Monthly Archives: April 2015

Joe vs the Volcano (Review)

Posted on April 30, 2015 by OGR

Joe (Tom Hanks) is a working schmo. A slave to low pay and repetition, skin washed yellow by dim fluorescent lights and bad coffee. He looks sick. He feels sick. Only low expectations and a thick skin earned from years … Continue reading →

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eXistenZ (Review)

Posted on April 28, 2015 by OGR

Across a great many films David Cronenberg has proven again and again that he is a fan of both oozing and insertion, with neither action taking place in the more commonly known sense. In eXistenZ future gamers literally plug themselves … Continue reading →

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The Last of the Mohicans (Review)

Posted on April 27, 2015 by OGR

I watched The Last of the Mohicans the same week I watched Carlito’s Way. These were two films I never avoided but nonetheless never got around to watching. And in retrospect two films I could have gone forever without seeing … Continue reading →

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All is by my Side (Review)

Posted on April 24, 2015 by OGR

As the film opens Jimi is already a guitar prodigy, but he exists in a genre that seems to have no need for him. The easy rock and roll relies on structure and conformity, and his voice is seen as … Continue reading →

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Striking Distance (Review)

Posted on April 23, 2015 by OGR

In the 90s Bruce Willis was Nicolas Cage with a better agent. He seemed to say ‘yes’ to every script offered, but unlike Cage the bombs weren’t as egregious and career threatening. Of course it helped that about every four … Continue reading →

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Wild Card (Review)

Posted on April 21, 2015 by OGR

Nick Wild (Statham) is a man of many skills leading a non-descript life amid the hubbub and craziness that is Las Vegas. Nick Wild knows everyone and plays the odds of every potential move in advance. As the film opens … Continue reading →

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Interstellar (Review)

Posted on April 21, 2015 by OGR

Many years ago, before the Earth deteriorated and arable land became so scarce that farmers were more valued than investment bankers, Coop (Matthew McConaughey) was NASA’s best space pilot. That was then. Now Coop is a diligent widowed farmer with … Continue reading →

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Nightcrawler (Review)

Posted on April 21, 2015 by OGR

Some of the most memorable cinematic characters are bad guys. You have the deeply flawed but interesting types like your garden variety Statham character, through to the downright vile in Hans Gruber. The guys who would use the flames enveloping … Continue reading →

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Secret Window (Review)

Posted on April 21, 2015 by OGR

Morton Rainey (Johnny Depp) is in a funk. And he doesn’t seem all that unhappy with that. As a renowned and beloved author suffering crippling writer’s block and holed up in his small but well appointed cottage in the woods … Continue reading →

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The Deep (Review)

Posted on April 20, 2015 by OGR

An entire generation before Into the Blue came The Deep, a film that could almost be the curmudgeonly grandparent of that film, starring two people old enough to be Jessica Alba and Paul Walker’s parents. It’s also essentially the same … Continue reading →

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