Tommy Lee Jones is in negotiations to direct and co-star in "The Lincoln Lawyer," the Matthew McConaughey vehicle based on the 2005 best-seller by Michael Connelly. By Steven Zeitchik, The ...

How can I applaud Tommy Lee Jones’s breathtaking, awe-inspiring performance in “Lincoln” without feeling like a total sycophant? Truth is I can’t, because he is just that brilliant.

The voice on the phone could belong only to Tommy Lee Jones, calling in to talk about “Lincoln” as he drove across south Texas toward Houston. In Steven Spielberg’s Civil War panorama ...