Epinions Recent Reviews for AggieBrett

Nate & Hayes: The Weirdest Pirate Movie Nobody Remembers

Sat, 19 Jul 2003 10:58:53 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author AggieBrett - After the way my boys responded to Pirates of the Caribbean earlier this week at the local su...

REPTILICUS: A HORRIFYING "TAIL" OF TERROR!

Sun, 26 Jan 2003 02:36:13 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author AggieBrett - So it's Saturday night, The Wife is working another all-night shift at the hospital, and the kids are again left in my care. That can all add up to only one thing: MONSTER MOVIE NIGHT.

Having already subjected, er, "treated" my kids to such...

On Baseball, America, Hope, and Life: The Gospel According to St. Giamatti

Sat, 13 Jul 2002 12:59:02 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author AggieBrett - "It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart."

So begins the first essay in A Great and Glorious Game, a slim collection of the best of the baseball writings of A. Bartlett Giamatti. Best remembered today by the...

SCADS of Words on Modern Man and the Politics of Power Tool Envy

Sat, 9 Feb 2002 12:54:14 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author AggieBrett -

THE BACK STORY: The Author SCADfully confronts his own tool inadequacies

If you're a normal red-blooded American suburban male over the age of 25, then odds are you've seen Norm Abrams, host of the PBS show The New Yankee...

Talent To Burn: "New Favorite" from Alison Krauss + Union Station

Thu, 23 Aug 2001 19:54:44 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author AggieBrett - With bluegrass music still riding high thanks to the movie O Brother Where Art Thou and the accompanying soundtrack, Alison Krauss + Union Station seem uniquely positioned to garner extra attention with their 2001 release, New...

Somebody really needs to drag Elliott Smith out and buy this guy a beer

Sat, 30 Jun 2001 03:27:07 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author AggieBrett - .

The failure is mine-- of that I am sure.

Singer-songwriter Elliott Smith has his fans and admirers, and my dance partner for MattA75's "I’ll Show You Mine If You Show Me Yours" Write Off, a certain repulsemonkey, clearly...

Some Ghosts Smell Like Dill: Grandpa And The Rivers His Spirit Haunts (Father's Day W/O)

Sat, 16 Jun 2001 13:10:47 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author AggieBrett - The rivers of the Texas Hill Country haunt me.

They haunt me with the sounds of a man I barely had a chance to truly know, and by the scents of days I can never forget. When I'm on a Hill Country river, the memories flow as thick and fast as...

Groceries: The Aerosol Swiss Army Knife (The Great Groceries Write-Off)

Tue, 1 May 2001 18:06:47 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author AggieBrett - Modern grocery stores are absolute marvels-- palaces of wonderfully wretched excess where you can find dozens of products for use in any specific situation. Need orange juice? Great-- they have "from concentrate," "not-from concentrate," with calcium,...

From Rodriguez With Love

Tue, 10 Apr 2001 18:59:59 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author AggieBrett - Robert Rodriguez, the Texas-based filmmaker best known for comically violent shoot-em-ups like "El Mariachi," "Dusk Til Dawn" and "Desperado," takes an odd turn with "Spy Kids," a project that marks as dramatic a shift for him as a Disney musical might...

Imperfect, But Aging Gracefully-- Robert Earl Keen's Picnic

Fri, 23 Feb 2001 14:05:23 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author AggieBrett - Following on the heels of a string of incredible small-label releases for Sugar Hill Records, Picnic signaled a critical turning point in the career of Texas singer-songwriter Robert Earl Keen. Released in 1997, Picnic was Keen's first...

Here's to privileges of youth

Wed, 21 Feb 2001 03:18:15 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author AggieBrett - Say what you will about the 80's, but one thing will always be true-- it was the decade in which the Teen Comedy was raised to a low art form. While most people instantly think of all those insipid John Hughes movies and the endless procession of just...

A Truckload of Art: Terry Allen's epic "Lubbock (on everything)"

Fri, 19 Jan 2001 19:03:52 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author AggieBrett - For whatever reason-- maybe it's the water-- Lubbock, Texas has produced more than its fair share of musical greats over the years. Buddy Holly, Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, as well as the Maines family (daughter Natalie of the Dixie Chicks and father...

