© 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-clarkparker Recent reviews written by member clarkparker en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_438643625604?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author clarkparker - Christopher Nolan's followup to Batman Begins is so meticulously crafted a film that it exceeds not only its own hype, but also the very boundaries of pulp fiction. It is at once comic, tragic, and epic, dark, hopeful, and ironic, and occasionally... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~438643625604 Sat, 26 Jul 2008 02:08:13 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_438643625604?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_419829616260?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author clarkparker - Paul Thomas Anderson is one of my favorite filmmakers, Both Magnolia and Punch Drunk Love ranked in my top five films for their respective years. And while his latest effort falls slightly short of the aforementioned films, it is nevertheless one of the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~419829616260 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 23:19:16 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_419829616260?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_410925108868?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author clarkparker - I Am Legend tells the story of a viral outbreak (resulting from a supposed cure for cancer) that effectively wipes out over 90% of the world's population, turning the remaining humans into agile and highly aggressive vampires-like creatures. Of the very... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~410925108868 Sun, 16 Dec 2007 04:16:22 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_410925108868?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_410715065988?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author clarkparker - Chris Weitz's adaptation of Phillip Pullman's the Golden Compass is the first film in what will likely be a box office smash of a saga along the lines of the Lord of the Rings or the Harry Potter films. The first films tells the story of Lyra Belaqua... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~410715065988 Fri, 14 Dec 2007 02:55:22 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_410715065988?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_410477563524?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author clarkparker - In No Country For Old Men, the latest release from brothers Joel & Ethan Cohen, a bleak West Texas landscape sets the backdrop for a thriller that's both modern and aged, but completely relevant. Retired welder Lewellen Moss (Josh Brolin) stumbles onto... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~410477563524 Wed, 12 Dec 2007 02:02:04 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_410477563524?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_403885690500?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author clarkparker - In Eastern Promises, Anna (Naomi Watts), a young midwife working at London's Trafalgar Hospital is swept into a violent underworld of the Russian Mafia when she tries to translate a diary from the body of young Jane Doe who dies during a delivery. What... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~403885690500 Sun, 23 Sep 2007 03:28:44 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_403885690500?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_184679894660?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author clarkparker - If you could have asked George Lucas thirty-some years ago where he would be today, not even he could have predicted how he would become a filthy rich, insanely stubborn, and oft-reviled businessman responsible for the biggest movie franchise of all... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~184679894660 Sun, 29 May 2005 21:28:10 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_184679894660?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_141810896516?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author clarkparker - On the most under-hyped movie weekend of the year, just between Shrek 2 and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, what&#146s a cinephile to do? Roland Emmerich answers that, by reminding us that nothing screams Friday night like a good old-fashioned... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~141810896516 Sat, 29 May 2004 04:42:40 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_141810896516?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_132920872580?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author clarkparker - I once heard it said that American Beauty was a film that “changed everyone’s life.” It garnered multiple Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and was hailed by critics as “wickedly funny,” “near perfect,” and “an artistic masterpiece.”... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~132920872580 Thu, 11 Mar 2004 18:02:37 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_132920872580?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_132354051716?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author clarkparker - Note: For any of you wondering why this review is so short and undetailed, it happens to be one of my very first reviews that I had never posted, and recently came across. Don't think I've lost my touch or anything. ;) Igby Goes Down is... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~132354051716 Sat, 6 Mar 2004 18:56:01 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_132354051716?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_123372342916?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author clarkparker - Peter Pan is a bag of mixed nuts. While the film looks and sounds good, underneath it all, there’s not much to hold on to. As with any work of classic literature that’s been put to screen several times, it’s not whether or not you can tell the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~123372342916 Mon, 29 Dec 2003 04:50:14 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_123372342916?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_122450120324?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author clarkparker - Reservoir Dogs heralded the arrival of one of the single most cult-followed directors in movie history, Quentin Tarantino. With his 1994 masterpiece, Pulp Fiction and recent comeback with Kill Bill, Tarantino has solidified himself... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~122450120324 Sat, 20 Dec 2003 02:22:58 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_122450120324?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_122135613060?