© 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-briankrakow Recent reviews written by member briankrakow en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_442802081412?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author briankrakow - Alan Ball is one of the most interesting writers in Hollywood today. If anyone doubts that, then they simply must not have seen American Beauty or Ball’s TV series Six Feet Under. He also directed several episodes of that show, and did a good... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~442802081412 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:15:51 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_442802081412?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_442492030596?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author briankrakow - Harold Lloyd is often forgotten when it comes to the great comedy stars of the silent film era. It usually boils down to a (sometimes pretty heated) debate between Buster Keaton fans and Charlie Chaplin fans, and Lloyd gets lost in the mix. Part of the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~442492030596 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:42:27 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_442492030596?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_441167810180?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author briankrakow - A little over a decade ago, Ben Stiller directed a film called THE CABLE GUY. It was a daring move considering it starred the biggest box office star at the time, Jim Carrey, and put him in a dark comedy that many of his fans didn't get. The movie wasn't... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~441167810180 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:58:31 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_441167810180?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_440581459588?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author briankrakow - Judd Apatow is certainly the best thing that has happened to adult oriented comedy in a long time. Not only did his previous films (40 Year Old Virgin, Knocked Up) prove that you could make money without resorting to cutting everything possible to get a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~440581459588 Sun, 10 Aug 2008 02:01:22 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_440581459588?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_440438984324?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author briankrakow - Nanette Burstein’s American Teen is an interesting documentary because of the style it uses to tell the story of five real high school teenagers. People view most documentaries as completely detached form their subject, offering an objective view of the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~440438984324 Fri, 8 Aug 2008 18:48:12 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_440438984324?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_440406150788?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author briankrakow - FW Murnau's Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans was considered by many people to be a major omission from the original AFI greatest movies list published in 1998, and much criticism was levied at the list for leaving the silent film era almost completely... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~440406150788 Fri, 8 Aug 2008 13:38:26 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_440406150788?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_440000351876?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author briankrakow - The first Mummy film was hardly great cinema, but it was easy to see what people liked about it. It told a classic adventure story right out of Hollywood's golden age. Leads Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz knew not to take things seriously and delivered... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~440000351876 Tue, 5 Aug 2008 10:36:36 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_440000351876?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_439737421444?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author briankrakow - This has been a good year for superhero movies. Films like Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk were solid examples of the genre, and even Hancock was a fun, if not entirely successful, departure from the standard formula. However, nothing prepared us for... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~439737421444 Sun, 3 Aug 2008 13:47:03 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_439737421444?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_439676079748?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author briankrakow - Wanted is a movie with outrageous action scenes that defy any sense of logic or understanding of physics. The filmmakers are clearly interested in freeing themselves from such constraints when devising these sequences. There's certainly nothing wrong... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~439676079748 Sun, 3 Aug 2008 00:16:58 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_439676079748?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_401264316036?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author briankrakow - One of the more popular formats for documentaries these days has been following a group of offbeat individuals who have a passion for some unique style of competition. The king of this genre was Jeffrey Blitz’s Spellbound, which followed teenagers... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~401264316036 Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:46:27 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_401264316036?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_400843574916?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author briankrakow - She prays to someone. She could be Christian, or Muslim, or any other religion. The prayers are kept vague so we don&#146t know. The specific religion is not important. It&#146s all about the strong conviction she has to go through with the plan. We also... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~400843574916 Thu, 16 Aug 2007 11:23:22 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_400843574916?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_386394132100?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author briankrakow - Sometimes you&#146re watching a movie and something happens that makes so little sense that you wish the director or screenwriter or anyone involved with the film were nearby so you could shake them and ask what the hell they were thinking. In Ken... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~386394132100 Thu, 5 Jul 2007 06:32:21 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_386394132100?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_386186514052?