MacGuffin Podcast

This week we record live from San Diego with Keith's wife Ashley Laurence. We make some Oscar predictions and we review the much acclaimed "Paddington 2. For our Netflix Homework, we also review the nominated documentary "Icarus." 

Paddington 2 trailer

Icarus trailer

In lieu of a regular episode this week, we present to you a special bonus short. Here we answer some random survey questions by friend-of-the-show Mike Fallek of the "Lets Start a Cult Podcast." Listen to his show to get the full context, but you can also enjoy the entirety of our hot takes here. 

In lieu of a regular episode this week, we present to you a special bonus short. Here we answer some random survey questions by friend-of-the-show Mike Fallek of the "Lets Start a Cult Podcast." Listen to his show to get the full context, but you can also enjoy the entirety of our hot takes here. 

Topics include:
Is acting lying?
Are slides better than swings?
Will you order mac and cheese from a restaurant?
The value of idle chit-chat. 

This week we review Stephen Spielberg's new awards-courting drama "The Post," along with shorter reviews for "Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle," and the divisive Netflix original "Bright." Kieth goes over his experience seeing "Hamilton" live for the first time and we talk about what comes up when we google our own names. 

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle trailer

Bright trailer

This week we run through our top 10 and bottom 5 movies of 2017. There's a few surprises along the way and we also go over last year's favorite films as selected by our listeners. 

This week we review "The Disaster Artist;" James Franco's biopic about the infamous cult film "The Room." Cassidy also review's "I,Tonya;" the biopic about the infamous Olympic figure skater Tonya Harding. We give you our movie resolutions for 2018, and at the end of the show, we round out our last Christmas-themed Netflix homework with 1954's "White Christmas."

The Disaster Artist trailer

I,Tonya trailer

White Christmas trailer

This week we dig deep into "Star Wars: The Last Jedi." We also discuss the split fan reactions to the film and what people expect from a Star Wars adventure. Keith does a solo review of Pixar's "Coco," we catch up on the Star Trek Tarantino news, and at the end of the program, we review the Netflix original film "El Camino Christmas." 

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This week it's all things Guillermo del Toro. We look back at the director's work in both Spanish and English genre filmmaking, and we give a full review of his newest monster-driven romance, "The Shape of Water." For our Netflix Homework, we review the 1994 Christmas comedy "The Ref." 

The Ref trailer *    

This week we're diving headfirst into prestige season with our reviews of Martin McDonagh's newest crime film "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri" and Noah Baumbach's latest film for Netflix, "The Meyerowitz Stories." We also talk about the possibility of a Quentin Tarantino "Star Trek" movie and Ryan Reynolds casting as detective Pikachu. 

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This week Keith gets mad at the internet and argues for ending Net Neutrality to end click bait articles. We weigh Zack Snyder's "Justice League"against the previous films in the fledgling DC cinematic universe. We also talk about Greta Gerwig's latest indie darling "Lady Bird," and for the Netflix Homework we review the U.S. version of Michael Haneke's horror film "Funny Games."

Justice League trailer *

Lady Bird trailer *

Funny Games trailer *