Epinions Recent Reviews for amyrok

Sing once again, my angel Sarah

Sun, 10 Dec 2000 05:43:43 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author amyrok - Walking around a record store is often agonizing for someone like me. I can never make up my mind when it comes to getting a CD. While passing the rock section, I eyed The Beatles, Beck and all those starting with B. Starting with the price and down to...

When you're connected you're happy, when you're not it's bad

Sat, 30 Sep 2000 19:53:05 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author amyrok - I've been a user of Prodigy DSL since March 2000. The agreement I have with Prodigy is that I get to pay only $39.95 a month if I agree on their conditions not to cancel within the year. At first I thought "WOW! What a deal! Elsewhere I'd be...

JAWS write-off:Let's talk this over a bowl of shark fin soup

Fri, 14 Jul 2000 15:17:43 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author amyrok - Note: This is a write-off to commemorate the 25th anniversary of JAWS. Names of the participants for this write-off will be posted at the end of this review.

Summer time, time for fun, time for love, time for Martha Stewart’s...

Samurais, monsters and sexy aliens!

Wed, 5 Jul 2000 21:19:38 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author amyrok - "Hmmm.... looks cheesy" I thought while viewing the trailer of Moon Over Tao but the movie I was watching at the time was so boring, I decided to return it and rent Moon Over Tao instead. So off I went to rent the tape and to my surprise it...

Experience WWII with a Chinese Family in China

Fri, 23 Jun 2000 17:24:07 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author amyrok - Pearl S. Buck, the Pulitzer Prize Winner for The Good Earth, once again brings the reader to China. Dragon Seed is a tale of how a family struggled to survive under the Japanese occupation from the late 1930's till the 1940's. It's a tale...

Nausicaa from the Valley of The Wind

Fri, 16 Jun 2000 19:51:19 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author amyrok - Nausicaa from the Valley Of The Wind(Kaze no Tane no Nausicaa), is a beautiful story crafted to describe the relationship between human nature and mother nature and the destructive forces that comes between the two. Hayao Miyazaki (My...

Lone Wolf & Cub Meets Tattooed Beauty

Tue, 6 Jun 2000 20:52:06 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author amyrok - Long, long time ago, during the feudal era in Japan...

Ogami Itto was the former official executioner for the Shogun. Ogami's title was stripped from him after the evil Yagyu clan framed Ogami for the murder of his wife. Vowing to avenge...

Four legs good, two legs bad...Animal Farm(1955)

Tue, 30 May 2000 05:33:27 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author amyrok - Four legs goooood, two legs baaaaaad...cried George Orwell's farm animals, who obviously found a cause to revolt against their master. Based on George Orwell's satirical novel of Soviet history, Animal Farm (1955) is the first animated film to...

Ran - Kurosawa's Version of King Lear

Sun, 21 May 2000 19:01:18 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author amyrok - In this complex world we live in, the definition of love is often vague and far fetched. More often we hear sweet words of love from those who have little knowledge of what love is. Many poets and writers have spent a lifetime writing novels, poems and...

Hungry For Something To Read?

Sun, 14 May 2000 03:18:30 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author amyrok - Frederick Forsyth is probably one of my favorite authors, thanks to his ingenuity. His ability to write fantastic novels such as The Jackal, The Odessa File, The Devil's Alternative and many other wonderful adventure based novels has kept me thirsting...

The Magnificent Seven Samurai

Thu, 4 May 2000 17:02:26 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author amyrok - Ever watched the old western classic, Magnificent Seven? Well, if you have, you'll probably like this movie. As a matter of fact, the Magnificent Seven was based on Seven Samurai's story. The Seven Samurai, a samurai classic is a story of honor, bravery,...

Master Thief Lupin Can Steal My Attention Anytime!

Sun, 30 Apr 2000 01:04:11 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author amyrok - Lupin San Sei - Cagliostro No Shiro

Do you enjoy watching old style car chases and tommy guns? Do you love The Saint's fantastic adventures? Do you love an anti hero with a sarcastic sense of humor? Do you enjoy witnessing the snobbish, blue...

