Epinions Recent Reviews for alocsin

Why tap dancers don't wear skirts

Tue, 28 Nov 2006 21:04:25 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author alocsin - Summary It's mating season as emperor penguins, as Memphis and Norma Jean sing heart songs to mate. Memphis is charged with protecting their one egg while Norma Jean goes out to feed with the other female penguins. He nestles the egg on his...

The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros: Can a boy blossom into a pretty flower?

Mon, 2 Oct 2006 10:27:55 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author alocsin - This product is incorrectly classified under DVD, since no DVD of this film exists as of this writing. I saw it in at an art house in Los Angeles. Summary 12-year old Maximo "Maxi" Olivos is the youngest of three sons of Paco, a man...

Blow a game. Blow up at a team. Blow a teammate.

Tue, 26 Sep 2006 00:46:41 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author alocsin - Summary Ecki is your typical, all-German, small-town twenty-something. He lives at home with his parents and works part-time in their bakery. He plays goalie for the town's soccer team. And he hides his emerging homosexuality from everybody...

Dreamboy: Love, Filipino style

Fri, 22 Sep 2006 09:23:35 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author alocsin - With their copycat plots, poor production values, bad acting, and archaic melodrama, Filipino films are disasters I avoid. (And I'm Filipino-American.) Dreamboy attracted my attention solely for its star, Piolo Pascual, who I’d heard was...

The resurrection of my favorite gadget

Thu, 21 Sep 2006 09:07:17 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author alocsin - I've been wearing the CA-53W (an earlier incarnation) ever since the 1980s, dutifully replacing it every few years (see below for the reason). Its accompanied me on all my travels and proved its usefulness for everyday life. Imagine my horror when it...

Second Life Online Game: MY 50TH REVIEW: Imaginary people make real money

Fri, 15 Sep 2006 22:07:37 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author alocsin - My 50th review focuses on Second Life (SL), a worldwide online game developed by Linden Lab. I've played it for over a year, more than twice as long as with any other such game. As of this review, it boasts over 700,000 players, with just over...

Energetic rhythms hypnotize and delight

Wed, 13 Sep 2006 02:16:15 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author alocsin - Introduction Daiko (also spelled Taiko) is the term for Japanese drums that range in size from small, easy-to-carry models to the world's largest which is nearly 9 feet in diameter and played on both sides by two drummers. Traditionally, these...

Swann Bulldog Camera (SW-C-BDOGC): Cats and possums and fairy lights play within this camera's sights

Thu, 7 Sep 2006 00:43:51 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author alocsin - Something was pooping in our front yard and I wanted to catch the responsible party. I suspected my neighbor's excitable little Corgi though my neighbor lays the blame on a stray cat. My five-year-old spare computer could store any image evidence but a...

Vanguard Vanguard TRIKON KIT - Photo/Video: Bagging a bargain in sturdy stands

Fri, 1 Sep 2006 21:36:13 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author alocsin - To call this product a kit is a misnomer. It only has two parts: a bag and tripod. Other than having the word Trikon stamped on them and being packaged in one box, they don't really belong together. The bag isn't big enough to hold the tripod...

The myth of the model minority unravels

Wed, 30 Aug 2006 22:50:26 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author alocsin - Summary The story is hardly new: Ethan, a gay teenager looking to have his first sexual experience, with an online friend finds it a degrading experience. Life unravels after that. His evil stepmom discovers his gay magazine and turns it into...

No sound and no color produce lots of electricity

Fri, 25 Aug 2006 10:03:14 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author alocsin - Imagine that you have H.G. Wells' time machine. But rather than using it to visit the future, you visited the past -- specifically the United Kingdom from 1900-1913, just a few years after his famous novel was written. Such a machine does exist in this...

Transforms raw rice into my bread of life

Tue, 22 Aug 2006 11:33:57 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author alocsin - Being Asian, we eat rice every day. Our previous rice cooker was a single switch controlling heat to an aluminum pot. The rice came out mostly fine though sometimes burned grains stuck to the bottom of the pot. Cleaning it involved much scrubbing with a...

