Epinions Recent Reviews for Guildencrantz

Ninjabread Man for Nintendo Wii: A cookie ninja? Sounds like a winner, plays like a loser.

Sat, 7 Jun 2008 01:55:44 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author Guildencrantz - A ginger bread man with a katana and shuriken? Sweet! The graphics on the box looked cheesy, but this is a Wii game, so I don't expect realism. Based on the simple concept of running around as a ginger bread man and fighting like a ninja I decided to...

Kentuky Fried Network

Sat, 7 Jun 2008 01:09:15 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Guildencrantz - I had no idea that there was an Onion movie until I saw the distinct logo on the shelf at my local Blockbuster. Intrigued I grabbed the box and was struck by the screen shots: scenes which looked like they could have come from Kentucky Fried...

How To Brew Monastic Ale without the Celibacy

Sat, 16 Sep 2006 21:36:53 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Guildencrantz - Reading J
ohn
Palmer's How to Brew I caught an interesting tidbit: although most Americans brew Belgian ales using rock candy traditional "Belgian candi sugar" is a syrup. Being the geeky wonder that I am I set...

John Palmer's Guide to Saving the American Beer Drinker

Wed, 13 Sep 2006 21:15:54 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Guildencrantz - When I started preparing to brew I needed to satiate my geeky drive to understand exactly what was going on so I dropped by a local brew shop and asked them what I should read. Fortunately this is a great little brew shop and after talking to the clerk...

Dave Miller's Chemistry for Drunks

Wed, 13 Sep 2006 21:15:49 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Guildencrantz - It's been about four years since I first became interested in homebrewing and when I finally started doing the research it was Dave Miller's Homebrewing Guide: Everything You Need to Know to Make Great-Tasting Beer that I started with. I picked...

Bodum Chambord 1928 8-Cup Coffee Maker: Simple brew, complex cup

Wed, 13 Sep 2006 19:49:29 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Guildencrantz - The French Press, or press pot, is an example of simplicity that works wonders, and the Bodum Chambord is an example of that simplicity well executed. Combined with hot water, quality beans, and a good grinder the...

What the heck just happened?

Sun, 23 Apr 2006 18:19:05 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Guildencrantz - I walked into the theater last night knowing nothing more than the tagline for this film ("Imagine a country where the President never reads the newspaper, where the government goes to war for all the wrong reasons, and more people vote for a pop idol...

Art in the Courtroom: Theft, Bigotry, and the NEA

Tue, 13 Dec 2005 22:46:01 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Guildencrantz - While books such as Copyrights
and Copywrongs: The Rise of Intellectual Property and How It Threatens Creativity discuss how the courts deal with art on some levels they generally don't delve into individual...

Krups Moka Brew F468 8-Cup Coffee Maker: What an Americano dreams of being

Thu, 8 Dec 2005 22:10:07 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Guildencrantz - Some times it's hard to be a foodie on a budget; while I didn't have a huge problem with cooking (the only "expensive" piece of equipment I had to buy myself is my m
ixer,
th
e
knives...

Where Jon Lech Johansen, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, MPAA/RIAA, and the Constitution Collide

Wed, 30 Nov 2005 22:10:33 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Guildencrantz - For the vast majority of history everything existed in "the real world", "meat space". Information was contained within people's heads or was written down somewhere. The law, accordingly, was developed over the centuries to address situations within...

I always knew Lancelot was a pansy

Tue, 29 Nov 2005 22:20:46 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Guildencrantz - One of the reasons that I love the Arthurian legend so much is that it's been told and retold in so many different ways. From the classic Ma
lory
and T. H. White tellings to the less standardized versions such as...

How California retards American creative expression

Thu, 24 Nov 2005 19:52:20 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Guildencrantz - Most Americans recognize a C in a circle (©) as the symbol of copyright protection; what they don't necessarily recognize is how far that protection goes or how the person—or group—who placed that mark on the page came by that ability...

Carmen: A Hip Hopera.

