Matthew McConaughey
1) Greenlights
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Drawing on the Academy Award-winning actor's journals and diaries from the last 40 years, this book presents a uniquely McConaughey approach to achieving success and satisfaction"--
2) The Paperboy
Publisher
FilmRise
Language
English
Description
In this crime drama, Matthew McConaughey ("Dallas Buyers Club") stars as a reporter who returns to his Florida hometown to investigate a case involving a death row inmate. Official Selection at the **Tribeca Film Festival** and **Sundance Film Festival**.
3) Bernie
Publisher
FilmRise
Language
English
Description
In small-town Texas, an affable mortician strikes up a friendship with a wealthy widow who soon becomes controlling. With Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine and Matthew McConaughey. Official Selection at the **SXSW Film Festival** and **BFI London Film Festival**.
Language
English
Description
Texas cowboy Ron Woodroof's free-wheeling life was overturned in 1985 when he was diagnosed as HIV-positive. Shunned and ostracized by many old friends and bereft of government-approved medicines, he decided to take matters in his own hands, tracking down alternative treatments from all over the world by means both legal and illegal. Bypassing the establishment, he joined forces with an unlikely band of renegades and outcasts and established a hugely...
6) Just because
Author
Publisher
Viking
Language
English
Description
From worrying when excited to forgiving while still hurting, children experience everyday paradoxes as they embrace their full potential.
Series
True Detective volume Season 1
Publisher
Home Box Office
Language
English
Description
In 2012, Louisiana State Police Detectives Rust Cohle and Martin Hart are brought in to revisit a homicide case they worked in 1995. As the inquiry unfolds in present day through separate interrogations, the two former detectives narrate the story of their investigation, reopening unhealed wounds, and drawing into question their supposed solving of a bizarre ritualistic murder in 1995.
Language
English
Description
Martin Scorsese directs the story of New York stockbroker Jordan Belfort. From the American dream to corporate greed, Belfort goes from penny stocks and righteousness to IPOs and a life of corruption in the late '80s. Excess success and affluence in his early twenties as founder of the brokerage firm Stratton Oakmont warranted Belfort the title 'The Wolf of Wall Street.'
10) Sing
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
A koala impresario stages a grand singing competition for the world's animals in order to save his elegant theater and bring it back to its former glory.
11) Serenity
Language
English
Description
Baker Dill (Matthew McCaughey) is a fishing boat captain who leads tours off of the tranquil enclave of Plymouth Island. His peaceful life is soon shattered when his ex-wife Karen (Anne Hathaway) tracks him down. Desperate for help, Karen begs Baker to save her -- and their young son -- from her violent husband (Jason Clarke). She wants him to take the brute out for a fishing excursion -- then throw him overboard to the sharks. Thrust back into a...
12) Mud
Publisher
Lionsgate
Language
English
Description
Two boys, Ellis and his best friend Neckbone, find a mysterious man named Mud hiding out on a deserted island in the Mississippi. Mud tells the boys fantastic stories about his life, including how he killed a man in Texas and vengeful bounty hunters are coming to get him. He says he is planning to meet and escape with the love of his life, Juniper. The boys agree to help him, but it isn't long until their small town is besieged by bounty hunters out...
13) The Paperboy
Publisher
Millennium
Language
English
Description
It takes audiences deep into the backwaters of steamy 1960s South Florida, as investigative reporter Ward Jansen and his partner Yardley Acheman chase a sensational, career-making story. With the help of Ward's younger brother Jack and sultry death-row groupie Charlotte Bless, the pair tries to prove violent swamp-dweller Hillary Van Wetter was framed for the murder of a corrupt local sheriff.
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Language
English
Description
Tripp is a thirty something slacker, but that doesn't mean that he is ready to give up the many benefits of living at home with his mom and dad. His desperate parents have had enough though, and after years of gentle nudging they soon realize that it is going to take a concerted effort to get Tripp out so they can enjoy their twilight years in peace. Realizing that their only hope for riding themselves of their reluctant-to-leave son, Al and Sue hope...
15) Interstellar
Publisher
Paramount
Language
English
Description
With our time on Earth coming to an end, a team of explorers undertakes the most important mission in human history: traveling beyond this galaxy to discover whether mankind has a future among the stars.
16) Amistad
Publisher
DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the 1839 revolt on board a slave ship bound for America. Much of the story involves the court-room drama about the slave who led the revolt.
17) Serenity
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Fishing boat captain Baker Dill leads a quiet life as he provides tours in the beautiful waters near Plymouth Island. Despite trying to live in solitude and peace, Dill is soon wrapped up in a much more complex situation. His ex-wife Karen shows up seeking help for her and her son. She asks Dill to get rid of her new violent husband in the ocean waters for good. Now Baker must contemplate the weight of his decisions while he also questions the reality...
18) Sing 2
Publisher
Studio Distribution Services
Language
English
Description
The ever-optimistic koala Buster Moon and his all-star cast of performers prepare to launch their most dazzling stage extravaganza yet, all in the glittering entertainment capital of the world.
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Michael 'Mick' Haller is a slick, charismatic Los Angeles criminal defense attorney who operates out of the back of his Lincoln Town Car. Having spent most of his career defending petty, gutter-variety criminals, Mick unexpectedly lands the case of a lifetime. However, what initially appears to be a straightforward case with a big money payoff swiftly develops into a deadly match between two masters of manipulation and a crisis Includes bibliographical...
20) Reign of fire
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
In present day London dragons awake. Fast forward 20 years, to a world devastated by their destruction. Fire Chief Quinn, is responsible for warding off the beasts and keeping a community alive in what's left of the world. Into their midst comes a hotshot American, Van Zan, who says he has a way to destroy the beasts and save mankind.