Monthly Archives: January 2012

Audition (Review)

There is no real reason that I never watched Audition up until last weekend. I knew about it, saw it often enough on the DVD racks, saw it listed in various lists describing unexpected plot twists and random violence, even … Continue reading

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Wild, Wild West (Review)

If you have one aim in life it should be to never stop learning. When I was in my early teens I learned that not every movie was a guaranteed source of enjoyment (thanks Tom Cruise and Richard Gere!). When … Continue reading

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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (US Version) – A Protest Review

Besides the fact that I found The Social Network entirely over-hyped and mediocre I have nothing against David Fincher. I love Se7en, thought Alien 3 was way better than everyone else claims and found many of his other films at … Continue reading

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B Movie Haiku Reviews – Undead or Alive / Poison Ivy / Poultrygeist

Undead or Alive Gee I wonder just how a film that feels the need to inform us that it is a comedy *Cough* ‘Zomedy’, and boasts gloriously fake mo’s, a Sheriff named Cletus and proudly exalts Chris Kattan as its … Continue reading

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Apollo 18 (Review)

The funniest and perhaps scariest about this film is that NASA felt concerned enough to announce publicly that this is a work of fiction to the American movie-going people… What we have here is another found footage flick along the … Continue reading

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Balls of Fury (Review)

Balls of Fury is everything that you expect when you see the cover above. And it is a great idea… for a 6 minute skit. As a 90 minute film… Randy Datona (Dan Fogler) is a fat, hirsute loser in … Continue reading

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The Exorcist (Review)

The best and most apt review of The Exorcist that I could write would be ‘Just see it*’. For a nearly 40 year old film to not only still be effective is one thing, but The Exorcist remains an absolute … Continue reading

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Creepshow (Review)

George Romero directs a series of short episodes, all with horror themes, based upon the writings of Stephen King! Sounds OK, why haven’t I watched this before…? The answer to that question is that Creepshow hasn’t aged well in the … Continue reading

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The Good, the (Not) Bad & the Ugly: The OGR Guide to Vampire Movies

Premise first: There are a million cinematic genres out there just waiting for you to find them. Within those genres are countless films ranging from atrocious to (hopefully) all time great.We care at OGR, so in 2012 we will periodically … Continue reading

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The Inbetweeners Movie (Review)

I know nothing about the TV series of the same name. I guess it takes the same four characters from this film and restricts them to more banal fare in and around their homes. I enjoyed the film version for … Continue reading

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