Monthly Archives: June 2015

Miami Connection (Review)

Posted on June 30, 2015 by OGR

It is the deepest point of a pristine pitch black night. The moonlight gleams off the lapping ocean side. The white sand gladly gives way to the weight of every step. There is much activity just up from the beach … Continue reading →

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Nightwatch (Review)

Posted on June 29, 2015 by OGR

Martin Bells (Ewan McGregor) is a law student by day, and a morgue security guard by night. And at night the morgue is a freaky and creepy place indeed. When the lights go out the shadows come alive, the coat … Continue reading →

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Animal (Review)

Posted on June 27, 2015 by OGR

Dear Diary – A pleasant hike in the woods So we’re five vaguely photogenic teenagers considering a walk in the woods. Bully for us. Physical fitness is undervalued by the youth, which leads to playing catch up in middle age. … Continue reading →

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Jupiter Ascending (Review)

Posted on June 26, 2015 by OGR

Jupiter (Mila Kunis) might have an astral name, but she is so very far from that. Initially. Daughter to a hard working mum striving to keep the ends meeting and a father who died violently before her birth, Jupiter assists … Continue reading →

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The Purge 2: Anarchy (Review)

Posted on June 25, 2015 by OGR

At some point during The Purge 2 you’ll experience strong deju vu. You’ll wonder just where you saw it before, and why you would ever bother watching it again. Then you’ll realise that this is a first time viewing and … Continue reading →

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Phone Booth (Review)

Posted on June 23, 2015 by OGR

Amazing that a film just over a decade old takes place in a tiny confined space that most people twenty or under don’t know existed… Stu (Colin Farrell) is a publicist *Slash* agent. He is smooth, decisive, obnoxious and confident … Continue reading →

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Surviving the Game (Review)

Posted on June 22, 2015 by OGR

Surviving the Game is a ridiculous one note premise that somehow defies the odds to be mindlessly entertaining. The key is in the casting. With Ice-T in the lead role as a desperate man with nothing to lose, you have … Continue reading →

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Predestination (Review)

Posted on June 19, 2015 by OGR

So an Eric Stoltz impersonator walks into a bar… That’s not a joke, that’s how Predestination starts. “Bet you a bottle of booze that I have a story that will blow you away” ‘he’ says. (The quotes are there for … Continue reading →

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The Wackness (Review)

Posted on June 18, 2015 by OGR

There is a tender moment in The Wackness where the Girl says to the Boy “See, you only see the wackness in life. I see the dopeness”. Given that the film seems to market itself to people in their late … Continue reading →

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The Omen 2006 (Review)

Posted on June 16, 2015 by OGR

Another fine example of competent unnecessariness. The Omen 2006 is a reasonably note perfect remake of the 1976 classic, only minus a few coats of subtlety to sate the bland appetites of modern day audiences. The end result is a … Continue reading →

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