Perhaps "Free State of Jones" would have worked better as a six-episode series on HBO or Netflix. There, the history lesson would not have felt quite so much like cramming for a test. REVIEW ...

Ridiculously long and unfocused, Free State of Jones fails to stand up to better Civil War movies.

Set during the Civil War, "Free State of Jones" tells the story of defiant Southern farmer Newt Knight and his extraordinary armed rebellion against the Confederacy. Banding together with other ...

Matthew McConaughey wants to free the South's slaves or die tryin' in the cinematic civics lesson 'Free State of Jones.' Read our review.

Indiana Jones movies arrive on Netflix Three amazing Indy movies are streaming right now -- and that fourth one. Ugh.

Indeed, “Free State of Jones” demonstrates just how wrong the Academy Award-winning and far superior “12 Years a Slave” could have gone.

Matthew McConaughey seethes with righteous fury in “Free State of Jones,” a tale based on an intriguing, little-known chapter of Civil War history that, despite impeccable intentions, becomes ...

Free State of Jones is the least idiosyncratic film by Gary Ross (Pleasantville, Seabiscuit, The Hunger Games), whose askew view of the world is fogged by period-piece banalities, worst of all in ...

In “Free State of Jones,” a fiction film all too freely adapted from historical records by its director, Gary Ross, Matthew McConaughey stars as Newt Knight, a fascinating figure on the ...

Movie fans can get a first look at the upcoming film, “Free State of Jones,” which is set in Jones County.

Far be it from me to read political meanings into a Civil War movie, but “Free State of Jones” is enticingly difficult to chart. It’s anti-war, anti-plutocracy and anti-racist, but it’s ...