Monthly Archives: December 2014

Booty Call (Review)

Posted on December 31, 2014 by OGR

Let me start by saying when you hate the nice guy in a movie about broad cartoonish characters, you’re off to a rough start. The ‘nice’ guy here is Rushon, who seems the kind if guy to stay on the … Continue reading →

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Solaris (Review)

Posted on December 30, 2014 by OGR

Psychiatrist Chris Kelvin (Clooney) is summoned by a mysterious message to a remote and distant space station near the planet Solaris. Upon arrival he is met with blood, bodies and cryptic answers from the remaining crew, the edgy and skittish … Continue reading →

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Blue Steel (Review)

Posted on December 29, 2014 by OGR

Blue Steel is an atmospheric and brooding version of a film that requires several leaps of illogic to get started, and once set in motion must move inexorably toward the one possible ending. Rookie New York cop Megan Turner (Jamie … Continue reading →

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Jack Frost & Jack Frost 2: (& kiddie Jack Frost) Reviews

Posted on December 25, 2014 by OGR

For all of those among us who live in perpetual fear that the snowman in your yard will come to life to horrify and paralyse us with fear, here is not one but two films that prove beyond reasonable doubt … Continue reading →

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The Foot Fist Way (Review)

Posted on December 23, 2014 by OGR

Fred Simmons (Danny McBride) is a small town karate instructor with a black belt in karate and missing the point. A self-professed ‘King of the Demo’, Simmons takes his small group of students to shopping centre car-park after shopping centre … Continue reading →

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Very Bad Things (Review)

Posted on December 22, 2014 by OGR

We get to spend several (edited down) hours with the five gents on the poster before they get to the Very Bad Things. More than enough time to ascertain that these guys are Not Very Pleasant People. Worse still when … Continue reading →

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B-Movie Haiku Reviews – File Under: Why bother? – Irma Vep / Open Water / Scanners

Posted on December 20, 2014 by OGR

Another bunch of films that either miss the mark, or the mark is set way too low. Irma Vep When you hear about a French arthouse movie starring an Asian actress as a vinyl clad vampire (hint: Irma Vep is an … Continue reading →

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Lovely Molly (Review)

Posted on December 18, 2014 by OGR

Somebody should have told them. When newlyweds Tim and Molly Reynolds decide to save money by moving into Molly’s parent’s spacious rural home in the middle of nowhere. Somebody should have told them it was a bad idea. Somebody should … Continue reading →

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Windtalkers (Review)

Posted on December 16, 2014 by OGR

Windtalkers, like Saving Private Ryan, like Blood Diamond, like *gulp* Pearl Harbour, tells a simple story with an important message against the backdrop of conflict. The message of this story, ‘human beings are all equal’, is an important one, you … Continue reading →

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A Low Down Dirty Shame (Review)

Posted on December 15, 2014 by OGR

To paraphrase a famous saying; it is strange that a million Wayans’ and their million typewriters never managed to create a work of art. After The Last Boy Scout – which was more a Shane Black, Tony Scott, Bruce Willis … Continue reading →

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