[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B004VLKXG0][/pullquote] Following on from the staggering success of Danny Boyle's breakout film Trainspotting, comes his version of a romantic comedy. Given a much bigger budget, moving the action to the United States and given an a-list female lead meant that the … [Read more...]
Review: Trainspotting (1996)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B004VLKXG0][/pullquote] Trainspotting is the second feature film directed by future Oscar winner Danny Boyle. Following on from the success of Shallow Grave, he took the most charismatic member of that cast, Ewan McGregor, and turned him into the shaven-headed, … [Read more...]
Review: Shallow Grave (1994)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B004VLKXG0][/pullquote] Before Trainspotting, before Slumdog Millionaire and all the accolades and recognition, before 127 Hours, Danny Boyle directed a film called Shallow Grave. Coming from a background of television work, including Inspector Morse, Shallow Grave … [Read more...]
Review: Zombieland (2009)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B002W5V63G][/pullquote] For years zombie films have been loosely based on George A. Romero's 1968 classic Night of the Living Dead. Zombies were reanimated corpses with a taste for human flesh, an idea that tapped into our fears of isolation and paranoid anxiety … [Read more...]
Review: Rampage (2009)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B003JT0S74][/pullquote] Uwe Boll is an interesting character in the film world. He is a reasonably prolific director, whose films have always been of a less-than-high quality. Commercially they do fine, which allows him to continue to make films like In the Name of … [Read more...]
Review: Super 8 (2011)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B007PF7FBU][/pullquote] Steven Spielberg is one of the most successful directors of all time. He is famous for co-creating the summer blockbuster with George Lucas and has a string of successful commercial and critical hits. JJ Abrams is currently in the process of … [Read more...]
Review: Weird Science (1985)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B00E20379K][/pullquote] John Hughes is one of the most iconic writers and directors from the 1980s. His list of credits include classics like The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Planes, Trains and Automobiles. His strength was always in creating a … [Read more...]
Review: Easy A (2010)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B003NE4S9E][/pullquote] John Hughes owned the 1980s. Ask anyone to list their top 10 favourite films from the 1980s and I bet there's at least one film written or directed by the king of teenage comedy-drama. It is his films that have inspired a generation of … [Read more...]
Review: Sucker Punch (2011)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B006GAP79M][/pullquote] Zack Synder is a director carving a name for himself in Hollywood. He started with the a remake of Dawn of the Dead in 2004, which was surprisingly well handled considering the over-saturation of zombie films in recent years. His style has … [Read more...]
Review: The Lives of Others (2006, Germany)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B003OUV1H4][/pullquote] Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, or FHvD to his mates (maybe) recently directed Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie in The Tourist. The Lives of Others, which he both wrote and directed, was the film that gave him this shot at the Hollywood big … [Read more...]