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Wednesday, May 2 2012

Hot Stuff: The PopMatters Summer 2012 Movie Preview (June)

June arrives on full film fire, with a new one from Pixar, a look at a Presidential monster killer, and Ridley Scott's return to a certain extraterrestrial franchise...

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Thursday, January 17 2013

Matthew McConaughey Gives Viewers a Strong Jolt of Reckoning in 'Killer Joe'

Killer Joe is a nasty piece of work, a bleak, sadistic but oddly funny noir boasting a startlingly dark turn by Matthew McConaughey as the titular hitman, and a breakout performance by Juno Temple.

Tuesday, July 31 2012

Mean and Simple: 'Killer Joe'

William Friedkin's Killer Joe invites you to feel at once repulsed and thrilled by the horrors unfolding so inevitably in its final moments.

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Tuesday, March 13 2012

SXSW Film Festival Day 2: 'Killer Joe'

Killer Joe and... well, nothing else mattered.

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