Sun, 20 Nov 2005 19:03:34 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Guildencrantz - The story of "Carmen" is an old one that has seen many forms and many characters which, although it tends to upset some people, rarely proves un-entertaining. MTV's 2001 adaptation of the story to a hip hop musical is definitely an interesting...

Taking a Duck in the Face

Sat, 19 Nov 2005 20:56:11 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Guildencrantz - William Gibson's <
i>Neuromancer
is both an engaging story and groundbreakingly innovative; while Gibson has had a number of successful novels since then critics have repeatedly disparaged them for lacking the same...

Information Just Wants To Be Free

Sat, 19 Nov 2005 16:15:40 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Guildencrantz - When most people think of "cyberspace" they think of the internet; when cyberpunk fans think of cyberspace they think of Neuromancer. In 1982 neither Microsoft Windows or Apple's Mac had debuted and the "internet" didn't exist as we know it...

KitchenAid Pro Line Series Burr Coffee Mill Grinder: No, I do not drink too much coffee!

Wed, 2 Nov 2005 19:27:25 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Guildencrantz - When brewing coffee the most important factors (in order of decreasing importance) are, arguably: 1. Beans 2. Grinder 3. Machine 4. Operator Since I'm...

Black & Decker SmartGrind CBG5 Blades Grinder: But I am le tired!

Wed, 2 Nov 2005 19:27:13 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Guildencrantz - I've been faithfully using this grinder for about three years now and I have never felt any real emotions toward it; however I am doing reviews about my coffee products so the time has come to actually articulate what I have noticed. The main thing I've...

West Bend 82306 Stir Crazy® Popcorn Maker: West Bend Stir Crazy® Coffee Roaster?

Tue, 11 Oct 2005 19:41:34 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Guildencrantz - I don't really care for popcorn much and when I do get a craving it's for movie theater popcorn, which I've never tasted replicated at home. Still, I do own a West Bend Stir Crazy, I just don't make popcorn in it. If you are looking to make popcorn in...

Joss Whedon Is My Master Now

Sun, 2 Oct 2005 23:35:28 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Guildencrantz - <
i>Firefly
was an extremely short lived TV series on Fox in 2002 that just didn't want to be cancelled; unfortunately the Fox execs didn't realize this and, after only eleven of the fourteen completed episodes were...

"You're my kind of stupid"

Sun, 2 Oct 2005 21:02:39 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Guildencrantz - I never got into Angel or Buffy but when Joss Whedon mixed Sci-Fi with Old West and English with Mandarin I was hooked. Firefly's eclectic environment, engaging characters, and amazing writing all come together to, surprisingly for...

Home Coffee Roasting: Romance and Revival

Sat, 1 Oct 2005 17:17:42 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Guildencrantz - This is a superbly unique cook book which explores that side of a daily indulgence that most people never attempt: roasting coffee. As with most tru
e
cook books this one is less about recipes and more about science,...

Forget Hans and Frans, this is Misto!

Wed, 21 Sep 2005 21:38:01 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Guildencrantz - I'm dead set against cooking sprays, it's just one of those things. While I'm sure that my Coke addiction—no, the cola—has already filled my with junk than a lifetime of cooking with Pam ever could, but I still don't use cooking sprays. Up...

Crotchety 30-something Reigns High

Fri, 16 Sep 2005 21:57:08 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Guildencrantz - John McWhorter is touted as "a gifted young linguist" and his book The Power of Babel is highly regarded by many linguists; knowing this, and being fascinated by linguistic evolution, the phrase "And Why We Should, Like, Care" in the subtitle of...

Unleashed (2005): Red means go

Sat, 14 May 2005 02:49:41 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Guildencrantz - I don't eat a lot of salt and it tends to lead to cravings for things like Fritos. Well today's craving was for popcorn and, especially when I remembered that Unleashed was opening, I knew it was time to go to the theater. I am a martial arts...

Doctor Jackal & the Misters Hyde

Tue, 10 May 2005 01:33:40 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Guildencrantz - I was nine when Dirty Rotten Scoundrels first came out and I never got to see it in the theater; even so my older brother did. It was probably years later when I first saw the film, but I already knew Ruprecht's lines by heart. Actually I'm...