Serenity
Written and directed by Steven Knight
Starring Anne Hathaway, Matthew McConaughey, Djimon Hounsou, and Diane Lane
Running time: 1 hour 46 minutes
Rated R for sexy boat times, blood and stuff, domestic violence, and angry tuna
by Jaime Davis, The Fixer
Remember the days before Matthew McConaughey was a major player in the world of cin-ah-mahhh? Like I enjoy the shit outta him in How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, The Wedding Planner, and Ghosts of Girlfriends Past. Those were the days when things seemed…brighter. Lighter. He smiled a lot in those movies, lazily flashing his pearly white grin for all the swoons in all the land. But then…a darker time fell upon us. 2011 saw the release of Killer Joe…and he did a good job of playing a not very good guy. And then 2012 saw the one-two punch of Mud and Magic Mike and it wasn’t long before he landed the lead in awards bait drama Dallas Buyers Club…floating off with a Golden Globe and an Oscar for his performance. Later he wowed us in True Detective before…playing a scientist in Interstellar (huh boy) and rambling his way through some very strange, pseudo-philosophical Lincoln car commercials.
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