© 1999-2009 Shopping.com, Inc. This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-Montepenny Recent reviews written by member Montepenny en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_472928521860?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Montepenny - Baseball enthusiasts everywhere will certainly appreciate this DVD that depicts the story of how the hard-luck Phils franchise won only its second MLB championship in its 126-year history.Let me repeat that: The Phillies have only won two World... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~472928521860 Tue, 9 Jun 2009 15:22:15 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_472928521860?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_462716898948?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Montepenny - Zombie haiku poetry.Really, do I need to say anything else? Everybody remembers haikus, right? We learned about them in 6th grade or so when our teacher told us that these little nuggets of prose consisted of three simple lines with the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~462716898948 Tue, 3 Mar 2009 20:40:58 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_462716898948?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_392618741380?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Montepenny - I read westerns when I was a kid. I liked the all-out action and the unflappable cowboys who started down the barrels of a gun with cool contempt. However, as I got older, they seemed less interesting to me. The characters (in general) were... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~392618741380 Wed, 18 Jul 2007 20:44:42 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_392618741380?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_291311619716?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Montepenny - Let's go back to the year 1989, shall we? It was a joyous time. Not only did the Berlin Wall come down, but the B-52's released their poignant hit "Love Shack". I can't think of two more relevant events to shape our culture in the past century... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~291311619716 Thu, 12 Jul 2007 19:26:45 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_291311619716?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_180398296708?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Montepenny - We became a channel clicking society a long, long time ago. I laugh when I think of Bruce Springsteen's pop ditty from 1992: "57 channels and nothing's on..." He nailed the right sentiment, it's just funny to think that 57 channels seemed like a lot at... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~180398296708 Mon, 25 Apr 2005 13:19:51 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_180398296708?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_118226914948?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Montepenny - For some, it's the moment the engine roars angrily precisely as the gears shift. For others, it's a throaty low-pitched moan from a lover just before things really get loud. Or, maybe it's the soft snapping sting of a three-point jumper hitting... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~118226914948 Wed, 17 Nov 2004 13:29:39 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_118226914948?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_117867056772?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Montepenny - Have you ever liked a group before they hit it big... like say, the Counting Crows, Train, Hootie and the Blowfish, John Mayer, etc? You looked everywhere for an album, but nobody had heard of them so you had to order the damn thing online, just to find... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~117867056772 Fri, 7 Nov 2003 15:49:46 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_117867056772?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_117191380612?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Montepenny - Which camp to you fall into? Do you rank Tobe Hooper's original Texas Chainsaw Massacre as a sacred horror film? Or, are you now saying to yourself, "Uh, this is a remake?" Personally, I believe that the original Texas Chainsaw... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~117191380612 Fri, 31 Oct 2003 17:37:53 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_117191380612?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_116370607748?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Montepenny - Quentin Tarantino's fifth film suffers from a fatal case of overkill. Given, with a name like Kill Bill, Vol. I, that should probably be expected. Regardless, this unapologetically violent film boasts a triple-digit body count that provid... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~116370607748 Thu, 30 Oct 2003 14:41:35 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_116370607748?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_79352008324?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Montepenny - P.T. Anderson is a very talented and skilled writer/director. If anything, his greatest strength and weakness lies in his ability to visit places most filmmakers wouldn't touch. <br><br/> <br><br/>In <B><I>Magnolia</B></I>, for example, there is a scene where... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~79352008324 Mon, 28 Oct 2002 12:43:37 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_79352008324?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_57239637636?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Montepenny - For men... it's just plain hard all the time. <br><br/> <br><br/>Thinking about sex, dreaming about sex, craving about sex, having sex, thinking about more sex while having sex... it just doesn't end. <br><br/> <br><br/>Sex makes <I>life</I> just plain hard all the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~57239637636 Wed, 27 Feb 2002 13:17:09 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_57239637636?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_49854516868?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Montepenny - In the middle of the Great Depression, a man named Charles B. Darrow (from Germantown, PA) didn't have a job, but he still had a dream. He created a board game that allowed people to roll dice, buy properties and become quite wealthy... even if it was... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~49854516868 Thu, 14 Feb 2002 12:37:24 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_49854516868?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_51438390916?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Montepenny - Though many will claim that 2001 was a weak year for cinema, there have been some substantial films that have revitalized their genres. <B><I>Moulin Rouge</B></I>, for example, pumped heavy doses of flair and imagination back into the musical. <B><I>The... