Monthly Archives: December 2016

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (Review)

Posted on December 13, 2016 by OGR

The problem with films featuring one dimensional mindless killing machines is that there are only so many ways to skin a cat – or a teenager. Jaws found this. Slasher films suffer from this. The Expendables will learn one day. … Continue reading →

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Warcraft (Review)

Posted on December 9, 2016 by OGR

Orcs. They’re just like us. They live. They love. They joke. They war. So much war. With other orcs. With humans. With some… magical humans. There is every chance that I missed some vital exposition early on in Warcraft – … Continue reading →

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Kung-fu Killer (Review)

Posted on December 8, 2016 by OGR

Hahou (Donnie Yen) is a convicted murderer – albeit the A Team kind. When he learns of a grisly murder Hahou reaches through the prison walls to offer his assistance to Madam Luk the hotshot police inspector. After some reluctance … Continue reading →

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99 Homes (Review)

Posted on December 6, 2016 by OGR

Authority figures arrive at your door: “You have two minutes to grab the things you need and love before leaving never to return”. 99 Homes looks to add to the pantheon of fascinating anti-heroes. Indeed the reprehensible and totally self … Continue reading →

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Leap of Faith (Review)

Posted on December 5, 2016 by OGR

Jonas Nightingale (Steve Martin) is a travelling evangelist with a large cast of assistants, mostly groomers, analysts and spotters, who hep him fleece large crowds of gormless people who desperately want to believe in something. Nightingale – and many other … Continue reading →

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The Shallows (Review)

Posted on December 2, 2016 by OGR

Another small girl vs big shark movie. Nancy (Blake Lively) is pretty young medical student having a crossroads moment heads back to a remote beach in Mexico significant to her and her family, trying to clear her head and find … Continue reading →

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Killing Them Softly (Review)

Posted on December 1, 2016 by OGR

The Global Financial Crisis is the backdrop; every radio and tv blaring in the background clumsily drums that fact home, but Killing Them Softly seems to be set in a city that was messed up well before the banks went … Continue reading →

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