[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B003AQC1CQ][/pullquote] Having done the seemingly impossible and turned J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, into a feature film Peter Jackson set about editing The Two Towers ready for release in 2002. He had filmed the three films … [Read more...]
Review: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B00APGRMRI][/pullquote] 2008 saw the release of a Star Wars spin-off Star Wars: The Clone Wars. An animation based on the popular cartoon show, the action takes place between Episodes II and III. Using a unique animation style with heavily-textured, almost wooden … [Read more...]
Review: Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B005HNV2OS][/pullquote] With the first two instalments of the prequel trilogy complete and the final three established almost two decades before, a lot of the basic plot elements of Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith was already known. We knew that Anakin … [Read more...]
Review: Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B005HNV2OS][/pullquote] Three years after the release of the much-maligned The Phantom Menace, George Lucas released Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones in hopes of gathering back some of his lost fans. Despite commercial success, Episode I had left a bad … [Read more...]
Review: Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B005HNV2OS][/pullquote] When Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope was released in 1977, it was hailed as an instant science fiction classic. Commercially and critically successful, it was part of the reason for the sudden popularity of sci-fi films in the late 1970s. … [Read more...]
Review: Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B001QXZ7SA][/pullquote] In the late 1980s and early 1990s, there was no bigger film star than Kevin Costner. He has made his name with films like Field of Dreams and The Untouchables, before he started to produce massive commercial smash hits like Dances with Wolves … [Read more...]
Review: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B007N0IJGC][/pullquote] Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 is the final instalment of the film franchise that has run for the last 10 years and whose presence on the highest-grossing films of all time is unquestionable. The lead actors Daniel Radcliffe, Emma … [Read more...]
Review: Avatar (2009)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B003R0KOUQ][/pullquote] In 1997, James Cameron smashed the all-time box office record, with multi-Academy Award-winning mega-hit Titanic. He has been known throughout his career for making trail-blazing movies. His incredible work on Terminator 2: Judgment Day showed … [Read more...]
Review: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B007N0IJGC][/pullquote] Director David Yates and Warner Brothers Studios decided to split the 7th and final instalment of the Harry Potter franchise into two films so as to give the series the send-off they felt it deserved¦ and probably to extend the life of the … [Read more...]
Review: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B007N0IJGC][/pullquote] Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is the sixth instalment in the popular franchise and marks the penultimate story before the heart-breaking finale. In the lead-up to release of the book, J.K Rowling had promised fans that a major … [Read more...]