© 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-Petra Recent reviews written by member Petra en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_405039779460?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Petra - Pelts tells the story of Jake Feldman (Meat Loaf), a cranky, unsympathetic guy with a fur coat shop where he mistreats his employees, and an obsession with a stripper named Shana (Ellen Ewusie). The furs he gets are mostly sub-par,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~405039779460 Fri, 12 Oct 2007 17:31:03 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_405039779460?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_404487835268?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Petra - I described the hotel experience in San Antonio and praised the great restaurant we had our party at; the remaining question is: how did I get to San Antonio? Well, I'm glad you asked. I assume it's not a coincidence that the abbreviation for... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~404487835268 Sun, 30 Sep 2007 18:04:02 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_404487835268?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_404442484356?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Petra - Arranging a party in another state without knowing anything about the location isn&#146t a picnic, pun intended. Alas, the task was dumped on me a few months back and, as suggested, I asked for a budget proposal from the hotel we were staying at. The... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~404442484356 Sun, 30 Sep 2007 00:39:19 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_404442484356?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_404378848900?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author Petra - I started a new job with a company in the oil and gas business. Part of my job is to help arrange our attendance at a large, annual expo which, this year, took place in San Antonio, Texas. A number of hotels had been pre-arranged by the organization... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~404378848900 Sat, 29 Sep 2007 02:18:14 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_404378848900?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_363436805764?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Petra - Roberto Benigni&#146s The Tiger and the Snow might as well be titled Life is Beautiful, Part II, for it&#146s theme is the same: Benigni&#146s character Attilio finds himself in the midst of a war, this time the war in Iraq. As always, Benigni is the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~363436805764 Fri, 18 May 2007 01:41:59 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_363436805764?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_360676691588?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Petra - Between the Bridge and the River is the debut novel of The Late Late Show’s Craig Ferguson (Drew Carey Show, Saving Grace). It tells the stories of Fraser and George, two childhood friends from Scotland, who grow apart after Fraser almost... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~360676691588 Sat, 12 May 2007 00:21:28 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_360676691588?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_355269971588?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author Petra - Illegal Aliens is the same old independent tripe we've seen a thousand times. What sets it apart from the rest, though, is the incredibly horrid performance by the late Anna-Nicole Smith who, as frequently pointed out by the filmmakers, had a lot... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~355269971588 Mon, 30 Apr 2007 03:33:14 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_355269971588?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_352906874500?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Petra - We may not know them all, but we all know them: those Happy Ending fairy tales about Sleeping Beauty, Jack and the Beanstalk, Rapunzel or Rumpelstiltskin. And we all know that that's what they do: they end happily. But what if ...? In this German... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~352906874500 Tue, 24 Apr 2007 23:09:38 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_352906874500?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_341833518724?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Petra - Emmanuel's Gift is an uplifting documentary about a young man from Ghana who was born with a deformed leg - a fate that usually means being left on the side of the road to fend for yourself in Ghana. Even Emmanuel's mother’s friends... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~341833518724 Sun, 1 Apr 2007 03:15:16 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_341833518724?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_341337083524?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Petra - In countries like Venezuela, the lure of making 5 years’ worth of pay within a few hours has turned the quick kidnapping referred to as Secuestro Express into a thriving business: thugs pick upper-class victims and hold them for a few hours – just... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~341337083524 Sat, 31 Mar 2007 03:10:39 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_341337083524?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_337347907204?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Petra - All I was looking for was Craig Ferguson, Mr. Wick on the Drew Carey Show and host of the Late Late Show on CBS. After all, it couldn't be possible that he'd only been in the four movies most commonly listed under his name. Sure enough, a number of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~337347907204 Fri, 23 Mar 2007 03:11:38 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_337347907204?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_336382824068?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Petra - 12 Bucks starts with a bang &#150 literally. A woman gets caught snorting cocaine by her husband. He beats her with a belt and then rapes her, their two little boys, Johnny and Tanner, sitting in the living room listening to her screams. The... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~336382824068 Wed, 21 Mar 2007 05:23:27 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_336382824068?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_334667943556?