[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B005C4446A][/pullquote] 2004 saw the launch of one of the most successful horror franchises of all time. Saw introduced the film-going audience to the Jigsaw killer and the mainstream pushing of the future ˜torture porn' genre. This along with Eli Roth's Hostel … [Read more...]
Review: Friday the 13th (2009)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B001SAO340][/pullquote] Horror films have a knack or being dismissed as somehow not as good quality as other film genre types. For instance, when was the last horror film that won an Oscar? That is not to say that there are no great horror films. Far from it, they are … [Read more...]
Review: Red State (2011)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B005VEFHQ2][/pullquote] A film encapsulating all that's wrong with religion, Red State throws together sex, sinners, guns and gore with dark black comedy. Kevin Smith, the silent half of Jay and Silent Bob and the foul-mouthed director and prolific podcaster uses his … [Read more...]
Review: Abduction (2011)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B00AC7PJK2][/pullquote] It's a funny thing when a good director makes a bad movie. It's difficult to know what to think. On one hand, you feel sad that they're not living up to their full potential, on the other hand you feel angry that a director who has made good … [Read more...]
Review: Insidious (2011)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B00GNXOO2I][/pullquote] The poster might as well say ˜Roll up, roll up and come see the miraculous rebirth of Hammer Horror.' Insidious, starring Rose Byrne and Patrick Wilson is about as old school a horror as it's possible to get without being completely overblown. … [Read more...]
Review: Friday the 13th (1980)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B002AHHOFA][/pullquote] The late 1970s and early 1980s saw a host of ˜slasher' films released into the market. Based on the popularity of the original Halloween, these films helped to solidify the genre in a similar way that Saw and Hostel have done for ˜torture porn' … [Read more...]
Review: Child’s Play (1988)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B00DTPRYY8][/pullquote] Tom Holland is a writer and director whose back-catalogue is filled with horror films. He wrote the original and helped with the remake of Fright Night. He penned the sequel to Psycho and in Child's Play he has his greatest cinematic triumph. … [Read more...]
Review: Spellbound (2002)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B0000UI2OG][/pullquote] Proving once again that fact can trump fiction even with a seemingly mundane subject, Oscar nominated Spellbound follows 8 children as they prepare for the 1999 Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee. Qualifying for the bee starts with millions … [Read more...]
Review: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009, Sweden)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B0051NH5OA][/pullquote] Steig Larsson's Millennium trilogy came out of nowhere to become the biggest publishing phenomenon since Harry Potter. With the David Fincher directed Hollywood movie of the first book, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo ready for release in … [Read more...]
Review: Drive (2011)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B005VP822M][/pullquote] Ryan Gosling is an actor on the ascent. His characters to this point have run the gambit of all styles, from lovable loser (Lars and the Real Girl), to heartthrob (The Notebook) to drug-addled teacher (Half Nelson). There is no character depth … [Read more...]