It’s the kind of story you hear once or twice a year. Someone is plucked from their everyday life and, overnight, becomes a movie star. Richie Merritt was a 15-year-old Baltimore high school student with no resume – acting or otherwise. On a casting search, director Yann Demange chose Merritt to play the title character […]
As I watched Michael Strahan interview Oscars presenter Matthew McConaughey on the red carpet Sunday Night, a thought crossed my mind: I think McConaughey would make a pretty good Oscar host. Here’s why: 1.) He’s a Previous Oscar Winner. He knows how Awards Season goes and how this specific show runs, following his win for […]
Following 2013’s “The Wolf of Wall Street” and “99 Homes”, and “The Big Short” in 2015, comes this year’s rags to riches finance movie. Set in the 80s, “Gold” is similarly inspired by a true story. Matthew McConaughey stars as Kenny Wells – the son of a very successful precious metals broker, who inherits the family […]
This holiday season is shaping-up to be “Alright, Alright, Alright” as Matthew McConaughey, the Oscar-winning star of “Dallas Buyers Club”, has two big movies opening within four days of each other, on December 21 and 25. [In 2011, director Steven Spielberg also released two films, “The Adventures of Tintin” and “War Horse”, on December 21 […]
In the opening narration of “Kubo and the Two Strings”, our young hero asks of us, “If you must blink, do it now.” Turns-out – it’s difficult to take your eyes off the screen while watching one of the most visually striking and emotionally intense movies of the year. “Kubo” is the latest stop-motion animated […]
A team of explorers travel through a wormhole in space in an attempt to ensure humanity’s survival. (PARAMOUNT) Matthew McConaughey won the Best Actor Academy Award earlier this year for his performance in the drama “Dallas Buyers Club”, opposite Jared Leto and Jennifer Garner. Anne Hathaway earned her Oscar for the 2012 musical “Les Miserables”. […]
LCJ with Academy Award winner Matthew McConaughey (“Alright” 3x) Lights Camera Jackson has been co-starring in photographs with his favorite celebrities from the entertainment, news and sports world since he was 6 years old. Jackson’s first picture with a celeb was snapped in January of 2005, at the Center For Disability Services Telethon in Albany, […]