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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-captaind Recent reviews written by member captaind en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_492333141636?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author captaind - After the silly but fun Independence Day and bloated climate warning epic wannabe The Day After Tomorrow, Robert Emerich is back trying to destroy the planet again.  In 2012 he chooses, rather than spaced out aliens or freaky weather conditions, the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~492333141636 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:31:01 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_492333141636?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_491987046020?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author captaind - Neverwinter Nights is an old but still very good RPG which is now out in a "Platinum Edition", which includes two expansion packs for the measly sum of ten pounds (about $16.50 at the current exchange rate).  [In the UK this was... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~491987046020 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:14:58 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_491987046020?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_487805718148?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author captaind - The tenth full-length PIXAR movie, Up, has quite some reputation to live up to - PIXAR are (despite some great animated movies from Dreamworks and Sony Picture Animations) unquestionably the masters of the genre.  Here in the UK we had to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~487805718148 Sat, 10 Oct 2009 19:33:27 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_487805718148?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_487028133508?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author captaind - Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is a thoroughly entertaining movie, and one I'd been looking forward to watching ever since I first saw the trailers some months ago.  Based on the book by Judi and Ron Barrett with a screenplay by... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~487028133508 Sat, 3 Oct 2009 09:51:59 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_487028133508?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_486795742852?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author captaind - The Last Hero is one of the shorter Discworld novels and (possibly) the only one that's only available as an illustrated novel (not sure if you can get it without illustrations). It starts off a bit weakly - some good laughs certainly but the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~486795742852 Thu, 1 Oct 2009 06:27:20 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_486795742852?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_484090023556?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author captaind - Mario Kart WII is one of the Nintendo WII's best-selling titles* and, well over a year after its release, still one of the games that generates most interest in the console.  Having enjoyed... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~484090023556 Mon, 7 Sep 2009 12:26:58 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_484090023556?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_483769093764?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author captaind - The Witch's Guide to Cooking with Children starts with a forward by the witch Fay Holaderry relates her love for eating children, how she traps them, how some parents actually ask her to get rid of their children this way and, at the end, cautions... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~483769093764 Fri, 4 Sep 2009 13:45:56 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_483769093764?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_483270037124?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author captaind - The season finale of Wallace & Gromit Grand Adventures, The Bogey Man, sees a welcome return to form for the duo.  At the end of episode 3 we found Wallace, due to an unexpected and rather dramatic misunderstanding, engaged (or almost) to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~483270037124 Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:55:44 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_483270037124?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_478214065796?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author captaind - What happens when an alien visitor parks his flying saucer in the middle of a park and walks out with a message of peace?  Why, shoot him of course!  This is the basic concept of The Day The Earth Stood Still, set among a climate of fear... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~478214065796 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:37:04 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_478214065796?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_477862399620?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author captaind - The sixth Harry Potter movie - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - started somewhat at a disadvantage for me, in that it was based on my least favourite book of the series.  This didn't of course mean that I would automatically be... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~477862399620 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:38:56 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_477862399620?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_477497626244?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author captaind - Set in a school where all the students have mysteriously disappeared, a young woman who should be starting her training must discover the secrets of a strange academy - and the plot that has engulfed it.  After briefly being introduced to the basic... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~477497626244 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:01:56 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_477497626244?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_476617936516?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author captaind - If you have fond memories of Super Sprint - or in fact any 2D racing game - then New Star Grand Prix is definitely a game to interest you.  At its heart is a simple but supremely playable racing game with extra bits thrown on to make it a more... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~476617936516 Tue, 7 Jul 2009 17:32:10 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_476617936516?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_476444135044?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author captaind - New Star Soccer 4 charts the career of a footie player, from the earliest days playing in the non-league right through to (hopefully) domestic and international glory.  There are so many countries and leagues available that I won't even bother... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~476444135044 Mon, 6 Jul 2009 11:44:08 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_476444135044?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_476318043780?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author captaind - I loved the first Ice Age movie and liked the second (Ice Age: The Meltdown), but really wasn't quite sure if the third movie was going to be taking a good idea too far.  In the recent past two trilogies come to mind where I really enjoyed the first... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~476318043780 Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:46:39 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_476318043780?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_475763150468?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author captaind - EA Active is the latest way to use your WII to get fit.  It has a different emphasis to WII Fit, which focuses a lot on balance, and offers you a variety of track, sports, and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~475763150468 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:27:03 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_475763150468?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_475758431876?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author captaind - Muzzled! is the third episode in the Wallace & Gromit: Grand Adventures series by TellTale Games.   The games are 3D third-person adventure games featuring the famous claymation characters, with the player controlling either... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~475758431876 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:57:09 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_475758431876?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_475658030724?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author captaind - I'd been looking forward to seeing Coraline, though a bit miffed that we had to wait months for it to come to cinemas in the UK.  Still, arrive in Britain it did, and we duly went to see it.  We watched it in 3D because... well, because it was... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~475658030724 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:22:20 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_475658030724?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_474859802244?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author captaind - Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen carries on where the first Michael Bay Transformers movie left off - Sam (Shia LaBeouf) is about to leave for college, leave his car that turns into a robot behind, and try to live a normal life.  His parents... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~474859802244 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:00:19 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_474859802244?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_474700418692?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author captaind - Worms: Space Oddity is a game that you'd really expect to port perfectly to the Nintendo WII.  In case you've been living on Mars for the last couple of decades, the Worms series of games is a turn-based strategy game where two or more teams... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~474700418692 Sun, 21 Jun 2009 08:55:47 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_474700418692?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_474597002884?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author captaind - The best-selling Playstation 1 game of all time with over ten million units sold, Gran Tourismo was a formidable and quite innovative game at the time.  I remember playing it on a friend's PS1 years ago and being quite amazed by its graphics and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~474597002884 Sat, 20 Jun 2009 09:40:39 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_474597002884?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_474385321604?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author captaind - Historical fiction is a genre that I've only very briefly dabbled with in the past but I received several books in the famous "Avalon" series for review (though not through Epinions), and do you know what?  I'm glad I did (especially as I would... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~474385321604 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:18:05 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_474385321604?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_474137529988?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author captaind - Question: When is a bad movie not a bad movie?  Answer: When it's so bad, it's good!At least, that's why my sister loves the old Godzilla B movies, and it's the theory behind the making of The Skeleton of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~474137529988 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:55:19 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_474137529988?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_473268457092?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author captaind - Full Throttle is one of the games that comes from what it commonly known as LucasArts' "golden age" of adventure gaming, and has a sizeable cult following - maybe not quite on the scale of Monkey Island's fan base, but still impressive.  For... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~473268457092 Mon, 8 Jun 2009 17:46:05 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_473268457092?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_472991829636?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author captaind - Nights: Journey of Dreams is a 3D platform game with the slight difference that you can fly as well.  After a cut scene that was actually very good graphically by WII standards, we're led into the tutorial of a very average-looking... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~472991829636 Sat, 6 Jun 2009 07:39:00 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_472991829636?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_472930094724?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author captaind - As my regular readers (yes, both of you) will know, I've become fascinated with independent movie-making recently.  A little while ago it was brought to my attention that there are sitcoms lurking around the net too, and the creators of Imaginary... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~472930094724 Fri, 5 Jun 2009 17:48:35 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_472930094724?linkin_id=8003929