Posts Tagged ‘20th Century Fox’
Film Review – X-Men: Days of Future Past
The X-Men movie franchise is entering its fourteenth year. Time flies, doesn’t it? We’ve now had six films showcasing the troubles of our favorite mutants existing in a world that fears them. Some have been well done, such as X2 (2003). Others – like X-Men:…
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Film Review – The Other Woman
What target audience was The Other Woman (2014) aimed for? The premise would have us believe it involves female bonding and camaraderie, and yet all the advertisements show supermodel Kate Upton – sporting a bikini – running down the beach in slow motion, her “assets” bouncing…
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Interview – Rob Minkoff – Mr. Peabody & Sherman
The MacGuffin had the pleasure of being a part of a roundtable interview in Dallas with Mr. Peabody & Sherman director, Rob Minkoff. Does that name sound familiar? He was also the director of the legendary Disney animated film The Lion King.
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Film Review – The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Ben Stiller has long been regarded as one of the funniest men in Hollywood. Often overlooked with his enormous comedic success is that he has a fairly diverse and well rounded background of projects. Despite working in creative and challenging projects such as Reality Bites…
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Film Review – The Counselor
In an early scene of The Counselor, Cormac McCarthy’s first work written directly for the screen, a diamond dealer informs the Counselor that the diamond he’s chosen for his fiancée is a cautionary stone. He might as well be describing the film he’s in, and…
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Film Review – Runner Runner
Coming out of CinemaCon this year, I had hope for the crime thriller Runner Runner. Director Brad Furman was coming off the underrated movie The Lincoln Lawyer. One of the co-stars, Ben Affleck, had just directed the Best Picture-winning Argo, and had in the process…
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SDCC – Audio Podcast #174
Spencer is joined by the newest MacGuffin contributor, Sarah Ksiazek, to discuss her experience going to her first San Diego Comic Con. Segments include: figuring out the ropes at Comic Con, trials and tribulations, covering film and television, and lessons learned for next year. Upcoming…
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MacGuffin Audio Podcast #166
Spencer is joined by Nick Ahlers (The MacGuffin, The Grapes of Rad). Segments include: CinemaCon recap, SIFF and Crypticon previews, and take a look at some crowd funded projects with local ties. Crowd Funded Projects: The Glamour & The Squalor A Method Digital Cinema at…
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