[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B002W5V63G][/pullquote] For years zombie films have been loosely based on George A. Romero's 1968 classic Night of the Living Dead. Zombies were reanimated corpses with a taste for human flesh, an idea that tapped into our fears of isolation and paranoid anxiety … [Read more...]
Review: Rampage (2009)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B003JT0S74][/pullquote] Uwe Boll is an interesting character in the film world. He is a reasonably prolific director, whose films have always been of a less-than-high quality. Commercially they do fine, which allows him to continue to make films like In the Name of … [Read more...]
Review: Super 8 (2011)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B007PF7FBU][/pullquote] Steven Spielberg is one of the most successful directors of all time. He is famous for co-creating the summer blockbuster with George Lucas and has a string of successful commercial and critical hits. JJ Abrams is currently in the process of … [Read more...]
Review: Weird Science (1985)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B00E20379K][/pullquote] John Hughes is one of the most iconic writers and directors from the 1980s. His list of credits include classics like The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Planes, Trains and Automobiles. His strength was always in creating a … [Read more...]
Review: Easy A (2010)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B003NE4S9E][/pullquote] John Hughes owned the 1980s. Ask anyone to list their top 10 favourite films from the 1980s and I bet there's at least one film written or directed by the king of teenage comedy-drama. It is his films that have inspired a generation of … [Read more...]
Review: Sucker Punch (2011)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B006GAP79M][/pullquote] Zack Synder is a director carving a name for himself in Hollywood. He started with the a remake of Dawn of the Dead in 2004, which was surprisingly well handled considering the over-saturation of zombie films in recent years. His style has … [Read more...]
Review: The Lives of Others (2006, Germany)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B003OUV1H4][/pullquote] Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, or FHvD to his mates (maybe) recently directed Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie in The Tourist. The Lives of Others, which he both wrote and directed, was the film that gave him this shot at the Hollywood big … [Read more...]
Review: Synecdoche, New York (2008)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B002LIMNQI][/pullquote] Charlie Kaufman is one of Hollywood's most eccentric writers. His previous works: Being John Malkovich, Adaptation and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind have all focused on humanities individual sense of self and with an experienced … [Read more...]
Review: Mr. Popper’s Penguins (2011)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B006E0AS9I][/pullquote] Jim Carrey shot to fame in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, bringing his own mad-cap style of comedy to the big screen. In his early film career he got slightly typecast as a manic, rubber-faced lunatic with films like The Mask, Dumb and Dumber and … [Read more...]
Review: Limitless (2011)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B0051NH5KY][/pullquote] There are science fiction films that take themselves very seriously and have in important point to make. Then there is Limitless. A barmy premise and frankly ludicrous plot is handled with fun and enjoyment by all involved. Nobody is too … [Read more...]