[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B00L3O0BCE][/pullquote] An English adaptation of a French graphic novel by a South Korean director, Snowpiercer is an apocalyptic future tale whose journey to release is almost is crazy and interesting as the film itself. Released in most countries in 2013, it never … [Read more...]
Review: The Purge: Anarchy (2014)
Anarchy-by-law [pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B00CI39NHS][/pullquote] The Purge is an odd beast. It was a film that got lambasted by critics and audiences alike, and yet still made about 30x its budget. Plenty of films do this, mind, this isn't a new thing, but there's the kind of bad that gets … [Read more...]
Review: Boyhood (2014)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B00LHTGJZI][/pullquote] As film concepts go, Richard Linklater's idea for Boyhood is a brilliant one. Filmed between 2002 and 2013 in short bursts each year, it's the story of Mason, an American kid growing up, following him from pre-school to his first day of … [Read more...]
Review: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
The Apes of Wrath [pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B00DHJTCPK][/pullquote] It took ten years worth of work to help Rupert Wyatt reboot the ailing Planet of the Apes franchise. In the clunkily-titled Rise of the Planet of the Apes audiences saw a blockbuster hit arrive almost unannounced in the summer … [Read more...]
Review: Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
Robot Bores [pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B00LA8H82E][/pullquote] Following in the footsteps of its commercial success juggernauts comes Michael Bay's latest blockbuster Transformers: Age of Extinction. Acting as a sort of reboot for the human cast, we lose Shia Labouef's Sam Whitwicky and gain … [Read more...]
Review: The Fault in Our Stars (2014)
The kids aren't all right [pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B00JLC5IRS][/pullquote] Ruthless efficiency and teen cancer drama are not terms that necessarily go together. That is unless you're talking about the Shailene Woodley film The Fault in Our Stars. Based on the uber-popular novel by the former … [Read more...]
Review: Oculus (2013)
Through the Looking Glass [pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B00J9C05NM][/pullquote] Mainstream horror films have had a bit of a lull recently. The normal plethora of over-edited horror trailer were conspicuously absent from the beginning of my screening of Oculus, and it's been nearly a year since we … [Read more...]
Review: Maleficent (2014)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B00IXGU8YG][/pullquote]If you hadn't worked it out from the Princess and the Frog, Frozen and Brave, then you will certainly learn it from Maleficent “ the all-powerful Disney brand is now well and truly on a new path. … [Read more...]
Review: We are the Best (2013, Swedish)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B00KB1RQXM][/pullquote] Lukas Moodysson came to prominence with bittersweet comedy drama Together in 2000. But any ideas that he'd continue in a quirky, funny direction were quickly shattered by Lily 4 Ever and A Hole in My Heart which were very powerful, but almost … [Read more...]
Review: Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
Eat Sleep Die Repeat [pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B00BC36U58][/pullquote] Following Oblivion, Tom Cruise continues his jaunt into the science fiction genre with Edge of Tomorrow. Based on the novel All You Need is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka it is directed by Doug Limen, best known for The Bourne … [Read more...]