Posts Tagged ‘Jonathan Demme’
Audacious Dames – Susan Sarandon – Thelma & Louise
Thelma & Louise, both the film and its titular characters, were jinxed at the Oscars in 1992, winning only one well-deserved award for Best Writing for a Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen by Callie Khouri. Its parched vistas, greasy spoons, and asphalt veins of…
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Film Review – Ricki and the Flash
Thank you, Jonathan Demme, for making Tom Petty’s “American Girl” a harbinger of doom for the woman who sings it in one of his movies. In Ricki and the Flash, that doom comes with the realization that as a woman, you can dream of a…
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Top 5 – Upon Further Review…
Another Top 5 segment from The MacGuffin. This time Allen and Ed share their top 5 movies they came to appreciate upon further review. This segment is also available on Stitcher, iTunes and from here. After you’ve watched the video please vote in our poll…
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Episode 199 – Tom Hanks
In honor of the release of Cloud Atlas, Spencer and Greg discuss Tom Hanks.
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Top 5 – Cliched But Awesome Moments
Another Top 5 segment from The MacGuffin. This time Allen and Brandi share their top 5 cliched but awesome moments. This segment is also available on Stitcher and iTunes. The audio version can be downloaded directly from here. After you’ve watched the video please vote…
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An Appreciation – The Silence of the Lambs
“It places the lotion in the basket.” – Buffalo Bill I once took a course in college named “Murder: The Psychology of The Serial Killer.” In it, we learned a brief history of some of the more notorious murderers in U.S. history. We studied their…
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