The Devil Inside [pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=057512069X][/pullquote] Former child actors seem to have a new strategy going. While some have their famous roles and then cannot be seen as anything other than that for the rest of their career, new child actors seem to be savvier to this dangerous … [Read more...]
Review: The Babadook (2014)
You can't get rid of The Babadook [pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B00OPUUFQU][/pullquote] "If it's in a word, or in a look, you can't get rid of the Babadook" utters Essie Davis' strained mother Amelia in the latest crowd-funded horror that marks the directorial debut of Jennifer Kent. Expanding … [Read more...]
Review: Fury (2014)
Ideals are peaceful, history is violent. Not known for sugar-coating his subject material, director David Ayer once again delivers a slice of brutality in war film Fury. Following on from Training Day and End of Watch his attention is reverted back to the story of a US tank squad left to hold a crossroads alone against a battalion of German SS soldiers. … [Read more...]
Review: Nightcrawler (2014)
If you had to describe Dan Gilroy's first film Nightcrawler in one word, it would be sleazy. A contemporary take on the voyeuristic films of old like Psycho and Peeping Tom this brings the action to modern day Los Angeles, a city in decay where news networks vie for the most shocking footage available from freelancers called nightcrawlers. These people have cameras, cars and … [Read more...]
Review: Monsters: Dark Continent (2014)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B004JMZH3K][/pullquote] Gareth Edwards' original Monsters, made on a budget that makes shoestrings look pricey, was a highlight of 2010 and something of a sleeper hit. It made enough of an impact that its director immediately graduated to the big leagues with a shot … [Read more...]
Review: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)
Cowa-Bungled [pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B00MI1X58S][/pullquote] It's like candy, people love candy, says Vernon Fenwick (Will Arnett) to April O'Neil (Megan Fox) when talking about her disgruntled attitude to reporting on less-than-serious news. But like many pseudo-meta comments in this limp … [Read more...]
Review: Starred Up (2014)
Porridge with nutcases [pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B00IYSEV2I][/pullquote] Director David Mackenzie and lead Jack O'Connell combine to present a brutally realistic and sometime sentimental view of prison life in Starred Up. … [Read more...]
Review: Annabelle (2014)
Dream Home Barbie [pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B00AAA62TI][/pullquote] Following hot on the successful heels of The Conjuring comes Annabelle, a limp haunted doll film follow-up to a far superior horror film. Like its predecessor it is taken from the casebook of the Ed and Lorraine Warren, … [Read more...]
Review: Leviathan (2014, Russian)
Job and the Whale [pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B00OUVCQBQ][/pullquote] If someone were to tell you a film was a ˜Russian Epic' you might be forgiven for thinking bleak landscapes, social oppression, cold winters and big servings of vodka. In many ways that's exactly what you get in Leviathan, … [Read more...]
Review: ’71 (2014)
Down and out in Belfast [pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B00IYSEV2I][/pullquote] First-time director Yann Demange hasn't shied away from controversy in his accomplished debut feature '71. Focusing on Northern Ireland in 1971, he and script-writer Gregory Burke have crafted a thrilling, engaging and … [Read more...]