Following the departure of Sean Connery in the lead role, the producers of the James Bond films looked to replace him with an actor who was equally as good-looking and charismatic for the next film On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Their choice was the face of Big Fry Chocolate, the male model George Lazenby. It would be a choice that at the time was wildly unpopular and caused … [Read more...]
Review: Audition (1999)
Formally the domain of British giant Hammer and latterly Hollywood in the 1970s, Late 1990s and early 2000 Japan has produced some of the most memorable and disturbing films. Other than Ring and Dark Water, which have both since received English-language remakes, one film has yet to find an auteur willing to take on the job. Directed by controversial maestro Takashi Miike, … [Read more...]
Wild Bill (2012) review by That Film Guy
British character actor and one of the lead stars of Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels Dexter Fletcher turns his hand to directing in his debut feature Wild Bill. Uniting together a who's who of British acting royalty it is the story of Wild Bill (Charlie Creed-Miles), a father who returns home from prison to find his sons Dean (Will Poulter) and Jimmy (Sammy Williams) left … [Read more...]
Resident Evil: Retribution (2012) review by That Film Geek
Resident Evil: Retribution is the fifth film in the video game spin-off series which again follows Alice (Milla Jovovich) as she battles against the evil Umbrella corporation. Again directed Paul W. S. Anderson, this film picks up right where Resident Evil Afterlife left off, on a ship full of freed human test subjects, being approached by umbrella attack helicopters led by a … [Read more...]
Review: The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)
Writing can sometimes be a thankless task. Some people will love what you write, others will hate it and the majority won't care. But those who like to write do so for a variety of reasons; to become famous, to be liked or simply to express themselves in a way that they find difficult in 'real life.' Whatever the reasons for writing, there are endless possibilities that lay … [Read more...]
Superman Returns (2006) review by That Film Dude
19 years after Superman IV: The Quest for Peace crashed and burned, taking the Superman franchise with it, a fifth film was finally released, acting as a sequel to Superman II while completely ignoring the events of the third and fourth installments. On its release, Superman Returns divided the fanbase and continues to do so to this day. The amount of criticism it gets is … [Read more...]
The Sixth Sense (1999) review by That Film Guy
Horror films and the Oscars don't really go hand-in-hand, which may explain why, as of 2012, only four of the genre have ever been nominated in the Best Film category. One of those is M. Night Shyamalan's The Sixth Sense. Released in 1999, The Sixth Sense became an unexpected commercial smash hit recouping over $670m at the box office from its budget of $40m. It earnt an Oscar … [Read more...]
Being Elmo (2012) review by The Documentalist
Being Elmo is the story of Kevin Clash - the man behind everyone's favourite Sesame Street character, Elmo. Starting from his childhood in Baltimore and his early days as a child growing up watching Sesame Street and being hooked on puppeteering, Clash tells the tale of how he came to work with Jim Henson and create the most popular character of all time. … [Read more...]
God Bless America (2012) review by That Film Brat
God Bless America is a 2012 black comedy that revolves around Frank (Joel Murray) who's life is slowly falling apart around him. His wife left him, his daughter wants nothing to do with him, he just got fired from his job on the basis of a sexual harassment complaint which persecuted him for the terrible crime of sending the woman in question flower, and he has an inoperable … [Read more...]
Sinister (2012) review by That Film Guy
True crime novelist Ellison Osbourne (Ethan Hawke) has made a career out of writing about missing children and is trying to recreate the success of his first book. He decides to move his family to the site of a grisly murder that saw four members of a family hanged from a tree. During the move he discovers a box in the attic which houses a series of super 8 reels of film and a … [Read more...]