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This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-bilavideo Recent reviews written by member bilavideo en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_490271641220?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bilavideo - This is my kind of zombie flick.  Not since the remarkably-decent remake of Dawn of the Dead have I laughed so much at so much mayhem.  Comedy-horror flicks are usually a bad bet.  Bubba Hotep notwithstanding, the typical comedy-horror... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~490271641220 Sun, 1 Nov 2009 23:29:19 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_490271641220?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_484373270148?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bilavideo - I don’t know what to say.Julia Child was ninety-one years old when she died, late yesterday, in her sleep.  It’s the death that all of us want, after a life so full it would seem she was one of history’s true... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~484373270148 Wed, 9 Sep 2009 15:26:30 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_484373270148?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_484358393476?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bilavideo - Arriving in time for the 40th anniversary of the Summer of Love, Taking Woodstock takes us back but with rose-colored glasses.  Ang Lee's film, about a young man who saves the greatest party of a generation - and is transformed by it - is the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~484358393476 Wed, 9 Sep 2009 13:33:17 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_484358393476?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_484278570628?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author bilavideo - As romances go, The Time Traveler's Wife has one fatal flaw.  It's a fantasy based on a reality that drives women insane: Men are never there!Meet Henry DeTamble (Eric Bana).  He's a lot like Adam Sandler in Click, except he doesn't... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~484278570628 Tue, 8 Sep 2009 22:46:54 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_484278570628?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_484256353924?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author bilavideo - Every now and then, Hollywood duplicates itself.  Rival studios put out the same movie under different names.  Back in '93, Buena Vista put out Tombstone, a western about the shootout at the OK Corral.  The following June, Warner... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~484256353924 Tue, 8 Sep 2009 18:31:11 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_484256353924?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_484058959492?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author bilavideo - Sandra Bullock was an unlikely choice for Mary Horowitz, the main character of All About Steve, a quirky little comedy that crosses Legally Blonde and Superstar with The Cable Guy.  Mary (Bullock) isn't just a sparky... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~484058959492 Mon, 7 Sep 2009 05:13:57 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_484058959492?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_484055158404?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bilavideo - I got the memo, the one warning me that I Love You, Beth Cooper would suck to the high heavens.  But in a second-run, discount theater, I couldn't help but laugh myself silly at this film that should have sucked.  Only time... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~484055158404 Mon, 7 Sep 2009 04:38:20 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_484055158404?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_477136522884?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author bilavideo - According to Rotten Tomatoes, 70% of the critics who saw this film liked it enough to give it a thumbs-up.  That includes Roger Ebert, who didn't get Memento, hated Gladiator (before it won Best Picture) and thought Julia Roberts' performance in... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~477136522884 Sun, 12 Jul 2009 03:05:06 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_477136522884?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_477089861252?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bilavideo - This 25th anniversary remake of the 1974 classic is as interesting, in terms of its choices, as the plot it wants to update.  On its face, this is a tale that probably had more shock effect in 1974 than it would today: An angry... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~477089861252 Sat, 11 Jul 2009 17:01:18 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_477089861252?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_470562999940?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author bilavideo - Five minutes into this film, I knew how it would end; I just didn't know how many loops through the maze it would take to get there.  Angels & Demons is Dan Brown's follow-up to his hilariously controversial The Da Vinci Code... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~470562999940 Sat, 16 May 2009 02:35:52 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_470562999940?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_470322613892?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author bilavideo - Behind every joke, there's a kernel of truth, usually an unpleasant one getting kicked in the nads.  The ugly truth behind Bride Wars is the contradiction between the lovely bride of our collective fantasies and the bridezilla... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~470322613892 Wed, 13 May 2009 23:52:29 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_470322613892?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_469933330052?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author bilavideo - One of the great ironies of love is that love and like are not related.  Love is not a more intense version of like.  Love is something different altogether, so much so that friends rarely get to be lovers, while former lovers rarely end up as... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~469933330052 Sun, 10 May 2009 18:37:32 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_469933330052?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_469909671556?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bilavideo - X-Men Origins: Wolverine is exactly what the title implies.  