Epinions Recent Reviews for Lawcomic

Angel of Mediocrity: The Phantom of the Opera

Tue, 28 Dec 2004 01:41:48 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Lawcomic - Ten or so years ago, a movie based on Andrew Lloyd Webber's hit musical "Phantom of the Opera" would have been a huge event. Now it barely registers as a blip on the movie radar. And that's about what this film warrants. Director Joel Schumacher...

The Whole World in Your Palm

Sat, 15 Jun 2002 15:04:22 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Lawcomic - I had a cell phone. I had a Palm OS PDA.

I loved the PDA, but found I didn't use it enough, because I simply would not carry both the phone and the PDA everywhere. Then it happened. My cell phone broke.

So, I picked up the...

Panic in the House

Sat, 20 Apr 2002 03:01:50 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Lawcomic - You know it's a David Fincher movie right away. The opening credits are just plain interesting.

And the movie that follows is succesfull at what it sets out to do. It's a tight, tense, relatively intelligent film with some outstanding...

Ridley Scott Unleashes Hell

Sun, 17 Feb 2002 15:34:37 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Lawcomic - "Black Hawk Down" is a harrowing, violent, and extremely well made war movie. It has tension, astonishingly filmed battle sequences, and is an absolute success at what it sets out to accomplish. The only thing it leaves out is character development...

Vanilla Sky: Cloudy with a 90% chance of surrealism

Thu, 27 Dec 2001 21:03:16 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Lawcomic - Do you ever find yourself leaving a movie not knowing for sure whether you liked it or not? You think it over for a few days, and you still have no clue as to what your opinion of the film is?

Vanilla Sky is one of those movies.

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One Film to Rule Them All

Fri, 21 Dec 2001 13:28:46 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Lawcomic - On occassion, filmmakers just plain get it right.

Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring heralds such an occassion. Fellowship of the Ring gives Tolkien-geeks a reason to cheer and those who call us Tolkien-geeks a reason to go to the...

Harry Potter and the Competent Adaptation

Sat, 17 Nov 2001 14:47:29 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Lawcomic - It really is a no win proposition. Take one of the best known and most beloved books of the past decade and try to turn it into a movie. The faithful will complain if it's not perfect. Those who don't know the book will complain if the film relies too...

NetFlix: Rent-A-Flick Without the Fuss

Wed, 10 Oct 2001 01:51:29 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Lawcomic - It sounds too good to be true.

For a monthly fee, you can have 3 (or 2 or 8) DVD movies sent to you to keep as long as you want with no late fees, and when you're ready send one back and get another one sent to you. Is this a deal, or what?...

Crime Does Pay

Sat, 14 Jul 2001 13:18:39 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Lawcomic - Much has been or will be made about the cast of "The Score". Representatives of the best actors of three generations are the key players of the film, and the result is a potent mix.

Robert DeNiro stars as a crackerjack safecracker who is...

Fast and Foolish

Sat, 7 Jul 2001 14:12:36 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Lawcomic - "The Fast and the Furious" really is a better movie than it has any right to be. The script appears to have been written by a 16 year-old gear head who doesn't get out of the garage that much. But, that being said, it is a slick movie with some...

Lame Raider

Sat, 16 Jun 2001 03:33:30 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Lawcomic - Can we now officially get a moritorium on movies based on video games? If not, can we at least make it legal to beat the bejesus out of anyone who makes one?

"Tomb Raider" is the film version of the video game of the same name. Angelina...

It is a Story About Love

Sat, 2 Jun 2001 12:24:01 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Lawcomic - Baz Luhrman's "Moulin Rouge" is a frantic visual feast for the eyes and ears that proves to be one of the most flat out entertaining movies to hit theaters in quite some time.

Ostensibly set in the outskirts of Paris in 1900, "Moulin Rouge" is...

