About the only thing I like on long international flights is getting caught up on recent films.

I saw these on one series of flights.

American Hustle
Ender’s Game
Gravity
Catching Fire
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club

Mandela was not convincing. The actor Idris Elba does not have the look or gravitas of Mandiba. I preferred Morgan Freeman.

The rest were well worth watching.

Dallas Buyers Club made the other films look lightweight, however.

The film received acclaim from critics and won numerous accolades – most recognizing the performances of McConaughey and Jared Leto, including the Academy Award for Best Actor and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, making it the first film since Mystic River (2003) to win both awards.

… a nomination for Best Picture. As of March 2014 it grossed over $32 million in box office revenue against a budget of $5 million. …

Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 93% based on reviews from 177 critics, with an average score of 7.7 out of 10, with the site’s consensus stating, “Dallas Buyers Club rests squarely on Matthew McConaughey’s scrawny shoulders, … might be a career-best performance …

Click PLAY or watch a trailer on YouTube.

I always suspected Matthew McConaughey could act. That he was more than a pretty boy. This film proves it.