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Wishful Thinking – Endings
(PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS ARTICLE IS RIDDLED WITH SPOILERS ABOUT MOVIE ENDINGS. IF YOU WANT TO SAVE YOURSELF SOME SURPRISES, AVOID READING SECTIONS ON MOVIES YOU HAVEN’T SEEN YET.) I have often thought throughout the years that one of the chief differences between a good…
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The Glitz and Glamour of Emerald City ComiCon
There I was, standing in line at the concessions stand. I hadn’t had anything to eat the entire day, had stayed out way passed my bedtime the previous night, and now was suffering the consequences. A buddy of mine had called me at 9:00am to…
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Bird Watching – Andrea Arnold’s “Fish Tank”
The protagonist of the 2009 indie drama Fish Tank radiates anger. Mia is 15, lives in a working class area of Essex with her mother (drinks too much, spouts hate) and little sister (foul-mouthed beyond her eleven or so years), and seems to have lost…
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The Tomb of Terror: Alice, Sweet Alice (1976)
Every Saturday night The Tomb of Terror opens, unleashing reviews of the obscure and the classic in horror cinema. Being an older sibling can be difficult. Your parents fuss and muss over your younger brother or sister. Everything you do is wrong, everything they do…
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Narration in Nicholas Ray’s Noir “In A Lonely Place” (1950)
To continue the MacGuffin’s discussion of film noir, I’m looking in detail at Nicholas Ray’s In A Lonely Place (1950), a classic picture with a couple of cracking performances from Humphrey Bogart and Martha Stewart and a drunk man who recites Shakespeare.
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2011 Oscar Recap
John and Brandi sit down to share their thoughts following the 2011 Academy Awards. They discuss the winners, the losers, and the show itself. This episode can be played online via the flash player below or it can be downloaded from here. It is available…
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Bird Watching – In Defense of “Jennifer’s Body”
I get why Jennifer’s Body (2009), from screenwriter Diablo Cody and director Karyn Kusama, wasn’t going to be loved by everyone. Probably the two genres that are the most subjective as far as whether they “work” for a viewer are horror and comedy, and a…
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MacGuffin Roundtable #2 – Bunny Lake Is Missing
The second episode of the MacGuffin Roundtable. In this segment the MacGuffin crew team up to discuss Bunny Lake Is Missing, from director Otto Preminger. This episode can be played online via the flash player below or it can be downloaded from here. It is…
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