Monthly Archives: December 2016

The Mechanic 2 (Review)

Posted on December 30, 2016 by OGR

With sequels to low budget unexpected successes – even modest ones – there are two ways to go; you can continue full throttle with a bigger budget and hopefully snag a big name co-star to go alongside the headliner from … Continue reading →

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Less Than Zero (Review)

Posted on December 29, 2016 by OGR

Less Than Zero opens with the high school graduation of three friends Julian (Robert Downey Jr.), Clay (Andrew McCarthy) and Claire (Jami Gertz). They are flawless, bubbly, precocious and have the world at their feet. Then a title ‘6 months … Continue reading →

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Corky Romano (Review)

Posted on December 27, 2016 by OGR

While trawling the IMDb trivia in a desperate attempt to distract myself from the unfunniness onscreen, I was not at all surprised to learn that Corky Romano was written, produced and filmed in a matter of months to avoid the … Continue reading →

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The Dark Crystal (Review)

Posted on December 26, 2016 by OGR

Well this was a lot more dark and subversive than I remember. The Skeksis were always creepy, but this is a lot different to what you think when you say ‘kid’s puppet movie’. The plot is simple; creatures good ‘mystics’ … Continue reading →

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Home Alone (Review)

Posted on December 25, 2016 by OGR

I never noticed as a youth but Kevin (Macauley Culkin) is an obnoxious ill mannered child in an entirely obnoxious and ill mannered family. Even the extended family of cousins, aunts and uncles are uniformly vile. So it is understandably … Continue reading →

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Indigenous (Review)

Posted on December 22, 2016 by OGR

The first thirty minutes of Indigenous are the same as any number of uninspired horror films from the last twenty years. The last thirty rip off only one film. But if you must shamelessly steal from something, make it a … Continue reading →

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Southpaw (Review)

Posted on December 20, 2016 by OGR

For a film about boxing Southpaw sure plays out like a WWE tag team match, only with poor old Billy Hope taking on an army of boxing film cliches and hard luck happenings by himself. Just when he manages to … Continue reading →

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No Escape AKA Escape from Absolon (Review)

Posted on December 19, 2016 by OGR

Ray Liotta is Robbins, an ex-marine and full time rebel deemed ‘too surly’ for a regular penitentiary in a future (2022!) where the prison system has become privatised. The move to Absalon is accompanied by an sentence that offers no … Continue reading →

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Don’t Breathe (Review)

Posted on December 16, 2016 by OGR

There are three of them. A streetwise gangsta, Roxanne (Jane Levy) his damaged girlfriend, the unremarkable nice guy that would have her if only she would realise it. They perform burglaries and fence the ill gotten gains. This is the … Continue reading →

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The Hallow (Review)

Posted on December 15, 2016 by OGR

Adam is a research scientist who is always on the lookout for weird stuff to analyse. His wife Claire is flat out raising the baby and maintaining a large, old country home. Although they do not set out to cause … Continue reading →

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