[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B00ICI26M2][/pullquote] Director Alexander Payne, whose previous films include The Descendants, Sideways and Election has gone to his family roots to draw inspiration for his latest film Nebraska. … [Read more...]
Review: Monsters (2010)
There are many remarkable things about Monsters, but to start with the basics: it cost a mere $500,000 to make, has a professional cast of two, and is the director's first feature. All the visual effects were made on director Gareth Edwards' laptop at the end of the day. Edwards has won the award for Best Director at the British Independent Film Awards. And it's one of the best … [Read more...]
Review: Beavis And Butt-Head Do America (1996)
Spawned in 1993 from the brain of creator Mike Judge, Beavis and Butt-Head are two dimwitted, socially awkward teenagers who spend their days skipping school watching music videos and declaring that everything is either cool or sucks. That is as deep as they go but despite this were a big ratings hit when the original TV show aired on MTV from 1993 to 1997. It was perhaps … [Read more...]
Review: Finding Nemo (2003)
Finding Nemo is the fifth feature film created and released by Pixar in association with Disney Studios. It is the first Pixar film not to be directed by John Lasseter, with Andrew Stanton taking over the helm as well as writing it. Like all Pixar films, the cast and crew researched the topic of Finding Nemo in great depth, including learning to scuba dive so as to better … [Read more...]
Review: Jeepers Creepers (2001)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B008MU8ZOI][/pullquote] On a routine trip home from college, bickering brother and sister Darry (Justin Long) and Trish (Gina Phillips) make the regrettable mistake of taking the scenic route through the country. Darry catches sight of a mysterious figure, disposing … [Read more...]