Posts Tagged ‘Zach Galifianakis’
Top 15 Films of 2014 – Allen’s Picks
Another year, another end of year movie list. 2014 was marked by a nice variety of cinematic offerings. From action blockbusters to independents, from foreign work to documentaries, there seemed to be great stuff coming from everywhere this year. While making lists will always be…
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Film Review – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Fame, desperation, the need for strangers to admire you, the search for artistic truth, commerce versus art, the ability for an actor to completely commit to their craft and yet wreak havoc with their personal life, aging, magical realism, being stuck in one’s own head,…
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Episode 200 – DVD Rundown 10-30-2012
Spencer and Greg give their DVD rundown for October 30th, 2012. In this episode they discuss Rosemary’s Baby, The Campaign, Safety Not Guaranteed, and The Alfred Hitchcock Masterpiece Collection.
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Film Review – The Campaign
To say there is plenty of fodder for comedy in politics is to state the obvious; The Daily Show and The Colbert Report have been hilariously proving that point four times a week for years. From corrupt politicians to Twitter sex shockers, aggressive lobbyists, overactive…
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MacGuffin Audio Podcast #150
Spencer is joined by Carollani Sandberg (All Things Hidden, Koinonia). Topics include: the challenges in becoming an actor, discovering the Seattle film scene, sequel madness, morality in movies, imagining The Shining without Jack Torrance, and speculation about the possible The Avengers TV series. Links: All…
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What We’re Watching – 6/8/11
Lately I’ve been trying to make sure I’m caught up on the big films of 2011. That means for this week’s column you’ll see an abundance of summer sequels. Some of these enhanced characters we had met before now continue their stories in new and…
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Bird Watching – Bridesmaids: The Morning After
You would think I had produced the film, with how desperately I wanted Bridesmaids to make a ton of money this past weekend. I’m not a person who makes a point to read box office predictions, and in this case I actively avoided it—any prediction,…
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Dialogue Review – Bridesmaids
Allen Almachar: Bridesmaids (2011) stars the comedian Kristen Wiig, who, for the last couple of years, has been one of the funniest people around, and perhaps one of the last reasons to still watch Saturday Night Live. I for one, am glad to see her…
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