Beveridge Super Review: Oak Flavoured Milk drink 600mL varieties

Oak's 600mL varieties are quite a treat. Just the mention of an "Oak" and I get excited. Here are the flavours.

Strawberry
Often referred to as the "homosexual" of the flavours, strawberry really isn't that bad. Actually, it's one of the best flavoured milk drinks I've tasted in my time, and Oak is definitely my favourite strawberry flavoured milk drink. It's probably the most sickening, but if nothing much is to be done in the two hours after consumption, there shouldn't be a problem.

7.5/10

Iced Coffee
Iced Coffee has progressed a lot over the years, but Oak's stuck with the classic single flavour, single strength coffee. Not my favourite Iced Coffee but Dare has set the bar very high with their Mochas and Espressos. Definitely not my favourite Oak flavour but still a good drink.

6.5/10

Chocolate
Chocolate milk. The mother of all milk drinks. Pretty much any brand of chocolate milk is delicious. This being said, you can't get much better than Oak. The chocolate milk that tastes like a paddle pop and is to die for when icy. Can't get much better.

9/10

So there you have it. In comparison to other variety flavoured milk brands, like Breaka and M, Oak reigns supreme.

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We're Back

You may have noticed that the team at Critical Euphoria has taken a bit of a hiatus. However, we are back from our day jobs as male strippers and astronauts and we are revamped, ready to bring you the reviews that matter. Not only are we going to keep the film and music reviews coming, we are going to review everything. Everything. So enjoy.

Review: Last Dinosaurs - In a Million Years

The last few years has spawned more Aussie indie rock groups than ever before, and in a genre with such little variety, it's quite hard to pick a great indie band when they all sound the same. Brissie group Last Dinosaurs had a go earlier this year with In a Million Years, their debut LP. The album opens with one of the main singles, 'Zoom', which is an alright song, but after that, most of the songs just merge into one giant indie rock monster. All songs have that distinctive mellow guitar, tricky hi-hat rhythms and uninspired bass, along with vocals that offer a little variation from the everyday indie rock tracks. Some other stand outs include 'Andy' and, my favourite, 'I Can't Decide', which is a welcome change that goes into the heavier rock areas of music. When most songs sound not only like other songs on the album, but every other indie rock song in existence, it's just not quite there.

6/10

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Super Review: Batman Trilogy

In 2005, Christopher Nolan made the brave decision to reboot the Batman series. Many were sceptical, their concerns being that this would not live up to the bar set by Tim Burton's Batman. Here's what we think.

Batman BeginsThe Wayne family, Bruce and his parents,  were a rich, well-respected family who worked for charity and pretty much owned Gotham City, until a desparate mugger ended the lives of Bruce's parents in the backstreets of the dark city. Bruce relocates to Asia, where he is trained by the mysterious Henri Ducard and Ra's Al Ghul on how to fight the forces of evil. Upon finishing his studies, he decides what these people stand for is wrong, preveting their plans and heading back to Gotham. He still has the desire to fight crime in Gotham, and creates the masked icon known as Batman, striking fear in anyone defying the law. But not Jonathon Crane, The Scarecrow.
This reboot is very nicely made, changing just the right amount of content that needed to be changed from the original. All actors are great, Christian Bale as the millionaire superhero, Micheal Caine as his butler and Cillian Murphy as the insane Dr. Crane with some great support from Gary Oldman and Katie Holmes. Batman Begins is one of the best Batman movies to date and a great starting point for the rest of the series.

8/10

**SPOILERS**

The Dark Knight
Crime is worse than ever in Gotham City. The Mob and many other crime organisations are making a mockery of the justice system and Batman doesn't like it. With the help of Lieautenant Jim Gordon ad new District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman, slowly but surely, put many of these crims behind bars, tearing these organisations to pieces, but there is one man in the way. The Joker, played chillingly well by Heath Ledger. He is the most insane person in Gotham City and won't stop at killing anyone in the city.
The Dark Knight, in my opinion, is one of the greatest movies of the 00s. It just all works so well. Gotham City is a more realistic city than in Batman Begins, filmed in Chicago. Christain Bale plays Bruce Wayne/Batman really well, probably my favourite Batman, Gary Oldman and Michael Caine reprising their roles nicely and Heath Ledger in his last film was perfect. The Dark Knight, other than the disappoiontingly anticlimactic arrest of The Scarecrow, is a perfect movie.

