[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B00F6SHFMC][/pullquote] One of the main auteurs in the mumblecore movement of micro-budget independent films, Joe Swanberg returns with his highest profile film to date, Drinking Buddies. Like previous films it focuses on naturalistic elements of film-making, thus … [Read more...]
Review: The Change-Up (2011)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B006YVVMHO][/pullquote] Jason Bateman and Ryan Reynolds have built their careers from comedy roots. Bateman starred in Dodgeball, Starsky and Hutch and acclaimed television show Arrested Development. Reynolds's first taste of success was the TV show 2 Guys, a Girl and … [Read more...]
Review: Cowboys and Aliens (2011)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B007PZ2BEG][/pullquote] Jon Favreau burst onto the Hollywood scene initially as an actor in the cult hit Swingers. From there his career endured peaks and troughs, before he finally established himself as a blockbuster director with the Iron Man films. It's an odd … [Read more...]
Review: TRON: Legacy (2010)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B009S0V15Q][/pullquote] In the late 1970s and early 1980s computers were designed for home use and games were created to appeal to children and teenagers. Video arcades were filled with an entire generation who would come to see the personal computer become a staple … [Read more...]