Epinions Recent Reviews for NoniaBidnis

Hilton Garden Inn Austin Downtown: If you can afford this, you can afford something better!

Mon, 26 May 2008 20:59:23 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author NoniaBidnis - Writing review for epinions.com has turned me into a more observant traveler and gives purpose, at times, to my aimless wanderings. I recently stayed at this Hilton Garden Inn, which is right smack off I-35 on the feeder road between 6th Street and...

Glad I Found This

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:01:34 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author NoniaBidnis - Epinions has this under DVD's but it is not available in DVD yet, nor is it showing in theaters yet (March 2008). This is one of the movies we saw at South by Southwest this year, where they called it a "Regional Premier" - it seems to be making the...

Better Give it Another 6 Months

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 17:33:56 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author NoniaBidnis - We are freshly back home after another annual jaunt to Austin for the South by Southwest Film Festival, still feeling like we're in the middle of a movie instead of a real life. Nice to be back in our own space, but already missing the fun of chatting...

Citadels: we have a winner!

Tue, 8 Jan 2008 14:49:43 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author NoniaBidnis - This is a wonderful game created by Bruno Faidutti, a well-known game maker (who also refers to himself as a unicorn hunter!). I can't recall how this game came to be in our collection. Probably, we enjoyed playing it at a friend's house and bought...

I've been Affleckted!

Mon, 5 Nov 2007 15:38:16 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author NoniaBidnis - This is a review of "Gone Baby Gone", directed by Ben Affleck and starring his little brother, Casey. I am unable to figure out why this movie doesn't show up on the listing called "Movies in Theaters", as it was released October 19. Hmmm. I used to...

The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters: King of Kong - high scores!

Sat, 8 Sep 2007 01:58:32 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author NoniaBidnis - This documentary was screened at South by Southwest Film Festival in March, but it was one of the many we missed. So many movies have to be skipped because there's just not time to see them all, and sometimes films we'd like to select are shown in the...

Winning Moves Can't Stop the Turtles: The Racing Dice Game: Fun game with great packaging

Mon, 16 Jul 2007 16:47:48 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author NoniaBidnis - I am a sucker for functional packaging in games (and elsewhere), and this one is a prize winner. All of the items needed for play, including cool little score sheets and a little golf pencil, are enclosed in the approx 3"x6" durable plastic case that...

Hotel Indigo- Houston Galleria: Cute decor is not enough!

Fri, 1 Jun 2007 13:25:39 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author NoniaBidnis - I am writing this fresh* on the heels of a weekend sojourn to Houston (about 3 hours away most of the time but often an extra hour is required just to get through the Houston snafu traffic). *I am not personally all that fresh, but considering...

Worked for us for SxSW

Fri, 30 Mar 2007 15:45:46 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author NoniaBidnis - Our annual South by Southwest Film Festival vacation occurred earlier this month. For 9 days every year, we pack up the car (cram it full!) and head for Austin. Happily, we have a shorter drive now that we live in San Antonio! South by Southwest...

Oh No!

Sat, 1 Apr 2006 03:33:06 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author NoniaBidnis - This is another film featured at South by Southwest Film Festival last month, which is where we spend 9 days each year, cramming in as many movie viewings as we can. The announcer called it a very sexy movie. Neither my husband nor I found it to be...

Slither: Slither on Past The Theater....

Fri, 31 Mar 2006 00:53:58 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author NoniaBidnis - This was one of the midnight movies at this year's South by Southwest Film Festival, and one of the two films that had heavy security in place, checking everyone for recording devices at entry (even picture phones had to be turned in for the duration of...

No charge for the orange vomit

Wed, 7 Sep 2005 01:02:54 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author NoniaBidnis - It is only fair that I give this place, and all Texas motels and hotels, a bit of slack. When we checked in Thursday night, they had already been housing folks escaping the wrath of Katrina (my daughter-in-law's name... coincidence? I think not) for...

The Machinist: Industrial Strength Thriller

Sun, 28 Nov 2004 18:54:17 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author NoniaBidnis - We chose this movie for our Thanksgiving day viewing based on the timing; it was starting at just the right hour to work into our schedule (after bicycle rides and pre-feasting). I feared it would be bleak and cast a darkness over the day's festivities,...

Muddled and Abominable

Wed, 13 Aug 2003 06:08:55 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author NoniaBidnis - This started out looking like a play that was full of allegory about the warped way life works - a...

Cmon in, this water's fiiiiiiiiiine!

Sat, 26 Jul 2003 01:51:13 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author NoniaBidnis - I am still fresh from seeing this movie, and may I add, still reeling from it's effects, like too ma...

Not hard to enjoy!

Sat, 21 Jun 2003 07:58:55 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author NoniaBidnis - Clicking around looking for something here on Epinions "accidentally" brought me to this movie, and...

Should have gone to see Bruce Almighty, I guess...

Mon, 9 Jun 2003 07:07:34 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author NoniaBidnis - After hearing so much praise for this movie, my husband and I were thrilled to see it finally show up at the closest Landmark Theater, and glad that we could fit it in this weekend and still not miss the Spurs games on Friday and Sunday nights. We'd...

Things are not always as they seem.

Sat, 12 Apr 2003 04:01:12 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author NoniaBidnis - Here I am again! You know that if you see a new review from me, it's because inspiration has bubbled up within me and motivated a parking of my inspired self before the plastic keys. In this usually dustbowl-dry season for movie fans, it's rather a...

A Real Spin!

Sat, 5 Apr 2003 08:09:33 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author NoniaBidnis - I love this movie! I can't hang with there being only one review of this movie on Epinions, particularly if the review is one that doesn't recommend it. Nuh-uh.

We saw "Spun" during our week of movies in March, at the South by Southwest Film...

Confidence: Overall Grade C+

Wed, 2 Apr 2003 04:24:36 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author NoniaBidnis - Oh hot damn, I am the first to review this movie! Cha-ching! Imagine that plethora of pennies overflowing my cup.

We saw this screening with our film club tonight, and though it is supposed to be a thriller/heist/con game movie, I fought...

Intacto: Superbo Dontmissito!

Sat, 22 Feb 2003 02:56:46 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author NoniaBidnis - Since we are current on our "must see" film list, I was afraid the long dry movie season may have started early.

All the Oscar contenders have already been scratched off the list ("The Hours" gets my movie vote, Nicole and Ed Harris should both win,...

Kevin Does Angst

Wed, 13 Nov 2002 03:15:58 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author NoniaBidnis - We had the good fortune of having passes to the screening of this movie at the Museum of Fine Arts (they show classics and unusual features but allow no refreshments and haven't got the most comfortable seats) tonight.

The first comment I...

Real Women Might Stay Home From This Movie

Wed, 6 Nov 2002 07:49:22 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author NoniaBidnis - I rarely read a review all the way through unless I have already seen a movie, as I am such a weenie about having the plot, or any of the details about a movie, revealed in advance. I just prefer to go into a movie "cold", so basically, all I want to...

Just SEEMS to last forever....

Fri, 4 Oct 2002 16:52:28 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author NoniaBidnis - We had free passes for a preview of this film last night, and the price was right. Had I paid actual money to see it, I would have grumbled even louder on the way home.

Generally, the film had a lot of beauty to it - lovely scenery and...

Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend

Tue, 20 Aug 2002 04:33:42 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author NoniaBidnis - We saw this movie last week, and when I came home and wanted to write a review, the movie wasn't listed on Epinions yet. When I looked again yesterday, I found it, and see that the one review written so far really trashed the movie.

Let me...