Monthly Archives: August 2014

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2014 (Review)

Posted on August 29, 2014 by OGR

Apparently the first TMNT film was so good, so groundbreaking and so perfect that it didn’t need changing? Maybe my memory of the entire thing is fuzzy, but I kinda remembered it being a gimmicky suck-fest with MC Hammer on … Continue reading →

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Sightseers (Review)

Posted on August 28, 2014 by OGR

When a new couple in their thirties find love for the first time and embark upon a low key caravanning trip through the lesser tourist attractions of rural UK, it seems like the beginnings of a life of bliss in … Continue reading →

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Weird Science (Review)

Posted on August 26, 2014 by OGR

Everyone of a certain age has films from their youth that they remember fondly despite having little recollection of the contents of the film. This can bring interesting outcomes when these precious teenage memories are revisited. In some cases (Quick … Continue reading →

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Blood Beach (Review)

Posted on August 25, 2014 by OGR

I was pissed off half way through Blood Beach when a character stole the only decent joke I had come up with. Then I looked at the poster and realised that it was pretty much the film’s main (only?) selling … Continue reading →

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Guardians of the Galaxy (Review)

Posted on August 22, 2014 by OGR

Guardians of the Galaxy is the world’s most expensive jumble sale; a one hundred and seventy million dollar affair that is rough and ready and subtly lampoons its sci-fi and superhero roots at every opportunity. A seat of the pants … Continue reading →

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Goon (Review)

Posted on August 21, 2014 by OGR

Last year 2 Guns showed what kids that grew up on Pulp Fiction and John Woo films could create, Goon is an example of the output of children raised on Major League. Unlike 2 Guns though this film isn’t as … Continue reading →

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Passenger 57 (Review)

Posted on August 19, 2014 by OGR

Passenger 57 is another one of those ‘just add star’ projects lying about in pending trays all over Hollywood, existing as expensive scrap paper until it can be teamed with an appropriately big name in the pursuit of quick cash. … Continue reading →

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Shallow Grave (Review)

Posted on August 18, 2014 by OGR

Alex (Ewan McGregor), David (Christopher Ecclestone) and Juliet (Kerry Fox) are three white collar workers who share the same sense of humour and the same flat. They are so comfortable in each other’s company that they fraternise together beyond the … Continue reading →

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Cadillac Man (Review)

Posted on August 16, 2014 by OGR

RIP Robin Williams Cadillac Man seems to have been made by splicing two half arsed scripts together. Surprisingly the finished product isn’t an entire arse, but merely a mild disappointment, mixed with amazement that this was made in the first … Continue reading →

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Spider-Man 2: The Rise of Electro (Review)

Posted on August 15, 2014 by OGR

Spider-Man is essentially a two man act. Peter Parker is the straight man; a mild mannered young man with a day job and all the trivialities and challenges that face every young man as he finds his way in the … Continue reading →

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