[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B002C4I10I][/pullquote] Set during the McCarthy-era USA Good Night, and Good Luck covers the battle between journalistic integrity and the overt bullying tactics of HUAC and the hunt for communist sympathizers during the Cold War. Directed by and co-staring George … [Read more...]
Review: Friends with Benefits (2011)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B00594HEQU][/pullquote] Will Gluck made his name as a writer for various American TV shows, but in 2009 he switched his focus when he directed Fired Up. The film's dialogue and sparkling interplay proved a moderate success and gave him enough Hollywood kudos to make … [Read more...]
Review: One Day (2011)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B00527QYL0][/pullquote] Based on a book by David Nicholls, One Day focuses on Emma (Anne Hathaway) and Dexter (Jim Sturgess) as two friends and examines their relationship on July 15 each year from 1988 to 2011. After meeting on graduation night and almost having sex, … [Read more...]
Review: Easy A (2010)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B003NE4S9E][/pullquote] John Hughes owned the 1980s. Ask anyone to list their top 10 favourite films from the 1980s and I bet there's at least one film written or directed by the king of teenage comedy-drama. It is his films that have inspired a generation of … [Read more...]