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Review: Transcendence (2014)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B00K76Q592][/pullquote] Based on a script that comes from the infamous blacklist of best un-produced films in Hollywood, featuring an all-star cast and marking the directorial debut of Christopher Nolan's long-time cinematographer Wally Pfister, Transcendence has all … [Read more...]
Review: Edward Scissorhands (1990)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B000WBZZAM][/pullquote] ˜Edward Scissorhands, a Christmas film? Surely not!' I hear you cry. But I guarantee it- once you realize that this film is all about the search for love, innocence and belonging (three massively Christmassy themes,) you won't be able to see it … [Read more...]
Review: A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B0058N2T3K][/pullquote] There are many visually recognisable icons in horror film history. Whether it's Jason from Friday the 13th in his hockey mask, or Michael Myers sporting a lovely whitened William Shatner mask (yes that's really what it is, check it out), these … [Read more...]
Review: Lost in La Mancha (2002)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B000083EGF][/pullquote] Lost in La Mancha, captured by Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe, tells the ill-fated tale of Terry Gilliam's attempt in the summer of 2000 to break the 'curse of Quixote' and finally do what no-one else has done successfully before - adapt the novel … [Read more...]
Review: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B0058H9LZU][/pullquote] You best start believing in ghost stories Miss Turner, ˜cos you're in one! comes the chilling line that encapsulates exactly what Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl is all about. Based on a theme park ride at Disneyland, it … [Read more...]
Review: Rango (2011)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B005KS35I6][/pullquote] Rango is an animated film that reunites Johnny Depp and director Gore Verbinski for the first time since the end of the original Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy. The action revolves around the titular Rango (Depp), a chameleon who finds … [Read more...]
Review: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B0058H9LZU][/pullquote] When it was first released in 2003, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl became an unexpected blockbuster success. It launched the careers of Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley and reintroduced Johnny Depp into the mainstream … [Read more...]