Completing the trilogy, Back to the Future Part III was filmed back-to-back with its predecessor Back to the Future Part II and shifts the action 70 years in the past in 1885. While intrinsically linked to the previous two films, Back to the Future Part III sits slightly apart because of the Western-themed atmosphere. Commercially it made $70m less than the middle film of the … [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: True Grit (2011)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B005DS0VMQ][/pullquote] The Coen Brothers' True Grit is the second adaptation of the novel of the same name, written by Charles Portis in 1968. The original starred John Wayne and his performance as US Marshall Rooster Cogburn provided him with his only Academy Award. … [Read more...]
Review: Rango (2011)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B005KS35I6][/pullquote] Rango is an animated film that reunites Johnny Depp and director Gore Verbinski for the first time since the end of the original Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy. The action revolves around the titular Rango (Depp), a chameleon who finds … [Read more...]