The Rivals of Amziah King <\/p>\n
Matthew McConaughey, Angelina Lookingglass; directed by Andrew Patterson <\/p>\n
Matthew McConaughey and Angelina LookingGlass in “The Rivals of Amziah King.” (Black Bear) <\/p>\n
Andrew Patterson\u2019s \u201cThe Rivals of Amziah King\u201d unfolds as a sprawling, genre\u2011blending Southern crime fable, mixing mystery, dark comedy, revenge, and heist\u2011thriller elements into one unruly package. The film centers on Amziah King, a rural Oklahoma beekeeper and folk\u2011rock musician whose calm, charismatic presence steadies a tight\u2011knit community even as trouble begins to ripple through it. McConaughey plays him in a heightened, preacher\u2011like mode \u2014 charming, philosophical, and quietly magnetic \u2014 giving the film its gravitational pull. <\/p>\n
The story shifts when Amziah reconnects with Kateri, his former foster daughter, played by newcomer Angelina Lookingglass. Midway through the film, she effectively takes over the narrative, delivering a striking debut that deepens the emotional stakes and reshapes the film\u2019s momentum. Their relationship unfolds against escalating danger, community tensions, and a series of wild tonal swings that Patterson embraces with confidence and ambition. <\/p>\n
Beneath the genre clutter, the film ultimately becomes a tale about community, shared values, and the fragile work of holding people together. Its excesses \u2014 the overstuffed structure, the stylistic flourishes, the chaotic mix of tones \u2014 are inseparable from its charm, resulting in a messy, inventive, and unexpectedly warm Oklahoma-rooted epic. <\/p>\n
PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie <\/p>\n
Lyon Daniels, Kingsley Marshall, Hayden Chemberlen; directed by Cal Brunker <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Rivals of Amziah King Matthew McConaughey, Angelina Lookingglass; directed by Andrew Patterson Matthew McConaughey and Angelina LookingGlass…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":433637,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[48,52,51,47,50,49],"class_list":["post-433636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=433636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433636\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/433637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=433636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=433636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=433636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}