Epinions Recent Reviews for Stloraine

Beautiful Mind: A Beautiful Mind That Is Still Misunderstood

Sat, 29 Dec 2001 04:46:22 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Stloraine - I read the book "A Beautiful Mind ", the biography of Nobel prize winner John Forbes Nash, Jr., and wrote a review (http://www.epinions.com/book-review-35E0-4BCC191-3A2734ED-prod1) a year before the...

Zoolander: A Fashionable Zoo(lander)

Sat, 13 Oct 2001 13:23:31 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Stloraine - Written, directed and produced by Ben Stiller, Zoolander shows off Ben's remarkable talents. He stars in his own production as the affable but not too bright Derek Zoolander, three time winner of Model of the Year with his Blue Steel look. His modeling...

Curse of the Jade Scorpion: The Curse of the Jade Scorpion Undone

Mon, 3 Sep 2001 18:33:28 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Stloraine - Woody has assembled a bevy of beauties for his production, of course. Elizabeth Berkely surfaces again as Jil, office secretary, after having been buried by the religious right at the beginning of her career in 1995 Showgirls. Charlize Theron, sexy and...

O (Othello): "O" It's Othello!

Mon, 3 Sep 2001 15:18:32 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author Stloraine - I saw “O” upon a last minute change of mind as I stood in line to purchase a ticket for The Jade Scorpion. I had no idea of what it was about, but the title and R rating suggested to me something 18th Century, or a modern day steamy romance. It was...

Captain Corelli's Mandolin: Captain Corelli's Mandolin Accompanied By Cell Phones

Mon, 27 Aug 2001 16:56:27 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Stloraine - I loved the movie but I left the theatre with almost a nervous breakdown from cell phones ringing (the first one I tried to block out, but the next ring a man answered and carried on a conversation,) the lady next to me talked incessantly and wore a...

Albert Einstein - Out of My Later Years: Einstein in His Own Words - Out of My Later Years

Tue, 21 Aug 2001 14:08:04 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Stloraine - Out of My Later Years ©1956 by the Estate of Albert Einstein

Authorized translation by Robert W. Lawson, University of Sheffield

OUT OF MY LATER YEARS, a collection of Einstein’s essays which cover a period of 1934 to 1950. The first...

Albert Einstein - Relativity: The Special and General Theory: Albert Einstein in His Own Words - Relativity

Tue, 21 Aug 2001 14:02:55 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Stloraine - RELATIVITY The Special and the General Theory, (C)1961 by the Estate of Albert Einstein

Authorized translation by Robert W. Lawson, University of Sheffield

RELATIVITY is a classic of scientific literature. I now appreciate Albert Einstein...

Others: Who Are The Others?

Sun, 12 Aug 2001 15:15:19 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Stloraine - Nicole Kidman is the star of The Others, supported by Fionnula Flanagan, who plays the enigmatic, pleasant yet slightly sinister housekeeper. In a mansion on the Isle of Jersey after the end of World War II, Grace is raising her two children alone. Her...

America's Sweethearts: America's Sweethearts, Life Is A Mixture of Sweet and Sour Gumdrops

Thu, 9 Aug 2001 14:35:21 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Stloraine - I liked all the actors in America's Sweethearts. I thought all of them did an excellent job with their parts. The story line is clever--a movie studio's desperate attempt to reconcile two feuding stars in time for the press premier of their last movie...

Legally Blonde: Legally Blond, Believably Beautiful, Unbelievably Brilliant

Tue, 7 Aug 2001 18:00:48 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Stloraine - Reese Witherspoon as Elle Woods in Legally Blonde is believably beautiful and unbelievably brilliant. Who cares, it’s fun and the girls win. Dumped unexpectedly at dinner by Warner Huntington II when she expected to be asked to marry him, he callously...

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within: Alien Spirits and Their Final Fantasy

Mon, 6 Aug 2001 13:30:21 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Stloraine - Science-fiction is my favorite book, movie genre. One thing, anything the human mind can imagine is possible in science-fiction, fantasy. I almost always accept the plot premise, but still, within the plot, I like to see the details--what we know can...

A.I. Artificial Intelligence: What If People Were Like A.I.

Sat, 30 Jun 2001 20:57:22 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Stloraine - A.I., the screenplay, is based on a short story written thirty years ago by Brian Aldiss, entitled Super-Toys Last All Summer Long. Stanley Kubrick bought the rights to it and it became a twenty-year project of his, during which time he collaborated on...

