Posts Tagged ‘Toni Collette’
Top 15 Films of 2018 – Allen’s Picks
The beauty of cinema is how it works as a reflection of our society – our hopes, our fears, and our desires. Films are a timestamp of who were, who we are, and what we could possibly be. A thousand years from now, people can…
READ MOREFilm Review – Hereditary (Spoiler-free)
Hereditary may be one of the most talked about films of the year, having significant word-of-mouth and excellent reviews from Sundance and SXSW to carry it to its release date of June 8, 2018. That is precisely what brought me to the screening, expecting to…
READ MOREFilm Review – xXx: The Return of Xander Cage
Because apparently the world was lacking in secret agents that do three-sixty tail-slides off foreign ambassador’s convoy tail-pipes, we now have a new xXx movie, xXx: The Return of Xander Cage. In case you don’t remember seven years ago (2005) there was a movie in…
READ MORETop Female Performances of 2015
Written by Brooke Corso and Sarah Ksiazek To cover a year in which the state of women in Hollywood – both in front of and behind the camera – is increasingly scrutinized, questioned, and restructured, we chose roles across genres and even selected one actress…
READ MOREFilm Review – Miss You Already
The best friend dramedy. It is has been done many times, yet the female population and their hormones have a need to make girl dates to see them along with any and all romantic comedies. Some are just not done well and end up being…
READ MOREFilm Review – Hector and the Search for Happiness
Director Peter Chelsom‘s Hector and the Search for Happiness doesn’t do anything special but has a nice message even if getting to that message takes some less interesting detours.
READ MOREFilm Review – Tammy
I’ve been writing reviews here at The MacGuffin for nearly two years now and am endlessly honored to have a forum in which to share my opinions. Having the opportunity to express my adoration for the recent works of auteurs such as Michael Haneke and…
READ MORESIFF Film Review – Lucky Them
The only thing I hate more than a movie that takes place in Seattle is a movie centered on the Seattle music scene. (That is hyperbole actually. Turns out I hate quite a lot of things more than that. One could honestly say that I…
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