Epinions Recent Reviews for Mojumbo

What's Good Beneath

Wed, 19 Jul 2000 03:59:54 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Mojumbo - Sometimes it seems like the days of the true suspense movie are gone. Today's movies are more hack'n'slash than deep and brooding. Considering this trend, WHAT LIES BENEATH does a fine job of trying to break out. The film, directed by Robert Zemeckis...

Boldly going where others have been

Fri, 2 Jun 2000 17:44:15 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Mojumbo - For years, people have been trying to make good on a Star Trek license. Presently, Activision seems to be milking said license for all it's worth, and there's good news: it's working.

Now, I'm no huge Star Trek fan. I've seen a couple...

After all else fails... After Effects

Fri, 7 Apr 2000 22:42:04 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Mojumbo - The revolution has begun. The time has come for those daily desktoppers and derided digerati to rise up and take power. After Effects is one of many weapons that are making that revolution happen, by making the power available for the little man. What...

Hi-Fi Heart and Soul

Mon, 3 Apr 2000 01:07:31 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Mojumbo - Shooting up the top of my Top Five movies of 2000 (so far) is this charming, funny, yet poignantly difficult motion picture, HIGH FIDELITY.

The premise of the movie is simple: Rob Gordon (John Cusack) is a man suffering a sort mid-life...

Shakespeare. Hip-hop. Lesbians. Ass-kicking.

Fri, 24 Mar 2000 06:43:10 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Mojumbo - Motorcycle assassins, rival crime families, fire hose beating antics. A hard-hitting hip-hop soundtrack, hip-hop actors, a centuries-old story given a drastic renovation, unnecessary licking lesbians. Racism, vendetta, staircase beating antics, grand...

Mission to Mediocrity

Fri, 10 Mar 2000 02:49:04 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Mojumbo - Not everyone is a moron. It seems as if Brian De Palma and the host of writers responsible for MISSION TO MARS forgot this fact numerous times while creating their movie, making what could have been a great movie a mediocre one. I was generally excited...

The Great War

Sun, 27 Feb 2000 17:22:19 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Mojumbo - Descent Freespace marks another entry into the crowded yet under-satisfying field of space sims. But, for once, it represents a game that can compete with Wing Commander in terms of fun and production value.

First of all, Volition has done...

Wonder Boys

Sat, 26 Feb 2000 16:53:03 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Mojumbo - WONDER BOYS is a very surreal movie, which relishes in that fact and succeeds because of it. But it's also no BEING JOHN MALKOVICH: it is a serious story which actually has a lot of heart to it.

A "wonder boy" is someone who attained...

Micron Millenia Ultimate Performance: Micron Millenia Max PIII 600

Fri, 28 Jan 2000 21:03:55 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Mojumbo - My experience in the past with various PC manufacturers tells me that if you want a good machine that can be upgraded over time, you don't have a lot of options. Quite a few of today's top manufacturers like Hewlett-Packard, Packard Bell, and...

Celestial Fizzle

Sat, 15 Jan 2000 01:44:30 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Mojumbo - I'm going to start this review by saying I was pleasantly surprised by Supernova, which turned out to be much better than I was expecting. And I am going to conclude this paragraph by explaining what I was expecting: the worst movie ever made.

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Pinnacle Studio DC10+: Does the Job... Usually

Thu, 13 Jan 2000 08:46:06 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Mojumbo - If you've looked, there are a lot of entries in the field of PC video capture cards. If you've looked for a fairly inexpensive one, you've probably found that the field narrows considerably. Most pro-level cards run in the $500 to $3000 range - something...

Science Fiction with True Meaning

Mon, 10 Jan 2000 04:35:30 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Mojumbo - Orson Scott Card's work delves into metaphysics and the ethical battles that most men never have to fight. XENOCIDE finds him going deeper than ever, in a monstrous work of sheer cerebral brilliance which works harder, if less eloquently, than the...

