Epinions Recent Reviews for ArchieSicat

The Pope and The Attack of The Clones

Tue, 30 Jul 2002 23:20:06 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author ArchieSicat - As of the time of writing, I have watched Episode II: Attack of the Clones three times on the big screen and I have kept all my three tickets for evidence in case somebody questions my authority to write this review. To begin with, it is so much better...

Walking on Paint and Moaning Skulls

Sat, 17 Feb 2001 01:37:24 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ArchieSicat - I first watched this movie while I was on board a bumpy Air Canada flight en route for L.A. from Toronto, Canada. As the film progressed, I wondered however, why the flight crew chose to show this film on the plane. If they were showing this kind of...

There's A Cure for Marriage Fright

Wed, 7 Feb 2001 03:26:13 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author ArchieSicat - This is a funny, amusing take on a woman’s premarital jitters. One of her friends even gives Julia Roberts a pair of Nike shoes to the wedding ceremony; and romping off a wedding either on horseback or a Fedex van, this is so original!

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It's Really Autumn in New York...I am Getting Sleepy

Sat, 27 Jan 2001 16:52:12 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author ArchieSicat - The title of this film is a misnomer as the story does not run during autumn only, but even extends to winter and some spring. As you might have expected, this is a love story between a modern version of Venus (Winona Ryder) and the eternally Prince...

Bring a Boxfull of Kleenex

Thu, 25 Jan 2001 02:26:16 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ArchieSicat - I watched this movie twice on the big screen some time ago. Then, last year, they aired it on cable and I watched it again. Warning: this movie is a sweeping saga. It features a star-studded cast, which includes Meryl Streep and Glen Close, two of the...

Didn't Know Tom Hanks Had Sex Appeal

Thu, 25 Jan 2001 02:22:08 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ArchieSicat - Imagine finding yourself trapped in an island and you have totally no idea where you are in the world. I believe this is what drives people to watch this movie, apart from their fixation with Tom Hanks. As for me, I decided to catch this film on the big...

Perfect Treatment

Thu, 25 Jan 2001 02:01:09 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ArchieSicat - This movie scares me more about the sea than Titanic. For, while Titanic concentrates on what goes on inside the ship, The Perfect Storm is all about how a poor fishing boat gets tossed around by the Andrea Gail, the so-called Storm of the Century. While...

Behind Every Good Book Is a Writer

Thu, 25 Jan 2001 01:54:53 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ArchieSicat - For some of you who may not be aware of it, the writer behind that smash movie hit, The Perfect Storm is Sebastian Junger. And most editors (male and female alike) who get to meet him agree that good looks do help for a writer. Recently, he put up a...

Even Shakespeare Would Be Proud

Thu, 25 Jan 2001 01:48:47 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ArchieSicat - I watched this twice on the big screen, but then when it became available in video, I quickly rented it to have my whole family enjoy the film, my mother in particular. I never thought that a film set in the Victorian era could be so entertaining, or...

Sophie Marceau Is Back!

Thu, 25 Jan 2001 01:44:03 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ArchieSicat - Before I watched this movie on the big screen, I heard that MGM decided to spend a lot more than usual for James Bond films. The reason: the previous Bond film (Tomorrow Never Dies) did not do as well as expected. Well the big splurge certainly shows in...

I Thought Reindeers Were Good

Thu, 25 Jan 2001 01:39:21 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author ArchieSicat - I like Ben Affleck because for some uncanny reason, he manages to insert himself into thinking films (Chasin’ Amy, Good Will Hunting, etc.). Not that Armageddon is a thinking movie, in fact, this one should be stricken off Affleck’s filmology for sheer...

James Bond Is a Playboy Again

Thu, 25 Jan 2001 01:34:32 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ArchieSicat - As Pierce Brosnan’s first Bond appearance, this was great. I thought for a while I might miss Roger Moore again or for that matter Sean Connery, but surprisingly I didn’t. And what about Timothy Dalton? Well, he’s only a memory now after he made a mess...

