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: The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978, Hong Kong)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B002ZPIBTU][/pullquote] Widely considered one of the best kung fu films ever made, The 36th Chamber of Shaolin arrived right in the middle of the genre's heyday, coming out the same year as Jackie Chan's groundbreaking Drunken Master. Starring Gordon Liu, who would … [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: How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)
The Viking Empire Strikes Back [pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B003BIFPG2][/pullquote] Dreamworks used to play second fiddle to Pixar in the hit animated movie stakes but not anymore. … [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: 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...]
Review: X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
Charles and Eric's X-cellent Adventure [pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B00KF8F6PG][/pullquote] Loosely based on the beloved comic book series of the same name, Days of Future Past introduces the elements of time travel into the already convoluted timeline of the X-Men. Cleverly uniting the cast of … [Read more...]
Review: Godzilla (2014)
Let them fight... please! [pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B00EXPOD9M][/pullquote] This Godzilla reboot forms part of the natural evolution of film-maker Gareth Edwards. Bursting onto the scene with his low-budget high-concept drama film Monsters, he took the reins in an attempt to wash the taste out … [Read more...]
Review: Pompeii (2014)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B00J8FGW9Q][/pullquote] Director Paul W.S. Anderson, known for his terrible computer game adaptations turns his hand to the swords and sandals action genre in Pompeii. Clearly unwilling to just have an action film, he can't resist having some huge force of nature on … [Read more...]