Posts Tagged ‘Woody Allen’
Early Look at the Oscar Contenders
I love the Oscar race! Just looking at the potential films and seeing which will become major contenders sends excitement coursing through me, especially for Best Picture. I try to figure out the films that the Academy will love and, more importantly, which films will…
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Top 5 – Ensembles
Another Top 5 segment from The MacGuffin. This time Brandi and Allen share their top 5 ensembles. This segment is also available on Stitcher, iTunes, and Zune. The audio version can be downloaded directly from here. After you’ve watched the video please vote in our…
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Top 5 – Movies About Movies
Another Top 5 segment from The MacGuffin. This time Brandi and Allen share their top 5 movies about movies. This segment is also available on Stitcher, iTunes, and Zune. The audio version can be downloaded directly from here. After you’ve watched the video please vote…
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What We’re Watching – 8/31/11
What I’ve Been Watching Movies: Captain America was a lot of fun. After everyone’s initial trepidation, it turns out that Chris Evans filled Cap’s boots admirably. And casting-wise, the big highlight was Hugo Weaving as the Red Skull. He is carving himself quite a career…
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MacGuffin Roundtable #11 – Manhattan
The MacGuffin crew discuss Manhattan, from director/writer/actor Woody Allen and co-starring Diane Keaton. This episode can be played online via the flash player below or it can be downloaded from here. It is available on iTunes, Zune, and Stitcher.
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An Appreciation – Annie Hall
Woody Allen begins his film Annie Hall (1977) with a monologue in which he addresses the audience directly. Within this speech, he describes a joke that he first attributes to Groucho Marx, saying that he would never want to be a part of a club…
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How nice it would be if the things we wanted just fell directly in to our laps. Never needing to work hard for it, never having to sacrifice anything, being rewarded for apparently no reason. Man, that would be nice. Well, that’s exactly what happens…
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We open with the city skyline; far in the back we can see The Empire State Building. Cut down to the street, covered in snow, with people hustling and bustling about. We then move to NYU, with students sitting next to a fountain, reading their…
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