Wanting to stuff more than animals

Mon, 21 Aug 2006 13:06:04 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author alocsin - Peppino Profeta is a 50-year-old, unattractive dwarf of a man whose passion and profession is taxidermy. (The English caption for the Italian title L'imbalsamatore is actually The Taxidermist). While at the zoo, he spots the hunky 20-year...

Oscar Wilde's epigrams are hiding something

Thu, 17 Aug 2006 22:43:49 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author alocsin - What few Oscar Wilde plays I've seen have proven witty, entertaining, and fun: the theatrical equivalent of a TV sitcom, which explains why his plays are popular with high school drama clubs and community theater mavens. His flamboyant life merely adds...

The hardest picture book you'll ever read

Sun, 13 Aug 2006 12:50:29 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author alocsin - Imagine all the books, periodicals, and writings of Western civilization disappearing in a fiery cataclysm. All that remains is a cable tv schedule, a college accounting book, Vogue magazine, a Little Red Riding Hood picture book, a US Marines recruiting...

Culture Shock!: Philippines: How to make love to a Filipino

Fri, 11 Aug 2006 01:07:00 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author alocsin - Over 7000 Pacific islands comprise the country of the Philippines. With tropical weather, cheap labor, and an English-speaking society, it's a popular vacation and retirement spot for many Westerners. This book is targeted primarily to that crowd...

Best dressed in colorful feathers and golden earrings? Only if you were the fiercest warrior.

Thu, 10 Aug 2006 00:34:04 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author alocsin - Once a disdained wandering tribe, the Aztecs rose to become the dominant civilization of Central America. Today they are unfairly remembered only for their human sacrifices. But by 1521, at the height of their glory, they had developed legal,...

Inside the Hindenburg: What blows up must come down

Tue, 8 Aug 2006 09:28:45 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author alocsin - On May 6, 1937, a great trans-Atlantic liners exploded in a disaster that shocked the world. But this was no ocean-going vessel, like the famed Titanic that had sunk a generation earlier. This was a flying palace, Hindenburg, pride of...

Buildings that pop up Wright

Sun, 6 Aug 2006 12:23:58 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author alocsin - America's most famous architect, Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1957), created highly individual structures ranging from Craftsman style homes to Modernist churches. His most lasting influence on building design was the open plan for residences, an innovation...

The natural way to learn Italian. Il modo naturale per imparare l'inglese.

Sat, 5 Aug 2006 23:54:53 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author alocsin - The natural way to learn Italian. Il modo naturale per imparare l'inglese. Vocabulearn Italian is a spoken list of words that works equally well for English speakers learning Italian or for Italian speakers learning English. However, use...

Parla italiano? With Pimsleur, you can.

Fri, 4 Aug 2006 10:42:36 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author alocsin - Parla italiano? With Pimsleur, you can. My partner and I wanted to learn Italian to enhance our anniversary trip to Italy. We didn't have time to take classes, so we tried several books and tapes before settling on Pimsleur. The Italian...

Downtown Disney - Anaheim: Experience the wonder of Disney without mortgaging your house

Thu, 3 Aug 2006 13:56:30 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author alocsin - Downtown Disney is the shopping complex that joins the Disneyland Resort hotels to Disneyland and California Adventure in Anaheim, California. Though this location is only ten minutes from work, I visit the theme parks about once every few years when...

Disturbing and almost unwatchable, which is exactly why you should see it.

Wed, 2 Aug 2006 11:07:10 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author alocsin - My brief visits to Singapore show a prosperous, well-ordered society where everyone lives contented, well-mannered, if dull, lives. News reports from that city and from Southeast Asia also confirm that the government is fair, efficient, but a bit more...

The Ant Bully: Making the audience antsy

Mon, 31 Jul 2006 01:40:25 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author alocsin - Summary As is typical for animated movies today, actors mentioned below provide the voices for the characters. 10-year-old Lucas (bespectacled Zach Tyler) has a problem with the neighborhood kids. Actually, the kids follow the lead...

A beginning self-study book for Tagalog? Only if the beginner already knows Tagalog.

Sat, 29 Jul 2006 16:08:48 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author alocsin - My quest to find a decent Tagalog learning book continues, further driven by Darkmistress' comment on my review of T
agalog-Pilipino/Language
30, the starting point of my quest. Tagalog was my birth language but because...