Category Archives: Superstars

Showtime (Review)

Posted on February 27, 2017 by OGR

Mitch (Robert de Niro) is a police ‘lifer’, a dedicated no frills detective who gets things done. As Mitch himself would say ‘it isn’t about sliding over car bonnets or firing two guns at once. It is about thorough analysis … Continue reading →

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Boomerang (Review)

Posted on February 20, 2017 by OGR

The 80s showed us Eddie Murphy could not funny (and how). Interviews from the time showed that he could do smooth. It wasn’t until Boomerang that anyone wondered if he could do romantic. They wouldn’t experiment again. Boasting a Trumpy … Continue reading →

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Life (Review)

Posted on February 13, 2017 by OGR

Before Kevin Hart there was Martin Lawrence, a man who found the spotlight despite over a decade elapsing without any evidence of his being humorous. In Life he is almost literally shackled to poor Eddie Murphy, who spends almost the … Continue reading →

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Harlem Nights (Review)

Posted on February 6, 2017 by OGR

Harlem Nights seems in the surface as something of a vanity project. A perfectly understandable and often admirable one yes, but a vanity project nonetheless. Richard Pryor, Eddie Murphy and a large group of comedians and character actors get the … Continue reading →

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Precious Cargo (Review)

Posted on January 6, 2017 by OGR

I watched this only for Bruce Willis. Bruce is Marcellus Wallace now. An older gentleman who directs others, remaining removed from the hurly burly. In this dire effort Bruce is Eddie, a crime boss keeping a couple wet behind the … Continue reading →

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The Mechanic 2 (Review)

Posted on December 30, 2016 by OGR

With sequels to low budget unexpected successes – even modest ones – there are two ways to go; you can continue full throttle with a bigger budget and hopefully snag a big name co-star to go alongside the headliner from … Continue reading →

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The Magnificent Seven 2016 (Review)

Posted on October 21, 2016 by OGR

It is 1879. The town of Rose Creek is on its knees. Already in the midst of the hardest of times, now it is being plundered and ravaged by extremely violent opportunists who will stop at nothing to profit from … Continue reading →

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Perfect Stranger (Review)

Posted on October 18, 2016 by OGR

They could churn one of these whodunnit films in a week, and it looks like the makers of Perfect Stranger did exactly that. They probably could have taken the weekend off too… Bruce Willis doesn’t seem to open his eyes … Continue reading →

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SkipTrace (Review)

Posted on October 14, 2016 by OGR

In trying to recapture the homogenised buddy flick magic of the Rush Hour and Shanghai Noon films, at least Skiptrace… serves to remind us how good those films were by comparison. Bennie (Jackie Chan) is a Hong Kong cop chasing … Continue reading →

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Police Story 2013 (Review)

Posted on September 29, 2016 by OGR

The spirit is willing. The application and desire both admirable. But the inspiration and physicality has left the inimitable Jackie Chan. Even this, one of is best in a decade, is rough around the edges and lacking in many areas. … Continue reading →

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