May (2002) is a horror film unlike many horror films I’ve seen.  Its effectiveness doesn’t come from jump scares, psychos behind masks, or ghosts and monsters hiding in the shadows.  It isn’t about blood and …

When I first saw the trailer for The Expendables, I thought to myself, this film is going to be amazing and it also should have an American flag in every corner of the screen. There …

Something’s not right in Brazil (1985). While the quirky characters that fill Terry Gilliam’s oddly backwards future-scape cling to an appearance of efficient normality, these same people repeatedly reveal that they can’t be put in …

In the opening scene of the 2009 indie comedy Punching the Clown, we’re introduced to Henry Phillips, a singer-songwriter whose work is mostly of the jokey, satirical sort. He’s doing a radio show at 3 …

Hi, my name is Benjamin Nason.  I am a new writer here on The MacGuffin website as well as a new writer over at The Backroom Comics website.  I also am the writer of an …

Introducing the latest and greatest web-exclusive segment from the MacGuffin Film Podcast, The Lightning Round. In it we ask quick movie questions and give the participants only a minute to respond.
This episode features a special …

Allen Almachar: So, Brandi and I have made our triumphant return for another tandem review. This time we are taking a look at Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, the latest film directed by Edgar Wright, …

Having caught World Cup fever this summer, it put me in the mood for a compelling Futbol movie, and I found just that in watching The Damned United.

We all know the films.  They are the movies that we have trouble defending.  We’re almost embarrassed that we like them, because we know they are not good movies.  Sometimes, people make fun of us …

This Russian movie was recommended to me by a friend who likes his plots simple and direct and moving. This movie has all of these things and, despite not being all that uplifting, has even …