Monthly Archives: December 2012

Save the Green Planet (Review)

Posted on December 31, 2012 by OGR

I’ll keep this brief. If nothing else Save the Green Planet is proof that the Rotten Tomatoes ratings system is deeply flawed. Categorised as a film with at least traces of horror, Save the Green Planet stands near the top … Continue reading →

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Red Dawn 1984 Vs Red Dawn 2012 (Review)

Posted on December 29, 2012 by OGR

Red Dawn 1984 A couple decades ago irrational American patriotism was at an all time high while the average IQ of the action flick was at an all time low (neither is a bad thing by the way). The fly … Continue reading →

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The Friday Trilogy Review: Friday, Next Friday, Friday After Next

Posted on December 28, 2012 by OGR

Before Ice Cube decided to appear in mediocre action films (XXX 2) and mediocre family entertainment (Are we there yet?) he co-wrote a mediocre comedy that inexplicably spun out to a trilogy of urban inanity. Here’s why. Or more succinctly, … Continue reading →

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Requiem (Review)

Posted on December 27, 2012 by OGR

There are more exorcism films released each year than there are unnecessary Kardashian shows, and most of them are just as interesting. To compensate for the over-saturation in the genre exorcism flicks fall back on a couple of tried and … Continue reading →

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Jingle all the way (Review)

Posted on December 25, 2012 by OGR

For 15 years Jingle all the way was nothing more than a recurring punchline to an occasional skit on the Conan O’Brien show. I wish I could still say that. Instead I must admit that I took the bold and … Continue reading →

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Predator 2 (Review)

Posted on December 24, 2012 by OGR

The original Predator is an undisputed science fiction masterpiece, with a brilliantly realised other-world assassin, a series of kick arse action scenes and a cigar chomping Schwarzenegger in his genetically engineered prime spouting stupidly catchy catchphrases. It was always a … Continue reading →

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Top 10 hip-hop Artists of All Time

Posted on December 22, 2012 by OGR

Over the past 3+ years I have rated my music – good and not so good – my movies by decade and genre, even my favourite stand up comedians. In fact I was wondering if I was running out of … Continue reading →

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The Man with the Iron Fists (Review)

Posted on December 21, 2012 by OGR

I love hip-hop music. I know quite a bit about hip-hop history and have definitive ideas as to what ingredients are required to make a ‘GREAT’ hip-hop song. That doesn’t mean for one second that I have a chance in … Continue reading →

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Buried (Review)

Posted on December 20, 2012 by OGR

Paul Conroy awakens to find himself in a wooden box buried beneath foreign soil. More specifically in a coffin buried beneath foreign soil. His coffin if he can’t extricate himself from his predicament. All his finds in his underground holiday … Continue reading →

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Stir Crazy (Review)

Posted on December 18, 2012 by OGR

Despite thoroughly enjoying See no Evil, Hear no Evil in the late 80s and parlaying that into tracking down (the not nearly as good) Another You, I never bothered watching Stir Crazy until now even though Richard Pryor and Gene … Continue reading →

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