Posts Tagged ‘Samuel L. Jackson’
Film Review – The Garfield Movie
The joy of the Garfield comic strip was in its simplicity. In just a few bite-sized portions, readers could ascertain the entire dynamic of the characters. Garfield was the wisecracking orange cat who loved lasagna. He treated the human Jon Arbuckle more as a roommate…
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TV Review – Secret Invasion
Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) has been the supporting character in many Marvel superhero films. He came the closest to a starring role in Captain Marvel (2019) playing a younger version of himself, and the audience could see what approached the origin story for the…
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Film Review – Spiral
Spiral (2021), the latest entry in the long running Saw franchise, aims to be something a little more serious than previous installments while still offering all the blood splatter fans are accustomed to. Although the intention to shed light on real world issues is admirable, the film stumbles…
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Film Review – Spider-Man: Far From Home
Just a couple of months separated from the release of Avengers: Endgame, we’re back to pick up the pieces in a Starkless world through the prism of our friendly neighborhood Spider-Man in Spider-Man: Far from Home. Not that he’s particularly interested in being our tour…
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Episode 1 – Captain Marvel and How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Welcome to the first episode of the MacGuffin Podcast relaunch. The new hosts Cassidy and Keith spend this episode reviewing Captain Marvel, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, and at the end of the podcast they discuss the 2017 documentary Abducted in Plain…
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Film Review – Captain Marvel
After ten years and twenty films, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has finally provided us with a female-lead entry. Captain Marvel (2019) contains much of what we’ve come to expect from a superhero origin – both positively and negatively. There are some peaks and valleys all…
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Film Review – Glass
M. Night Shyamalan is a filmmaker who exists in two different extremes. On one hand, he can set up interesting premises that draw us in with their mysterious, suspenseful, and horrific elements. On the other, the payoffs to these stories have been hit or miss…
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Film Review – Incredibles 2
It’s hard to come to grips with the fact that it took fourteen years for Disney/Pixar Animation Studios to release a sequel to the critical and box office hit The Incredibles (2004). But here we are with Incredibles 2 (2018) helmed once again by writer/director…
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