James Bond Nearly Dies

Thu, 25 Jan 2001 01:25:16 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author ArchieSicat - I also enjoyed this Bond film, but strangely not as much as I enjoyed the other ones like A View to a Kill, or Golden Eye, or The World Is Not Enough. Somehow, Bond became a little too domesticated here, and I know his box office prowess suffers every...

There's Something About Mary, Part II

Thu, 25 Jan 2001 00:45:07 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author ArchieSicat - Welcome to the dirty jokes department, again, from where There’s Something About Mary left off. The makers of this movie (the Farrelly Brothers) probably figured that since they made tons of money from the Cameron Diaz starrer, they might do better with...

RealPlayer: This Really Plays Well!

Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:52:39 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ArchieSicat - I have been using this program for the past four years now, even when they were still a part of Microsoft. This was the pioneer and it hasn’t lost its touch. As a matter of fact, since their latest upgrade has made the screen even bigger, it’s so nice...

Microsoft Fax: From a User's Point of View

Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:48:57 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author ArchieSicat - Microsoft Outlook was the second email program I used and right from the very beginning I found it to be very easy to use. Then Microsoft introduced Microsoft Outlook Express, expecting everybody to migrate to their latest email program. But my brother...

Singapore Downtown

Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:40:01 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ArchieSicat - Last year, while I worked as a customer service rep for one of the big telecom companies in Toronto, Canada I got the chance to speak to a Canadian who just came from Singapore. I asked her how Singapore was and it became a spirited discussion not only...

Mandarin Singapore: Great Chinese Food Selection

Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:32:26 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ArchieSicat - Though I stayed in this hotel a long time ago, in June 1993, the memory of the sumptuous feast that I enjoyed still linger in my brain to this day. The company I worked for at the time sent me to Singapore to attend the International Marketing...

Most Unself-Conscious Book on Black Slavery in America

Thu, 18 Jan 2001 18:42:11 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ArchieSicat - I read this book in college (the 1980s), after I've read Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind extensively. That being said, I had no difficulty understanding the history of black slavery in America, particularly the reason behind the American Civil...

A Real Sleeper!

Thu, 18 Jan 2001 06:24:10 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ArchieSicat - I bought this massager over two years ago, and it hasn’t given up on me yet. Back at that time, I used to work in a busy call center and either the back of your neck or your back hurt as you worked. In other words, that was backbreaking work. So I...

Microsoft Windows 98: Windows 98 More Stable than Its Predecessor

Thu, 18 Jan 2001 06:02:30 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ArchieSicat - One of the advantages to using Windows 98 (over Windows 95) is the fact that it is certainly more robust than the earlier version. I started using Windows 95 way back in 1996 and although it was the most advanced Windows OS at that time, my PC had to be...

Mission: Possible

Tue, 9 Jan 2001 23:57:50 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ArchieSicat - "What's with the pigeons?" asks an office colleague as we discussed Mission Impossible 2 one day. He was referring to John Woo's fixation with dramatizing scenes where a flock of pigeons fly out all of sudden. The director uses this technique...

Like a Garage Sale of Internet Junkies

Tue, 9 Jan 2001 23:32:46 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ArchieSicat - I buy a copy of this magazine from time to time, whenever I find anything interesting, say there is a new web site that does this and that. That I think, is the magazine’s chief usefulness--its ability to present new sites that will help us in our work...

This Broad Works Hard for Her Money

Tue, 9 Jan 2001 23:13:56 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ArchieSicat - This was surprise of all surprises, the queen of pop movies excelling in a dramatic comedy role like Oscars cannot be far behind. I’d seen nearly all Julia movies there are, starting from Mystic Pizza. I know her like the back of my hand. I know there’s...

I Haven't Spotted a Typo for the Past 20 Years

Mon, 8 Jan 2001 22:24:45 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ArchieSicat - This is the magazine I practically grew up with. It was through Word Power that I continuously improved my vocabulary. Many of the articles in the Reader's Digest became like role models to me as I gradually developed my own writing style through the...