Monthly Archives: October 2012

Wrong Turn 5: Bloodlines (Review)

Wrong Turn 4 was released direct to DVD in Australia in May of this year. Upon seeing the series on the shelves at my local store I used the opportunity to justify a mini Wrong Turn marathon, and over the … Continue reading

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The Chucky / Child’s Play series marathon (Review)

So let’s get this straight. Child’s Play is about a kid’s toy that comes to life and kills people? Really? They made a movie about this? Like a real honest to goodness, 80 minute long, cinema released motion picture? Fi… … Continue reading

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Dumb and Dumber plus Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry met Lloyd (Review)

If just being stupid was effortlessly hilarious then politics would have a laugh track. I avoided Dumb and Dumber for well over a decade, deciding that just being intellectually inferior wasn’t sufficient justification for hilarity. I also wasn’t that taken … Continue reading

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Uncle Buck (Review)

Uncle Buck is actually a pretty bad movie. No surprise there, I hardly remembered it as a cinematic great after my initial viewings a couple decades ago. What I didn’t remember is just how mean it all is. When Dad … Continue reading

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Something for Kate Gig Review – Fly By Night – October 27th 2012

Something for Kate have been consistently great for a decade and a half (check the full OGR discography here). This dependability, teamed with a wilful ignorance of trends plus respect shown to their devoted fan base, is more than likely … Continue reading

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The Good, the (Not) Bad & the Ugly: The OGR Guide to movie trilogies

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 … Continue reading

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Dredd (Review)

Dredd, the completely justifiable reboot of the one franchise Sylvester Stallone couldn’t make money with, is glorious trash. It will warm the hearts of those that long for a simpler time when the mass slaughter of bad guys on film … Continue reading

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Trespass (Review)

Nicolas Cage has two types of films nowadays, the ones where they try to bluff the audience with a flashy trailer and the ones where they just give up and send it straight to DVD. Nicole Kidman only has the … Continue reading

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Doom (Review)

Doom was and is an awesome first person shooter. I spent countless hours of my misspent youth watching the barrels of pixellated weapons as I strafed, ran and grunted down lengthy corridors, taking on deadly foes that me and my … Continue reading

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Revenant AKA Modern Vampires (Review)

I was in a bit of a Craig Ferguson phase recently. I have watched his show for a  couple of years now, culminating most recently with my list of Late Night TV Hosts. I also read his novel and quite … Continue reading

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