Monthly Archives: September 2012

Heathers (Review)

Like many teenagers themselves, Heathers cleverly raises several insightful and witty points while simultaneously managing to make precious little sense whatsoever. In fact the general tone swings wildly between ‘all teens are poor, downtrodden and misunderstood’ and ‘teens are gormless … Continue reading

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Blade Trilogy Review

Blade is one of the cooler comic-book character to cinema adaptations going around. Most guys who were in their teens or twenties when they saw the original remember it fondly, cinema snobs with an action bent (myself included) give the … Continue reading

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Resident Evil: Retribution – A Protest Review

I haven’t seen it. I won’t see it in cinemas. (I will inevitably and unfortunately catch it on DVD, then smile smugly at being so very right.) Regardless of when I see it I know what I will say and … Continue reading

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Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny (Review)

When the self titled Tenacious D debut comedy-rock album came out over a decade ago (WOW!) I bought it with minimal expectation, then was blown away by how hilarious and *GASP* musically proficient it all was. Jack Black is a … Continue reading

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Baseketball (Review)

Baseketball is the bastard child of legends in comedy. The father is David Zucker of Airplane, Naked Gun and Scary Movie fame, the mother(s) are Trey Parker and Matt Stone – better known as the brains and voices behind South … Continue reading

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Turner and Hooch (Review)

The strength of Tom Hanks is that he can make a film in which he is often alone somehow watchable. Castaway might be the most used example, and The Terminal showed that a man can be isolated even in a … Continue reading

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127 Hours (Review)

I resisted this film for so very long despite the Oscar nomination and critical plaudits, and in truth I sincerely wish that I hadn’t let my fragile will be tested by relenting to a recommendation and succumbing to my curiosity. … Continue reading

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The Expendables 2 (Review)

The Expendables burst out of the retirement home in 2009, with a cast of the who’s who of action – 20 years ago, who despite the ravages of age rocked huge biceps and tiny ‘roid influenced testicles. Unfortunately its steadfast … Continue reading

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Let the Bullets Fly (Review)

Rather than pen a lengthy bagging describing at length all the things I feel are wrong about one of the biggest box office successes in Chinese film history, might I just sheepishly raise my hand and exclaim; “I, OGR, don’t … Continue reading

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Ronin (Review)

Ronin is an unassuming little action film that differs mightily from the beefcake driven blockbusters of the 90s in that it has a brain, a plot and demands a modicum of attention from its audience. This makes it more a … Continue reading

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