[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B0089TNZ2E][/pullquote] 2011 will be remembered as a year of franchise comic book films. We saw The Green Lantern and Thor released to negative and positive reactions respectively and in late July, we were treated to Captain America: The First Avenger. This film along … [Read more...]
Review: Ghost in the Shell (1995)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B00009PAFF][/pullquote] Ghost in the Shell has become one of the most popular animes of all time, and also one of the most culturally significant. Although a box office flop, the film has become a massive cult hit, with it being many people's introduction to anime. An … [Read more...]
Review: 300 (2006)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B000VE2NQ4][/pullquote] Graphic novels have become a staple of the Hollywood diet in recent years. After the success of Tim Burton's Batman, studio executives began buying up the distribution rights of almost every successful comic book franchise and graphic novel. … [Read more...]
Review: The Incredible Hulk (2008)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B001DTKY08][/pullquote] Ang Lee, award-winning director of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in 2003 turned his attention to comic books, most notably, The Incredible Hulk, one of Marvel's most popular characters. He sought to encapsulate the very essence of the human … [Read more...]
Review: Batman Returns (1992)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B001CP4VNE][/pullquote] Tim Burton is a director with a well-known reputation for a dark, sinister and macabre vision when it comes to film-making. Batman is a comic book character known for having a much similar atmosphere, so the two were likely bed fellows. Batman, … [Read more...]
Review: Green Lantern (2011)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B007X4SOQI][/pullquote] The DC Universe's latest offering to the silver screen is Green Lantern. Based on a comic book of the same name, it is the first in a new slew of DC films being released and is the first not to include the ˜big two' of Batman and Superman. It … [Read more...]
Review: Thor (2011)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B00F3TCFAG][/pullquote] Thor is the latest offering from Marvel Studios and one in a series of films that is building toward their marquee attraction film The Avengers. Like Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk and the soon to be released Captain America: The First Avenger, … [Read more...]