Porridge with nutcases [pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B00IYSEV2I][/pullquote] Director David Mackenzie and lead Jack O'Connell combine to present a brutally realistic and sometime sentimental view of prison life in Starred Up. … [Read more...]
Review: ’71 (2014)
Down and out in Belfast [pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B00IYSEV2I][/pullquote] First-time director Yann Demange hasn't shied away from controversy in his accomplished debut feature '71. Focusing on Northern Ireland in 1971, he and script-writer Gregory Burke have crafted a thrilling, engaging and … [Read more...]