Monthly Archives: May 2013

Parker (Review)

Posted on May 31, 2013 by OGR

Parker (Jason Statham) is a criminal who lives by his own set of rules that he feels are the fairest to all parties. As he stands over the prostrate victims of his criminal acts, he tells them in his soothing … Continue reading →

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50 / 50 (Review)

Posted on May 30, 2013 by OGR

Adam (Joseph Gordon Levitt) is your typical 27 year old guy. Actually a genuinely nice guy, down to earth and balanced, with no vices or bad habits that go beyond chewing his nails. Perhaps his only character flaw is that … Continue reading →

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Cliffhanger (Review)

Posted on May 28, 2013 by OGR

Cliffhanger is occasionally sloppy and always silly. It’s the kind of film that couldn’t be made without a larger than life star like Sylvester Stallone, and to Sly’s credit he gives it his shirtless all, even as credibility crumbles in … Continue reading →

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InnerSpace (Review)

Posted on May 27, 2013 by OGR

Crack Air Force pilot Tuck Pendleton (Dennis Quaid), disgraced and dumped on the same drunken night (after many prior warnings), enters an experimental project where he and a small motorised pod are shrunk to microscopic size, put in a syringe … Continue reading →

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An OGR List: 10 hip-hop remixes that better the originals

Posted on May 25, 2013 by OGR

Remixes have been around since hip-hop. There is a stellar remix of De La Soul’s Saturday’s in my collection from 1990s. I ultimately ruled this one out as the original was already a hands down ***** classic, but it’s in … Continue reading →

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Grave Encounters 2 (Review)

Posted on May 24, 2013 by OGR

Grave Encounters came on the heels of Paranormal Activity (well at least one of the sequels) with little fanfare and surprised many by being a pretty good imitation, actually better than any of the PA sequels and the numerous other … Continue reading →

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Welcome to the Jungle AKA The Rundown (Review)

Posted on May 23, 2013 by OGR

The Rock is carving out a decent niche as everyone’s twelfth favourite non-descript wrestler turned actor. But in a market so bereft of non-Statham action stars I feel he should be doing a lot more to use those big muscles … Continue reading →

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Bruce Almighty (Review)

Posted on May 21, 2013 by OGR

All good things must pass. In the case of Jim Carrey that means that the honeymoon period of mugging, gurgling and over-acting his way into our hearts was destined to cease. For mine this happened with Fun with Dick and … Continue reading →

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Out of Sight (Review)

Posted on May 20, 2013 by OGR

There was a time that Out of Sight was the film I referred to as ‘the one where Lopez wears the Shorts’. That was over a decade ago, and since then a big booty has become embraced by the mainstream … Continue reading →

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10 actors who should have quite while they were ahead…

Posted on May 18, 2013 by OGR

           “Know when to hold ’em, know when to fold ’em” So sangeth Kenny Rogers a billion and seven years ago.Wise words… For some reason appearing in a single hit movie or series results in some actors feeling that they’ve … Continue reading →

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