Posts Tagged ‘Colin Firth’
Film Review – Magic in the Moonlight
Throughout his career, Woody Allen has continuously revisited the theme of artifice versus reality. How people perceive the universe and how things really are has been something of an obsession for him. Much like Ingmar Bergman, Allen has questioned and fretted over religion, the thought…
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Film Review – Hyde Park on Hudson
Bill Murray as Franklin Delano Roosevelt? Really? The 32nd President of the United States? The man who rescued us from the Great Depression and dealt with the looming threat of World War II? The camp counselor from Meatballs and the smarmiest Ghostbuster was going to…
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Film Review – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
I was probably not the best choice to review the new film Tinker Tailor Solider Spy for The MacGuffin. Double-crossing, secret-plotting, many-character-having spy movies make me anxious; I spend much of the time just fretting that I’ll miss something plot-wise. And if this is the…
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Episode 77 – 2011 Oscar Predictions
Spencer and John give their predictions for the 2011 Academy Awards, before closing out the episode with their DVD picks of the week.
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Episode 74 – Top 10 of 2010
Spencer and John share their top 10 films for 2010, before closing the show out with their DVD picks of the week.
READ MOREFilm Review – The King’s Speech
Most of us know the feeling of having no choice but to perform a duty you feel you’re ill-equipped for; luckily for most of us, our tasks aren’t quite so high profile as those of a member of a royal family, and our failures don’t…
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