Epinions Recent Reviews for Sloucho

One Man’s Impressions Concerning Atkins’ Book and the Controversy Surrounding It

Mon, 30 Jun 2003 15:17:10 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Sloucho - I would never have considered reading Dr. Atkins’ New Diet Revolution if not for the fact that my w...

Beware the Selfishness That We Hypocritically Call Love

Thu, 16 Aug 2001 18:40:18 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Sloucho - The dialogue in Lonelyhearts can perhaps best be described as a hard-boiled version of the polite Victorian banter that we associate with the plays of Oscar Wilde. Not all the characters are smart, but they do manage to use words with something...

Gee Ma, What's This Ambient Music Doing under Rock and Pop? (PYCWO)

Fri, 10 Aug 2001 13:56:04 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Sloucho - Background Information Concerning the Band

In chapter two of Thomas Pynchon's The Crying of Lot 49, a band named the Paranoids shows up to party in a hotel with the two co-executors of Pierce Inverarity’s estate. It’s a shame...

Treacle of the First Order

Thu, 26 Jul 2001 13:04:49 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Sloucho - As nearly as I can tell, Dancing at Lughnasa is meant to be a heartwarming portrait of life in a small Irish village in a time of profound social and economic change. Unfortunately, it has no heart and no capacity for warmth and fails to take or...

On Becoming the Thing You Love

Wed, 25 Jul 2001 13:02:23 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Sloucho - What are we to make of it when two people go out on a boat—but only one returns to the shore? Theodore Dreiser posed this question in An American Tragedy, which George Stevens adapted to the screen in his brilliant and brutal A Place in the...

Tableaux That Walk Vs. Cardboard Cutouts Glued to Scenery That Moves

Tue, 24 Jul 2001 14:53:59 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Sloucho - Fans of Robin and the Seven Hoods may remember the scene in which Dean Martin’s character explains to Frank Sinatra that there is only one thing to do in a card game in which your opponent holds all the aces: “Kick over the table.”

Lily...

The Very Coolest Caving Experience You're Likely to Have Unless You Own a Cavern

Sat, 21 Jul 2001 01:19:58 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Sloucho - Part 1: A Geologically Paced Introduction

(Those interested strictly in the Wild Cave Tour should skip to part 2)

Because I was extremely lucky on a multiple choice final exam in a geology course that I took as a college freshman,...

"I Know It Was Terribly Cold-Blooded"

Thu, 19 Jul 2001 19:50:47 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Sloucho - Perhaps one of the most compelling reasons to associate Bette Davis with Joan Crawford is that their greatest films (Mildred Pierce for Crawford and The Letter for Davis) both begin with the gunning down of their lovers. We then backtrack...

Let's Talk Institutional Cuisine

Wed, 18 Jul 2001 18:40:06 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Sloucho - Back when I was in the habit of staying up all night playing poker in college, my friends and I came to think of 4:30 a.m. as the point of no return. If you were at all tired before that time, then it was in your interest to go to sleep. But if, at...

Come See the Underworld Thugs Get Choked up by a Bunch of Nonsense

Sun, 15 Jul 2001 12:18:18 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Sloucho - If you think it's fun to see what Jackie Chan can deliver as a deadpan actor, just wait until you see what the man is capable of accomplishing through what can only be described as 'deadpan direction.' The exuberant B quality that Chan brought as a...

"To Forget a Friend Is Sad. Not Everyone Has Had a Friend." (Bastille Day W/O)

Sat, 14 Jul 2001 11:12:10 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Sloucho - For Those Inclined to Skip This Self-indulgent Introduction, the Point Is Simple: Read This Book to Your Children

Before I was born, my mother bought the two sets of books that would see me through my early childhood. One set was a...

Waiting for Justice? Get in Line, Buddy!

Fri, 13 Jul 2001 10:27:32 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Sloucho - Introduction: Of Alienation

It's a terribly easy thing to make a film about an alienated character, but terribly difficult to make a film about alienation. People will line up to sympathize with the shallow, histrionic disaffection of...

Spike Lee Examines the Lynching of a White Man

Thu, 12 Jul 2001 11:33:57 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Sloucho - The reason I don't understand most serial killer movies is that they usually try to make me feel naughty and rebellious for sympathizing with the killer. They take me on some slick ride through a contrived (and usually extremely clean) alienated...

