Monthly Archives: March 2015

Cypher (Review)

Posted on March 31, 2015 by OGR

Cypher is creatively directed, ambitious and expansive. It is also riddled with inconsistencies and plot holes. Half way through viewing I jotted down ‘very Cube / Equilibrium’. Only after I finished watching did I realize it was the second film made … Continue reading →

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Blood Simple (Review)

Posted on March 30, 2015 by OGR

For better or worse the Coen Brothers are as memorable and effective as the main characters in them. If the characters work, then so too invariably does the film. Good No Country for Old Men; Does anyone remember anyone beyond … Continue reading →

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What we do in the Shadows (Review)

Posted on March 27, 2015 by OGR

Even if What we do in the Shadows doesn’t reinvent a genre, it certainly does look at it from a different angle. While purporting to be a mock-doco, WwditS is essentially a reality show about for swinging bachelors of greatly … Continue reading →

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Rushmore (Review)

Posted on March 26, 2015 by OGR

Rushmore. A small but prestigious private school, churning out tomorrow’s business and thought leaders one class at a time. The can-do attitude, determination and confidence got Max Fischer (Jason Schwartzman) in (via a scholarship). A complete lack of ability, focus … Continue reading →

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Speed (Review)

Posted on March 24, 2015 by OGR

Is it ironic that the lead man in Speed seems so very slow? Jack Traven (Keanu Reeves) and more experienced Harry (Jeff Daniels) are a pair of hotshot LAPD cops. The guys who arrive to the crime scene with the screech … Continue reading →

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The Frighteners (Review)

Posted on March 23, 2015 by OGR

Frank Bannister (Michael J Fox) is the small town’s local ghostbuster *ahem* psychic investigator, looked upon even more cynically than you would (rightfully) expect after a spate of deaths caused by a ‘mystery heart condition’. The townsfolk think he is … Continue reading →

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The Babadook (Review)

Posted on March 20, 2015 by OGR

Amelia is a widowed single mum, worn down by the pressures of work and raising Samuel, a troubled and endlessly energetic 7 year old. Samuel has a vivid imagination fuelled by the death of his father. He firmly believes in … Continue reading →

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Donnie Darko (Review)

Posted on March 19, 2015 by OGR

Halloween is coming to the small and insular town of Middlesex… and to everywhere else I guess. It is 1988. A government election looms, a fact that divides the Darko household, an altogether nuclear family of nice parents, two dysfunctional … Continue reading →

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Minority Report (Review)

Posted on March 17, 2015 by OGR

It’s easy to hate Tom Cruise. Nonetheless I still seem to put a lot of effort into it, avoiding his films as often as possible. Ultimately though the plot of Minority Report was too tempting to continue to ignore. Leaving … Continue reading →

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Red Scorpion (Review)

Posted on March 16, 2015 by OGR

After his memorable stoic, near mute beefcake turn as Russian heavyweight boxer Ivan Drago it was inevitable that Hollywood would try to exploit the well muscled chiselled jaw of Dolph Lundgren to see if they might replicate the unlikely prior … Continue reading →

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