Monthly Archives: July 2009

Land of the Lost (Review)

Posted on July 24, 2009 by OGR

I have a toddler at home that will be three later this year, and I can’t wait for him to get a year or two older so I can start sitting with him through a heap of kid’s movies that … Continue reading →

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Crank – High Voltage (Review)

Posted on July 24, 2009 by OGR

I liked Crank despite myself. It was stupidly and unrealistically violent, ridiculously profane, surreal, obviously stylised, throwaway disposable and trashy… And fun. Every minute had the characters winking at the camera saying “can you believe they green-lit this shit?” as … Continue reading →

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Ice Age 3 – Dawn of the Dinosaurs (Review)

Posted on July 24, 2009 by OGR

Before we start, yes I have seen the first two, and I liked them both to varying degrees, especially the first one. Ice Age was great. I’ll go into this much more further on but John Leguizamo single-handedly hosts a … Continue reading →

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From Hell (Review)

Posted on July 24, 2009 by OGR

So let’s get this straight, the African-American directing team the Hughes Brothers, fresh off a hot streak including Menace II Society and Dead Presidents decide that their follow up would be an English period dramatic thriller? Well yes it was … Continue reading →

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Adventureland (Review)

Posted on July 24, 2009 by OGR

This was NUTHIN! like I expected going in, but that is a good thing. For some perspective I had this as a Superbad crossed with American Pie in my mind, only I expected it to be far more Pie influenced, … Continue reading →

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Not Quite Hollywood (Review)

Posted on July 24, 2009 by OGR

Subtitled – The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation, this is less a film than a sensationalised doco discussing the genesis of the Australian film industry. While it highlights an era that is hardly worthy of exalted praise, the people discussing … Continue reading →

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Stir of Echoes (Review)

Posted on July 13, 2009 by OGR

One thing about Kevin Bacon, he always throws himself into a role, regardless how crappy. He was great in Tremors, over the top but never less than intersting in Hollow Man, and terrific in the understated The Woodsman. So it … Continue reading →

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The Others (Review)

Posted on July 13, 2009 by OGR

Before I yammer on about The Others, let’s first discuss the career of one Nicole Kidman, who I consider the most over-rated actress on the planet. Sure she is attractive in a “Womanly” way, as opposed to the million “girl” … Continue reading →

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Wag the Dog (Review)

Posted on July 13, 2009 by OGR

I couldn’t be less interested in politics generally. In recent years more and more politicians are being shown up as unbelievably corrupt, both financially and morally, and that leads me to doubt almost averything that most of them say anyway. … Continue reading →

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Infernal Affairs (Review)

Posted on July 13, 2009 by OGR

For years I was told by a mate “You watch foreign films (I think he actually said “anything“), you need to check out Infernal Affairs”. Then of course not long after the American remake was announced, which I went and … Continue reading →

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