[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B001MUK7GY][/pullquote] After the success of Richard Donner's Superman: The Movie, the door was open to comic book adaptations to film. In 1989, Tim Burton and Batman kicked the door wide open and allowed for all the comic book films in our cinemas today. Taking DC … [Read more...]
Review: A History of Violence (2005)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B001N4KBAG][/pullquote] David Cronenberg is a controversial director whose movies always look at the sinister and dark side of human nature, is probably best known for Scanners, The Fly and Crash. His work always investigates how humanity copes with changes to the … [Read more...]
Review: American Splendor (2003)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B000216XRQ][/pullquote] American Splendor was originally a series of comic books focused on the author Harvey Pekar. The series followed Pekar's everyday life and his interactions with work colleagues, family and strangers in the street. Unlike the most well-known … [Read more...]
Review: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (2010)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B003D7JW9W][/pullquote] Set in Toronto, Canada, the story revolves around Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera); the member of local band Sex Bob-omb, who decides to enter a ˜Battle of the Bands competition. Whilst preparing for the event, Scott's love-life is turned … [Read more...]
Review: Superman: The Movie (1978)
[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: Batman Begins (2005)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B008JARIIA][/pullquote] The Batman franchise has always been reasonably profitable for Hollywood. The original film incarnation Batman, released in 1989, was very successful and lead to three sequels, each critically worse than its predecessor. By the time the fourth … [Read more...]
Review: Oldboy (2003, South Korea)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B000TQLJ14][/pullquote] In 2003 Park Chan-Wook released OldBoy, the second in a thematically connected trilogy between Sympathy for Mr Vengeance and Lady Vengeance (guess what the theme is). As well as being part of this loose trilogy of revenger's tragedies, OldBoy … [Read more...]
Review: Sin City (2005)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B004UGANG6][/pullquote] Frank Miller's graphic novel receives perhaps the most faithful transfer to the silver screen of all of the comic book genre in this brutal and brilliant film by Robert Rodriguez. The two hour running time covers three separate tales set in … [Read more...]
Review: Iron Man (2008)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B0089TNZ2E][/pullquote] In the summer of 2008, a Marvel blockbuster took huge returns at the box office and announced the arrival of one of Hollywood's most notorious ˜bad boys' back on the scene. Iron Man forms part of Marvel comics The Avengers that includes … [Read more...]