Epinions Recent Reviews for Kidnykid

Anchorman: The Anchorman strikes again

Fri, 16 Jul 2004 14:11:16 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Kidnykid - Will Ferrell portrays anchorman Ron Burgundy, at a time when men ruled the roost in the newsroom. Along comes female reporter Veronica Corningstone, eager to become an anchorwoman herself. The usual group of hijinks ensue, to the hilarity of the audience...

Day After Tomorrow: Can't tell the players without a scorecard

Tue, 1 Jun 2004 16:28:02 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Kidnykid - Jack Hall (Dennis Quaid) wants the government to know that based on prior climatic patterns, we're due for global warming then refreezing. When? Maybe in 100 years, maybe in 1,000 years. It's difficult to tell. Well, the warmup/refreeze happens NOW...

Shrek 2: Second verse, almost like the first

Fri, 28 May 2004 13:12:26 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Kidnykid - The basic premise of SHREK 2 is that Princess Fiona takes her bridegroom home to meet his in-laws, who are having a major social event in the newlyweds' honor. Although Fiona is thrilled, Shrek isn't - he guesses, rightly as it turns out, that this visit...

Passion of the Christ: Violent Passion

Tue, 20 Apr 2004 11:54:52 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Kidnykid - THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST is not an easy film to watch. For those few readers uninformed as to its plot, PASSION tells the story of the last 12 hours of the life of Jesus Christ. (In other words, if you are minimally familiar with the Bible, you know the...

Monster: The human side of a Monster

Sun, 1 Feb 2004 11:40:10 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Kidnykid - Aileen Wuornos was lesbian and a prostitute who went on to achieve notoriety as that rare bird called a female serial killer. (Serial killers are stereotypically men.) Charlize Theron took on the task of bringing Wuornos' actions to the big screen...

Across the Chasm: A Caregiver's Story: Caregiving isn't easy

Wed, 19 Nov 2003 11:05:53 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Kidnykid - ACROSS THE CHASM tells the story of a bone marrow transplant, from the perspective of the patient's spouse. In 1998, Brian Zikmund-Fisher was diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), the same disease which the late Carl Sagan had, after a...

David J. Pelzer - Help Yourself: Finding Hope, Courage and Happiness: Credibility personified

Mon, 17 Nov 2003 14:52:01 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Kidnykid - Dave Pelzer is perhaps most famous for A Child Called It, The Lost Boy and A Man Called Dave, a trilogy describing his horrendous experience of child abuse and what happened once he recovered from it. HELP YOURSELF describes some of the techniques that...

Intolerable Cruelty: How to be a golddigger in two hours or less

Mon, 20 Oct 2003 16:46:28 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Kidnykid - Geoffrey Rush, a TV producer, tools into his driveway without a care in the world - until he sees a pool-equipment truck in his driveway. Suspicious, he stalks into his bedroom, only to find that his wife has been having an affair with the driver of the t...

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Museum: You mean that sweatshirt cost US$50?

Wed, 18 Jun 2003 12:23:44 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Kidnykid - Summer is the ideal time to visit the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as you will likely not feel rushed...

Holiday Inn Select CLEVELAND-CTY CTR LAKESHORE, O: They don't work hard for the money

Tue, 17 Jun 2003 13:39:21 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Kidnykid - I chose to make reservations at the Holiday Inn Select City Centre Lakeshore due to its proximity to...

Finding Nemo: I predict a happy ending

Tue, 3 Jun 2003 17:41:34 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author Kidnykid - FINDING NEMO is the latest Pixar offering to hit theaters.

The film starts out telling the story of Marlin and his clownfish wife, who have just bought their little piece of real estate on the Great Coral Reef of Australia. Marlin's wife and...

Poodle Hat by Weird Al Yankovic: Break out the Dramamine and enjoy the ride

Fri, 23 May 2003 10:47:30 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Kidnykid - Weird Al Yankovic ought to write more medical parodies. For those of you who remember Like a Surgeon and Living With A Hernia, you know what I'm talking about - interns suddenly becoming fully-qualified transplant surgeons, billfold...

Queen Noor - Leap of Faith: Memoirs of an Unexpected Life: Fresh perspectives

Wed, 14 May 2003 10:49:09 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Kidnykid - LEAP OF FAITH tells what amounts to a love story. Queen Noor al Hussein (which means The Light of Hussein in Arabic) merely glosses over her days as Lisa Halaby in the early chapters of this book in favor of describing her experience of "culture shock"...

