Review: Capturing the Friedmans (2003)

Directed by Andrew Jarecki (who also produced Catfish), Capturing the Friedmans is an extraordinary documentary uses a combination of home video…

14 years ago

Review: The Hurt Locker (2009)

[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B002KAIVMC][/pullquote] Kathryn Bigelow is a film director best known for her 1991 surfer heist movie…

14 years ago

Review: Midnight in Paris (2011)

More so than almost any director, Woody Allen makes films with a clear voice. His voice. In his earlier works…

14 years ago

Review: Serenity (2005)

Joss Whedon is a man who made his name with his iconic TV shows Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel.…

14 years ago

Review: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)

Steig Larsson's Millennium trilogy came out of nowhere to become the biggest publishing phenomenon since Harry Potter.  With David Fincher directing this Hollywood movie of…

14 years ago

Review: The King’s Speech (2011)

When it was released at the beginning of 2011, The King's Speech was a somewhat unknown quantity. It seemed to…

14 years ago

Review: A Christmas Story (1983)

For a Christmas film to do its job, there are certain boxes that it needs to tick. Firstly, and most…

14 years ago

Review: It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)

Frank Capra stands as one the greatest directors of all time. He has won the Academy Award for best direction…

14 years ago

Review: Scrooged (1988)

Christmas time is a season of giving, recieving and all-round merriment. It is no coincidence then, that Charles Dickens' classic…

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Review: Love Actually (2003)

Love Actually is a predominantly British cast, portmanteau Christmas film written and directed by Richard Curtis, a man most famous…

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