MacGuffin Podcast

Ashley Laurence joins us again to tally up the Oscar predictions we made in Episode 222. We also talk about other Academy Awards highlights including fashion choices, Jimmy Kimmel's comedy bits, and all the political speeches. At the end of the program, we say farewell to 2017' by talking about the movies we're excited to see as we get deeper into 2018.  

Oscars fashion highlights

Anticipated films of 2018

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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 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 *

 The gloves come off as we definitely disagree to agree on this week's movie, "The Purge: Anarchy." We debate, you decide! Also, we talk a bit about the Shazam casting rumors, nominate our entrees for the Criterion Collection, and for our Netflix homework we review the Calvin and Hobbs documentary "Dear Mr. Watterson."

The Purge: Anarchy trailer

Dear Mr. Watterson trailer