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~51438390916 Fri, 11 Jan 2002 16:04:56 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_51438390916?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_50149691012?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Montepenny - The last time I was completely stunned by a film was in 1977. <B><I>Star Wars</B></I> had wrestled open the doors to my imagination and released the floodgates. I was only six years old, but the film somehow touched me both on a spiritual and visual... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~50149691012 Fri, 21 Dec 2001 10:31:53 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_50149691012?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_49404153476?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Montepenny - All of us at one time or another have probably had the daydream -- you might even know the one I'm talking about already. <br><br/> <br><br/>It could have occurred back in high school and co-starred some teen idol. Perhaps it was <I><B>Dirty Dancer</B></I>... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~49404153476 Wed, 12 Dec 2001 13:49:59 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_49404153476?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_48837856900?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Montepenny - I love inspirational sports movies as much as anyone else. I enjoy rooting for the underdog. Nothing is more amazing to watch than a person (or team) defy the odds and make the impossible happen. <br><br/> <br><br/>Of course, therein lies the problem. In real... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~48837856900 Mon, 10 Dec 2001 17:45:35 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_48837856900?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_47106461316?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Montepenny - I scream. You scream. We all scream for... <I>energy</I>? <br><br/> <br><br/>Hmmm. I never knew that the monsters dwelling in my closet were actually normal fellas. Even in my wildest dreams I wouldn't have guessed that those creepy creatures lived in a city... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~47106461316 Tue, 20 Nov 2001 13:44:17 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_47106461316?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_45163122308?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Montepenny - I recall being copiously flummoxed one dark, aseptic evening during my college days. By that point in time, I had already penned countless compositions for my esteemed educators (English majors tend to write a plethora of essays) and I grew ever weary... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~45163122308 Mon, 19 Nov 2001 12:46:22 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_45163122308?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_45011799684?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Montepenny - The old familiar number <B>23</B> emblazoned across his chest might as well be a big red "<B>S</B>" because <B>Michael Jordan</B> can defy gravity every bit as well as <B>Superman</B>. <br><br/> <br><br/>True, <B>MJ</B> sheds his earthly bonds for only for a few... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~45011799684 Tue, 30 Oct 2001 12:53:54 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_45011799684?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_44869586564?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Montepenny - I remember when Wes Craven's <B><I>Scream</B></I> hit mutliplexes back in 1996. At the time, I was an ex-horror movie fan who had been long jaded by unintelligent scripts, untalented actors and uninteresting villains. <br><br/> <br><br/>For me, the low point of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~44869586564 Mon, 29 Oct 2001 17:57:59 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_44869586564?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_41768423044?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Montepenny - I may not be a full-fledged fanatic, but I certainly tread delicately on the border of obsession when it comes to <B><I>The Simpsons</B></I>. <br><br/> <br><br/>Oh Hell, who am I kidding? I have a serious problem. I'm a remorseless addict. I randomly quote Homer... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~41768423044 Fri, 26 Oct 2001 11:54:19 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_41768423044?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_40784662148?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Montepenny - In an age when humans are readily capable of mass self-destruction, one group is seeking to change all of that. They are organized, intelligent and dead. Or should I say <I>undead?</I> They feed on blood and they burn away into ashes in sunlight. They... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~40784662148 Sat, 22 Sep 2001 12:25:47 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_40784662148?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_30232645252?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Montepenny - I know what you're thinking: <I>I cannot wait to read a review about the exciting, ultra-sexy <B>Panasonic RR-930 Microcassette Transcriber</B>.</I> <br><br/> <br><br/>Well, wait no more... I am here to tell you that the <B>Panasonic RR-930</B> is a great... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~30232645252 Tue, 18 Sep 2001 14:59:00 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_30232645252?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_40088669828?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Montepenny - When I was only fourteen years old, I had the opportunity to be the lead singer for <B>Bad Company</B> one night when they rolled into Compton Terrace, a huge outdoor concert venue located in Phoenix, AZ. <br><br/> <br><br/>The crowd erupted with noise as I sang... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~40088669828 Fri, 14 Sep 2001 13:19:11 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_40088669828?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_39854968452?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Montepenny - The basis for Tim Blake Nelson's film <B><I>O</B></I> is Shakespeare's play <B><I>Othello</B></I>. The rub is that Nelson has chosen to give the classic story a modern-day twist by turning the character of Othello into Odin (Mekhi Phifer, <B><I>I Still... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~39854968452 Sat, 8 Sep 2001 11:25:10 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_39854968452?linkin_id=8003929