Hyde Park on Hudson is the country home of the mother of Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Bill Murray), the 32nd President of the United States. In 1939 he hosted the first visit to America of a British monarch, King George VI (Samuel West) and his wife the Queen, Elizabeth (Olivia Colman). It happened to coincide with a blossoming relationship between him and his 5th cousin, Daisy … [Read more...]
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) review by That Film Dude
With Raiders of the Lost Ark an instant classic and probably the defining film of Harrison Ford's career, it's hardly surprising that a sequel was on the cards, to test whether Steven Spielberg and George Lucas could make that particular brand of lightning strike twice. Since going darker had worked such wonders for The Empire Strikes Back, it was decided that the same strategy … [Read more...]
Movie 43 (2013) review by That Film Brat
Occasionally a film comes along that has a unanimous consensus. Either for being good or bad. Last year it was Jack and Jill, and this year it's Movie 43. The reaction for this film has been so negative it was quite a curiosity to me. I felt I had to see it after people were calling it the worst film ever made. I decided to go in with an open mind. I did a little research and … [Read more...]
The Last Stand (2013) review by That Film Brat
What screams cheesy 80s action films more than Arnold Schwarzenegger? Arnie is the symbol of 80s action flicks, films like The Terminator, Commando and The Running Man are now known as definitive of the era. After a cameo in The Expendables that was so small it might as well of not been there at all, and a much more extended role in The Expendables 2, Arnie announced he was … [Read more...]
Waiting for Superman (2010) review by The Documentalist
The US school system is in trouble. For at least two entire generations results have been static at best and high school drop out rates are high. With many public schools seen as 'academic sinkholes' basic proficiency in Maths, English and Science in many areas of the country is staggeringly low. With powerful unions providing tenure to teachers effectively giving them … [Read more...]
You’ve Been Trumped (2011) review by That Art House Guy
Donald Trump is perhaps best known for having hair that's more ridiculous than seems possible, refusing to believe that Barack Obama is American, and shouting You're fired! at hapless business idiots on The Apprentice. However, he is also extremely keen on golf, and making as much money as possible. … [Read more...]
Top Gun (1986) review by That Film Guy
When discussing iconic films of any decade there is a tendency to look at Oscar winners and highly recommended art house films that will set the tone for the following years. Then, there are films like Top Gun. Released in 1986 it became the highest-grossing film of the year and has seen its legend grow since then. Like many ˜cult' films Top Gun has an impeachable place in the … [Read more...]
Battle Los Angeles (2011) review by That Film Guy
Battle Los Angeles follows a group of US Marines who are thrown into combat with extraterrestrial invaders in the City of Angels. On August 12, 2011, large masses thought to be meteorites land in the oceans near several major coastal cities. The objects are discovered to be spacecraft containing hostile extraterrestrial life. Marines from Camp Pendleton arrive in Los Angeles, … [Read more...]
The Legend of Boggy Creek (1972) review by That Film Geek
In 1967 Roger Patterson and Robert Gimlin filmed an encounter with a supposed Sasquatch or Bigfoot - you'll have almost definitely seen the famous 'Patterson-Gimlin film' or at least a image taken from it. Whether you believe the footage is a fake or a genuine encounter with a cryptid (an animal unknown by science - cryptozoologists love to talk about Coelacanth, but it seems … [Read more...]
Croc (2007) review by That Film Geek
Croc is a made for TV film, (it's one of Syfy's Maneater series) which basically retreads the plot of Jaws substituting a huge crocodile for the huge shark and the East-coast tourist destination of Amity Island for a tourist location in Thailand, oh, and Robert Shaw for Michael Madsen. Croc begins with Jack (Peter Tuinstra), an American struggling to afford to keep a zoo open … [Read more...]