Mark Victor Hansen et al - The One Minute Millionaire: The Enlightened Way to Wealth: Man, they're in a hurry

Sat, 3 May 2003 12:14:43 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Kidnykid - The premise behind ONE MINUTE MILLIONAIRE is that you can take the first step to becoming a millionaire simply by deciding to, and taking one minute to do that. Then, the hard work comes - how to develop multiple streams of income to get there.
...

Sue William Silverman - Because I Remember Terror, Father, I Remember You: The roots of her Love Sick behavior are here

Mon, 28 Apr 2003 04:20:02 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Kidnykid - I used the title of Sue William Silverman's other book, Love Sick, in the title advisedly. There are many experts in the field of sexual addiction - led by the man who put the field on the map, Patrick Carnes, PhD - who believe strongly that...

Victor/Victoria: A woman pretending to be a man pretending to be a woman...

Wed, 26 Feb 2003 02:18:11 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Kidnykid - VICTOR/VICTORIA is, in the final analysis, a gender-based farce.

Julie Andrews, a legitimate singer, has had such poor luck in her auditions that she is in danger of being evicted from her rooming house for nonpayment of rent. In fact, she...

Muriel's Wedding: Muriel's Wedding a comedy?

Wed, 26 Feb 2003 01:44:23 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Kidnykid - MURIEL'S WEDDING is about as confusing a movie as a viewer can get.

It was originally marketed as a comedy, with Toni Colette (of THE SIXTH SENSE fame) in the role of Muriel, a dowdy frump that apparently can't even get arrested. She is...

Joan Frances Casey - The Flock/the Autobiography of a Multiple Personality: The best of the bunch by a nose

Tue, 25 Feb 2003 23:53:02 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Kidnykid - WARNING: SPOILER ALERT

Joan Frances Casey is a pseudonym used by a woman who went to see a psychiatric social worker with the pseudonym of Lynn Wilson. Casey was troubled by some problems she was having while working on her masters'...

Sanaya Roman and Duane Packer - Creating Money: Keys to Abundance: The psychoceramicist's way of Creating Money

Wed, 19 Feb 2003 15:12:25 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Kidnykid - I'd first reviewed this book on the now-defunct Themestream. In that review, I made no secret of my distaste for the orientation of the writers, in the belief that it interferes with a reader's ability to obtain useful information from a book like...

Patricia Evans - Controlling People: How to Recognize, Understand, and Deal With People Who Try to Control You: How to avoid Controlling People

Fri, 14 Feb 2003 12:50:27 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Kidnykid - Patricia Evans hit the jackpot again by writing CONTROLLING PEOPLE. For those who have no idea who she is, she is something of an expert in aspects of domestic abuse other than spousal assault and battery. She has written two other books, THE VERBALLY...

Frank Abagnale and Stan Redding - Catch Me If You Can: The Amazing True Story of the Most Extraordinary Liar in the History of Fun and Profit: Catch this criminal if you can!

Mon, 20 Jan 2003 02:05:39 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Kidnykid - If you have seen the movie version of CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, you already have the basic idea of the plot of the book. Yes, Virginia, Frank Abagnale really did pass a lot of fake checks and pose as an airline pilot. He also was something of a ladies' man...

White Trash Christmas * by Bob Rivers: Spawn of Scrooge Write-Off Entry: Aquaclaus, my friend...

Fri, 27 Dec 2002 01:46:10 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Kidnykid - Bah Humbug! As the official Peters family Scrooge, I do hereby welcome all readers to Mike Stone's Spawn Of Scrooge writeoff, celebrating the spirit of Christmas-taking-a-royal-beating. Fellow writeoff participants include: artbyjude, BeastieGirl,...

Catch Me If You Can: Catch two degrees of separation if you can

Thu, 26 Dec 2002 00:59:17 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Kidnykid - At the start of CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, we see FBI agent Carl Hanratty (Tom Hanks) come into a very dank prison, in 1969. In his hand, he has an extradition order which took him two long years to obtain; he has been ordered to escort the subject of the...

Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol: Scrooge Magoo

Sat, 21 Dec 2002 20:16:42 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Kidnykid - MISTER MAGOO'S CHRISTMAS CAROL is, for me, the definitive version of the Dickens tale. Mr. Magoo, for those who have no idea who he is, is nearsighted. In this instance, he has won an audition to play Scrooge in a local musical-production version of A...

Saving Grace: Children & Spirituality: Kids and spirituality

Tue, 17 Dec 2002 18:10:09 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Kidnykid - SAVING GRACE is a documentary about children and their spirituality, and how to teach them about God and related spiritual topics. It sets for itself the task of interviewing children, their teachers (both academic and spiritual), their parents and...