MacGuffin Podcast

This week, Cassidy fires up his old desktop to record an episode. We talk about how to behave in front of celebrities you may in encounter in public, we give some #TryPod recommendations, we discuss the upcoming Matrix reboot and we review Legendary's "Kong: Skull Island." For the Netflix homework we review the 1974 car-chase comedy "Dirty Mary Crazy Larry," starring Peter Fonda. 

Kong: Skull Island trailer

Dirty Mary Crazy Larry trailer

This week we review both Jordan Peele's new horror film "Get Out" and Hugh Jackman's final hurrah as the X-Men character Wolverine in "Logan." We also talk about Keith at the San Diego Mardis Gras parade, the "Beauty and the Beast" gay-character controversy, and we debate awkwardly worded Rotten Tomatoes blurbs. At the end of the podcast, as our Netflix homework we discuss the James McAvoy dramedy "Filth."

Check out our guest spot this week on the SoCal music-request podcast The Listening Party!

Get Out trailer

Logan trailer

This week we review M. Knight Shyamalan's new hit thriller "Split," starring James McAvoy. We also discuss the possibility of a Saturday Night Live Weekend Update spinnoff show, and at the end of the program we review from Netflix the documentary "Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon." 

Split trailer

Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead trailer

 

After a few exhausting weeks of political unrest, Jabber comes back for the 2017 season to review the McDonald's biopic "The Founder, " starring Michael Keaton. We also weigh in on DCU rumors and Will Smith's "Dumbo" casting.  At the end, for our Netflix Homework we review the 2013 surrealist dark-comedy "The Double." 

The Founder trailer

The Double trailer

This week, Richard comes back to the podcast to help us say farewell to 2016 with our lists of the top 10 and bottom 5 films of the year. Keith gets called a racist, Richard is a warm and fuzzy new parent, and Cassidy celebrates the bleak and bizare movies that 2016 had to offer. Join this two hour journey as we wrap up last year's messy and turbulent film output. 

Back from the holidays, this week we review the Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling rom-com-musical "La La Land," and for our Netflix homwork we review the Emma Watson historical thriller "Colonia." We also discuss Amy Schumer's upcoming Barbie movie, the rumors about Legendary's Dune remake and we read a letter from a listener

La La Land trailer

Colonia trailer

 

This week friend of the show Ashlee Hitchcock joins Cassidy to discuss "Moana" and "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story." We also talk about some of the new shows we're watching on Netflix and Cassidy does a solo review for the new Tom Ford thriller "Nocturnal Animals." 

Moana trailer

Nocturnal Animals trailer

Rogue One trailer

We regroup this week to discuss JK Rowling's new magician's adventure "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them." We also talk about Thanksgiving in Canada, Gus Van Sant's new Portland project, Anne Rice's possible Vampire Chronicals TV series and, for our Netflix homework, at the end of the show we review the 1994 Best Picture nominee "Quiz Show."

Fantastic Beasts trailer

Quiz Show trailer

This week we talk about our our post-election weekend escapes, the movies we watched the most as teenagers and we review the new Amy Adams science-fiction drama "Arrival." At the end we also review for our Netflix homework the quirky documentary "Finders Keepers."

Arrival trailer

Finders Keepers trailer

This week, Patrick of the podcasts Make Dad Read Comics and Almost Educational joins the show to discuss "Doctor Strange." Cassidy discusses his visit to LA's Comikaze expo and he does a solo review for the indie awards contender "Moonlight." Together, we review the documentary "Pervert Park" and we try and carefully tip-toe around a discussion of how the law should be dealing with sex-offenders. 

Doctor Strange trailer

Moonlight trailer

Pervert Park trailer