MacGuffin Podcast

This week we review the new urban-themed Teen comedy "Dope" and for the Netflix homework we review 1978's Nazi-spy thriller  "The Boys from Brazil." We also weigh in on the "Spider-Man" casting news and the announcement of a "Rampage" movie. Dope trailerThe Boys from Brazil trailer

This week we discuss our favorite (and least-favorite) Pixar movies before we review their newest "Inside Out." We also weigh in on the news of a Kubrick Civil War trilogy by "WWZ" director Marc Forster, Rob Zombie's Groucho Marx project, and, at the end of the program, we review Alexander Payne's "Citizen Ruth" for our Netflix Homework.  Inside Out trailerCitizen Ruth trailer

This week we catch up on the movie news, Cassidy tells the story of his weird night in Hollywood glamour, and we review the record-breaking blockbuster sequel Jurassic World. At the end of show we also review the slow-burn horror film "We Are What We Are."  Jurassic World trailerWe Are What We Are trailer

Richard's gone for the week so Brad Decker and Amanda Kowalski of the Quarter Life Crisis podcast come on to rap with Cassidy about the movie news and to review the new Melissa McCarthy comedy "Spy." We also talk about the disappointment that was the LA Bread Festival. For our Netflix homework we review the 1988 comedy "Naked Gun." Check our Brad and Amanda's podcast here.Spy trailerNaked Gun trailer

We're back and in this episode we compete over who had the harder move, and Richard discusses the finer intricacies of the "Puppet Master" series. We also talk about Disney's new live-action sci-fi "Tomorrowland" and in our Netflix homework we review "The Hunt."Tomorrowland trailerThe Hunt trailer

Leading up to our review of "Mad Max: Fury Road" we catch up on some movie news and discuss our favorite post-apocalyptic wasteland movies. Cassidy also regales Richard with more stories of disastrous apartment hunting episodes in LA, and at the end of the show we review the David Wain comedy "They Came Together."Mad Max: Fury Road trailerThey Came Together trailer

This week we bring friend of the show Leland Brungardt of the Olympia-based Dampercast, to help us review every movie released in the Marvel Cinematic Universe since 2008, including Joss Whedon's new sequel "Avengers: Age of Ultron." It's a big task but someone's got to do it, and within this discussion we celebrate what Disney/Marvel does best, as well as acknowledge their shortcomings. Enjoy.

Avengers: Age of Ultron trailer

Cassidy talks the horrors of LA traffic and Richard describes his time at Portland's CthulhuCon. We also discuss Adam Sandler's racism allegations on the set of his new Netflix movie, Jared Leto's tattooed joker pic, and we review the 'cybernatural' horror film "Unfriended" and  Alex Garland's sexy robot movie "Ex Machina."
Unfriended trailer
Ex Machina trailer

Short and sweet this week with a review of Noah Baumbach's new comedy "While We're Young," staring Ben Stiller and Adam Driver. We talk about new jobs and creepy craigslist apartment ads and at the end of show we also review the classic mockumentary "This is Spinal Tap" for our Netflix Homework segment. 

While We're Young trailer
This is Spinal Tap trailer

Short and sweet this week with a review of Noah Baumbach's new comedy "While We're Young," staring Ben Stiller and Adam Driver. We talk about new jobs and creepy craigslist apartment ads and at the end of show we also review the classic mockumentary "This is Spinal Tap" for our Netflix Homework segment. While We're Young trailerThis is Spinal Tap trailer