Monthly Archives: June 2015

Terminal Velocity (Review)

Posted on June 15, 2015 by OGR

There was a time when Hollywood gave Charlie Sheen a trial run at being a bona fide leading man. A very short time. To be fair it isn’t Mr Sheen’s fault that Terminal Velocity suffers from a case of Terminal Blandness. … Continue reading →

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Bad Boys, Bad Boys (2) – Whatchu gonna Review?

Posted on June 13, 2015 by OGR

Michael Bay has forged a two decade and counting career on the strength of large explosions, slack jawed male leads, scantily clad female leads, inane dialogue and giant robots waging war and laying waste to cities in the process. Bad … Continue reading →

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Birdman… or, etc (Review)

Posted on June 12, 2015 by OGR

Any discussion of Birdman must address the fact that the plot is skinny, and that in lesser hands this film would vanish without a trace. But of course this is the Film of the Year we’re talking about, not an … Continue reading →

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Turistas (Review)

Posted on June 11, 2015 by OGR

I tired of the post-Hostel torture porn genre very swiftly, essentially I was over it once Hostel’s end credits rolled. I recognised the film was efficient at what it did, just didn’t see the value it added to the world. … Continue reading →

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The Prestige (Review)

Posted on June 9, 2015 by OGR

The opening minutes set the tone for what follows. We are about to be enveloped in the seedy backroom bickering, thievery and subterfuge that is high level magic. The narrator explains that every magic trick is performed in three parts: … Continue reading →

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Twister (Review)

Posted on June 8, 2015 by OGR

Twisters; the gentle breezes who don’t know when to stop. This film is about those tempestuous temptresses and the human idiots who love them. These modern day ‘wind whisperers’ travel to the tornado belt in middle America in the name … Continue reading →

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The Theory of Everything (Review)

Posted on June 5, 2015 by OGR

Stephen Hawking is an undeniably fascinating character. As the film opens Hawking is already a young man and a mathematics prodigy, with confidence borne of higher intelligence if not yet social status. This relentless positivity and limitless potential catches the … Continue reading →

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What Just Happened? (Review)

Posted on June 4, 2015 by OGR

What just Happened? Good question. I just killed a hundred minutes and a similar number of brain cells trying to work it out and I am no closer to the truth than I was before I pressed ‘Play’. The film … Continue reading →

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Mad Max: Fury Road (Review)

Posted on June 3, 2015 by OGR

Nothing grows in this wasteland. Not for a long time. The earth has long since gone sour. The sun continues to bake it. Dust storms prevent it from settling. Poison and contamination seep ever lower into what was once arable … Continue reading →

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Zathura (Review)

Posted on June 2, 2015 by OGR

Single dad (Tim Robbins) is a busy man indeed. He has a hard time juggling work commitments, improving his new spacious home and raising three kids, teen girl Lisa and two boys, ten year old Walter and 8 year old … Continue reading →

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