MacGuffin Podcast

Here it is, our official top-10 films of 2014. We compare our lists and make brief mention of our runner-ups as well. We also do a shorter bottom-5 list of the worst films of 2014. Guess how much overlap there might be!

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This episode we catch up on some the year's end releases and review Tim Burton's "Big Eyes," the Reese Witherspoon hiking epic "Wild," and the critically buzzed indie-horror "The Babadook." We also give our New Years resolutions for Hollywood's 2015 and at the end of show we review the surreal relationship drama "The One I Love," now available on Netflix. 

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In between our Christmas plans we managed to squeeze out an episode where we review "The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies," and Chris Rock's "Top Five." In our Netflix Homework we also review the 1971 Heroin love story "Panic at Needle Park," staring a young strung-out Al Pacino. MERRY CHRISTMAS!

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Top Five trailer
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This episode we discuss the ramifications of the emails released by the Sony hackers. We also review Ridley Scott's new bible-epic "Exodus: Gods and Kings" and at the end of program, in our Netflix homework, we discuss the documentary "The Source Family."

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This week we beg our listeners to help us remember the titles of movies we have vague memories of seeing when we were kids. We also review Jon Stewart's film debut "Rosewater" and the awards buzz, Stephen Hawking biopic "The Theory of Everything. For our Netflix homework we also review the Brazilian gangster film "City of God." 

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Richard's going on 30+ hours without sleep and Cassidy's editing on his old computer, but yet we still move forward. This episode we review the newest installment of The Hunger Games franchise, "Mockingjay" and at the end of the show we review Joe Carnahan's "Stretch."  
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Alyssa Witte of the Quarter Life Crisis podcast joins us to review "Big Hero Six," "Whiplash," and, for our Netflix Homework, Woody Allen's "The Purple Rose of Cairo." We also talk about our respective podcasts' and mental disorders as portrayed by actors in film.

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Whiplash trailer

The Purple Rose of Cairo trailer

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This week we review Christopher Nolan's new epic "Interstellar" and the Jake Gyllenhaal thriller "Nightcrawler." We also weigh in on the Toy Story 4 announcement and at the end of the show, for our Netflix homework, we review the haunted-house doc "The American Scream."

Interstellar trailer

Nightcrawler trailer

The American Scream trailer

This week we talk about our Halloween weekends, Cassidy's trip to the LA Comikaze convention, and we review the meta-comedy "Birdman." We also finally weight in the news of Marvel's phase-3 slate. At the end of the podcast, for our netflix homework, we also review the Swedish punk-rock coming of age drama "We are the Best!"

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We are the Best trailer

Halloween's on it's way and we can't find a single good horror movie in theaters to review, so instead we bring you reviews of the social awareness movies "Men, Women & Children" and the Sundance hit "Dear White People." However, in our Netflix homework we accidentally review two horror movies in one with Mario Bava's "House of Exorcism." We also discuss Halloween costume ideas and what it's like living in a coastal city when being from Idaho.

Men, Women & Children trailer

Dear White People trailer

House of Exorcism trailer