Posts Tagged ‘Star Wars’
Film Review – Guardians of the Galaxy (Second Take)
The best thing about Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) is the amount of new faces now entering the Marvel Cinematic Universe. After years of seeing Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, and other Avengers take multiple turns at the movie theater, seeing these characters introduced for…
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Film Review – Guardians of the Galaxy
Once upon a time, in a galaxy far, far away roguish heroes taught us that being an outlaw and saving the day didn’t have to be mutually exclusive. With a confident, yet sly smile, a person could go between the halves of the world, the…
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Film Review – The Lego Movie
The Lego Movie (2014) is more infectious than it probably has the right to be. The idea is absurd: an entire universe made up of those little building blocks we used to play with as children, and inhabited by yellow characters with funny shaped hands.…
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An Appreciation – Metropolis
In 2008, one of the great discoveries in cinema lore took place in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Hidden in a stack of canisters was a 16mm duplicate copy of Fritz Lang’s science fiction masterpiece, Metropolis (1927). Horribly scratched and weathered through time, it contained possibly the…
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Film Review – Star Trek Into Darkness
It seemed unlikely, but J.J. Abrams did it when he captured my interest with Star Trek in 2009. For most of my life, I really hadn’t given the franchise much attention. But his combination of a fantastic cast, solid plot, and great action proved to…
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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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MacGuffin Audio Podcast #164
Spencer is joined by Nick Ahlers (The MacGuffin, The Grapes of Rad), Ben Kendrick (Screen Rant), and Sara Fetters (MovieFreak). Segments include: breaking down the news, Oscar predictions, and the return of ‘Film or Fiction.’ A special thanks to Brandon Jerwa for the fake plots.…
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MacGuffin Audio Podcast #159
Spencer is joined by Brian Kirk & Jessica Aceti (MovieCat, FilmWise) and Nick Ahlers (The MacGuffin, The Grapes of Rad). Segments include: This Day in Film History, Meeting Brian & Jessica, and the News at 5. News at 5: 1. No Star Wars for JJ…
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