[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B00IRDIHH0][/pullquote] The combination of Hollywood funny man Seth Rogen with former High School Musical lead Zac Efron in a comedy of a middle-aged couple against a fraternity is a hit-and-miss affair. … [Read more...]
Review: Insidious Chapter 2 (2013)
James Wan is really starting to come into his own as a horror director. Saw's direction was good, but was a little fast-paced and music-video-esque for the film's tone. Insidious was a step in the right direction, with it being a delightful little homage to old school Hammer horror films that was scary and entertaining. However, it was the year of 2013 that Wan released his … [Read more...]
Review: Insidious (2011)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B00GNXOO2I][/pullquote] The poster might as well say ˜Roll up, roll up and come see the miraculous rebirth of Hammer Horror.' Insidious, starring Rose Byrne and Patrick Wilson is about as old school a horror as it's possible to get without being completely overblown. … [Read more...]
Review: Sunshine (2007)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B004VLKXG0][/pullquote] Sunshine is director Danny Boyle's atempt at a pure science fiction film. His previous films have had sci-fi elements, but never before has he set the whole film in the future and in space. Drawing heavy influences from Stanley Kubrick's 2001: … [Read more...]
Review: Bridesmaids (2011)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B006YVW8WM][/pullquote] Judd Apatow has made a name for himself in recent years with lewd, rude and crude comedies such as The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Superbad and Knocked Up. Bridesmaids follows in the same style, but is clearly aimed and marketed directly at the female … [Read more...]