Holy Smokescreen

Mon, 10 Jan 2000 03:47:28 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Mojumbo - Were I a bit less charitable and confused about this movie, I might title my review "Holy Crap!" As it stands, however, I am content to say that while Holy Smoke is certainly not one of the best films of the year, Jane Campion has included a...

Brilliance, Interrupted

Mon, 10 Jan 2000 03:44:51 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Mojumbo - Girl, Interrupted tells the story of a girl in a sanitarium struggling to break out of her self-propagated misery and into a brave new world. Ironically, the movie itself is very much that girl: frequently and very much desiring to break out of what it...

Macromedia Flash 4: A web milestone

Sat, 11 Dec 1999 20:58:29 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Mojumbo - Looking back on the early days of the internet, people will probably remember Flash as one of the major milestones towards an active, enjoyable world network. Macromedia Flash makes a mockery of traditional HTML web pages, layering motion, sounds, and...

Simple and advanced

Sat, 11 Dec 1999 20:45:12 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Mojumbo - I have been doing digital video editing for about four years now, and I find that I am more and more impressed with Adobe Premiere. For years it has been considered sort of a plaything or amateur's tool among the nonlinear editing community, but I think...

Office Space

Sat, 11 Dec 1999 16:27:09 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Mojumbo - Admit it: the American Dream was bastardized a little by Horatio Alger. What it really is, and has been as long as anyone can remember, is to cut work to go fishing, clean the fish in your cubicle, tell you're boss you can't talk to him because you're...

S3 Diamond Viper Ultra 770: A worthy evolution

Fri, 10 Dec 1999 20:05:38 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Mojumbo - With all the buzz about Voodoo these days, it's difficult to hear about much else in terms of video cards. I find this to be a real shame, because nobody wins bowing down to just one product.

The TNT2-based Viper V770 is a powerful card, hands...

South Park: Better, Smarter, and Inimitable

Fri, 10 Dec 1999 19:48:04 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Mojumbo - This year has seen a kind of popular revival for animation, with many fine shows making their way to theaters like The Iron Giant and Princess Mononoke, stories that use fantasy worlds to make important statements about reality. South Park joins them,...

eSsentiaL eXistenZ

Fri, 10 Dec 1999 19:13:33 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Mojumbo - Okay, let's do a David Cronenberg quick-check for eXistenZ. Strange bio-mechanical objects? Check. Insecure characters in unusual situations? Yep. Bizarre sexual innuendos? Oh yeah. A good story and a good movie? Absolutely.

eXistenZ reflects...

The show must go on

Fri, 10 Dec 1999 17:56:04 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Mojumbo - Pink Floyd's The Wall is one of those movies that people go one way or the other on. You either love it or hate it. It's also one of those movies that people tend to enjoy more when seriously stoned. But even without the assistance of narcotics, and...

The Apocalypse of Filmmaking is Nigh!

Fri, 10 Dec 1999 16:15:39 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Mojumbo - You know, it's not that hard to tell when a movie sold its soul. Films like that are manipulative, overly dramatic, and don't really have anything new to say. Armageddon is one of these.

Now, my opinion of Armageddon is formed on two distinct,...

Rush out and see it! Haha - get it?

Fri, 10 Dec 1999 15:54:52 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Mojumbo - It is only a few times a year that a film comes along that the viewer can relate to on a deep and personal level. It is even rarer that the film in question is fresh and original in concept and execution. I'm speaking for myself on this one, and I know I...

Ghostly Apparitions

Fri, 10 Dec 1999 14:48:41 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Mojumbo - Ghost in the Shell is along with Akira and Fist of the North Star, and others, another major Japanese anime release which has made its way to the public in the U.S. It is a stylistic and deep feature in that tradition of Japan's best adult animation, and...

A Blooming Flower in Midwinter

Fri, 10 Dec 1999 06:31:47 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Mojumbo - 'tis that wintery season again when the Oscar heavy-hitters roll out of the studios and make their way down your street. But in their rumble, you may have missed hearing about Magnolia, which should make it onto a number of Academy lists if there is...