Epinions Recent Reviews for AsiaBrew

When Procedurals Go To Film. . . and All the Ego That Follows

Sun, 29 Jul 2007 02:24:16 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author AsiaBrew - In the age of CSI, Bones, Crossing Jordan, Court TV Forensic Files and a long unending list of forensics shows, the public receives a daily helping of all the gory details (real or made up) of modern and elder, police investigation. You have more people...

SIGHTINGS The Movie

Tue, 6 Aug 2002 15:50:53 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author AsiaBrew - Let me get off on a little rant here. I believe that mandatory castration should be implemented on any person who decides that a moment of silence during a movie is a carte blanc to inflict and advertise their tainted genes on the rest of us genetic...

Someone is Following Me

Wed, 31 Jul 2002 01:56:48 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author AsiaBrew - Dennis Miller once said that before people should be able to buy a video camera they should first be able to prove they have a life worth videotaping. Now I never had any delusions that my life was interesting so I never wrote down my day to day life in...

The Reality Stairmaster

Mon, 29 Jul 2002 22:16:55 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author AsiaBrew - It seems that in the past few decades sex just naturally leads to frustration, whether you’re getting it or not. Now as happy as I am for Madonna and her sermons of post-feminist sexuality and “Be Smart, Be Sexy, Be Deep” all at once , not all of us feel...

Still Not Funny Pt. 3

Sun, 28 Jul 2002 21:59:54 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author AsiaBrew - Once again I've been dragged to an Austin Powers film against my will and by friends. Only this time one of my friends was just as pained to be there as I was.

I would be completely dumbfounded as to the success of this mediocre franchise if...

"It's a Mad World"...and we're all just trying to get through it.

Wed, 5 Jun 2002 04:10:47 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author AsiaBrew - Whatever I can remember of high school it was never anything pleasant. I remember being surrounded by all kinds of negative images and people.

Day in and day out always seeing people who were either so unhappy to be where they were while...

Falling Asleep Through Insomnia

Tue, 4 Jun 2002 04:10:12 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author AsiaBrew - I don't trust movies that advertise the past accomplishments of it's actors more than the film. Early on I was ready to dismiss Insomnia the minute I saw the listing of it's actors starting with: Academy Award Winner. I'm always dubious of such marketing...

"Memories Are Made of This"

Mon, 3 Jun 2002 06:03:51 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author AsiaBrew - The mind is a funny place. It’s two main functions are to control the body and create memories, and sometimes it’s not always perfect at both. As some of us have read, back in the seventies, a popular method of hypno-therapy centered around repressed...

Lush Melodies Floating in the Wind

Tue, 1 Jan 2002 21:03:58 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author AsiaBrew - I can't exactly remember when I discovered Enya for myself. I do know that on sporadic occasions her music would seep into my life through movies. For instance during the trailer for the movie Bed of Roses I remembered this beautiful and...

The Beautiful Freak

Wed, 31 Oct 2001 17:26:04 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author AsiaBrew - Much of what made Tim Burton a successful filmmaker back in the late eighties and early nineties, was his strong imagination and his memories of growing up. One of the qualities of a good director is that they can take the experiences and memories of...

I WAS SCARED!!!

Fri, 26 Oct 2001 15:31:45 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author AsiaBrew - It's been a long time since a movie could scare me out of my wits, an the last time one did, I used to wear Winnie the Pooh pajamas. Now I saw a lot of scary flicks when I was a kid, probably too many because now I have a pretty high threshold when it...

No Plot? No Problem

Sat, 21 Jul 2001 20:23:46 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author AsiaBrew - You know, there are only so many reasons why anyone would be caught on an island full of rampaging dinosaurs, and a third time is really pushing it. The only logical reason anyone would ever return to Isla Sorna would either be low I.Q., a death wish,...

So Like Tofu.... BLAND!

Wed, 11 Jul 2001 19:05:55 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author AsiaBrew - For a woman who was named after a character from a Greek tragedy, one would expect or at least hope to hear something at least resembling conflict or a maturer attempt at approaching it. Dido displays about as much emotion and depth as a soap opera star,...