Casanova Frankenstein--Now There Was a Supervillain!

Mon, 9 Jul 2001 18:02:58 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Sloucho - Mystery Men starts off brilliantly. We can't help being intrigued as we watch the Blue Raja (Hank Azaria) hurl ordinary table forks at a gang of thugs. He is assisted by the Shoveler (William H. Macy), who wears a miner's outfit and tries not to...

Daydreaming for the Imagination-Impaired

Sun, 8 Jul 2001 10:54:28 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Sloucho - I simply don't understand you people. Weren't you ever dragged to church by your parents? Made to sit through an awards ceremony at your school? Forced to watch your father emcee a fundraiser? Obliged to endure your little sister's piano recital?...

A Female Fantasy of a Male Fantasy

Fri, 6 Jul 2001 12:49:29 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Sloucho - "Remember," says Dex (Donal Logue) to his friend Dave (Kimo Willis), "both men and women wanna have sex. It's natural, except we're on different time tables. Women wanna have sex fifteen minutes after us, so if you hold out for twenty, she'll be...

WWW Site Reviews: Masturbating with Spam

Tue, 3 Jul 2001 11:30:50 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Sloucho - Imagine my surprise when I was informed by a tiny little window on my computer screen that somewhere there were lots of hot young women eager to please me--of all people, me! It sounded mighty convenient because I often find myself...

Could This Be the Ideal "Starter" DVD Player?

Mon, 2 Jul 2001 11:18:34 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Sloucho - Ordinarily, Mrs. Sloucho and I do an awful lot of research before buying appliances/electronic equipment. We don't like stuff that breaks; we don't like to overpay; and we don't want to miss out on really cool features that we could have had for just a...

You Are More Authentic the More You Resemble What You've Dreamed You Are

Sun, 1 Jul 2001 18:21:08 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Sloucho - The way I see it--and I'm very probably wrong--none of us would be surprised to see things working out along these lines: A) man cheats on girlfriend with future wife; B) man marries, but continues to sleep with girlfriend; C) man is out of town on a...

"I Loaf--in a Decorative and Highly Charming Fashion"

Fri, 29 Jun 2001 17:31:14 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Sloucho - Before we have any idea what's going on in Mildred Pierce, we see Mildred herself (Joan Crawford) contemplating suicide by drowning. Just as her hands clench the railing between her and the water into which she intends to plunge, however, a...

Even If NYC Is the Greatest American City, Pittsburgh May Be the Most American City

Thu, 28 Jun 2001 11:32:01 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Sloucho - Myth-quashing

It was probably fashionable to despise Pittsburgh even before Andy Warhol abandoned the city of steel mills for the glamor of New York. It was certainly fashionable to hate Pittsburgh when I made my first visit there in...

Sharp Air Conditioner AF-R908X: Best to Be Cool and Dry, But Better Hot Than Sticky

Tue, 26 Jun 2001 17:22:29 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Sloucho - Of Sweat and Sweltering

One of the least pleasant ways to be distracted from the movie you're watching is to be peed on by your table.

Mrs. Sloucho and I know that it's time to install our air conditioning units when the...

When Did Movies about Talking Chickens Become So Formulaic?

Mon, 25 Jun 2001 14:45:41 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Sloucho - I would like to begin by issuing a blanket apology to the human race for what is bound to come across as my arrogance in this review. Please be assured that it is not arrogance, that I know that my reaction to and assessment of Chicken Run must...

It Didn't Look Like a One-horse Town, But Try Finding a Decent Hair Jelly

Mon, 25 Jun 2001 01:09:02 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Sloucho - mixaphorically, adv. pertaining to speech or writing in which disparate metaphors are used in rapid succession or mixed, as in "Me and the little lady are gonna pick up the pieces and retie the knot--mixaphorically speaking."...

Chasin' Gay Me

Sat, 23 Jun 2001 15:09:34 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Sloucho - Chasin' Gay Me might be a better title for this film than Chasing Amy, but perhaps the best title of all would be Fixing the Lesbian.

"There's a twenty-dollar bill in the middle of a four-way intersection," says Banky...