[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B002W5V63G][/pullquote] For years zombie films have been loosely based on George A. Romero's 1968 classic Night of the Living Dead. Zombies were reanimated corpses with a taste for human flesh, an idea that tapped into our fears of isolation and paranoid anxiety … [Read more...]
Review: Rampage (2009)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B003JT0S74][/pullquote] Uwe Boll is an interesting character in the film world. He is a reasonably prolific director, whose films have always been of a less-than-high quality. Commercially they do fine, which allows him to continue to make films like In the Name of … [Read more...]
Review: Super 8 (2011)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B007PF7FBU][/pullquote] Steven Spielberg is one of the most successful directors of all time. He is famous for co-creating the summer blockbuster with George Lucas and has a string of successful commercial and critical hits. JJ Abrams is currently in the process of … [Read more...]
Review: Synecdoche, New York (2008)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B002LIMNQI][/pullquote] Charlie Kaufman is one of Hollywood's most eccentric writers. His previous works: Being John Malkovich, Adaptation and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind have all focused on humanities individual sense of self and with an experienced … [Read more...]
Review: Limitless (2011)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B0051NH5KY][/pullquote] There are science fiction films that take themselves very seriously and have in important point to make. Then there is Limitless. A barmy premise and frankly ludicrous plot is handled with fun and enjoyment by all involved. Nobody is too … [Read more...]
Review: Submarine (2010)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B004TA74XI][/pullquote] British talent appears to be spreading across the globe in recent years. What with Tom Hardy's rise from obscurity to blockbuster supporting cast, not to mention Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Edgar Wright establishing themselves in Hollywood and … [Read more...]
Review: You, The Living (2007, Swedish)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B0019BC372][/pullquote] Roy Andersson started his directorial career in advertising, and then moved into feature films. You can't tell. There is not a thing about Andersson's style that's reminiscent of the fast-paced world of TV advertising. In fact, the opposite is … [Read more...]
Review: Field of Dreams (1989)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B00E20372C][/pullquote] Films, as a medium, often invite you to suspend your disbelief about events, characters and stories that are sometimes beyond the realms of understanding or possibility. These can be fantasy, science fiction or comic-book in nature, and … [Read more...]
Review: The Calcium Kid (2004)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B0002SD0DE][/pullquote] 2003 was a big year for Orlando Bloom. He was one of the leads in breakout smash-hit Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, starred in Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, which swept the Oscars and had recently been signed … [Read more...]
Review: Elizabethtown (2005)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B000BKTAYQ][/pullquote] Romantic comedies are some of the more obviously and recognisably formulaic genres in film. They inevitably star a good-looking man and woman, who fall in love after a series of often slapstick and overblown events. Where comic book and action … [Read more...]