Ask yourself, did anyone really think this was ever going to be a good film? It's a video game adaptation, for one thing. I have never seen a decent video game adaptation (and no, the two Final Fantasy films do not count, as one is a sequel to the game, and one has zero relation to any game in the series). And second, it's directed by Paul W. S. Anderson. Before this film, he … [Read more...]
Review: Night of the Living Dead (1968)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B002KAIW4E][/pullquote] Zombies are as synonymous with horror films as any creatures you can think of, but this wasn't always the case. Before 1968, zombies were often the product of voodoo magic, in fact the modern term Zombie derives from the Haitian Creole term … [Read more...]
Review: 28 Days Later (2002)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B001CRRAGW][/pullquote] Danny Boyle is a master of genre-lead films. There's no denying that the man can direct a engaging, beautifully shot masterpiece regardless of the conventional box that you place it in. He's conquered fantasy realism, romantic comedy and biopic … [Read more...]
Review: Zombieland (2009)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B002W5V63G][/pullquote] For years zombie films have been loosely based on George A. Romero's 1968 classic Night of the Living Dead. Zombies were reanimated corpses with a taste for human flesh, an idea that tapped into our fears of isolation and paranoid anxiety … [Read more...]
Review: Shaun of the Dead (2004)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B00CSVD1WS][/pullquote] The comedy trio of Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Edgar Wright are now famous for their edgy comedy work, mainly from their first collaborative project, the cult TV show Spaced. For fans of the show, it is fun to note that Shaun of the Dead, their … [Read more...]