Category Archives: OGR Recommends

Creed (Review)

Posted on March 25, 2016 by OGR

Fake fights are a million times more interesting than real ones, and no one did fake fights better than Sylvester Stallone in the 80s – even though thousands have tried to replicate his cinematic pugilistic deeds. ……………. Adonis Creed (Michael … Continue reading →

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The Last Dragon (Review)

Posted on February 29, 2016 by OGR

The Last Dragon might be the best martial arts spoof film of the last century. It might be the most balanced examination of race relations. It might be the most sincere look at the drive required to forge a leading … Continue reading →

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Prince Live at Perth Arena February 25th 2016

Posted on February 25, 2016 by OGR

Since my youth I have been a Prince fan but never a Prince FAN!! That said I have maintained in recent years that ‘if Prince comes again we should go to Sydney / Melbourne and check him out’. I meant … Continue reading →

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Sicario (Review)

Posted on February 5, 2016 by OGR

In Mexican Sicario means hitman, and this film will drop you like a bullet to the back of the head. The opening scene follows an FBI raid on a suburban home in Arizona. We are not told why the FBI … Continue reading →

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The Papa Roach Discography: An OGR Musical Timeline

Posted on January 30, 2016 by OGR

At first glance Papa Roach are instantly and understandably hateable. Actually they are at second glance also. A bunch of pasty tattooed white boys with carefully unkempt hair and just the right amount of fashionable disenfranchisement, they seem purpose built … Continue reading →

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The Debt (Review)

Posted on January 16, 2016 by OGR

This will not be an exhaustive, blow by blow description of The Debt. That’s not because it is a lesser film. Far from it. It is because saying too much about the plot risks either giving too much away or … Continue reading →

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The Revenant 2015 (Review)

Posted on January 15, 2016 by OGR

(For a different – but still interesting – movie about a more ‘zombie/vampire’ type undead, check this The Revenant.) A ‘revenant’ is a being thought to have returned from the dead… When a riverside pelt producing operation is attacked by … Continue reading →

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Bad Boys 1983 (Review)

Posted on January 11, 2016 by OGR

This film sat high on the top shelf at my local small town video shop in the R rated section, long after I’d sampled some of its peers. Something about the cover, with the photo of a bloodied Sean Penn … Continue reading →

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Review)

Posted on January 6, 2016 by OGR

After almost fourty years a new iteration of evil has arrived called the First Order, and a new generation made up of human, creature and droid steps up to join inter-galactic icons that helped mould the previous generation – both … Continue reading →

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The Story of Ricky AKA Riki-Oh (Review)

Posted on January 1, 2016 by OGR

*Man with guitar shuffles in. Sits down. Never looks up. Starts clumsily strumming acoustic guitar.* “Gather round and let me tell the tale of Ricky-Oh Who found himself in a predicament that’s sticky (Oh!) Now I ain’t a rhymer so … Continue reading →

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