Monthly Archives: August 2010

The Blues Brothers (Review)

Posted on August 31, 2010 by OGR

By now there’s a diminishing chance that you’ve seen the film, given that it’s 30 odd years old and good music doesn’t seem to be cool any more, judging by the charts. Rather than a review: If you haven’t seen … Continue reading →

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Ali G Indahouse (Review)

Posted on August 30, 2010 by OGR

Forget Will Ferrell and the Judd Apatow school of improv where actors get 5 and 6 goes at coming up with various punchlines in scenes (Ferrell usually makes his “hilarious” by yelling them out for no reason), try it unscripted … Continue reading →

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Piranha 3D (Review)

Posted on August 29, 2010 by OGR

This may be the first film review where the review is longer than the script that was to make it, in fact I think it took me longer to write this than it did to make the first 2/3 of … Continue reading →

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The Simpsons Vs South Park – A cinematic showdown (Review)

Posted on August 28, 2010 by OGR

The Simpsons Movie Ahhhh, The Simpsons, 20+ years and still going strong… well still going anyway. I think breaking point for me came when I recently felt strongly enough about a new episode that I rang a friend to tell … Continue reading →

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Forgetting Sarah Marshall (Review)

Posted on August 27, 2010 by OGR

After The 40 Year-Old Virgin R Rated comedies got their 15 seconds, this lead to some good stuff; Superbad, The Hangover. Some average; Knocked Up, I Love You, Man, some less than stellar but OK; Role Models, Pineapple Express and … Continue reading →

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Centurion (Review)

Posted on August 26, 2010 by OGR

Every now and then a relative unknown makes a film that shows a great deal of promise and creativity, depending on how good the film is I occasionally make a mental note to hunt down the next film they make … Continue reading →

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Slither (Review)

Posted on August 24, 2010 by OGR

Comedy doesn’t have to be all “why did the chicken…” or “my gosh I can’t believe Jason Biggs just drank that!” all the time. Sometimes it can be the compounded effect of a series of elements and incidents so absurd … Continue reading →

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Undercover Brother (Review)

Posted on August 23, 2010 by OGR

In the same “dumb but harmless” vein of the SNL films (Roxbury, Ladies Man etc) comes a film based upon an online cartoon… and if that fact alone don’t get the blood pumping nothing will. Like The Ladies Man if … Continue reading →

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The Expendables (Review)

Posted on August 22, 2010 by OGR

Welcome to #613 in a series of films where Sly Stallone puts holes in people who speak English with a crazy accent. Continue reading →

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The Ref (Review)

Posted on August 21, 2010 by OGR

There’s no denying it… Most of the humour in The Ref is a result of people being mean, and not just “Your Mama’s so fat” mean, but “Your Mama’s a cocksucker” mean. Had I not seen it already my first … Continue reading →

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