Monthly Archives: March 2015

Undisputed Trilogy Review

Posted on March 14, 2015 by OGR

Undisputed When reigning heavyweight boxing champion of the world ‘Iceman’ Chambers (Ving Rhames) is sent to Sweetwater, a maximum security facility housing only the most hardened crims, on charges he swears are trumped up, it is big news. Once inside … Continue reading →

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Expendables 3 (Review)

Posted on March 13, 2015 by OGR

I’m amazed that this ‘dead cat bounce’ is now in the third edition. On this occasion the Expendables – still fronted by Sly’s Barney Ross – run into two more men involved at the genesis of the crew. One Dr … Continue reading →

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The Sweet Hereafter (Review)

Posted on March 12, 2015 by OGR

In any small and isolated rural community, the driver of the school bus is responsible for the entire town’s future twice a day, five days per week. When you think about that it’s a hell of a responsibility. So when … Continue reading →

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Dazed and Confused (Review)

Posted on March 10, 2015 by OGR

I was a kid once, only in the 80s not the 70s as portrayed here. I lived in a small town where (Australian equivalents of) the jocks, the cheerleaders, the geeks, dweebs, stoners and ‘normal’ kids had no choice but … Continue reading →

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The Bonfire of the Vanities (Review)

Posted on March 9, 2015 by OGR

You know how the biggest authors are treated like rockstars? Constant coverage in the tabloids, fawning from those in the know, shameless flirting from normally demure and classy women, and adulation from all? Me neither. Regardless of reality, Peter Fallow (Bruce … Continue reading →

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Dracula Untold (Review)

Posted on March 6, 2015 by OGR

Dracula wasn’t always ‘Dracula; lavishly attired blood sucking gentleman’. Before the lifestyle change he was humble Vlad the Impaler, an ultimate human badass capable of slaying hundreds of enemies and leaving their corpses on display in neat rows of vertical … Continue reading →

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The Limey (Review)

Posted on March 5, 2015 by OGR

Oddly enough The Limey’s closest companion that I can think of is The American, a straightforward character study from a few years ago starring George Clooney as a complicated man entangled in quite straightforward circumstances in a foreign country. It … Continue reading →

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Eve’s Bayou (Review)

Posted on March 3, 2015 by OGR

A ripping party is taking place in New Orleans in the 60s. A party at the home of the beloved local Doctor Louis Batiste (Samuel L Jackson) with dancing, drinking and frivolity that continues well into the night, before the … Continue reading →

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Let it Ride (Review)

Posted on March 2, 2015 by OGR

Trotter (Richard Dreyfuss) is a flawed gambler. Like every hopeless gambler he only wants things to go his way. One golden day. Then he can quit… Again. The problem is that he has only recently sworn off the costly vice … Continue reading →

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