[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B007PZ2BEG][/pullquote] Jon Favreau burst onto the Hollywood scene initially as an actor in the cult hit Swingers. From there his career endured peaks and troughs, before he finally established himself as a blockbuster director with the Iron Man films. It's an odd … [Read more...]
Review: Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B001QXZ7SA][/pullquote] In the late 1980s and early 1990s, there was no bigger film star than Kevin Costner. He has made his name with films like Field of Dreams and The Untouchables, before he started to produce massive commercial smash hits like Dances with Wolves … [Read more...]
Review: Priest (2011)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B003NVM5GU][/pullquote] The success of films like Sin City and 300 have lead to a spate of graphic novel to film adaptations, some of which were commercially successful (Kick-Ass) and some not so (Scott Pilgrim vs. The World). Priest comes from similar graphic novel … [Read more...]
Review: Sunshine (2007)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B004VLKXG0][/pullquote] Sunshine is director Danny Boyle's atempt at a pure science fiction film. His previous films have had sci-fi elements, but never before has he set the whole film in the future and in space. Drawing heavy influences from Stanley Kubrick's 2001: … [Read more...]
Review: Millions (2004)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B004VLKXG0][/pullquote] By 2004, Danny Boyle was a director with a hit-and-miss record. From the adrenaline-filled Trainspotting at the highest end, to the confusing mess of The Beach at the other. Following on from 28 Days Later... he released a film that is almost … [Read more...]
Review: Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B006E0A5YG][/pullquote] Planet of the Apes, released in 1968 was a surprise commercial success that spawned four sequels, one woeful Tim Burton-directed reboot and a couple of TV shows. Its place in film history is already assured, with parodies of the famous final … [Read more...]
Review: The Beach (2000)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B004VLKXG0][/pullquote] The Beach stands as a turning point in Danny Boyle's career. It is the first big budget film that he directed and it is the one with more controversy and problems on set than any other. The first problem was the fall-out between Boyle and … [Read more...]
Review: Lost in La Mancha (2002)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B000083EGF][/pullquote] Lost in La Mancha, captured by Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe, tells the ill-fated tale of Terry Gilliam's attempt in the summer of 2000 to break the 'curse of Quixote' and finally do what no-one else has done successfully before - adapt the novel … [Read more...]
Review: King of Kong (2007)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B00163LTLY][/pullquote] The world of competitive video gaming is far more complex than you could ever imagine as this 2007 documentary that focuses on the arcade game Donkey Kong shows. Whereas heading to the arcade to pass some time playing games like Pacman and … [Read more...]
Review: Pan’s Labyrinth (2006, Spain)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B000UYBP0K][/pullquote] Pan's Labyrinth begins a long time ago in an underground world a princess escaped to the world above, the sunlight blinded her and she forgot who she was. She grew sick and eventually died but her father, the King of the subterranean, knew that … [Read more...]