It's Not Easy Being Green...But It Is Funny

Sat, 19 May 2001 23:02:35 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Lawcomic - Right off the bat, I have to point out that I have no children. So, going to see Dreamworks' latest film, "Shrek," made me feel a little out of place. Here I was with a group of my nearly middle aged friends in a matinee filled with kids and their...

Not just a wild and crazy guy

Mon, 14 May 2001 00:27:03 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Lawcomic - Steve Martin never fails to surprise and impress.

He's come a long way from his arrow through the head and white suit days (which I always enjoyed, I must add). He's proven his abilities as a dramatic actor in such films as "The Spanish...

Memento: Tricks of the Mind

Sun, 22 Apr 2001 03:02:46 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Lawcomic - A bullet to the head.

That's where "Memento" starts. And, it is, more or less, the end of the story. What the movie does from there is show us how we got to that point by taking the story line backwards in what is one of the most taut and...

Time Killer

Sun, 8 Apr 2001 14:04:34 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Lawcomic - Patience is a virtue.

With Time Splitters patience is a neccessity...but boy does it pay off big.

Time Splitters is a first person shooter by the legendary Golden Eye team. Initially it starts with two modes, story and arcade. At...

Traffic Jam

Sat, 6 Jan 2001 15:11:01 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Lawcomic - Steven Soderbergh's "Traffic" is a movie that is about 12 years too late. It's a heavy handed, preachy film that resoundingly let's us know that drugs are bad, and so is the war against them. Didn't we learn all this in the "Miami...

Absolutely, Positively Worth Seeing

Tue, 26 Dec 2000 03:15:48 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Lawcomic - DO NOT READ THIS IF YOU WANT TO AVOID KNOWING THE ENDING

No man is an island. However, Tom Hanks stands alone as the only contemporary actor who has the star power and the appeal to make a movie like "Cast Away". And he does it...

D&D=Dull and Dumb

Sat, 9 Dec 2000 04:37:10 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Lawcomic - So I was a geek growing up. I played Dungeons and Dragons in junior high and high school. There, I've admitted it. Next step, believe in a higher power. And, while playing D&D I used to think how cool it would be to make a movie based on the role...

Madden Scores!

Wed, 15 Nov 2000 04:19:59 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Lawcomic - It was a weird day.

My friend called me at 2:30 in the afternoon and told me that Best Buy had just gotten in a shipment of Playstation 2s. I rushed out of my office, making up some lame excuse, such as needing to see the doctor about a bout...

Would You Like a Sledgehammer With Your Satire?

Sat, 4 Nov 2000 17:06:37 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Lawcomic - It was an era when where your reservation for dinner was a crucial decision; an era when Wall Street was a mecca for the golden boys in their designer suits and scrubbed faces; an era where envy over a co-worker's business card could set one off on a...

The End is Not Justified By the Film

Sun, 29 Oct 2000 19:52:46 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Lawcomic - It's like this. "The General's Daughter" is actually better than it should be. At it's core, it's a sleazy little murder/deviant sex tale. But it's slick, well made, and well acted. Unfortunately, these elements are sabotaged by a story...

The Grassy Bleachers

Sat, 28 Oct 2000 18:11:08 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Lawcomic - Give Oliver Stone his due. The man knows how to do excess.

"Any Given Sunday" stars Al Pacino as an aging pro-football coach whose Miami Sharks face serious trouble when star quarterback Dennis Quaid is sidelined by an injury, and...

Tipsy Action Fun

Sat, 28 Oct 2000 04:21:46 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Lawcomic - How is this guy still alive?

Jackie Chan is arguably the most amazing action star ever to appear on film. He does his own stunts, choreographs his own fight scenes, and takes his own injuries.

"The Legend of Drunken...

Putting on the Dogs

Wed, 18 Oct 2000 01:53:54 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Lawcomic - The dog show set clearly deserves mockery. Triumph the Insult Comic Dog proved that to us on Conan O'Brien's show. Now Christopher Guest, the reigning king of the mockumentary form, manages to give insight into the world of dog shows and deliver a...