MacGuffin Podcast

Immersed in grad-school hysteria, Cassidy joins Richard in another podcast adventure. In this episode we discuss high school bullies, which TV shows we would like to see as movies and/or  which movies we to see as TV shows, and we review Jonathan Glazer's "Under the Skin". For our netflix homework we also review Orson Welles' 1962 film "The Trial", staring Psycho's Anthony Perkins.

Under the Skin trailer

The Trial trailer

 In this episode we review Johnny Depp's new flop "Transcendence", Cassidy vents about breaking his car and body at great length while Richard laughs, and we also try and wrap our heads around the Bryan Singer/Woody Allen/Roman Polanski molestation cases. At the end of the show, for our Netflix homework, we also review Danny Boyle's 1997 film "A Life Less Ordinary".

Transcendence trailer

A Life Less Ordinary trailer

The first of four blood-moons have passed and this week we review the horror movie "Oculus". We also discuss this week's movie news and review the British film "How I Live Now" in our Netflix Homework.

Oculus trailer

How I Live Now trailer

 Richard's back with stories from the Emerald City Comicon in Seattle and along with the movie news, we review "Nymphomaniac vol.1-2" and the new Marvel sequel "Captain America: The Winter Soldier". In our Netflix homework we also discuss last year's Oscar nominated documentary, "The Act of Killing".

Nymphomaniac trailer

Captain America: The Winter Soldier trailer

The Act of Killing trailer

This week co-host Richard is away at a comic convention in Seattle,so we bring in Youtuber Steve Shives; outspoken skeptic, political commentator, movie reviewer and pro-wrestingly enthusiast. Together we talk about the trends in bible-based movies/faith-based film-making, and we review Darren Aronofsky's new epic "Noah". In our Netflix Homework, at the end of show, we also talk a little about Steve's favorite movie "Sherlock Jr."

Check out Steve Shives on Youtube here.

Noah trailer

Sherlock Jr trailer