© 1999-2008 Shopping.com, Inc. This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-Vormancian Recent reviews written by member Vormancian en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_402670063236?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Vormancian - It is rather fitting that Robert Altman and Garrison Keillor worked together for what would become Altman’s last film. Altman has long been known as a genius of film conversation, while Keillor… well, seems to like conversations. I also find it... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~402670063236 Fri, 7 Sep 2007 22:01:06 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_402670063236?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_387177942660?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Vormancian - As ‘Ratatouille’ winds down, a food critic explains within a review that, ultimately, criticism is easy, and the real ‘fun’ involved comes by way of a well-crafted skewering. But, he quickly adds, there is occasionally something wonderful, and being... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~387177942660 Fri, 6 Jul 2007 20:32:23 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_387177942660?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_305264365188?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Vormancian - The quest began quite a while ago, and if you own an iPod you may be on a similar quest. And, if you’re like me, the quest is a confusing one. I just want to connect my iPod to some speakers… how hard (expensive) can that be? Of course, I’m sure you... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~305264365188 Fri, 12 Jan 2007 18:03:41 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_305264365188?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_294236622468?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Vormancian - There is a scene in Christopher Nolan&#146s latest film, &#147The Prestige,&#148 which shows one of the film's two rival magicians talking to a small boy. The heart of the conversation is the old magician&#146s line, &#147Never show them how it&#146s... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~294236622468 Tue, 19 Dec 2006 17:31:49 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_294236622468?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_291452718724?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Vormancian - Randall Miller has been floating around the entertainment industry for a couple of decades now, making good on the fact that he is Rhea Perlman’s cousin. Though he has several credits at this point, they mainly amount to acting as – Ice Cream Attendant –... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~291452718724 Wed, 13 Dec 2006 19:03:08 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_291452718724?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_236123164292?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Vormancian - The first thing you have to ask yourself is, &#147Do I want to hurt now, or do I want to hurt later.&#148 That &#147Shopgirl&#148 is a film which poses such a question is rather uninteresting really, but the fact that it poses the question while only... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~236123164292 Mon, 12 Jun 2006 23:53:18 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_236123164292?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_233312390788?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Vormancian - “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,” is a film that is at once better and worse than our first two trips with the adolescent wunderkind, and it left me longing for the deft hand of Alfonso Cuaron. Mike Newell is a director who can put together... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~233312390788 Sat, 27 May 2006 14:58:53 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_233312390788?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_213714898564?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Vormancian - The reason the Chronicles of Narnia have burned themselves into the hearts and minds of countless readers is not because of anything you&#146ll find mentioned in literary criticism books. Though people may mention allegory, character development, rich... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~213714898564 Sun, 11 Dec 2005 22:18:13 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_213714898564?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_208877751940?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Vormancian - The poster for &#147In Her Shoes&#148 mentions that Curtis Hanson is the director, but doesn&#146t tell you he directed "8 Mile.&#148 I suspect that would be demographic suicide. But, if you appreciate good direction, "8 Mile&#148 is the key. Neither... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~208877751940 Wed, 19 Oct 2005 18:19:58 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_208877751940?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_197226958468?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Vormancian - It’s hard to put my finger on exactly where “Corpse Bride” goes wrong, and perhaps that’s part of the problem. Pick any part of the formula, and it’s hard to be disappointed. Welcome to Tim Burton’s new theory of film. Once a new hope in the movie... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~197226958468 Tue, 27 Sep 2005 23:58:36 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_197226958468?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_195255045764?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Vormancian - &#145A Lot Like Love&#146 is one of those movies we&#146ve all grown accustomed to popping up now and again. Every so often a new hack rears his head and spins together pieces of movies that people seemed to like pretty well. Some which way said hack... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~195255045764 Sun, 4 Sep 2005 23:49:41 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_195255045764?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_194546273924?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Vormancian - Jean-Pierre Jeunet is in a special category of directors. Leaving aside ‘Alien: Resurrection’, which is an anomaly of historic proportions, his films have a very special flavor to them. Developing his craft through ‘Delicatessen’ and ‘The City of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~194546273924 Sun, 28 Aug 2005 20:01:39 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_194546273924?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_194155679364?