[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B00EXPOEGO][/pullquote] Like video games based on films, films based on toys are often ill-conceived, produced cheaply and lack originality. Everything from Masters of the Universe through Transformers to Battleship, they are often just an excuse to cash in on a … [Read more...]
Review: Soccer Dog: European Cup (2004)
Soccer Dog: European Cup tells the story of Kimble, a genetically engineered super dog which escapes from a lab and joins a plucky but poor-quality Scottish football club. The Portersburgh Portsmen have won just two games in four years, and their captain Bryan MacGregor “ played by Nick Moran of Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels fame “ is down on his luck. As well as leading … [Read more...]
Review: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
The second film in trilogies are always difficult to handle. The setup is done in the first film, while the conclusion is handled in the third, so the second film has to get stuck in straight away and normally end with a cliff-hanger ending, while still trying to have its own 3 act structure to avoid pacing issues. The Empire Strikes Back is the high benchmark of middle films, … [Read more...]
Review: Frozen (2013)
Disney's tradition of taking and adapting famous fables and tales continues with Frozen, their version of The Snow Queen. In the land of Arendelle, young Princess Elsa (Idina Menzel) has the elemental power to make and control snow and ice. While playing with her sister Anna (Kristen Bell), she accidently injures her and in a desperate attempt to protect them both the King and … [Read more...]
Review: Ender’s Game (2013)
You can't help but feel a little bit sorry for the big cheeses at Summit Entertainment when it came out that the author and producer of their new blockbuster, Ender's Game, was at the forefront of such controversy. (Don't feel that sorry for them though, Orson Scott Card has been writing about this stuff since the nineties). … [Read more...]
Review: Turbo (2013)
Turbo is the latest Dreamworks animation which follows the antics of Turbo the snail (Ryan Reynolds) whose love of motor racing has him daydreaming of being a famous racing driver, much to the annoyance of his brother and co-workers. … [Read more...]
Review: The Princess and the Frog (2009)
Following the staggering success of Pixar and computer-generated feature films, Disney moved away from the more hand-drawn ˜traditional' style of animation for many years. They returned to it in 2009 with their own unique take on the classic children's story The Princess and the Frog. … [Read more...]
Review: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013)
Set directly after the events of the original film, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 follows eccentric young scientist Flint Lockwood (Bill Hader) who having saved his home of Swallow Falls from his own food-creating device, the FLDSMDFR begins looking to his future. However immediately after agreeing to setup a laboratory with his friends Manny (Benjamin Bratt) Earl (Terry … [Read more...]
Robin Hood (1973) review by That Film Guy
Following the end of what is affectionately known as the ˜Golden Era,' Disney found themselves in something of a creative slump. Not helped by the passing of patriarch Walt Disney, the output during the 70s and most of the 80s reads like a whose who of mediocre animated films; Oliver & Company, The Aristocats and The Black Cauldron all proved to be commercially and … [Read more...]
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013) review by That Film Guy
After the original Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief took a healthy $200m+ at the box office, the sequel moved quietly into production. … [Read more...]