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author clarkparker - The board is set. The pieces are moving&#133We come to it at last&#133. One of the most anticipated cinematic events in history, and undoubtedly the most anticipated of the year is finally upon us. After three long years and long hours... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~122135613060 Wed, 17 Dec 2003 08:59:23 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_122135613060?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_121764089476?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author clarkparker - Bob (Matt Damon) and Walt (Greg Kinnear) are conjoined twins from a small fishing town. They&#146ve grown to adulthood joined at the waist, under the promise never to hold each other back. Bob has become a timid but sweet short order cook who&#146s... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~121764089476 Sat, 13 Dec 2003 17:31:24 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_121764089476?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_121065803396?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author clarkparker - You know those movies where the plot is confusing, and there are too many characters to care what happens to whom, but in the end, the movie is just so damn cool that it just doesn’t matter? Once Upon a Time in Mexico is one of those movies... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~121065803396 Sun, 7 Dec 2003 04:44:51 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_121065803396?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_120291036804?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author clarkparker - Admittedly, I was concerned about this film beforehand. While I think Tom Cruise is one of the best mega-star actors Hollywood has to offer, I was concerned that The Last Samurai could do for him what Braveheart did for Mel Gibson and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~120291036804 Sun, 30 Nov 2003 17:27:13 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_120291036804?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_120059039364?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author clarkparker - It&#146s not often a band goes backwards from major label recording status and regresses into indie status, but such has been the case with Project 86. After being used by Atlantic Records as a launching platform for... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~120059039364 Fri, 28 Nov 2003 06:11:34 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_120059039364?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_119122267780?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author clarkparker - I admire the courage of anyone who attempts to recapture the spirit of the classic Warner Bros. cartoons in the 21st century, which is why it had me cringing in uncertainty when I first heard the details about this film. There is a fine line between... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~119122267780 Wed, 19 Nov 2003 03:38:42 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_119122267780?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_117729037956?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author clarkparker - The Matrix was 1999&#146s sleeper hit that redefined what was possible in the world of film. It was a revolutionary, groundbreaking masterpiece hailed by sci-fi geeks and critics world-wide. Then, in May of 2003, those who had heralded praise for... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~117729037956 Thu, 6 Nov 2003 09:15:04 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_117729037956?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_117616578180?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author clarkparker - I&#146ve always been a fan of the way P.O.D&#146s sound has progressed through every passing album. I like to see bands who take chances, and don&#146t release the same album multiple times. When P.O.D. got rid of their longtime friend and guitarist,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~117616578180 Wed, 5 Nov 2003 07:39:26 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_117616578180?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_117329596036?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author clarkparker - Rarely can a band be described as perfect. Even my most favorite bands, I can generally find faults in. With Coheed and Cambria, however, there is no other word fitting enough to describe them with. Perfect is the most honest attribute I can think of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~117329596036 Sun, 2 Nov 2003 06:06:56 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_117329596036?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_116968492676?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author clarkparker - While many have doubted if a wrestler could ever actually be a credible actor, the Rock slaps the skepticality out of their mouths. The Rock is truly this generation's action superstar. He has the look, and he has the personality, and best of all, he can... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~116968492676 Wed, 29 Oct 2003 08:02:51 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_116968492676?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_116968296068?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author clarkparker - A while back I heard about a movie called 'Try Seventeen'. I was interested, because I have a huge soft spot for Mandy Moore, and will take any excuse to see her. Well, it took a name change, and a straight to video release, but the movie has finally seen... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~116968296068 Wed, 29 Oct 2003 07:52:57 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_116968296068?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_116968230532?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author clarkparker - In the world of independent film, Kevin Smith emerged as a cult hero in 1994 with Clerks, a comedy about people who stand around a convenience store and talk. The movie was a huge success shot on a budget of pocket change ($24 000), and cemented Smith as... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~116968230532 Wed, 29 Oct 2003 07:40:57 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_116968230532?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_116967968388?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author clarkparker - At first I was concerned that it was going to be a difficult task to review half a movie. Make no mistake, though, Kill Bill: Vol. 1 is much more than just half a movie. To put it simply, Kill Bill is one gargantuan means for Quentin Tarantino to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~116967968388 Wed, 29 Oct 2003 07:29:32 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_116967968388?linkin_id=8003929