Monthly Archives: June 2011

S.W.A.T. (Review)

Posted on June 30, 2011 by OGR

Big muscly and/or pretty people with big guns run around shooting bad guys and trading boneheaded macho quips in hastily written contrived scenarios for nearly two hours. Do I really need to write more? OK. As the poster says S.W.A.T. … Continue reading →

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The Fifth Element (Review)

Posted on June 28, 2011 by OGR

When a gargantuan space ball of pure evil is 48 hours away from eradicating the Earth and all who dwell upon it, there is only one way to stop it is by finding a being that is pure goodness. Not … Continue reading →

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Snatch (Review)

Posted on June 27, 2011 by OGR

At the very centre of Snatch is an 80+ carat diamond, but there is a hell of a lot moving around in its orbit. The story starts with the diamond heist by a crew headed by Frankie Four Fingers (Benicio … Continue reading →

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Best Films of the Noughties… the Dubbos… the 2000s…

Posted on June 25, 2011 by OGR

In recent months I’ve dealt with the greatest films of the Eighties (and 70s) and the nineties. Now it’s time to look at the decade just passed and consider the Best Films of the Noughties, Dubbos or whatever other stupid … Continue reading →

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Midnight Meat Train (Review)

Posted on June 25, 2011 by OGR

For about a dozen stops Midnight Meat Train was a refreshingly blunt and straightforward horror film. Then the train had to continue just a little too far into ‘Sillysville’… ‘From the mind of Clive Barker’ could mean many things. It … Continue reading →

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Kung Fu Panda 1 & 2 (Review)

Posted on June 24, 2011 by OGR

Kung Fu Panda is formulaic and harmless fun. It doesn’t lean too heavily on the morals, thankfully eschews the usual pop culture references and disposable pop songs that hopelessly date the movie only years afterward, and definitely doesn’t take itself … Continue reading →

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Sharktopus (Review)

Posted on June 23, 2011 by OGR

Perhaps I have been hoodwinked. Mega Piranha resparked my love of shonky B Movies like the adrenalin shot Vincent Vega gave Mia Wallace, and I immediately sought other examples. I unfortunately forgot that adrenalin shots are not Plan A, B … Continue reading →

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Super 8 (Review)

Posted on June 22, 2011 by OGR

I knew nothing about Super 8 going in aside from the trailer, that JJ Abrams made it and that Steven Spielberg was somehow involved. Since watching the film I have seen a JJ Abrams interview and read a review that … Continue reading →

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Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (Review)

Posted on June 21, 2011 by OGR

Sympathy for Lady Vengeance is the final in Park Chan-Wook’s masterful Vengeance trilogy, and rather than label it the ‘weakest’ of the three I prefer to describe Lady V as the ‘least great’ – as there is precious little wrong … Continue reading →

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Miracle Mile (Review)

Posted on June 20, 2011 by OGR

It’s hard for me to discuss Miracle Mile analytically without mentioning just how boring it all is. I mean it’s all reasonably well made and probably quite realistic in a low budget way… it’s just that it is so straightforward … Continue reading →

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