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Vormancian - It’s time to return to the adventures of Harry Potter, and if there is nothing else particularly noteworthy about ‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’, it at least becomes interesting as the book most written by external pressures, marketing... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~194155679364 Wed, 24 Aug 2005 16:01:37 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_194155679364?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_193729433220?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Vormancian - The most important aspect of the character Batman is simply his own insecurity. A bold statement, I admit. From a distinctly troubled past which saddles him with, among other problems, a retardation of his ability to feel that he is able to do a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~193729433220 Sat, 20 Aug 2005 12:05:16 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_193729433220?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_193382682244?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Vormancian - There is something different going on in a &#147children&#146s story&#148 in which fairies are said to &#147fall down dead.&#148 They don&#146t &#147go away.&#148 They don&#146t even &#147die.&#148 No, they fall down dead. This something different... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~193382682244 Wed, 17 Aug 2005 09:45:32 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_193382682244?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_183065284228?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Vormancian - I was actually sad when Douglas Adams died. It was uncharacteristic of me. I don&#146t go in much for emotional ties to celebrities. I don&#146t much go in for being a &#145fan&#146 of anything or anyone either. Heck, I don&#146t even know where to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~183065284228 Thu, 12 May 2005 22:03:20 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_183065284228?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_167102025348?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Vormancian - I&#146m a pretty cynical guy really, and when the pre-Christmas onslaught of cute and fuzzy bunny toys hit the shelves every year you can rest assured the marketing isn&#146t aimed at me. Apart from having &#147educational&#148 plastered on something,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~167102025348 Tue, 28 Dec 2004 11:54:37 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_167102025348?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_161693994628?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Vormancian - Pixar continues its somewhat odd tradition of being able to do everything right, except pique my interest in one of their films. I have to admit I wasn&#146t as impressed with &#145Toy Story&#146 as most, but it certainly surpassed my expectations... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~161693994628 Sun, 14 Nov 2004 23:55:38 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_161693994628?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_158159113860?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Vormancian - Even with John Cusack, who has a special place in my heart, &#145Being John Malkovich&#146 does nothing for me at all. The best response to the film I can manage is to roll my eyes, and I find no redeeming qualities in it at all, apart (maybe) from a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~158159113860 Tue, 12 Oct 2004 14:37:15 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_158159113860?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_152792108676?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author Vormancian - Occasionally a movie comes along that pushes one’s ability to remain composed, and tests the limits of classifying stupidity. ‘The Perfect Score’ is such a movie, but don’t think that it’s by virtue of the fairly uninteresting fact that it is merely a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~152792108676 Sun, 22 Aug 2004 14:49:13 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_152792108676?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_151599025796?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Vormancian - ‘Paycheck’ is just the sort of movie that, to channel John Cleese (or Basil Fawlty), makes me want to give the screenwriter a damn good thrashing. Unfortunately, I can’t find it in me to do it in this case. I’d hate to be overly harsh on Dean... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~151599025796 Fri, 13 Aug 2004 15:56:47 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_151599025796?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_150044315268?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author Vormancian - In Whit Stilman&#146s &#145Barcelona&#146 (a movie I love, but can&#146t quite call &#145great&#146), Chris Eigeman&#146s character wonders about sub-text. To paraphrase - Everyone&#146s always talking about the sub-text, he says, but what&#146s the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~150044315268 Mon, 2 Aug 2004 00:39:39 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_150044315268?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_149077266052?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Vormancian - There’s a point in ‘The Bourne Supremacy’ when Jason Bourne washes his hands in a scene that might seem absolutely unnecessary. It was at that point that I decided I could relax. I was by now relieved of my ‘sequel fear’, and more importantly I... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~149077266052 Sun, 25 Jul 2004 14:08:09 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_149077266052?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_147553488516?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Vormancian - If it hasn&#146t happened already, the high-profile racks of the children&#146s section at your local bookstore are about to be taken over. Harry Potter, Lemony Snicket, and even the Spiderwick Chronicles are about to finally (in some cases) shove over... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~147553488516 Tue, 13 Jul 2004 14:57:52 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_147553488516?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_147149786756?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Vormancian - There is one thing that all those remotely knowledgeable on the general subject of humanity agree on - there is no one as honest as a genuinely skilled liar. Don’t underestimate what I mean by being truly skilled at it though. It’s an art, and a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~147149786756 Sat, 10 Jul 2004 12:45:24 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_147149786756?linkin_id=8003929