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Top 5 – Character Actors

Date: Thu, 12 Jan, 2012 at 12:58 PM | Author: Spencer Fornaciari | Category: Audio Extras, MacGuffin Content, Top 5's, Web Exclusive

Another Top 5 segment from The MacGuffin. This time Allen and Brandi share their top 5 character actors.

This segment is also available on Stitcher and iTunes. 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.

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Interview – Tom McCarthy – Win Win

Date: Sun, 3 Apr, 2011 at 09:53 PM | Author: Benjamin Nason | Category: Film Interviews, MacGuffin Content

SPOILER WARNING: The following interview contains conversations about things in the film “Win Win” that may be considered spoilers. If you would rather see the film first, simply bookmark this page and come back to it after. Thank you.

With his new film Win Win now in theaters, writer/director and actor Tom McCarthy is now on his third film. This time around, Tom has set his story sights on suburban America and the age old sport of Greco-Roman wrestling. The film, like his two previous works The Station Agent and The Visitor, is one part character study, one part genre film, and two parts the world through Tom’s lens. For the press tour for the film, I was given an opportunity to sit down with Tom and discuss the film’s characters and his personal take on the stories he chooses to tell. He is a very well-spoken, intelligent person with a unique voice in film today.

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Film Review – Win Win

Date: Fri, 1 Apr, 2011 at 10:55 AM | Author: Benjamin Nason | Category: Film Reviews, MacGuffin Content

There’s something unusual lurking at the heart of director/writer Tom McCarthy’s latest film, Win Win. But then, that’s the case with all of McCarthy’s films; they’re not exactly what you expect, or what they lead you to believe they are. His first film, The Station Agent, was a pleasant comedy with some surprisingly complex emotional issues. The Visitor, McCarthy’s second film, looked like it was going to be a typical indie dramatic comedy, about an older man who learns to play the drums to cope with life. However, that film was something entirely different, delving into very complex modern day American morals and social issues while all the while maintaining an almost upbeat level of enthusiastic entertainment. It was one of the greatest unseen films of 2008.

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