An Angel Sings Songs of Hurting Like Hell

Sat, 9 Dec 2000 03:16:06 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author AggieBrett - After struggling through the 90's in a failed attempt to make it as a "country" act in Nashville, Shelby Lynne has now decided to blaze her own path.

Originally "discovered" by none other than George Jones, Lynne tried to...

"Live At Liberty Lunch": Comfort Food For My Ears

Wed, 29 Nov 2000 02:42:14 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author AggieBrett - One of the first wave of those Texas musical artists who seemed too rock for country and too country for rock, Joe Ely justifiably enjoys near mythic stature on the Texas music scene. Now entering his fourth decade in the music business, Ely has played...

Reckless Kelly-- "Millican"

Sat, 25 Nov 2000 19:23:17 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author AggieBrett - It's a tough nut to crack. Exactly what sort of music is it that Reckless Kelly plays? My friends who prefer country music all claim that Reckless Kelly is a pretty cool rock band, while my rock & roll friends admit that Reckless Kelly isn't bad for...

SHEER STARK TERROR GRIPS YOU IN UNDERWATER 3-D!

Tue, 31 Oct 2000 14:08:06 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author AggieBrett - My kids are spoiled.

For my children and others of their generation, monster movies are nothing special. They've never known a world without whiz-bang effects wizardry of movies such as "Jurassic Park" and...

Robert Earl Keen -- The Live Album

Sun, 22 Oct 2000 04:04:59 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author AggieBrett -

When you ask most modern fans of Robert Earl Keen to describe his music, terms like "alt country" or "redneck rock" or "Texana" will normally be trotted out. To be fair, any of these descriptions probably does as good...

The Hollisters -- "Sweet Inspiration"

Mon, 16 Oct 2000 04:08:56 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author AggieBrett - Excuse the hell out of me for askin', but exactly WHEN did the spirit of Barry Manilow take over Nashville and RUIN country music?

Once upon a time, real country music was made by tough-minded men (and women) who wrote songs about life as they...

Kelly Willis -- "What I Deserve"

Sat, 14 Oct 2000 03:56:50 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author AggieBrett -

Like a long slow dance on a hot summer night, "What I Deserve" is one of those beautifully simple things you'll wish would never end. Lush, erotic, and just plain sexy, this album is a warm whisper in your ear during a carriage...

"Saving Grace" -- High English Comedy

Tue, 12 Sep 2000 13:42:39 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author AggieBrett - "FINALLY!" This is what I was saying to myself just minutes into Saving Grace, the great little English comedy starring Brenda Blethyn (Secrets and Lies) and Craig Ferguson (The Drew Carey Show). In a movie year overflowing...

Nurse Betty-- Can I Get Something For The Pain?

Sat, 9 Sep 2000 18:38:19 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author AggieBrett - A movie that desperately wants to be "different" from the normal Hollywood comedy, Nurse Betty left me feeling slightly worse than I did before her visit.

I sat down expecting the typically strong performances from proven pros...

"Godzilla 2000": Return of the (Lizard) King

Thu, 24 Aug 2000 16:59:04 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author AggieBrett - When I was a kid, I can clearly remember the central joy of July 4-- we'd bike to the local fireworks stand and spend our lawnmowing money on a pathetic assortment of strange brightly colored explosives. One of my favorites was of course The Tank. Oh...

Space Cowboys-- The Wrong Stuff

Sun, 20 Aug 2000 13:39:27 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author AggieBrett - REPEATING: THIS OPINION REVEALS **EVERYTHING** ABOUT THE MOVIE'S PLOT!

OK, I don't usually review movies (mainly since I so seldom get to SEE movies in the theatre anymore, what with the three knee-biters and all), but the wife and I...

Bruce Robison -- "Wrapped"

Tue, 15 Aug 2000 18:18:35 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author AggieBrett - As with his brother Charlie, Bruce Robison's music doesn't fall neatly into one easily defined category. One of the best descriptions I've heard for Robison's music is "imagine if James Taylor had grown up in a Texas honktonk." Robison's 1998 release...

Todd Snider -- "Happy To Be Here"

Sun, 30 Jul 2000 21:39:25 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author AggieBrett - "Happy To Be Here" is singer-songwriter's Todd Snider's fourth major label release, but chances are most people have still never heard of him. And that's just a damned shame, because on his new album Snider is cranking out some of the...