Monthly Archives: April 2013

L.A. Confidential (Review)

As a drama L.A. Confidential is a triumph in every respect. By faithfully and stylishly telling an excellent and often intricate James Ellroy tale centred in 1950s Los Angeles, director Curtis Hanson proves that dour and mature noir content doesn’t … Continue reading

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John Carpenter’s Prince of Darkness (Review)

A priest and a professor talk. Fervently. There is a big lava lamp filled with green goo in a small Los Angeles church. A strange book is found nearby, filled with confusing contradictory passages, numbers and overlapping writings. Something in … Continue reading

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Spanglish – A Protest Review

Half of the world’s marriages end in divorce. Despite this we are bombarded each year with a billion Hollywood rom-coms pairing up mismatched couples in unlikely situations. The rich guy with the cleaner. The amiable slob with the high powered … Continue reading

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The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (Review)

Burt (Steve Carell) embraced magic at a young age. Actually found solace in it is more an apt description, as pulling rabbits out of hats keeps you off the streets where the bullies are. He and the equally captivated friend … Continue reading

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Pan’s Labyrinth (Review)

Guillermo Del Toro has never taken the easy way out. Not never. When he got his Hollywood break with the ‘giant bug’ movie Mimic he crafted it with more care than a hundred Michael Bay’s – even though it was … Continue reading

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Evolution (Review)

Featuring a cast of nobody’s favourites and a premise that has been used before (and will again be used in the future), Evolution probably sits somewhere halfway between the monkey and the upright striding man in the diagram representing Darwin’s … Continue reading

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Liar, Liar (Review)

When Jim Carrey was on (and his shtick was not yet tired), all that was needed was for someone to point a camera at him and let him go. In Liar, Liar Jim Carry is ON. Carrey plays Fletcher, a … Continue reading

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The Good, the (Not) Bad & the Ugly: The OGR Guide to reboots and remakes

Premise first:There are a million cinematic genres out there just waiting for you to find them. Within those genres are countless films ranging from atrocious to (hopefully) all time great.We care at OGR, so since 2012 we have been occasionally … Continue reading

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Underworld: Evolution (Review)

Underworld: Evolution opens with a brief history lesson; it turns out werewolves and vampires haven’t been buddies for over 8 centuries and counting. We also learn that the lead werewolf and the lead vampire are brothers William and Marcus, bitten … Continue reading

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Kingdom of Heaven (Review)

For a 3 plus hour film Kingdom of Heaven often feels like it is in a great rush to go somewhere slowly. I guess it’s understandable, given the alternative is a 4 or 5 hour film. But consider this; Legolas… … Continue reading

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