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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (film review) by Frank Ochieng.
‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’ does what a formidable sequel should to do in concept…capitalise on the enormous success of its predecessor and…
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November 2013
September 2013
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Riddick (film review) by Frank Ochieng.
In all fairness, ‘Riddick’ is not the first clumsy film franchise to not recognize how it overstayed its welcome and it won’t be…
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Getaway (film review) by Frank Ochieng.
The high-octane hideousness behind ‘Getaway’ is indeed an on-screen traffic accident that will drive one to immediately rip up their auto club membership…
August 2013
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Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters by Frank Ochieng (film review).
The refreshing twist about ‘Percy Jackson: Sea Of Monsters’ is that it is a children’s nautical fantasy geared to introducing the youngsters to…
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The Wolverine by Frank Ochieng (film review).
Finally the so-called breakout star of ‘The X-Men’ movie series gets to fly solo yet again (after ‘X-Men Origins: Wolverine’) and test the…
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The Mortal Instruments: City Of Bones by Frank Ochieng (film review).
Well, the search for the next ‘Twilight’ phenomenon continues desperately as Hollywood coughs up yet another pretender in the clunky supernatural serial ‘The…
April 2013
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Pain & Gain (Frank’s Take) (film review).
Filmmaker Michael Bay continues to tap into the spinal cord of his frenetic flicks that toss around manufactured cheese and chills with forceful…
March 2013
ReviewFilms
Welcome To The Punch (Frank’s Take) (film review).
Writer-director Eran Creevy (‘Shifty’) delivers an edgy yet disjointed British crime drama in the convoluted ‘Welcome To The Punch’. Although sporting an inspired…
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G.I. Joe: Retaliation (Frank’s Take) (film review).
Okay…so one realises that the acquired taste for the turgid testosterone-driven ‘G.I. Joe: Retaliation’ is not quite sophisticated for the cash crowd on…
ReviewFantasy
Jack the Giant Slayer (film review) (Frank’s Take).
Fee…Fi…Foe…Fum…I detect an unfavorable critique from the blood of a disenchanted American movie critic! What do you know…some giants are rather perceptive after…
November 2012
ReviewFilms
Skyfall – Frank’s take (film review).
As the cinema world celebrates the 50th anniversary of the badass British superspy known internationally as Agent 007, craggily-faced Daniel Craig achieves a…
October 2012
ReviewFilms
Alex Cross – Frank’s take (film review)
The good news is that Tyler Perry has temporarily exchanged his trademark frumpy ‘Madea’ gowns for masculine guns in his latest trite conventional…