Posts Tagged ‘The Hobbit’
Film Review – The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Dear Younger Self, Besides Batman, I know there are few things you’d be more excited to see a live-action version of than The Hobbit. Good news: the man who was responsible for creating the great live-action versions of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Peter…
READ MOREMacGuffin Audio Podcast #160
Spencer is joined by Wonder Russell & Lisa Coronado (Revelation, The Collectibles) and Nick Ahlers (The MacGuffin, The Grapes of Rad). Segments include: TV social buzz, Meeting Wonder & Lisa, the News at 5 and December movie preview. TV social buzz: http://on.mash.to/SbpeXP News at 5: 1. Sherlock series…
READ MOREMacGuffin Audio Podcast #151
Spencer is joined by Brandon Jerwa (Shooters, BJ Shea’s Geek Nation) and John Portanova (Sader Ridge). Topics include: Ben Affleck’s Justice League, Joss Whedon’s future, lost Stanley Kubrick material, the fall of Citizen Kane, the prospect of more Die Hard, the 48FPS movement takes a…
READ MOREMacGuffin Audio Podcast #149
Spencer is joined by Aaron Mason (The Grapes of Rad) and Aaron Roden (The Air-Raid Podcast). Topics include: the Batman curse, the risk of Dark Knight Rises spinoffs, the possibility of a third Hobbit movie, expectations for Vince Vaughn ‘action star,’ a look at Kevin Clash’s future,…
READ MOREFilm Review – Snow White and the Huntsman
Movie clusters are a bizarre phenomenon. That two studios would execute similar ideas at the same time speaks to the quirkiness of Hollywood. Usually one film ends up being much stronger than the other, but sometimes both are bad. The latest example of this in…
READ MOREMacGuffin Audio Podcast #137
For the third episode of the audio-only podcast Spencer is joined by special guests Dan Roberts (95.7 KJR) and Aaron Mason (Grapes of Rad). Topics include: the challenges of voice acting, a trip to Star Wars Land, predictions for Django Unchained, thoughts about the news…
READ MOREIt Is What It Is: Part Three – Narrative and Originality in Predators
Predator is one of the best action films ever made. It’s got Schwarzenegger in his prime, a young and ambitious John McTeirnan at the helm, Carl Weathers, Jesse Ventura and a seven-foot invisible monster. Boy, they don’t make them like that anymore… Firstly, you should…
READ MORE3D – A Qualified Defense
Amongst cineastes, be they as famous as Roger Ebert, or we mere mortals on this website, it has become de rigueur to trash the new trend of 3D film. The industry is pushing everyone toward putting on sometimes unwieldy glasses while staring at a potentially…
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