Monthly Archives: March 2016

The Woman in Black (Review)

Posted on March 31, 2016 by OGR

Arthur Kipps (Harry Potter) is an aspiring young lawyer desperate to keep his jobs in hard times. With a small child and a deceased wife, Kipps must above and beyond to ensure the family piggy bank is fed. This leads … Continue reading →

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The Wedding Crashers (Review)

Posted on March 29, 2016 by OGR

John (Owen Wilson) and Jeremy (Vincent Vaughn) are highly paid divorce lawyers who – instead of using their obvious wealth and reasonable looks – attend the weddings of strangers to use the buoyant moods and festive occasion to bed drunk … Continue reading →

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Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (Review)

Posted on March 28, 2016 by OGR

If this was made a decade later there would probably be a Disney ride made in its honour. Instead it is an effortlessly entertaining and only slightly dated version of the famed Robin of Loxley – better known as Robin … Continue reading →

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Creed (Review)

Posted on March 25, 2016 by OGR

Fake fights are a million times more interesting than real ones, and no one did fake fights better than Sylvester Stallone in the 80s – even though thousands have tried to replicate his cinematic pugilistic deeds. ……………. Adonis Creed (Michael … Continue reading →

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Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead (Review)

Posted on March 24, 2016 by OGR

The premise here is an amalgam of thirty three other zombie movies, only here the non-zoms eventually decide to wear Mad Max like kit before dispatching the undead, and they pepper the inane dialogue with ocker strine laced with F-bombs. … Continue reading →

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Kung-fu Panda 3 (Review)

Posted on March 24, 2016 by OGR

Not much changes in the world of Kung-fu Panda. Po (Jack Black) is the unlikely panda turned Dragon Warrior, a sentinel for decency in a land populated by talking creatures. Po is watched over by ageing master Sifu (Dustin Hoffman) … Continue reading →

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War of the Worlds (Review)

Posted on March 22, 2016 by OGR

The recent Godzilla film proved how hard it is to generate tension without a worthy foe to collide with. Such is the issue with this War of the Worlds reboot. It’s hard to summon concern or hope when the primary … Continue reading →

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The Return of the Living Dead (Review)

Posted on March 21, 2016 by OGR

Apparently the Night of the Living Dead was a documentary. So surmises Return of the Living Dead, which suggests that the cover up footage was turned into a film to throw society off the scent. Of course no sooner than … Continue reading →

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Rob Zombie: The Early Years – House of a Thousand Corpses / The Devil’s Rejects

Posted on March 19, 2016 by OGR

House of a Thousand Corpses There is no such thing as a good place to break down, but in the movies it always seems that inopportune stuff happens in the very worst places. House of a Thousand Corpses is director … Continue reading →

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Deadpool (Review)

Posted on March 18, 2016 by OGR

He’s not afraid to look stupid. He doesn’t care about looking cool, even though he remains fully in control despite being a passenger to a vehicle in the process of flipping uncontrollably. He says what we wish we could. All … Continue reading →

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