Dallas Buyers Club

i feel that movies dealing with queer and aids issues have progressively gotten better since the days of and the band played on (which i was indifferent about, and yes, i know it's based off of the nonfiction book of the same name) and philadelphia (which i hated); instead of writing movies about how sad everyone is because someone is dying of aids, they actually attempt to tell the tales of the people who suffered through the early aids crisis. it does require some background to really appreciate the story of people who started buyers clubs in the days when aids medications weren't read more

file the following under "things i never thought i'd say": matthew mcconaughey, jennifer garner and jared leto gave us some of the best performances of 2013. this is not intended to be a slight on any of those actors; they've all been decent in the past and while each of them have more than a few dogs in their resumes, i consider them all perfectly good actors. that being said, each of them raised their game to a new level with their performances in dallas buyers club, an exceedingly well-crafted drama/biopic from jean-marc vallée about hiv-positive pharmaceuticals smuggler ron woodroof read more