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Matthew McConaughey has had one of the strangest career arcs of any actor working today. McConaughey rose to prominence in the 1990s thanks to his collaborations with great directors. Having worked with Richard Linklater, Joel Schumacher, Robert Zemeckis, John Sayles, and Steven Spielberg, McConaughey had no shortage of experienced filmmakers to draw inspiration from. He became the rare actor who could do comedic, dramatic, and action-heavy roles eually well.

However, the quality of McConaughey's work began to decline in the early 21st century. He starred in a series of disastrous romantic comedies that didn't showcase his range. There's only so much that an actor can bring to a role if it is not well written. However, McConaughey's career rebounded in the 2010s. He went back to starring in interesting projects, and even won an Academy Award for best actor for his moving performance in "Dallas Buyers Club." Shortly thereafter, he...

Ben Foster darts through the hills of France and around accusations of doping as Lance Armstrong in the new trailer for The Program, director Stephen Frears' upcoming biopic about the rise and fall of the disgraced cyclist.

In the trailer's opening moments, we hear Armstrong espousing his love of cycling and delivering, in a voiceover, a delightfully smarmy platitude about perseverance: "Inside each and every one of us is something more potent and powerful than any drug: It's called, 'the will to survive.'" Soon after though, he's seen...

There are two brothers named Dave Walsh and Chris Walsh. They are comedians who I used to know in Boston. If I remember correctly, the story goes that they stole some police uniforms from their cousin and then drove around the greater Boston area Cops-tv-style telling people to “keep it movin’.” I just recalled that this video existed two days ago, and I re-watched it, and I re-loved it. Telling people to keep it movin’ is a very funny thing.