Terrence Malick is a polarising director. Initially making a staggering debut with Badlands, his follow-up Days of Heaven lead to a 20 year break before The Thin Red Line announced his return to working behind the camera. His films split critics more regularly than any other as he seems to walk the line between pretentious, artistic, genius and self-indulgence. The Tree of … [Read more...]
Review: What Dreams May Come (1998)
What Dreams May Come a film that has slipped under many a fantasy-lover's radar. It follows one man's journey through the afterlife to reunite his family and poses the age-old question; how far would you travel for true love? Robin Williams stars as Chris, a loving father and husband who not only loses his two children in a car accident, but then tragically meets his own … [Read more...]
Review: Trollhunter (2010, Norwegian)
When film-maker Andre Ovredal wrote the screenplay for The Troll Hunter he based it on a single comment from Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg about the true existence of Trolls and how pylons were actually fences to keep them in trapped. It's a wonderful little moment that none of the gathered press at the conference picked up on and when taken out of context creates … [Read more...]
Review: Hugo (2011)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B0064YON8G][/pullquote] Rarely in this age of cinema where box offices are dominated by hulking great franchise films like The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 and Transformers: Dark of the Moon do you expect to find a high-budget independently-spirited, world … [Read more...]
Review: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B003AQC1CQ][/pullquote] December 2003 came to be a time of celebration and sadness for a lot of the film-going world. Peter Jackson's astonishing vision for J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy was set to finish with Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. … [Read more...]
Review: Hook (1991)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B005KJ68WA][/pullquote] The story of Peter Pan, created originally by JM Barrie in 1902 has had many film incarnations from Disney's memorable animated classic in 1953 to the 2003 PJ Hogan directed effort. There is something enduringly entertaining about the boy who … [Read more...]
Review: Immortals (2011)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B008I31JZQ][/pullquote] After the success of Sin City in 2005, another Frank Miller graphic novel went into production. 300 proved an even bigger box office success and helped launch the careers of Michael Fassbender and Gerard Butler. Aimed squarely at the teenage … [Read more...]
Review: Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B001G136LC][/pullquote] The original Hellboy released in 2004 was a moderate success commerically, but further established Guillermo Del Toro as a master story-teller and film-maker. His first foray into Hollywood was the sequel to the hugely successful film Blade. … [Read more...]
Review: Jurassic Park (1993)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B004KKXMSI][/pullquote] Steven Spielberg's name is synonymous with summer blockbusters. Films such as E.T., Jaws and Raiders of the Lost Ark firmly established him as one of the top directors around, and Jurassic Park sits very close to the top of his best … [Read more...]
Review: Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B005OS2QUK][/pullquote] In this Disney caper Jake Gyllenhaal's Prince Dastan swings (literally) up to the dizzying heights of blockbuster territory, equipped with the rippling (and surprising hairy) torso of a Hollywood leading man. Golden-hearted former orphan Dastan … [Read more...]