[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: The Double (2013)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B00JE8UF72][/pullquote] Angst, alienation, isolation... They're the cheery themes in Richard Ayoade's second feature, The Double, a follow-up to his charming debut, coming-of-age tale Submarine. But although it may sound bleak, The Double is infused with black humour … [Read more...]
Review: Under the Skin (2013)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B00J22YUNU][/pullquote] In the space of just three movie spread over more than a decade, Jonathan Glazer has established himself as one of Britain's most distinctive film-makers. While Sexy Beast and Birth, Glazer showed great skill and promise, Under The Skin sees … [Read more...]
Review: Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B00H7E8IHO][/pullquote] Following the commercial success of Phase 1 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it makes sense that Phase 2 would build on the individual characters that helped make The Avengers such a monstrous commercial success. Chris Evans patriotic hero … [Read more...]
Review: Cuban Fury (2014)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B00IE5B7S2][/pullquote] Based on a drunken email that Nick Frost sent to his producer, Cuban Fury marks the first time he's been on screen in the sole lead role and gives him the opportunity to have a go at something other than playing the supporting role to Simon … [Read more...]
Review: Locke (2013)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B00JLBVACG][/pullquote] I will be there. A line uttered by Ivan Locke (Tom Hardy) to a woman named Bethan (Olivia Colman) who is having his baby. The twist, Bethan is not his wife, but she is about to find out about it. This sensationalist tabloid-esque story forms … [Read more...]
Review: Labor Day (2013)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B00J7T87XC][/pullquote] Set over an intensely hot Labor Day weekend in 1987, the story centres thirteen year old Henry Wheeler (Gattlin Griffith) and his single mother Adele (Kate Winslet) who reluctantly harbor an intimidating escaped convict Frank Chambers (Josh … [Read more...]