[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B007X4SOQI][/pullquote] The DC Universe's latest offering to the silver screen is Green Lantern. Based on a comic book of the same name, it is the first in a new slew of DC films being released and is the first not to include the ˜big two' of Batman and Superman. It … [Read more...]
Review: The Hole in 3D (2009)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B004KKX16G][/pullquote] The Hole in 3D (watched in 2D) is a film directed by Joe Dante that attempts to take horror film conventions and apply them to a teenage film. Released 11th September 2009, it was reasonably successful at the box office. Guillermo Del Toro … [Read more...]
Review: Paul (2011)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B00588O9GK][/pullquote] Simon Pegg and Nick Frost are now as synonymous with each other as Jay and Silent Bob, Abbot and Costello or Feliz and Oscar. They are best friends and started their careers together on the critically-acclaimed Spaced TV series. They later went … [Read more...]
Review: TRON: Legacy (2010)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B009S0V15Q][/pullquote] In the late 1970s and early 1980s computers were designed for home use and games were created to appeal to children and teenagers. Video arcades were filled with an entire generation who would come to see the personal computer become a staple … [Read more...]
Review: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B007N0IJGC][/pullquote] Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, released 15th November 2002, is the sequel to the massively popular Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Like the original it reunites director Chris Columbus with regular cast members Daniel … [Read more...]
Review: True Grit (2011)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B005DS0VMQ][/pullquote] The Coen Brothers' True Grit is the second adaptation of the novel of the same name, written by Charles Portis in 1968. The original starred John Wayne and his performance as US Marshall Rooster Cogburn provided him with his only Academy Award. … [Read more...]
Review: Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B005A5YY1G][/pullquote] Kung Fu Panda was released by Dreamworks in 2008 to critical and commercial success. It's sequel Kung Fu Panda 2 was released May 26th 2011 and reintroduces to ˜The Dragon Warrior' Po (Jack Black) and his gang of kung fu experts. This time the … [Read more...]
Review: Inception (2010)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B005EYSVJE][/pullquote] Christopher Nolan made his name with cerebral and moody thrillers like Memento and Insomnia as well as blockbuster graphic novel adaptations like Batman Begins and it's monster sequel The Dark Knight. With the success of the latter, he was … [Read more...]
Review: The Adjustment Bureau (2011)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B005FRBD0Y][/pullquote] Philip K. Dick is one of the most celebrated science fiction writers of all time. His works have been converted time and time again, with a varying level of success. The most well-known are Blade Runner, Total Recall and Minority Report. The … [Read more...]
Review: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (2001)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B007N0IJGC][/pullquote] 30th June 1997, the day children's fiction changed. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, by J.K. Rowling was released and began the series of books march toward dominance. After the popularity of the books, it was only a matter of time … [Read more...]