[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B004UXUVFW][/pullquote] Super Size Me, Morgan Spurlock's 2004 hit film, is arguably the most important documentary ever made. Exposing the horrifying world of fast food, the backlash from the film single handedly caused the industry to change its ways and was a huge … [Read more...]
Review: Contagion (2011)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B009L39F9Y][/pullquote] Sometimes, a film strikes you with so much utter hatred that you want to hunt down the filmmakers, tie them up, and scream at them until your voice is hoarse. Sometimes, a film fills you with so much joy and pleasure that you feel ready jump in … [Read more...]
Review: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B002QW2ODQ][/pullquote] The term 'video nasty' became common place in the UK in the early 1980s. Commentators like Mary Whitehouse pushed for certain films to be banned from distribution due to obscenity or extreme violence. Films that were released in the cinema were … [Read more...]
Review: Scream 2 (1997)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B004UGALGI][/pullquote] After the success of Scream, everyone was expecting a sequel. And, just one year later, Scream 2 was released. It opened to rave reviews and an even bigger box office return than the original. They began work on Scream 2 while the first Scream … [Read more...]
Review: The Blair Witch Project (1999)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B003YXZH5S][/pullquote] Horror as a film genre, can be broken down into many sub-genres. It could be Science-Fiction-Horror, Slasher-Horror or Torture-Porn-Horror to name but a few. One of the most recent additions to the sub-genres is the ˜found footage horror' … [Read more...]
Review: Paranormal Activity 3 (2011)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B005A5YYUM][/pullquote] In March 2005, Katie (Katie Featherston) discovers a box of videotapes belonging to her grandmother that she leaves in her sister Kristi (Sprague Grayden) basement. The next year, after a burglary the tapes are stolen. The audience is then … [Read more...]
Review: Psycho (1960)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B003BEDT78][/pullquote] Alfred Hitchcock is one of the most influential and culturally significant directors of all time. His canon of work, including classics such as North by Northwest, Rear Window and Vertigo are still held in high regard decades after they were … [Read more...]
Review: Melancholia (2011)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B005PWVK52][/pullquote] Melancholia, sadness, depression. A perfect word that encompasses Lars von Trier's film making technique. Melancholia is the oddest disaster movie ever made, with no reference to the impending doom until over half way through, many may seem … [Read more...]
Review: Paranormal Activity 2 (2010)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B004EMS0XO][/pullquote] Paranormal Activity was a sensation upon release in 2009. Off a shoe-string budget of $15,000, Oren Peli was able to create a terrifying ˜found footage' film that drew on the mega-success of The Blair Witch Project and move the horror zeitgeist … [Read more...]
Review: Real Steel (2011)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B006DVUULE][/pullquote] Sylvester Stallone has a lot to answer for. His most famous creation, Rocky, has become the archetypal narrative for the majority of sports films ever since its release in 1976. Now whenever Hollywood wants a vehicle for one of their … [Read more...]