Posts Tagged ‘Michael Fassbender’
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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CinemaCon Days 3&4 Recap
If screenings of clips from Star Trek Into Darkness and Fast & Furious 6 weren’t cool enough, we still had two days worth of studio presentations (Disney, Sony, 20th Century Fox, and Lionsgate) at CinemaCon 2013. Generally the presentations went two ways: either the presenters would briefly mention a…
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Film Review – Prometheus
Early twentieth-century writer of the macabre H.P. Lovecraft once wrote: “Our means of receiving impressions are absurdly few, and our notions of surrounding objects infinitely narrow. We see things only as we are constructed to see them, and can gain no idea of their absolute…
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Episode 135 – DVD Rundown 4-17-2012
Spencer and Greg give their DVD rundown for April 17th, 2012. In this episode they discuss Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol, Frozen Planet, and Shame. Please note: starting this week our video and audio podcasts are splitting. They have become their own individual properties. Hopefully you’ll…
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Top 5 – Worst Chemistry
Another Top 5 segment from The MacGuffin. This time Brandi and Ben share their top 5 worst chemistry. 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 one you think…
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What We’re Watching – 2/8/2012
Awkward. Near the end of 2011 I started perusing top ten lists to see if there was anything that I hadn’t heard of that might be interesting. On a TV list I had I saw Awkward., a show about a young teenage girl named Jenna…
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Film Review – Haywire
In this latest art house action thriller, Haywire, director Steven Soderbergh returns to some familiar stylistic territory while simultaneously adding to a growing subgenre. The story is rather basic when it comes to the plot; a black-ops special agent for a private security firm is…
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Top 10 of 2011 – Allen’s Picks
With 2011 officially in the books, it’s time once again to look back and reflect on some of the best films that have come out in the past year. As with all movie writers, coming up with a list like this is usually expected, but…
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