Posts Tagged ‘20th Century Fox’
Film Review – Gone Girl
Fincher, you done did it again. Kicking off the most prestigious of movie seasons in a particularly devilish manner, David Fincher‘s Gone Girl may be his most assured work to date. And that’s saying something. An adaptation of Gillian Flynn‘s insanely popular book (you might…
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The Maze Runner is the latest film following the trend of adapting young adult novels. James Dashner wrote the novel and it was published in 2009. It feels like the film has been in production for a long time, but it only started shooting in May…
READ MOREFilm Review – Let’s Be Cops
Along comes another buddy cop film to please the masses and make them laugh, but in the case of Let’s Be Cops, it follows a different storyline. To set itself apart from other similar films, it follows two friends that pretend to be cops. That’s right, fake…
READ MOREInterview – Jake Johnson, Damon Wayans Jr. and Rob Riggle – Let’s Be Cops
The MacGuffin was lucky enough to be able to get to sit in on a roundtable featuring stars Jake Johnson, Damon Wayans Jr. and Rob Riggle from the comedy Let’s Be Cops.
READ MOREFilm Review – Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
It is hard to be caught by surprise twice. When the reboot Rise of the Planet of the Apes was released in 2011, I had low expectations for it. I didn’t see the need for a remake, and its August release date seemed like a…
READ MOREFilm Review – How to Train Your Dragon 2
How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014) succeeds by fulfilling the potential established by the first film, without succumbing to the trappings of being a sequel. Yes, it is a bigger story, with a grander scope and darker themes, but writer/director Dean DeBlois maintains the…
READ MOREFilm Interview – The Fault in Our Stars Red Carpet Event in Dallas, Texas
On the night of the “Demand Our Stars” event in Dallas, Texas for the upcoming release of The Fault in Our Stars, The MacGuffin was able to interview author John Green and actors Nat Wolff, Ansel Elgort, and Shailene Woodley as they hit the red…
READ MOREFilm Review – The Fault in Our Stars
The young adult genre of books is varied in its subjects, but if you are strictly going off film adaptations, the majority of them involve dystopian societies, supernatural elements, and star-crossed lovers all with a teenage main character. Frankly, it is getting to be tiring…
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