[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Buy&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B00I2VA8D8][/pullquote] Joanna Hogg's third film, Exhibition is a study of domestic disquiet, of a relationship in some sort of unspoken meltdown that is never overtly expressed or discussed. Set in the context of middle class London life, it's a world where interiors … [Read more...]
Review: Dragonphoenix Chronicles: Indomitable (2013, Greek)
An crowd-funded independent Greek film, made in the fallout of the country's economic collapse, is an intriguing prospect. When you factor in that it's an epic fantasy made for a budget of €10,000, or "the cost of a day's catering on Game of Thrones", it becomes downright worrying - plenty of fantasy films have failed miserably with million-dollar budgets. Which makes it all … [Read more...]
Review: Transcendence (2014)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B00K76Q592][/pullquote] Based on a script that comes from the infamous blacklist of best un-produced films in Hollywood, featuring an all-star cast and marking the directorial debut of Christopher Nolan's long-time cinematographer Wally Pfister, Transcendence has all … [Read more...]
Review: The Borderlands (2014)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B00C3L3VW8][/pullquote] The found footage horror genre has hit something of a creative cul-de-sac in recent years. The explosion in popularity because of its low cost to make and high returns at the box office have seen an explosion in the number being made, which has … [Read more...]
Review: The Quiet Ones (2014)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B00JE8VO5Y][/pullquote] The latest from the revived Hammer horror brand The Quiet Ones delves into a 'Based on true events' theme that has become so popular in the genre in recent years. Following their biggest success to date, The Woman in Black they take another … [Read more...]
Review: The Raid 2 (2014, Indonesian)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B00IG9DESC][/pullquote] When The Raid was released in 2012 it catapulted director Gareth Evans and star Iko Uwais into the public consciousness. Original conceived as a prison drama with undercover elements, it proved to complex to film on a small budget and the film … [Read more...]
Review: The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B00JKHCPNE][/pullquote] What a year 2014 is turning out to be. We've had the excellent Captain America: The Winter Soldier as well as having franchise installment X-Men: Days of Future Past and Guardians of the Galaxy in the pipeline. Sandwiched in between and in some … [Read more...]
Review: Divergent (2014)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B00IALP3KS][/pullquote] The scourge of young adult (YA) adaptations was at all time high in 2013, where we got Beautiful Creatures, The Mortal Instruments, The Host, and Catching Fire all in the same year. It seems to be slightly less in volume this year, but with the … [Read more...]
Review: Noah (2014)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B00IZEATRM][/pullquote] Courting controversy has never bothered director Darren Aronofsky before and in his Biblical epic Noah, he once again stares down a weighty subject matter with his own keen eye for storytelling. Beset with studio interference, reshoots and … [Read more...]
Review: [REC] (2007)
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[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B003S4G8RY][/pullquote] A TV film crew, while recording a documentary about firefighters, become trapped in an apartment building during a zombie outbreak. Their attempts to find out what's going on, and hopefully escape, are all shown from the perspective of the … [Read more...]