Posts Tagged ‘Mark Hamill’
Film Review – Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker
I resisted watching the new Star Wars movies for a long time because I am a grumpy middle-aged lady who really doesn’t care about this particular intellectual property. I don’t hate the original trilogy, but the prequels kind of sucked. Not because of their dumbass…
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Film Review – Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Ever since A New Hope was released in 1977, every Star Wars film followed the same basic formula: operatic space battles between good and evil, with a central character being pulled in both directions, whose final choice could decide the fate of all. From the…
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Film Review – Batman: The Killing Joke
When my brother passed away earlier this year I was both honored and intimidated to inherit the bulk of his vast book collection. He’d always been smarter than me and his voracious notes in the margins of famously difficult reads (Infinite Jest anyone?) convinced me…
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Film Review – Star Wars: The Force Awakens
With Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), director J.J. Abrams had the near impossible task of continuing the saga started by George Lucas. Audiences were burned by prequels and special editions, and the pressure of kick starting the franchise back to life must have been…
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An Analysis – The Legacy of Star Wars
The legacy of Star Wars is so large that it has surpassed the films themselves. Toys, lunch boxes, shirts, books, comics, video games, cereal – the list goes on and on. The following this franchise has is unlike anything we’ve seen. Just about everybody who…
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Film Review – A Fuller Life
Not everybody lives a life with so much activity that it could make an epic story. From crime-beat reporter to World War II soldier to novelist and filmmaker, the aptly titled A Fuller Life tells the epic story of Samuel Fuller, reporter, writer, producer and…
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Top 5 – Batman: The Animated Series Episodes
Another Top 5 segment from The MacGuffin. This time Allen and Ed share their top 5 episodes from Batman: The Animated Series. This segment is also available on Stitcher, iTunes and from here. After you’ve watched the video please vote in our poll and share which…
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Episode 171 – Batman Retrospective
In honor of the release of The Dark Knight Rises, Spencer and Greg look back on Batman’s history in TV & film.
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