Posts Tagged ‘Dennis Haysbert’
Film Review – Chip ‘n’ Dale: Rescue Rangers
When it comes to reboots of ‘80s and ‘90s children cartoon shows, studios follow a blueprint set in stone. Take familiar characters, transfer them to a modern, real-world setting, and switch up the style so they are rendered in CGI rather than hand drawn. These…
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Film Review – No Exit
No Exit (2022) is the kind of thriller that sneaks up on you. The premise is familiar and it takes a while to get going. Once it does, we surprisingly get caught up in it. It doesn’t necessarily do anything new, but has enough style and…
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Film Review – The Dark Tower
Let’s go ahead and generously call Nikolaj Arcel‘s long-gestating The Dark Tower adaptation “minor King.” The potential franchise starter based on Stephen King‘s sprawling series of fantasy novels is nothing if not slight, much to its detriment.
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Film Review – Fist Fight
Having written for The MacGuffin for over 4 years now (!), I can attest that sometimes, just SOMEtimes, you want to be assigned a brainless piece of January/February fluff. As rewarding an experience as it is to see and write think pieces for Oscar contenders…
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An Appreciation – Heat
Michael Mann’s Heat (1995) is the culmination of a career long obsession for its creator. For as long as Mann has been a filmmaker, he’s constantly returned to the same subject: the intricacies and nuances of characters operating on both sides of the law. Cops…
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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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For the Ladies (Special Whitney Edition) – Waiting to Exhale
With the passing of Whitney Houston, I thought we could journey back to 1995 and discuss a more modern women’s film, Waiting to Exhale. I tend to focus on women’s pictures of earlier decades simply because the films marketed towards women during the ’30s, ’40s,…
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