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Petra - There are rules to movies. And even if sometimes we curse those rules, there are times when they should not just be ignored, as in this case. Okay, so I don&#146t know if it actually is a rule per se, but having a character die the tragic... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~334667943556 Sat, 17 Mar 2007 18:34:03 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_334667943556?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_331855662724?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Petra - If you like quirky British films like Waking Ned Devine or Full Monty, you'll certainly enjoy American Cousins, a film about a number of people who don't seem to have anything in common, coming together over the exploration of their... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~331855662724 Mon, 12 Mar 2007 02:45:47 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_331855662724?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_331731668612?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Petra - The Legend of Paul and Paula is an old East German production which, in its days, caused quite the uproar among the East German government officials. There aren’t any political views covered in this story, but it shows the two lead characters in... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~331731668612 Sun, 11 Mar 2007 20:28:06 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_331731668612?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_331670589060?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Petra - Michael (Joe Montegna) and his wife Dana (Christine Lahti) are having a marital spat and Michael is clueless as to what exactly happened: he bought Dana a new Cadillac and she got angry and stormed off. Michael&#146s friend Bruce (Paul Reiser) comes... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~331670589060 Sun, 11 Mar 2007 17:15:49 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_331670589060?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_331234053764?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Petra - Taking advantage of Blockbuster&#146s free online trial, I&#146m working my way through anything ever produced with anybody I like to watch, and one of those, as faithful review readers know, is Bill Maher. Be More Cynical is a one-hour... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~331234053764 Sat, 10 Mar 2007 17:14:38 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_331234053764?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_328302104196?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author Petra - How many times can I say that I just saw the worst possible movie? Well, I suppose for as long as I watch films, there will always be a new winner in the Crap on Screen category. This week's champion of horrid productions committed upon an... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~328302104196 Sun, 4 Mar 2007 18:25:04 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_328302104196?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_323932032644?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Petra - As the title already hints to, That Night is about one particular night in which an important event took place &#150 in this case, the night during which Rick, a young man in love, shows up at Sheryl&#146s mother&#146s house, demanding to be... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~323932032644 Fri, 23 Feb 2007 02:32:42 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_323932032644?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_302665272964?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author Petra - Murder Set Pieces is the story of ... errr ... let me think ... okay, it's not really much of a story but it's about ... about ... hmmm ... well, 30 people get killed. There. That's it: Murder Set Pieces is about 30 people being killed. And... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~302665272964 Sun, 7 Jan 2007 01:41:36 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_302665272964?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_299503423108?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Petra - As bizarre as Kebab Connection may sound as a title, this German-language comedy by Turkish writer/director Fatih Akin is actually a pretty good film about immigrants and their local-born children in Germany. Ibo wants nothing more than to be a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~299503423108 Sun, 31 Dec 2006 06:11:57 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_299503423108?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_286746971780?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Petra - Marc Abrahams was the editor of a humorous science magazine where he kept getting numerous requests from people asking him to help them achieve a Nobel Prize nomination. While Abrahams could not help them with their problem, he did realize that many... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~286746971780 Sun, 3 Dec 2006 02:35:56 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_286746971780?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_283697974916?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Petra - Cop- a True Story is a 337-page account of LAPD officer Michael L. Middleton’s 21 years in the service. The book does not follow a straight timeline from the beginning of Middleton’s career to the end; instead, the book has eleven chapters... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~283697974916 Sun, 26 Nov 2006 00:35:15 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_283697974916?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_283642662532?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Petra - Animal stars Ving Rhames, Terrence Howard, Jim Brown and Chazz Palminteri and if you never heard of it, don't be surprised: it's one of those films that started out with a lot of copies on the DVD rental shelf, and a week later, half of them were... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~283642662532 Sat, 25 Nov 2006 21:22:02 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_283642662532?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_283623657092?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Petra - I am clearing out the book shelf and this book, bought a long time ago but never read, was up next. Unlike some other books that take forever to read, I went through this one rather quickly; mostly because the writing was fun and the content amusing... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~283623657092 Sat, 25 Nov 2006 20:22:16 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_283623657092?linkin_id=8003929