Epinions Recent Reviews for DorieBB

The French Have a Name for It

Tue, 3 Apr 2001 23:41:26 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author DorieBB - The drama of the badly translated "La Veuve de St. Pierre" is driven by the anticipated arrival to a remote French outpost near Newfoundland of a guillotine."The Widow of St. Pierre" is a misleading title. This fine costume drama with Juliette Binoche...

"Yes,Yes" to "Yi-Yi"

Wed, 21 Mar 2001 15:56:29 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author DorieBB - I was reluctant to see Yi-Yi. Not to betray an unseemly and ignorant prejudice, or anything, but because I had hated "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon?" big time, I suspected another highly respected film from China would tick me off equally.

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Count on this Movie

Sat, 10 Feb 2001 02:17:12 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author DorieBB - I had never been too keen to see this movie and I'm not quite sure why. I think it has something to do with the short shrift it got in the press. I don't usually pay too much attention to reviews unless they are raves (which might just as well mean that...

Traffic You'll Want to Get Stuck in

Fri, 19 Jan 2001 01:03:01 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author DorieBB - It must be hard for wunderkind movie directors to grow up, and so few of them do. Think of Edward Burns, Susan Seidelman, Kevin Smith, even, if you’ll forgive me, Spike Lee (I would throw Woody Allen in, if it were not so incendiary). The pattern, with...

Quills Leaves Few Chills

Tue, 9 Jan 2001 22:20:29 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author DorieBB -

Once upon a time there was Ken Russell, the bad boy of cinema who made such dissolute garbage as The Devils, Mahler and Lisztomania. Ken Russell liked to shock his elders with gratuitous violence, sadism and all-purpose perversion. Naturally...

Find Your Self on a Desert Island

Wed, 3 Jan 2001 01:55:42 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author DorieBB - If you think a flight-phobic who had to leave Cast Away during the crash scene is not qualified to review the movie, don’t read any further. Check out what the FAA has to say about it and take their recommendation.

Movies are hyped before...

Chocolat: Sweet but not a Full Meal

Mon, 1 Jan 2001 13:44:49 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author DorieBB - Determining the genre of Lasse Hallström's Chocolat might hold the key to unlocking its full flavor. Unlike Babette's Feast, the great cinematic paean to haute cuisine, Chocolat, despite its title, is not a food flick. Babette's Feast, though, is the...

Pretty Horses, Pretty Bad Movie

Thu, 28 Dec 2000 02:49:31 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author DorieBB - As this is my opinion about All the Pretty Horses, the Movie, I have to make two confessions from the outset. First, I did not read the book. Second, I am allergic to Westerns. It's not that I have anything against people who court bunions by walking...