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author briankrakow - Michael Bay has made a name for himself with big budget spectacles that have become enormously successful at the box office. They&#146ve also been consistently idiotic and insulting to the audience. In films such as Pearl Harbor, Armageddon, and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~386186514052 Wed, 4 Jul 2007 20:15:07 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_386186514052?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_383429938820?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author briankrakow - Judd Apatow strikes again with another R-rated comedy that manages to be funny and sweet at the same time. It's refreshing for someone like Apatow to be churning out comedies. In an era where Hollywood tries to trim movies so they can get a PG-13 rating... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~383429938820 Fri, 29 Jun 2007 04:55:51 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_383429938820?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_376476438148?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author briankrakow - If the makers of comic book movies don&#146t study history, then they&#146re doomed to repeat it. Such is the case with Spider-Man 3, which finds itself trapped in the same murkiness as the subpar Batman sequels. After the success of the original Batman,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~376476438148 Fri, 15 Jun 2007 06:07:57 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_376476438148?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_365119639172?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author briankrakow - 28 Weeks Later has probably one of the best ideas for a sequel in a long time. Especially since 9/11, there have been numerous films where the threat of the world ending was looming throughout, and when that threat has been thwarted, the movie abruptly... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~365119639172 Mon, 21 May 2007 19:29:19 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_365119639172?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_362131197572?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author briankrakow - The studios have had it all wrong for years. Instead of embracing the silly fun of the low budget genre pictures that sprinkled through the drive-ins and run down theaters in the 70s and 80s, they went in the exact opposite direction. What we got was... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~362131197572 Tue, 15 May 2007 06:43:45 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_362131197572?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_358467210884?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author briankrakow - Now here comes a mainstream movie that has taken a beating by most critics and was mostly ignored by audiences everywhere. Yet this film (while certainly flawed) does so many things right and makes several refreshingly original choice that it becomes... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~358467210884 Mon, 7 May 2007 05:52:43 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_358467210884?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_355215904388?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author briankrakow - In Away From Her, director Sarah Polley tackles the issue of Alzheimer&#146s disease and how it affects an older married couple. This is a movie that could have gone wrong in so many ways. With a young director, many might question her ability to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~355215904388 Mon, 30 Apr 2007 00:33:12 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_355215904388?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_351992123012?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author briankrakow - Jake Kasdan&#146s The TV Set is a comedy about veteran TV staff writer Mike Klein (David Duchovny). He&#146s just about to reach his dream of seeing his own pilot script being made into a TV series, but must jump through a few hoops before that... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~351992123012 Sun, 22 Apr 2007 23:40:24 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_351992123012?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_350321020548?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author briankrakow - Not many people would consider a South Korean horror film their idea of a fun night at the movies. And that is a shame because Joon-ho Bong's The Host (known as Gwoemul in South Korea) is a film that so many people would enjoy. It may come from a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~350321020548 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 07:45:58 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_350321020548?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_348762771076?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author briankrakow - There's a really nice shot early on in Disturbia that provides a glimmer of hope that director DJ Caruso might have a clue. After a harrowing car accident scene, one character escapes from the burning vehicle and rushes to the other side to check... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~348762771076 Sun, 15 Apr 2007 22:36:07 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_348762771076?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_347562086020?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author briankrakow - There’s nothing wrong with making an excessively silly movie. Sometimes it can be great to just sit back and laugh without concern for the deeper issues of the moment. In the past, movies such as The 40 Year Old Virgin and The Nutty... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~347562086020 Fri, 13 Apr 2007 08:13:40 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_347562086020?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_347020037764?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author briankrakow - The Wind That Shakes the Barley is a beautifully photographed film with expansive views of the Irish countryside. It contains a cast filled with authentic performers, who feel just right fitting into the period setting. It seems clear that the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~347020037764 Thu, 12 Apr 2007 04:50:23 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_347020037764?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_346239569540?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author briankrakow - Writer-Director Neil Burger's The Illusionist is a film made with remarkable skill. The technical aspects are all first-rate and the idea is intriguing enough to draw initial interest. He's cast two of the finest actors working today in Edward... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~346239569540 Tue, 10 Apr 2007 13:25:21 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_346239569540?linkin_id=8003929