Reality Bites & It Hurts Too

Mon, 24 Apr 2000 05:21:02 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author amyrok - One cannot lead an easy life without the approval of society nor can one live a lie without consequences. Brandon Teena, or Teena Brandon was an individual unfortunate enough to discover that life is unfair to those who are sexually different. Based on...

Exotic & Erotic : Kama Sutra, A Tale of Love

Sat, 22 Apr 2000 20:34:39 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author amyrok - Kama Sutra, the book of love is a reference book for many who wish to master the art of love making. In this movie, the art of Kama Sutra is used by a beautiful young woman to manipulate, avenge and beguile powerful men and anger many women. Based in the...

Antonio, how much did they pay you to act in this role?

Thu, 13 Apr 2000 03:04:48 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author amyrok - Ahhh...another movie from Michael Crichton's novel. A movie about an Arab with his Viking buddies. I was not really eager to watch this movie, fearing disappointment because I had read the book (read my review on Eaters of the Dead). Basically, Hollywood...

Uh..earth to Joan..are you done shaking?

Mon, 10 Apr 2000 16:14:34 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author amyrok - Joan of Arc, one of the greatest women of faith in history. A saint, a martyr, a symbol of France. A woman who saved her country from the clutches of the English, using her faith and her visions to guide her. Wow! You say. Interesting, you think. God is...

Crichton's non-fiction adventures

Sat, 8 Apr 2000 16:43:01 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author amyrok - Why do people travel though? Ever wonder why you travel to distant lands yourself (well besides going on a business trip, honeymoon, family vacation)? Why do some people opt to travel to remote places while others spend their time in the cities enjoying...

Bardot pouts, flirts and sizzles

Sat, 8 Apr 2000 07:57:58 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author amyrok - I love old movies, and this one is one not to be left out. Somehow the thought of this movie has forced me to stay up late to write this little review.

Et Dieu... créa la femme (And God Created Woman -1956) is a story of a young girl and her love...

Stephen King has a diet recipe to die for!

Tue, 4 Apr 2000 16:45:05 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author amyrok - Ever think of going on diet? Ever think of your bad eating habits? Ever think of losing a little bit of those *hammy* parts of your body? Ever think of fitting your size 10 body into a size 2? Well do YOU??

Well, have no worries, Stephen King came...

The complex history of Dune

Mon, 3 Apr 2000 16:48:39 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author amyrok - House Atreides is the prequel to Dune, written by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson. The Dune series is the most famous sci-fi series ever written by the illustrious Frank Herbert. This book is written for the readers to discover the mysteries within...

Archived Web Services Reviews: Anipike.com - Great resource for Japanese Animation fans

Wed, 29 Mar 2000 23:09:45 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author amyrok - First of all, I would like to dedicate this review to all those anime fans out there in epinions :)

Anime Web Turnpike or anipike.com is one of the best sites for fans of Japanese Animation to obtain information, download mp3s and get a...

Angel of Death Cometh - hard core anime violence

Wed, 29 Mar 2000 20:51:15 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author amyrok - This is the introductory episode of Violence Jack, a gigantic man who protects and avenges the innocents in an ugly world of unnatural violence. Go Nagai, the creator of Kekko Kamen, Cutie Honey and Devil Man, is the master of shocking and disturbing...

Ghost in the Shell - Are computers life forms?

Mon, 27 Mar 2000 20:27:59 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author amyrok - This Japanese Animation is based in the 21st century, where the highest level of espionage is done by an artificial agent, a prototype virtual intelligence. The agent, with the code name Project 2501, decides to break free from it's creator. This caused...

Karakter: He was more than just a character...

Mon, 27 Mar 2000 07:32:11 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author amyrok - This is an interesting story about an ambitious young man's rise in society and the complications to achieving his goals. Based on a novel by Ferdinand Bordewijk, this movie brings the viewer to the 1920's Netherlands.

A murder and a...

Cowboy Bebop - Bounty Hunters In Space

Sun, 26 Mar 2000 04:52:55 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author amyrok - Cowboy Bebop - one of the latest and coolest Japanese Animation to hit video stores.

Cowboy Bebop is the name of the space ship two bounty hunters travel on. This is the first volume of the Cowboy Bebop series which introduces the audience to...