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: Lara Croft: Tomb Raider Heroine

Wed, 27 Jun 2001 21:12:37 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Stloraine - Lara Croft: Tomb Raider is an omelette of fast action, witlessness, special effects and Angelina Jolie doing her thing--which is everything. Since the film is based on a video game it can’t really present anything original--it has to keep to the ongoing...

Krispy Kreme: Krispy Kreme It's All In The Name

Thu, 7 Jun 2001 13:00:42 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Stloraine - I used to be an avid doughnut connoisseur. Actually, translate that to have insatiable cravings to consume sweet, fattening flour and sugar blobs of fried dough. So, I've eaten a lot of doughnuts in my life.

Then one day I heard "Krispy...

What's The Worst That Could Happen?: About What's the Worst That Could Happen?

Tue, 5 Jun 2001 20:31:18 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Stloraine - What’s the Worst That Could Happen is a cute comedy. Professional thief Martin Lawrence attempts to rob millionaire Danny Devito’s beach mansion after he sees a picture of it in the newspaper and reads it is off limits to it’s owner before being sold for...

Knight's Tale: A Knight's Tale Love and Courage Conquer All

Sun, 27 May 2001 14:53:42 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Stloraine - A Knight’s Tale mixes up Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales with rock ‘n roll as it tells the tale of a young squire William Thatcher, played by new Australian heart throb, blonde, blue-eyed Heath Ledger, who assumes the identity of his deceased knight to enter...

Angel Eyes: What I See in Angel Eyes

Sat, 19 May 2001 11:55:05 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Stloraine - Angel Eyes does not fulfill the potential of a great premise--to cause the watcher to wonder if Catch is an angel or a real human being. The script needs to be rewritten, possibly the female lead recast. Angel Eyes has the potential to be another Sixth...

Mummy Returns: The Mummy Returns With The Rock

Tue, 15 May 2001 15:42:18 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Stloraine - THE MUMMY RETURNS

The Mummy Returns is a sequel that is as good as the original, which isn’t often the case. The desert battle between the Army of Anubis, God of the Underworld, and the Majedi, led by Oded Fehr, is amazingly realistic,...

Driven: Driven by Sylvester Stallone

Thu, 3 May 2001 12:09:49 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Stloraine - Sylvester Stallone wrote the screenplay and produced this film which was directed by Renny Harlin. Classified as an action adventure film, I also saw it as a “feel good” movie. The racing scenes are super, having been filmed on five world class racing...

Bridget Jones' Diary: Bridget Jones's Diary - Did She Read Mine First?

Mon, 16 Apr 2001 16:59:43 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Stloraine - What's all this "It's a girl's movie" business? I sit through Saving Silverman, Dude Where's My Car? and Steven Segal and Arnold Schwartzenegger slugging and machine gunning everything in sight and...do I hear "It's a guy's movie?"

Adapted...

15 Minutes: 15 Minutes - De Niro and Edward Burns at Their Best

Sat, 10 Mar 2001 14:22:00 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Stloraine - This is not a comedy. There are funny lines, but always interwoven with the ruthless, violent killing that goes on from beginning to end. It mirrors Oliver Reed's "Natural Born Killers" which also was one bloodfest from beginning to end, yet made light...

3000 Miles to Graceland: 3000 Miles to Graceland Takes a Detour

Sun, 4 Mar 2001 12:58:55 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Stloraine - 3000 Miles to Graceland was a complete surprise to me. It has an R rating, but that means nothing, sometimes R is relatively mild, otherwise over-the-limit sex and violence. This pic was over-the limit for me. Murphy (Kevin Costner) was a character...

Hannibal: Can Hannibal Once and For All

Wed, 21 Feb 2001 16:22:42 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author Stloraine - I saw Silence of the Lambs and was horrified. I kept telling myself I shouldn't go to see Hannibal but then curiosity won out, and besides I could get through it by holding my hands up in front of my face and peering out between my fingers as I saw the...

13 Days: Thirteen Days Seemed Like Thirteen Hours Long

Sun, 21 Jan 2001 19:02:01 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Stloraine - I went to see this movie with a friend, otherwise I would not have gone because I've seen the Cuban missile crisis done on television and as another movie. However, with Kevin Kostner in it, I thought perhaps I would enjoy it anyway--I didn't.
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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: A Story About the Crouching Tiger and Hidden Dragon Would Have Been More Interesting

Fri, 19 Jan 2001 04:39:52 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Stloraine - It wasn't what I had expected. I did not know it would be in Chinese with English subtitles. They always distract me because I'm concentrating on the bottom of the screen instead of the actors' faces. But by the end of the picture I had adjusted and...