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'I don't feel like I had a clear-cut moment when I left the other stuff behind,' Matthew McConaughey said of his reinvention as an actor.

What is Casting Couch? It's your place to catch up with all of the casting news that broke over the weekend.

Coming-of-age tales in Hollywood are a dime-a-dozen but what makes Mud stand out from the rest is its novelistic structure, strong performances and distinctive Southern flavor which pervades every shot of the film.

McConaughey matures ; Matthew McConaughey once reigned supreme in romantic comedies, but since turning 40 the Texan's taken a less clean-cut path.... McConaughey matures ; Matthew McConaughey once reigned supreme in romantic comedies, but since turning 40 the Texan's taken a less clean-cut path.

EXCLUSIVE: Brad Furman will finally get behind the camera on a feature film about Colombian drug cartel kingpin Pablo Escobar .

The Lincoln Lawyer and Magic Mike actor married Brazilian model Camilla Alves, with whom he has three young children, last year.

"How the heck did he get on that island? How long has he been there? How the heck did he get cigarettes? How did he get Beanie-Weenies?" Those are just a few of the urgent questions Matthew McConaughey had for Jeff Nichols once the actor had pored over the writer-director's screenplay, "Mud," and signed on to play the title role -- a fugitive ... (more)

Michael Connelly is an American author of detective novels and other crime fiction, notably those featuring LAPD Detective Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch and criminal defense attorney Mickey Haller.

Matthew McConaughey, right, with Tye Sheridan, left, and Jacob Lofland in a scene from Mud, opening Friday at Triplex Cinema in Great Barrington.

We looked at "The Lincoln Lawyer" during this seven-film retrospective on Matthew McConaughey 's career.

Film: Mud Cast includes: Matthew McConaughey , Tye Sheridan , Jacob Lofland, Reese Witherspoon , Sarah Paulson , Ray McKinnon , Sam Shepard , Michael Shannon , Joe Don Baker Writer/Director: Jeff Nichols Genre: Mystery Ellis isn't sure what's going on, but he overhears his parents, at it again as he sneaks off the houseboat before dawn to meet his ... (more)

Matthew McConaughey's midcareer resurgence is a glorious thing, and it continues with "Mud." Over the past decade, McConaughey has sometimes wasted his talent in dim rom-coms or just coasted on his formidable abs .

In Hollywood, they call it "on the nose" casting. And if ever you doubted that Matthew McConaughey was the perfect pick to play the yarn-and-myth spinning rural romantic title character in Jeff Nichols' Southern Gothic melodrama, "Mud," he puts your mind at ease the way Mud himself would -- with a tale.

In 2008, a Canadian Broadcasting Corp. commentator said McConaughey, 43, had "managed to elevate the art of chillaxing into a veritable cottage industry." But in the past few years, he has matured into one of the decade's most intriguing leading men, perhaps the only one representing a decidedly Southern masculinity while transcending the ... (more)

I never thought of Matthew McConaughey as a joke, but a few years ago a lot of critics did, and he didn't do much to dissuade any of them.

Ellis believes in love. He's 14, and a sweet, adventurous kid. His romanticism is a bright spot among the rural blight of his hometown, De Witt, Arkansas, and therefore in "Mud," a gritty drama filtered through his perspective.

To receive email newsletters, updates and special offers from KDAR, select your newsletter , enter your email address and hit "Sign Up". Release Date: April 26, 2013 Rating: PG-13 Genre: Drama Run Time: 130 min Director: Jeff Nichols Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Tye Sheridan, Jacob Lofland, Ray McKinnon, Reese Witherspoon, Sarah Paulson, Sam Shepard, ... (more)

"How the heck did he get on that island? How long has he been there? How the heck did he get cigarettes? How did he get Beanie-Weenies?" Those are just a few of the urgent questions Matthew McConaughey had for Jeff Nichols once the actor had pored over the writer / director's screenplay, "Mud," and signed on to play the title role - a fugitive ... (more)

Matthew McConaughey earned early attention as a sensitive actor with his turn in the 1996 legal drama A Time to Kill -- but since then he has mostly made a career with leading-man roles in romantic comedies like How to Lose a Guy In 10 Days, Failure to Launch and The Wedding Planner.

In Hollywood, they call it "on the nose" casting. And if ever you doubted that Matthew McConaughey was the perfect pick to play the yarn-and-myth spinning rural romantic title character in Jeff Nichols' Southern Gothic melodrama, "Mud," he puts your mind at ease the way Mud himself would - with a tale.