Musicforeverydayofyourlife

Thu, 24 May 2001 18:28:40 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author AsiaBrew - Its been very hard lately to find a new artist who creates such excitement around his debut album like Pete Yorn has. But the hype and praise is well-earned and proven true in Musicforthemorningafter. The album is a breath of fresh are from the obnoxious...

When A Trip to the Sizzler Means You're Halfway Home

Thu, 22 Mar 2001 14:13:58 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author AsiaBrew - Meet the Abramowitzes of Beverly Hills. They are America's version of nomads, traveling from cheap apartment to cheap apartment. All within the confines of the 90210 zip code so they can take advantage of the good schools. But living in Beverly Hills...

No One Gets Away Clean

Mon, 8 Jan 2001 15:13:50 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author AsiaBrew - The drug war has been going on longer than some people know. It's been raging on long past the eighties, or the hazy days of the seventies and sixties, even before the days of Prohibition. Ever since man came into contact with drugs there has always been...

The Essence of Humanity

Fri, 5 Jan 2001 12:18:51 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author AsiaBrew - Why do we survive? What is it that keeps us from simply drowning in a car that has accidentally plunged into a canal? Why do we try to live when we know the odds or against us? We always complain how horrible life is and how we wish we were free of it's...

The Holocaust At Another Angle

Sun, 17 Dec 2000 20:51:11 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author AsiaBrew - I am not a big foreign film fan so I never saw Life is Beautiful till it showed up on Pay-Per View. Maybe it was my aversion to subtitles, but I just believe you shouldn’t have to read a movie. However, after watching this movie I didn’t care...

What Women Want

Sat, 9 Dec 2000 01:37:41 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author AsiaBrew - For centuries men have had to suffer the confusing and formidable obstacles of the female mind when it came to love. They have had to dodge, leap, crawl, hurdle and swing across that perilous landscape that is known as human courtship. Women, as a...

Musical Exorcism

Sun, 3 Dec 2000 18:42:16 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author AsiaBrew - I had always heard of the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion in the form of snippets of news about them in Rolling Stone magazine or in reference to other bands. I remember years before ever reading about them, my brother had come to me one day and told...

The Diva's Masterpiece

Wed, 29 Nov 2000 15:16:42 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author AsiaBrew - The day I listened to this album was the day that changed my musical leanings forever. This album literally rocked my world. Never, and I mean never in my life had I ever heard a woman sing the way PJ Harvey does. Her style is simply remarkable as well...

A Beautifully Layered Masterpiece of Sordid Emotions

Wed, 29 Nov 2000 02:23:51 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author AsiaBrew - Here she comes again, the magnificent P.J. Harvey. Is there no end to her genius? "Is This Desire?" is a bit of a departure from the usual Harvey fair but not disappointing. Ms. Harvey has decided on this her fifth album to explore the vast...

Better Than Lying on A Leather Couch

Sat, 25 Nov 2000 23:19:03 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author AsiaBrew - Ok, I’m nineteen years old right now and life is pretty mundane for me. I mean all I do is go to school come home and eat and sleep. Occasionally I’ll go out with my friends and live the basic life of a person at the cusp of twenty. It’s pretty boring...

“Papa, Can You Hear Me?”

Wed, 22 Nov 2000 20:20:57 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author AsiaBrew - With a lot of fairly new bands out there who are serving up lackluster follow-ups to promising debuts, its hard to find an artist whose willing to push the boundaries of their talent forsaking mass marketing and instant fame. Its getting harder to find...

I D.A.R.E. You To Watch This!

Mon, 20 Nov 2000 00:05:00 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author AsiaBrew - Remember when you were younger (preferably in the 80’s), and Reagan was all hot under the collar about drugs? Remember the commercials we would see on TV: The infamous frying egg metaphor? Remember the D.A.R.E. program? Police officers coming to your...