Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The "MacGuffin" is one of the most famous, most enduring plot devices in all cinema (so much so, AMC Theaters named their in-house ...

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I have always hated the plot device where due to one character hearing only a part of a conversation or seeing some event, that person throws it out of proportion about what happened and spends the ...

Warning: Spoilers ahead "Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore." A plot point involving Newt's briefcase feels ripped from "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows." The slightly altered plot ...

The "MacGuffin" is one of the most famous, most enduring plot devices in all cinema (so much so, AMC Theaters named their in-house bars after it). The term was created by screenwriter Angus McPhail, ...