In 2005, Emad Burnat's fourth son, Gibreel was born in the village of Bil'in on the West Bank. In the same year, Isreal began building a separation fence between Israeli and Palestinian areas. The villagers of Bil'in realised that the fence would cut through their agricultural land, confiscating around half of it “ land they relied on for their livelihoods and to feed their … [Read more...]
Warm Bodies (2013) review by That Film Guy
The zombie genre has been one of the most prolific sub-genres in horror film-making in recent years. After the advent of mainstream walking dead in George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead we've seen numerous interpretations of the standard narrative from road trip horrors like 28 Days Later¦ to romantic comedies like Shaun of the Dead via Zombieland. The key to a successful … [Read more...]
I Give it a Year (2013) review by That Film Student
Everyone says that the first year of marriage is the hardest, but it doesn't help when your previous girlfriend, who you never officially broke up with, is still on the scene; or when you're so embarrassed by your husband's 'dancing' that you refer to him as Beyonce, and deny all prior knowledge of him. Another British romantic comedy, we have high hopes that we can place Dan … [Read more...]
This is 40 (2012) review by That Film Guy
Producer, writer, director Judd Apatow has become something of a comedy monolith in Hollywood. His name is attached to almost all comedies of any note since 2004 and he has a staple of actors and actresses that he uses from film to film. One of his biggest commercial and critical successes was the pregnancy comedy Knocked Up and it is from this that the lead characters from … [Read more...]
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) review by That Film Dude
Apparently because the Star Wars prequels didn't teach him to leave the old classics alone, George Lucas decided that what Indiana Jones needed was another sequel, even after Last Crusade ended the series on just about the best possible note twenty years before. Why it was deemed necessary to resurrect such a great trilogy, and not even bother to do the new film properly, is … [Read more...]
West of Memphis (2012) review by The Documentalist
For those outside of the US the story of the 'West Memphis Three' may be a new one but for anyone who has tuned in to the national news since 1993 it would have been hard to escape hearing about it at some point. Following the triple murder of three school boys in small town Arkansas, three teenagers were convicted and sentenced to life in prison on the back of a trial lead by … [Read more...]
The Breakfast Club (1985) review by That Film Student
United by a common affliction: youth, John Hughes' iconic The Breakfast Club presents a cliché of teenagers from all corners of the social spectrum trapped together, who only reach an understanding of one another during an 8 hour Saturday detention. The criminal (Judd Nelson), jock (Emilio Estevez), prom queen (Molly Ringwald), weirdo (Ali Sheedy) and geek (Anthony Michael … [Read more...]
Review: Bullet to the Head (2013)
In the crowd of 80s style throwback action movies popping up recently, Bullet to the Head is possibly the least known. It's advertising wasn't as strong as The Last Stand, and certainly not as strong as A Good Day To Die Hard. And while The Last Stand lost money, that's nothing compared to this. Its $55 million budget grossed a total of $4.5 million as of writing, which is … [Read more...]
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) review by That Film Dude
Now this is much more like it. Temple of Doom, while good overall, was a disappointment after the unadulterated brilliance of Raiders of the Lost Ark, and as such the pressure was on to try and recapture the magic for the final film of the trilogy. Last Crusade is not the equal of Raiders. It does, however, come damned close, bringing back the light-heartedness and sense of fun … [Read more...]
Granny (1999) review by That Film Brat
This will contain spoilers, not that it matters really. Its just as brilliant either way. Normally I start off a review with some back story about the film's production and/or the filmmaker. I would do this here too, if not for the fact that I can't find anything online about the filmmaker, Boris Pavlovsky, or the film itself. This is possibly because he might have gone out … [Read more...]