© 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-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_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_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_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_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_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_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_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 http://www.epinions.com/content_146452614788?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Vormancian - The trouble with America is we haven’t any Gods. Oh sure, we’ve got God, but he’s hardly a replacement. Going along with the title of Neil Gaiman’s book, we don’t have ‘American Gods’. We’re too young, too busy, and everyone came here with their... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~146452614788 Mon, 5 Jul 2004 21:50:20 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_146452614788?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_145947725444?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Vormancian - Life is all about choices. But, there’s a catch. Though it may sound good, you don’t actually get to choose who you are. You are who you believe you are. And, you don’t get to choose who you believe you are either. And, some choices aren’t yours... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~145947725444 Thu, 1 Jul 2004 14:08:08 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_145947725444?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_143089438340?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Vormancian - There are some very interesting things you can say about Tim Burton’s latest effort ‘Big Fish’. Probably the most important, and the most questionable, is that ‘Big Fish’ is a good movie whether it’s a good movie or not. That’s good, because... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~143089438340 Wed, 9 Jun 2004 17:30:48 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_143089438340?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_142678331012?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Vormancian - In trying to review &#145The Da Vinci Code&#146, I find myself curiously in the same eye-rolling position as when I reviewed the first &#145Harry Potter&#146 book. More curious, I&#146m willing to give Potter a little more slack now. As... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~142678331012 Sat, 5 Jun 2004 16:44:36 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_142678331012?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_142208634500?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Vormancian - Let&#146s start with some simple concepts before we move on to greatly detailed ramblings. First, Tivo rocks. If you don&#146t need a lot of information, and just want to know if you should get one or not, just head out to the store now. Second,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~142208634500 Tue, 1 Jun 2004 23:34:28 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_142208634500?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_138103393924?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Vormancian - There are three things I liked about &#145Timeline&#146. All of them actors, and none of them really the ones I was supposed to like. Billy Connolly, unconvincing though he may have been, plays the elder archaeologist, and if he gets a check I&#146m... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~138103393924 Tue, 27 Apr 2004 10:28:04 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_138103393924?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_137211317892?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Vormancian - Ask not, &#145what is death?&#146 Rather ask, &#145when is death?&#146 &#145The Punisher&#146 is the story of an anti-hero. Actually, it&#146s something of a primer on the concept. In some sense it&#146s a simplistic exposition of the idea, but... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~137211317892 Sun, 18 Apr 2004 18:03:48 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_137211317892?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_134572445316?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Vormancian - Con movies are an especially difficult genre, because they start with a difficulty they have to overcome that would make no sense to any other genre. That problem is simply that they are con movies. That only remains a problem when the movie is, like... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~134572445316 Fri, 26 Mar 2004 14:29:51 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_134572445316?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_132193554052?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Vormancian - Paul Verhoeven is quite a strange director. His European titles (such as: ‘Solider of Orange’, ‘The Fourth Man’, ‘Spetters’, and ‘Turkish Delight’) earned him a pretty good reputation. He works quite well when approaching film from a European slant... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~132193554052 Fri, 5 Mar 2004 04:38:22 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_132193554052?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_130113965700?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Vormancian - ‘Seabiscuit’ is the rarest sort of movie, and that’s because it has a story that really can’t be ruined. About the worst you could get with any sort of effort is a movie that is at least slightly above-average. Unfortunately, that’s about what we... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~130113965700 Tue, 17 Feb 2004 15:22:54 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_130113965700?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_129219661444?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author Vormancian - Brian Helgeland is an odd creature really, and one that should, in some sense or other, never be completely in charge of anything. Give him a book to adapt into a screenplay, and you'll end up with things like: 'L.A. Confidential', 'Blood Work', and this... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~129219661444 Mon, 9 Feb 2004 18:44:57 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_129219661444?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_127275601540?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Vormancian - When you become a fan of an author, and they have a sufficiently large body of work, you invariably find one book that you wish the author had written later in their career. That book for me, with respect to Dave Duncan, is ‘Hero!’. His recent... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~127275601540 Sun, 25 Jan 2004 20:22:17 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_127275601540?linkin_id=8003929