radar,'" says McKay, who directed Our Song, a C-Hundred film with a budget of under $500,000. Single Cell's films tend to have bigger stars; 13 Conversations features Matthew McConaughey and Amy Irving...
...Doris Day is from Gladys Knight. This time she's Mary Fiore, a superefficient bridal manager who, minutes before the ceremony, can locate and subdue an absent father of the bride ("the FOB is MIA") but can't find a man for herself. Enter prince charming: Dr. Steve (Matthew McConaughey), who's handsome, funny and loves kids; he runs a local children's hospital. This being San Francisco, Steve must be gay, right? No, he's engaged--to a rich woman (Bridgette Wilson-Sampras) whose wedding Mary is planning...