10/10

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The Dark Knight Rises
Eight years after the events of The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises introduces a new terrorist leader, Bane. Bane and his associates come to Gotham City, forcing Bruce Wayne out of retirement, bringing back Batman and trying to take down Bane, with the help of Catwoman, but only to be brutally beaten in the fight. With the absence of Batman, Bane takes over Gotham, turning it into a warzone with an unfairly biased justice system to prosecute those who do not follow Bane's new way of life. Will Bruce Wayne rise from the depths of hell on Earth and take Gotham back?
Bane's voice is the most annoying thing about this movie. The trailers depict his voice as deep, dark and difficult to understand, but this is not the case. It's still dark and distorted, but his tone will vary far too much for my liking. Sore he looks scary enough but once (I assume) he opens his mouth, It just loses me. Tom Hardy's performance is still relatively good along with Christian Bale, Micheal Caine and Gary Oldman all returning to their roles and playing them well. Anne Hathaway is a welcome introduction as Selina Kyle or Catwoman. There are no stand out performances, some pretty bland writing and, plus some other little problems, ends in a pretty messy film. The villain is just not scary enough, plus there's no mention of The Joker and where he ended up. Last I remember he was left hanging down the side of that building, but what can you do? It's alright, pretty deep but just doesn't compare to The Dark Knight and even Batman Begins.

7.5/10

So there it is. All-in-all a great reboot series that just doesn't end the way it should have.

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Review: Weezer - Weezer (The Blue Album)

In 1994 Los Angeles power pop band Weezer release their seminal debut. The Blue Album specializes in hard hitting power chords and great pop song-writing.  While everyone in 1994 was busy trying to be the next Nirvana, Weezer front man Rivers Cuomo just wanted to make some fun rock pop.  But don't let the appearance of most of the Blue Album's songs fool you, although on the surface most songs sound as though all is well in Cuomo-land, there are much deeper meanings to songs like 'Say it Ain't So' and 'Buddy Holly'.  And mostly those meanings link to teenage angst, father issues and the like. Album highlights include the aforementioned  singles, 'In the Garage' and 'Undone - The Sweater Song'.  While not every song is pure pop genius, most have a red hot go at trying to be. In summary The Blue Album really was Cuomo's first chance at showing the world how good he was at pop song-writing and although modern day Weezer may not be half the band they once were, we can still revel in what was.

9/10

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Review: Ted

'Ted' is the début feature from Seth MacFarlane (of 'Family Guy' and 'American Dad' fame).  The film follows the story of a foul mouthed, bong smoking teddy bear (voiced by MacFarlane himself) and his owner John (Mark Wahlberg) and as things start to get serious with his girlfriend  Lori (Mila Kunis), John is forced to choose between his best friend and his lover.  It's a story we've all seen by now, but most people going into this film aren't going to expect a deep plot and complex characters, all they are looking for is the laughs which this film definitely delivers on.  The sense of humor in this film will definitely tailor to those who are fans of MacFarlane's television efforts and those who aren't will be left in the cold wondering why so many people are laughing at a talking teddy bear.  But being a fan of 'Family Guy' and 'American Dad' I had to laugh some of the at most of the absurd situations John and Ted got themselves into.  The acting is all fine with nothing too outstanding and you can tell MacFarlane is a geek at heart with a plethora of pop culture references and a massive 'Flash Gordon' homage.  Overall this movie succeeds in what it set out to do, and although it never quite reaches the hilarity of recent comedy greats it is still a good laugh.

7/10

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Review: The Amazing Spider-man

Spidey's back. Slinging webs, catching baddies and cracking wise once again. This time, it all starts with a six year old Peter Parker and his parents, Richard and Mary. When a rock finds its way through the office window of Richard's home office, it sends the parents on a panicked dash to get away. Peter is left with his Aunt May and Uncle Ben. Years later, Peter (Andrew Garfield) is going to highschool, where he is considered a nerd and has no friends. In an attempt to find out what his father was studying before he left, Peter intrudes an intern tour at Oscorp, where his father worked. This is where he is bitten by a genetically enhanced spider that gives him superpowers. Peter is misunderstood for a criminal and has the police after him. A problem arises and Peter feels obliged to help the city from destruction that is to be brought by The Lizard, a human-turned-giant lizard. And, of course, there has to be a girl. This time it's Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone), who just happens to be the Police Captain's daughter.

Although it seems a little early for a Spider-man reboot, this version feels new and refreshing. I found Andrew Garfield to be a much more relatable Peter Parker than Tobey MacGuire and Emma Stone plays Gwen Stacy well. There were also some other big names like Martin Sheen, Sally Field and Denis Leary, and watch out for another hilarious Stan Lee cameo. It might just be me, being a huge Spider-man fan, but I quite enjoyed this film and, although there are still some questions to be answered, I think Marc Webb did a good job.

8/10

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