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UPDATE, 2nd SUNDAY AM Update 9:30AM after 8:08AM post: With chart Disney’s Dumbo didn’t leave a big footprint with a meh $45M opening after a $17.5M Saturday, which, next to Friday-plus previews, is +16%. This is not one of the better openings for a tentpole-conceived live action remake of a Disney ‘toon from a…

The description for the R rating given Matthew McConaughey’s new film probably says all you need to know: “drugs, alcohol, nudity, sex.” That not only sums up how The Beach Bum got the R, it pretty much also sums up the plot of this movie. Actually, check that: There really isn’t a plot. The Beach Bum is exactly what…

South by Southwest Conference and Festivals has announced the first 102 film and episodic titles which will be screened at the upcoming 9-day Austin-based fest. Among those titles are the Jonathan Levine-directed Seth Rogen and Charlize Theron comedy, The Beach Bum, starring Matthew McConaughey, The Highwaymen, with…

Neon has unleashed Matthew McConaughey as Moondog with the red band trailer drop for Harmony Korine’s subversive new comedy The Beach Bum. McConaughey stars as the rebellious eponymous rogue who lives life large and by his own rules. Set to the strums of “Crimson And Clover,” the Beach Bum trailer introduces us to…

Neon and Vice have pre-bought U.S. rights to one of the early Cannes buzz pre-buy titles, the Harmony Korine-directed The Beach Bum. A follow-up to Korine’s sleeper Spring Breakers, the film will star Oscar winner Matthew McConaughey and is set to begin production this fall with a theatrical release planned for…