[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B000RF9YXC][/pullquote] Released in 1978, Superman: The Movie represents the first, major Hollywood comic book film adaptation. Based on DC Comics most successful character, Superman: The Movie was directed by Richard Donner, the plan was to film two films … [Read more...]
Review: Akira (1988)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B004O2AZHI][/pullquote] It could be said that Akira is the greatest anime of all time. Many people have said it, and upon watching it, it could well be. The story is deep, complex, and thought-provoking, the voice acting (both English and Japanese) is superb, the … [Read more...]
Review: South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B00AEBB8TM][/pullquote] South Park is an award-winning TV show from creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker that debuted August 13th 1997. It immediately caused controversy because of it's anti-PC content, including ridiculing and satirising religions, celebrities and … [Read more...]
Review: Star Trek (2009)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B00450AG9G][/pullquote] Star Trek is as recognisable an entertainment brand as Star Wars, Lord of the Rings or Twilight. It has fans with a passion to match anything that the other brands have to offer too. Starting as a television show in 1966 it charts the … [Read more...]
Review: The Exorcist (1973)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B003IHVKRY][/pullquote] Horror films are one of the most consistently popular genres in popular culture. There are slasher films like Friday the 13th, torture-porn like Saw and ˜found footage' like Paranormal Activity and The Blair Witch Project. There are more … [Read more...]
Review: The Shining (1980)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B0013K11AE][/pullquote] Stanley Kubrick will forever be remembered as one of the most daring and controversial directors of all time. From films like Spartacus, 2001: A Space Odyssey and A Clockwork Orange his legacy was already assured when he decided to adapt a … [Read more...]
Review: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B002QW2ODQ][/pullquote] The term 'video nasty' became common place in the UK in the early 1980s. Commentators like Mary Whitehouse pushed for certain films to be banned from distribution due to obscenity or extreme violence. Films that were released in the cinema were … [Read more...]
Review: The Blair Witch Project (1999)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B003YXZH5S][/pullquote] Horror as a film genre, can be broken down into many sub-genres. It could be Science-Fiction-Horror, Slasher-Horror or Torture-Porn-Horror to name but a few. One of the most recent additions to the sub-genres is the ˜found footage horror' … [Read more...]
Review: Psycho (1960)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B003BEDT78][/pullquote] Alfred Hitchcock is one of the most influential and culturally significant directors of all time. His canon of work, including classics such as North by Northwest, Rear Window and Vertigo are still held in high regard decades after they were … [Read more...]
Review: Night of the Living Dead (1968)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B002KAIW4E][/pullquote] Zombies are as synonymous with horror films as any creatures you can think of, but this wasn't always the case. Before 1968, zombies were often the product of voodoo magic, in fact the modern term Zombie derives from the Haitian Creole term … [Read more...]