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Review: Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)
Bohemian Rhapsody [pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B00IKMC0YO][/pullquote] Cult directors don't get much more cult than Jim Jarmusch and who better than the bequiffed auteur to breathe new life into that tiredest of genres, the vampire film. … [Read more...]
Review: Exhibition (2013)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Buy&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B00I2VA8D8][/pullquote] Joanna Hogg's third film, Exhibition is a study of domestic disquiet, of a relationship in some sort of unspoken meltdown that is never overtly expressed or discussed. Set in the context of middle class London life, it's a world where interiors … [Read more...]
Review: Thor: The Dark World (2013)
Following the success of the Kenneth Branagh directed original, Thor: The Dark World continues the trend of the tongue-in-cheek portrayal of the differences between Asgard and Earth and perhaps surprisingly brings more laughs than any other Marvel film to date. … [Read more...]
Review: The Avengers (2012)
Ever since Iron Man was released in 2008, Marvel have been building toward a huge ensemble film called The Avengers. Members of SHIELD (Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division), notably Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) and Agent Coulson (Clark Gregg), have appeared in all of the Marvel films involved, including Captain America: The First Avenger, The … [Read more...]
Review: The Deep Blue Sea (2011)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B006E1WORG][/pullquote] The Deep Blue Sea is an adaptation of Terence Rattigan's play of the same name, first performed in 1952. Brought to the screen by Terence Davies (Still Voices, Distant Lives; The House of Mirth), it tells the story of Hester Collyer (Rachel … [Read more...]
Review: Thor (2011)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B00F3TCFAG][/pullquote] Thor is the latest offering from Marvel Studios and one in a series of films that is building toward their marquee attraction film The Avengers. Like Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk and the soon to be released Captain America: The First Avenger, … [Read more...]