Epinions Recent Reviews for BigJack

Denis Leary in Rescue Me, a Firefighter's Entourage

Fri, 1 Aug 2008 00:53:15 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author BigJack - You may already have heard my previous exultations of the DVD rental service, Netflix. It's not quite as good as TiVo, but it's up there. Thanks to the writer's strike and the power of Netflix, I started discovering TV series that I never seen before...

Quaker Oats: Me and Wilford Brimley

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:57:58 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author BigJack - If you thought I complained too much about Cheerios,
you ain't heard nothing yet. As previously reported here, I am getting old. Getting old means I can't even what I want...

Cheerios - I eat them, my kid eats them

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:30:32 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author BigJack - We go through at least one big box of Cheerios every week in my house now. This wasn't always the case. Our Cheerios used to go stale, sitting on our shelf, neglected, ignored. I mean really, all things considered, would you pick Cheerios as your #1...

Setting Domestic Priorities: A Look At Crime Reduction Policies

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:26:25 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author BigJack - Setting Domestic Priorities deals with the question of what government can, and should do, to solve problems in different domestic policy areas. The authors involved look at such things as crime, health, homelessness, and families. I found the...

Osborne and Gaebler Argue For Reinventing Government

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:48:22 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author BigJack - “Steering, not rowing,” is the theme of Davis Osborne and Ted Gaebler's book, Reinventing Government. The authors seem to believe that in nearly every aspect of government, its role can and should be reduced to that of “steering”...

Will Smith is I Am Legend, But Not Really

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:33:56 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author BigJack - In I Am Legend , Will Smith portrays Robert Neville, the sole survivor in NYC of a plague that has apparently wiped humanity from the planet. Well, most of humanity. Those who did not die degenerated into “Dark Seekers” - some sort of...

Richard E. Cohen Examines the 1990 Clean Air Act in Washington at Work

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 11:51:27 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author BigJack - In Washington at Work: Back Rooms and Clean Air, author Richard E. Cohen examines the events leading up to the passage of the 1990 Clean Air Act. Cohen makes it clear that he believes the law was "a positive statement" and "no small...

Showtime's Brotherhood Is More Than Just An Irish Sopranos

Wed, 9 Jul 2008 00:41:44 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author BigJack - I discovered Showtime's Brotherhood completely by accident. Having gotten completely enthralled by Season 1 of <
i>Dexter
on DVD, I was still sitting mesmerized by the menu screen after the stupendous season...

The Rock is Walking Tall, But He's No Buford Pusser

Sat, 5 Jul 2008 19:49:35 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author BigJack - There was a time, not that long ago, when Dwayne Johnson, aka The Rock, was hailed as the second coming of Arnold Schwarzenegger. To a lesser extent, this happens in the action movie arena in the same way every few years a basketball player is hailed as...

Iron Man: Robert Downey, Jr. is Iron Man

Tue, 1 Jul 2008 08:02:55 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author BigJack - There is no lack of irony in the casting of Robert Downey, Jr. in the lead role in Iron Man. Both Downey and Tony Stark, Iron Man's alter-ego, are both brilliantly talented and incredibly flawed. To carry the parallels further, Iron Man...

Michael C. Hall is Bloody Good as Dexter, Serial Killer

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 01:08:50 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author BigJack - For me, the writer's strike of '07-'08 was actually a good thing. Missing my favorite TV shows wasn't a big deal; in fact, it enabled me to do two things: 1) finally watch the 20 hours of saved TV shows and movies on my TiVo, leaving more than 15...

George Clooney Does Screwball Comedy in Leatherheads

Sat, 5 Apr 2008 11:55:11 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author BigJack - Disclaimer: I am completely in the tank for George Clooney. Whether he's going for an Oscar in <
i>Michael
Clayton or totally cashing a check in <
i>Ocean's
13, I'm going to...

The Big Bounce Falls Flat. Again.

