Monthly Archives: October 2016

Gunmen (Review)

Posted on October 31, 2016 by OGR

Back in the days where Christopher Lambert was a thing and Mario Van Peebles was more than a computer game character’s name. … A couple is gunned down in cold blood. Simultaneously a young girl is made orphan and a … Continue reading →

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The Purge: Election Year (Review)

Posted on October 28, 2016 by OGR

It’s frankly terrifying to me how plausible the heinous scenario proposed by The Purge trilogy of awfulness becomes with each passing mass shooting. When The Running Man was made in the 80s it was dystopian science fiction, now this looks … Continue reading →

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Kill Me Three Times (Review)

Posted on October 27, 2016 by OGR

There is much activity taking place in a small Australian town. Nathan the dentist is conspiring with Liz the receptionist to pull off a plan involving insurance fraud and Alice the patient. Sorry Alice. The receptionist’s husband Jack is in … Continue reading →

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Rounders (Review)

Posted on October 25, 2016 by OGR

In the poker world Mike (Matt Damon) is a ‘grinder’, a skilled poker player who plays the game by the book without resorting to cheating. He reads his opponents, works the odds and tries to manipulate the ‘pot’ (potential winnings) … Continue reading →

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Dante’s Peak (Review)

Posted on October 24, 2016 by OGR

Harry (Pierce Brosnan) should hate volcanoes. One took his fiancé. But no, news that centuries dormant Dante’s Peak is showing signs of stirring like a teenager at noon has him positively giddy. A team accompanies Harry – the usual quirky … Continue reading →

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The Magnificent Seven 2016 (Review)

Posted on October 21, 2016 by OGR

It is 1879. The town of Rose Creek is on its knees. Already in the midst of the hardest of times, now it is being plundered and ravaged by extremely violent opportunists who will stop at nothing to profit from … Continue reading →

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Jamesy Boy (Review)

Posted on October 20, 2016 by OGR

James (Spencer Lofranco) is fresh faced and handsome, seeming more youthful than even his tender years suggest. Even in his early teens James has a lengthy history of dealing with authority. This leaves his supportive mum Tracy (Mary-Louise Parker) at … Continue reading →

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Perfect Stranger (Review)

Posted on October 18, 2016 by OGR

They could churn one of these whodunnit films in a week, and it looks like the makers of Perfect Stranger did exactly that. They probably could have taken the weekend off too… Bruce Willis doesn’t seem to open his eyes … Continue reading →

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Braveheart (Review)

Posted on October 17, 2016 by OGR

A true rebel requires something decent to push back against. In the case of Braveheart it was the unjustified genocide of his people at the hands of the English. With that being a pretty reasonable cause the license to push … Continue reading →

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SkipTrace (Review)

Posted on October 14, 2016 by OGR

In trying to recapture the homogenised buddy flick magic of the Rush Hour and Shanghai Noon films, at least Skiptrace… serves to remind us how good those films were by comparison. Bennie (Jackie Chan) is a Hong Kong cop chasing … Continue reading →

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