This prequel takes us straight to the backstory behind the successful X-Men franchise.  It's an occupational hazard of the prequel that the writing is sometimes... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~469909671556 Sun, 10 May 2009 13:35:08 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_469909671556?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_469869760132?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bilavideo - Here's a game you can play when you've got nothing better to do.  Go to Box Office Mojo and look at films from twenty years ago.  Then imagine what each would be like if someone remade it today.  But go ahead and cross off... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~469869760132 Sun, 10 May 2009 04:02:59 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_469869760132?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_469842628228?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author bilavideo - Nicolas Cage is one of my favorite actors.  Some people who don't get why this guy is a leading man, but Cage evokes a certain flavor of angst you just can't get from a field full of pretty boys.  Then again, Cage's choices are a mixed... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~469842628228 Sat, 9 May 2009 20:53:57 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_469842628228?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_469833780868?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author bilavideo - State of Play is a political suspense thriller - about the junction between journalism and politics - that tries so hard it crosses the line between expose and exposilly.  You'd have to be living in a Montana cabin not to notice... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~469833780868 Sat, 9 May 2009 18:41:20 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_469833780868?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_469761429124?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bilavideo - Note: This is a spoiler-free review.  I'm trying very hard not to give away any of the good stuff.  What follows is an attempt to give you a sense of what's there without spoiling the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~469761429124 Sat, 9 May 2009 00:43:15 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_469761429124?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_469749698180?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bilavideo - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is the quintessential Star Trek flick.  It's the classic adaptation that saved the franchise from oblivion.  Its secret was simple: Go back to the basics.  The original series may... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~469749698180 Fri, 8 May 2009 22:12:30 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_469749698180?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_469529038468?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bilavideo - Usually, when two movies are made from the same topic, the second film gets the shaft.  That's what happened when two studios went after the gunfight at OK corral.  The first film, Tombstone, made $56 million, a nice take for... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~469529038468 Wed, 6 May 2009 22:25:24 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_469529038468?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_465380806276?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author bilavideo - There are so many ways to talk about this film, though in the end, the discussion it raises is probably more interesting than the film itself.  Directed by John Hamburg (who wrote Zoolander, Along Came Polly, Meet the Parents and Meet the Fockers)... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~465380806276 Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:12:54 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_465380806276?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_459703881348?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bilavideo - There's a lot of hype in the audio world.  If someone isn't trying to sell you a $300 cable, they're hawking pieces of plastic meant to look like speakers but with differences you can hear.  The Aurum Cantus G2Si represents the other side:... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~459703881348 Mon, 2 Feb 2009 01:32:37 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_459703881348?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_459210985092?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author bilavideo - I made a trip to a mall in Tampa, to get a replacement for an iPod whose home button had gone to the great Apple in the sky.  While there, it occurred to me to walk into the Bose store and check out its "wave radio."  The moment my... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~459210985092 Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:49:00 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_459210985092?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_458953100932?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bilavideo - Definitely, Maybe is a step up from the pack of romantic comedies based on a punchline.  I've had it up to my eyelids with mean-spirited laffers pitting the boys against the girls.  We don't need another How to Lose a Man in 10... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~458953100932 Sun, 25 Jan 2009 20:40:19 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_458953100932?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_458947268228?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author bilavideo - For decades now, I've been seeing these ads from Bose marketing something called "wave radio."  After seeing ad after ad on TV, in newsprint and in magazines, I found myself intrigued.  On a trip to the mall to pick up a replacement iPod... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~458947268228 Sun, 25 Jan 2009 19:29:41 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_458947268228?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_458871443076?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author bilavideo - I hate to be what Arnold Schwarzeneggar would call "da party poopa," but if you're going to spend three bills on a pair of headphones, you might want to think twice before you buy these.  That's not to say these headphones are all bad.  With... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~458871443076 Sun, 25 Jan 2009 01:04:14 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_458871443076?linkin_id=8003929