Monthly Archives: May 2016

6 Bullets (Review)

Posted on May 12, 2016 by OGR

Jean-Claude Van Damme saw Keanu Reeves, Denzel and Liam Neeson find box office success and thought “I’ve been doing that for years”. He then went and sought to prove it by effectively remaking Taken. A dastardly European human trafficking organisation … Continue reading →

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Bulletproof (Review)

Posted on May 10, 2016 by OGR

Bulletproof is so hastily thrown together and so very linear that it practically allows Damon Wayans and Adam Sandler to sleepwalk through it. So they do. The problem is that it doesn’t appear that Sandler has woken up yet… Rock … Continue reading →

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Deep Impact (Review)

Posted on May 9, 2016 by OGR

How sad… …would it be to disconnect with your father and have your last words be filled with hate, and no chance to retract them? …would it be to finally find a girlfriend, then lose her almost immediately? …would it … Continue reading →

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Spotlight (Review)

Posted on May 7, 2016 by OGR

Spotlight the movie has a lot in common with the Boston based investigative reporting team that it depicts. It eschews flash and flair in favour of hard work and facts. The miscellaneous detritus is also ignored so that more time … Continue reading →

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Krampus (Reviewed)

Posted on May 6, 2016 by OGR

All American Christmas films make me think is that every American family is obnoxious. I knew as soon as I saw David Koechner that bad tidings were coming… To him imbuing subtlety is as hard as it is for him … Continue reading →

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Dark Skies (Review)

Posted on May 5, 2016 by OGR

Daniel and Lacy (Keri Russell) have a nice house in the suburbs. Two kids. Two cars. A nice lawn. Bills. The normal day to day pressures. Nothing too dramatic. That is until stuff starts happening. Weird stuff. Unexplainable stuff. It … Continue reading →

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Any Given Sunday (Review)

Posted on May 3, 2016 by OGR

Jamie Foxx and Jennifer Lopez are essentially the same limited person. That each have one outstanding characteristic – JLo has her ass, Foxx his mouth – which they shake incessantly while doing all of the other mediocre things – Singing, … Continue reading →

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Spies Like Us (Review)

Posted on May 2, 2016 by OGR

Aaah the 80s, where the concept of two guys being given a job that they shouldn’t have been given is hilarious. You just wouldn’t see that kind of stuff nowadays… What’s that? EVERY Will Ferrell film you say? Well I … Continue reading →

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