[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B005OS2QUK][/pullquote] In this Disney caper Jake Gyllenhaal's Prince Dastan swings (literally) up to the dizzying heights of blockbuster territory, equipped with the rippling (and surprising hairy) torso of a Hollywood leading man. Golden-hearted former orphan Dastan … [Read more...]
Review: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B003AQC1CQ][/pullquote] Having done the seemingly impossible and turned J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, into a feature film Peter Jackson set about editing The Two Towers ready for release in 2002. He had filmed the three films … [Read more...]
Review: Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010, Thai)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B004GP0O42][/pullquote] Uncle Boonmee is the latest movie from Thai auteur Apichatpong Weerasethakul. Shortlisted for last year's Academy Awards, it's a slow-paced meditation on life (or multiple lives) and death. Boonmee is an ageing farmer in rural Thailand. He is … [Read more...]
Review: Killing Bono (2011)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B0084NZEWY][/pullquote] Based on Neil McCormack's Memoirs Killing Bono: I was a Bono Doppleganger, the 2011 film Killing Bono, highlights the failures of a band who once gigged with, and were friends to the now world famous U2, especially lead singer Bono. Not a … [Read more...]
Review: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B00APGRMRI][/pullquote] 2008 saw the release of a Star Wars spin-off Star Wars: The Clone Wars. An animation based on the popular cartoon show, the action takes place between Episodes II and III. Using a unique animation style with heavily-textured, almost wooden … [Read more...]
Review: Hanna (2011)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B005X5DWR0][/pullquote] Joe Wright is a British director known for his adaptations of Pride and Prejudice and Atonement. Both were slow, thoughtful pieces with a plenty of characterisation and some sweeping camerawork. In 2011, he directed Hanna, which did not set the … [Read more...]
Review: Friends with Benefits (2011)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B00594HEQU][/pullquote] Will Gluck made his name as a writer for various American TV shows, but in 2009 he switched his focus when he directed Fired Up. The film's dialogue and sparkling interplay proved a moderate success and gave him enough Hollywood kudos to make … [Read more...]
Review: Apollo 18 (2011)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B005PNYJJ0][/pullquote] The found footage genre of film-making was first created in 1980 with shock horror Cannibal Holocaust. However it wasn't until The Blair Witch Project was released in 1999 that it became a regular story-telling device. Usually used as a means … [Read more...]
Review: Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B003NSBLFY][/pullquote] Will Ferrell made his name on the iconic Saturday Night Live TV show, where his sketch comedy stylings, such as his now famous Celebrity Jeopardy sketch, lead to him being labelled ˜the funniest man on the planet.' Harnessing this reputation he … [Read more...]
Review: Fright Night (2011)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B005ZTUZ74][/pullquote] Remakes are becoming more and more popular each year. The trend in late 2000s was to take a 1980s horror film and throw a big budget at it. The thinking being that fans of the original are now old enough to get a nostalgia kick, whilst the new … [Read more...]