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  • I particularly liked the displays of macguffins on the corrider in from famous movies like “Pulp Fiction” (the glowing briefcase) and “The Maltese Falcon.”

    AMC’s Fork & Screen - Rock Fist Up! » Scene-Stealers 2008

  • Take these macguffins for instance: an ancient secret buried in the desert that could end the world, the bones of Christ, the source of the origin of life, a new world order bent on world domination.

    The Doomsday Key Dark Worlds Club 2009

  • The number of macguffins in the story, from oracles to keepers to super-dreadnoughts, is a bit cheesy but the stakes are high and the drama is played out intensely.

    Homeworld 2 Adam Whitehead 2009

  • Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (*****) is a great film because it doesn't go overboard on the gimmicks or macguffins (the Genesis Device - which doesn't really do much - aside) and simply has two enemies on two equally-matched ships slugging it out and one winning through the use of his wits.

    Archive 2009-06-01 Adam Whitehead 2009

  • The number of macguffins in the story, from oracles to keepers to super-dreadnoughts, is a bit cheesy but the stakes are high and the drama is played out intensely.

    Archive 2009-04-01 Adam Whitehead 2009

  • Take these macguffins for instance: an ancient secret buried in the desert that could end the world, the bones of Christ, the source of the origin of life, a new world order bent on world domination.

    Archive 2009-06-01 Dark Worlds Club 2009

  • Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (*****) is a great film because it doesn't go overboard on the gimmicks or macguffins (the Genesis Device - which doesn't really do much - aside) and simply has two enemies on two equally-matched ships slugging it out and one winning through the use of his wits.

    Wertzone Classics: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Adam Whitehead 2009

  • So many sharp knives slice elegantly through the virtual realities and nanotechnological macguffins that populates

    All Tomorrow's Parties: Summary and book reviews of All Tomorrow's Parties by William Gibson. 1999

  • Of course, games have always had achievements of one sort of another, be it a high score table to get to the top of, a gold medal to get, or a collection of macguffins to find.

    Pocket Gamer | www.pocketgamer.co.uk | Latest additions 2009

  • It’s also worth mentioning that there are intentional macguffins tossed in to throw suspicion on various New Gods cast members, who may or may not be the real perpetrator of the carnage.

    Archive 2008-04-01 Chuck Wells 2008

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