Thu, 3 Apr 2008 02:11:21 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author BigJack - I love Elmore Leonard novels. I love movies. Problem is, when an Elmore Leonard novel gets adapted for the big screen, it's just as likely to suck as to be good.. For every Out of Sight or Get Shorty, there's a Stick or Be...

Will Ferrell is Ricky Bobby in Talladega Nights

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 01:35:01 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author BigJack - Since departing Saturday Live in 2002 after a seven year run that saw him become SNL's highest paid performer ever, Will Ferrell has not gone begging for work. In fact, after seeing his recent mediocre effort in...

Sony's DVP FX810 - A Solid Player With A Decent Screen

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:14:51 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author BigJack - Sony's DVP FX810 portable DVD player is a solidly built device with a sufficiently long battery life. Although it doesn't come with headphones, it does include a number of useful accessories. While the nuts and bolts of the DVP FX810 are well-made, what...

Daniel Craig Debuts as James Bond in Casino Royale

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 04:00:26 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author BigJack - James Bond is one of the true iconic figures in cinema. Sean Connery, the first actor to play Ian Fleming’s British superspy, had a combination of good looks, style, refinement, audacity, and wry humor. Beginning with Dr. No in 1962, Connery...

The Other Boleyn Girl: The Other Boleyn Girl - Lust and Sex Made Dull and Boring

Sun, 9 Mar 2008 01:58:21 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author BigJack - Spoilers here for those of you who don't know the story of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. Once again, I have been the victim of letting my wife choose the movie we go to see. Last month, it was the low-on-laughs, light on action...

Tina Fey is Liz Lemon and Everything Else on 30 Rock

Wed, 5 Mar 2008 01:48:58 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author BigJack - This is a submission in pestysi
de's
Nat
ional
Women's History Month Write Off. In the fall of 2006, two new shows were getting ready to debut for NBC. The first had all the...

Semi-Pro: Will Ferrell is Semi-Pro, But It's Not Even Half-Funny

Sat, 1 Mar 2008 17:37:15 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author BigJack - For me, Will Ferrell's movies have much in common with his Saturday Night Live work – very hit-and-miss. I thought Ferrell's George W. Bush was genius; I despised the cheerleaders. On the big screen, I typically find Ferrell more funny in a...

The Twix Bar: Candy Perfected

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:14:31 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author BigJack - Remember the episode of Seinfeld during its last season where George Costanza was desperately trying to get a Twix bar out of a vending machine at a car dealership? First, the vending machine wouldn’t accept his crinkled dollar bill. Then,...

Twinings Decaffeinated Green Tea: No Thank You

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:14:59 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author BigJack - I recently decided to give up diet soft drinks. Between the concerns over the artificial sweeteners, metabolic syndrome, and the possibility that diet drinks actually stimulate appetite, I decided enough’s enough, I’ve got to stop drinking two...

Caesars Palace - Great All-Around Performer

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:48:19 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author BigJack - Caesars Palace first opened on the Strip in Las Vegas in 1966, and because it's evolved and changed over the years, it's one of the few casinos from that era that still remains. Long after the Dunes, the Sands, the Landmark, the Hacienda, and alas, even...

Fiji Water Tastes Great, But Is It Green?

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 02:41:12 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author BigJack - Fiji Water is the best stuff on Earth. It comes from the island nation of Fiji, in the South Pacific Ocean. The producers of Fiji Water literally claim that it's “untouched by human hands.” That's because it's artesian water - it comes from a well...

21: Bringing Down the House: Soon To Be A Major Motion Picture

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 23:52:47 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author BigJack - 21: Bringing Down the House is coming to the big screen March 28, 2008. With Kevin Spacey, Lawrence Fishburne, and Kate Bosworth, 21 tells the story of one of the legendary MIT blackjack teams that literally took Vegas for millions...

Spider-Man 3: Sequelitis Strikes This Over-Stuffed, Underperforming Blockbuster

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 16:09:46 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author BigJack - Sequelitis: A terrible disease that afflicts sequels of blockbuster motion pictures. It can manifest in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to: missing stars (see Speed 2); three hour runtimes (see Pirates of the Caribbean...