Epinions Recent Reviews for Mattels

Documentary making at its finest

Mon, 11 Oct 2004 23:44:39 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Mattels - I haven't written a review in a long time, I just haven't felt like it. Today I do feel like it, but please forgive me if my writing skills are a little lack-luster. As an ex-student of religion at university some habits die hard, one of these being...

Masochism, pure and simple...

Tue, 2 Apr 2002 08:23:44 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author Mattels - Masochism: abnormal condition where pleasure is derived from pain and humiliation.

Showtime: abnormal condition where no pleasure is derived from this self-inflicted pain and humiliation.

I stood outside the cinema looking at the...

I laughed so hard that I melted...really!! (funniest flick W/O)...

Tue, 11 Sep 2001 03:16:48 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Mattels - Hello hello, for the purposes of this epinion, I shall be know as Sir Not-Appearing you see, this is actually part of the funniest movie write off hosted by “whimsical weirdo d.markusen”, if an illegitimate part. When I read Kris-Kochanski’s...

The Wholly Gospel...

Sun, 2 Sep 2001 21:40:43 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Mattels - In the recent speight of holiness felt by some Epinionaters in writing about the Bible, I noticed the disturbing comment that the Bible, and more particularly the New Testament was an incomplete text, with several ancient gospels missing or replaced...

I'll admit it, I'm impressed!!

Fri, 31 Aug 2001 21:57:50 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Mattels - Wow!! This album blew me away!! It's not often that I buy an album purely based on someone else’s recommendation, not having taken it for a test drive myself, but that's what ultimately happened with Offerings, and I must say that I'm not too unhappy...

It's about a gynecologist, people!! (The Kill Me Now Write Off...)

Fri, 10 Aug 2001 23:44:32 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author Mattels - Co-hosted by the beautiful Kris-Kochanski, and the debatably beautiful dantesguide, this is the “Kill Me Now Write Off”, for which we were teamed with a partner to choose the worst ever movie, so the other person could both watch, and rate it. I gave my...

The movie title says it all...

Thu, 9 Aug 2001 07:12:14 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author Mattels - As a child back in the 80s, I remembered watching this movie, and thinking it was pretty fantastic, and in my haste to relive my childhood, was all excited to find it in my local video store two years ago. So, ill-advised in my eagerness, I sat down to...

Beautiful flow (five star album write off)

Tue, 31 Jul 2001 08:04:16 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Mattels - Well, for GasJocket214's write off, on a five star album, I've been given free reign, to choose what I wouldst. Now while my preferred music tastes include rock, punk, ska and jazz, just for the benefit of this write off, I've decided to set the artisan...

Plains and shadows (underappreciated film write off)

Fri, 20 Jul 2001 21:51:50 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Mattels - I've been away for the past week, so this entry into Matt Harney's write-off is rather late, and is also a re-write of one of my older pieces...sorry!!

Set in a warren of housing commission estates in Paris after violent ethnic youth riots, we...

Good stuff, bad stuff, and other stuff...(w/o)

Mon, 9 Jul 2001 00:02:22 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Mattels - Well, I'm proud to be a part of this write-off to celebrate mellkinwa (who we'll call Mel) writing her 100th opinion, which is quite a fantastic achievement. The other fabulous writers joining me in this endeavor are as follows:

willeftk...

Moulin Rush at breakneck speed and make people motion sick...

Thu, 31 May 2001 08:57:51 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Mattels - Never let anyone tell you that a drama/musical/comedy kind of thing can't be fast paced, because this movie, thanks to some fantastic direction and cinimatography, makes a simple plot feel like a high tencity action flick. Baz Luhrmann, in his usual...

I'm over here!!

Fri, 25 May 2001 22:17:30 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Mattels - What a great movie!! Seriously fantastic, for this film, George Clooney has managed to pull out one of those rare, very good performances he has. Also involving the talented Coen brothers, the talents behind such memorable movies as Raising Arizona,...

This is the best place in the world!!

Fri, 25 May 2001 00:33:37 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Mattels - Okay, well, this may just have to be a highly biased opinion, considering that I actually live in Australia, and do consider myself the luckiest person in the world for it!! Ah, beautiful Australia, where can I start!!

Firstlt the natural...

Leave your brain behind and enjoy the ride...

Thu, 24 May 2001 23:05:34 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Mattels - Okay, well Kevin Costener leaves his 'Mr America' facade behind at last and becomes the bad guy in this intense little action flick, which he does with some credibility. In fact, there are lots of bad guys, but there aren't many left by the end of the...

Now I care...

Wed, 23 May 2001 08:15:54 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Mattels - I love a good doco, and One Day in September is a fantastic documentary. Sure, the action factor may not be up there, but believe it or not, this doco will keep you right on the edge of your seat in suspense, the first documentary that I believe has...

Hotmail: Laziness...

Tue, 22 May 2001 10:22:14 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Mattels - It's amzing how email has changed the world, really it is. Instead of ever having to pick up pen and paper, you press a couple of buttons, send someone a couple of lines to say hello, and they love you for it. Aaaah, th joys of modern technology,...

Faster Russ! Kill! Kill!

Mon, 30 Apr 2001 09:14:19 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Mattels - I love indie and cult flicks, there's not much I love more, and Russ Meyer, our favourite breast fetishest, provides some of the world's best cult films, the climax being this, his masterpiece, described by none other than John Waters as 'the greatest...

Big Bad Swing...

Wed, 11 Apr 2001 07:45:17 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Mattels - These guys define swing, by the time you get out of the first track your hips are swaying, your fingers clicking and you'll be singing along with word you don't even know, you could be doing this in the middle of a packed record store for all you care...

Love these guys...

Wed, 11 Apr 2001 07:25:50 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Mattels - I found it a bit of a tragedy that the only Flying circus volume listed on Epinions is volume 1, and as much of a no no as I know it is, you'll have to deal with the fact that I am in fact talking about every single Flying Circus skit released to us...

Australian export beer...

Wed, 11 Apr 2001 07:01:30 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author Mattels - As you may now have guessed, this beer is what is known in Australia as an export beer!! Certainly around the world it would rank as Australia's best known beer, and there is where our sorrow lies, no self respecting Australian would drink the stuff,...

Ski Australia...it's world class!!

Sun, 8 Apr 2001 20:11:31 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Mattels - Australia is not well known for it’s ski resorts, after all, it’s the summer country and all that, but lets face it, even in Australia we have winter, and we also have some pretty fine mountains with fantastic skiing on them, the only draw back being the...

Medieval beauty...

Sun, 8 Apr 2001 20:09:24 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Mattels - There are churches, and then there's Notre Dame, which in my esteem would have to be one of the most beautiful churches ever created.

Central to Paris, this beauty is the focal point of an island that may as well be an island for Notre Dame...

Beauty of culture...

Fri, 6 Apr 2001 20:39:24 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Mattels - I normally write only on entertainment, but I was so enchanted by the city of Arles how could I not write about it.

The further south in France that you go, the more the culture reflects its Mediterranean neighbours Spain and Italy, and Arles...

Grow Up...

Fri, 30 Mar 2001 02:52:59 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Mattels - How's this for a message for all those Gen X slackers like me who as a disillusioned bunch of rotten sods went to see Fight Club in the hope of discovering a message to give hope to our meaningless existance:

Grow up and get over...

Seedy...how it should be.

Thu, 29 Mar 2001 21:16:41 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Mattels - Hollywood is not renowned for films that make you think, however, this film will make you think, take my word for it, I promise you.

The movie switches between Mexico and the US, where it focuses on the 'War on Drugs', and shows it as a losing...