March 9, 2010 – 12:20 pm | Comments

Spencer and John give their review of Cop Out, look back on the career of Michael Moore in honor of the release of Capitalism: A Love Story, and give their DVD picks of the week.

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The Macguffin Podcast Movie Premieres in Seattle!
January 24, 2010 – 8:45 pm | Comments

Alright so it’s not really a movie about the podcast, but it was made by two podcasteers.  “A Visitor in the Night” was written and directed by John Portanova and produced by Spencer Fornaciari.  The …

Film Review – Sukiyaki Western Django
January 21, 2010 – 8:58 pm | Comments

Sukiyaki Western Django – If you’re not familiar with Takashi Miike, then you should move out of the box you’re living in and get some culture – I say that, but by crawling out of …

Film Review – Anatomy of Hell
January 15, 2010 – 6:17 pm | Comments

Anatomie De L’Enfer – This French film opens with a guy performing felatio on another man in an alley outside a club, and I don’t mean hinting at it – I mean full-on shows it. …

Film Review – Cautiva
January 15, 2010 – 6:15 pm | Comments

This is an Argentinean film about a 15-year-old girl, Christina, who goes in for a routine blood test and the doctors find something they don’t go public with right away. She has a pretty …

Film Review – Fracture
January 11, 2010 – 9:16 am | Comments

Fracture – Anthony Hopkins plays an uber-intelligent psychopathic killer. Totally unlike what he usually plays and is famous for… no wait… that IS what he’s famous for. Ted (played by Hopkins) finds out his wife …

Film Review – Ashes of Time Redux
January 8, 2010 – 5:53 pm | Comments

Ashes of Time Redux (originally known as Dung che sai duk) is a Chinese film about a swordsman, Huang, who shows up at a friend of his’ house (Feng) with a jug of magic …

Film Review – Up In The Air
January 8, 2010 – 4:35 pm | Comments

Up in the Air stars George Clooney as Ryan Bingham, a traveling “termination manager” – he flies around the country working for companies downsizing and he fires people. He’s on the road (or the air) …

Film Review – Volver
January 8, 2010 – 4:18 pm | Comments

Volver is a Spanish film about a family living in Madrid. The mother and father have passed away in a fire and the elderly aunt is getting up there in years and bit crazy. The …

Film Review – The Mutant Chronicles
January 8, 2010 – 4:11 pm | Comments

There’s a machine that changes men into mutants and it’s buried under the earth and its secret is protected by a secret cult. It’s been around since the medieval times, but has lasted through the …

Vote for Adler & Zenith at the Streamy Awards
December 29, 2009 – 8:20 pm | Comments

The 2010 Streamy Awards are coming soon.  The Streamys honor the best in original web content and the public can place votes for their favorite web series in a number of categories.  Voting is open …