The MacGuffin

Spencer is joined for the second episode of audio-only podcasting by MacGuffin team member Ed.

Topics include: the success of Titanic 3D, Transformers the Ride, debating the best James Bond, looking forward to Anthony Hopkins in Hitchcock, and thinking about the most annoying TV characters.

Another Top 5 segment from The MacGuffin. This time Allen and Ed share their top 5 fight scenes.

This segment is also available on Stitcher, iTunes and from here. After you’ve watched the video please vote in our poll and share which one you think is the best.

Another Top 5 segment from The MacGuffin. This time Allen and Edward share their top 5 Oscar robberies.

This segment is also available on Stitcher, iTunes and YouTube. The audio version can be downloaded directly from here. After you’ve watched the video please vote in our poll and share which one you think is the best.

A look back at the careers of Ron Howard and Michel Gondry before the releases of The Dilemma and The Green Hornet respectively, before closing out the episode with the DVD picks of the week.

The opening title sequence immediately puts the viewer in the world of the film’s character.  A boxer, warming up in a ring, is the center of everyone’s attention, but he is all alone.  Smoke rises up around him as if it came straight from the flames of the underworld.  This place, where pain is inflicted and blood is spilled, is the only world the boxer truly knows.  He knows this world so well, in fact, that he unfortunately allows it to become a part of his life outside of it.  With this opening scene, done so simply but so effectively, director Martin Scorsese lays the groundwork for his masterpiece, Raging Bull (1980).

In honor of Shutter Island‘s release, Spencer and John give their top 5 Martin Scorsese films. Additionally, they share some of their favorite indie films of 2009 and give their DVD Picks of the Week.