Epinions Recent Reviews for cmashby

Dont sit idle and watch this

Thu, 20 Jan 2000 20:58:35 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author cmashby - Director: Rodman Flender

Writers: Terri Hughes and Ron Milbauer

Producers: Suzanne Todd and Jennifer Todd

Genre: Horror/ Comedy

Finally, a teen...

speechless with disappointment

Thu, 20 Jan 2000 20:53:56 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author cmashby - Director: Robert Longo

Writer: William Gibson (based on his short story)

Producer: Don Carmody

Actors: Keanu Reeves as Johnny Mnemonic

Dina Meyer as...

Introduction to the Sequel

Thu, 20 Jan 2000 20:48:12 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cmashby -

Director: George Lucas

Writer: George Lucas

Producer: Rick McCallum

Actors: Liam Neeson as Qui-Gon Jinn

Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan...

300M and LHS

Mon, 17 Jan 2000 06:20:53 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cmashby - — So, imagine you're this Chrysler designer who has just finished penning the 1998 Concorde, arguably one of the most beauteous sedans since the Series III Jaguar XJ6.You're feeling pretty pleased with yourself . . . until your boss walks in and says:...

Cougar on the Comeback!

Mon, 17 Jan 2000 06:16:43 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cmashby - Cast a thought back to the mid- to late-1960s North American auto scene, when the term "pony car" applied essentially to just five vehicles: Ford Mustang, Chevrolet Camaro/Pontiac Firebird, AMC Javelin and Mercury Cougar.History records that...

Heeerrreee's Johny!!

Mon, 17 Jan 2000 06:12:52 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cmashby - Terrifyingly, amazing achievement in filmmaking and the art of terror, this movie classic graces us with one of director Stanley Kubrick's sporatic directing gigs, only 5 years after his last acclaimed feature, BARRY LYNDON, and 10 before his timely...

Rush to See This!

Mon, 17 Jan 2000 06:08:57 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cmashby - Writer/director Wes Anderson and writer/actor Owen Wilson take another stab at the movies after the critical success of their initial independent effort titled BOTTLE ROCKET. Nicolas Cage's real-life cousin, Jason Schwartzman, offers his big screen debut...

Not what I expected

Mon, 17 Jan 2000 06:04:33 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author cmashby - Are you sick of hearing about how much Jim Carrey acts like Andy Kaufman in this movie?! Are you sick of all the comparisons, the praises, the highbrow kudos? Well, I am, and God knows he is really good in this movie, but lest we all forget what Jim...

Too long to justify

Mon, 17 Jan 2000 05:59:31 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author cmashby - Al Pacino reteams with director Michael Mann after their 1995 film HEAT, to tell the real-life story of the behind the scenes goings-on of one particular episode of the CBS news magazine show "60 Minutes". Ironically, this film seems to go on...

Haunting Me (the amount of money to see this, that is)

Mon, 17 Jan 2000 05:54:58 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author cmashby - A big house. A big director, Jan de Bont of SPEED and TWISTER fame. A big star, Catherine Zeta-Jones, hot off the heels of ENTRAPMENT and ZORRO. A big remake of THE HAUNTING. And big special effects. So what do they all amount to? Unfortunately for us, a...

Obviously not a popular opinion

Mon, 17 Jan 2000 05:50:28 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author cmashby - Five years after his directorial debut based on Stephen King's writings called THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, writer/director Frank Darabont returns to the big screen with another prison film based on the famous scribblings of Stephen King. Unlike the latter...

Grease!! Enough Said!

Mon, 17 Jan 2000 05:46:46 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cmashby - Originally launched in 1978, this popular film was re-introduced in 1998 to a whole new generation of moviegoers. Based on the mighty successful musical from Broadway, GREASE was followed in 1980 with the less stellar GREASE 2, starring a young Michelle...

Unbelievably better than I expected!

Mon, 17 Jan 2000 05:42:58 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cmashby - Trekkies, Trekkers and general sci-fi fanatics have always been an easy target at which to take potshots. Even William Shatner, the man who commanded the infamous USS Enterprise in the original Star Trek series, took a poke during a "Saturday Night...

Deuce!

Mon, 17 Jan 2000 05:38:09 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cmashby - You have to hand it to Adam Sandler. Whether or not you dig his type of humor, the man should be admired for at least one positive attribute: he sticks by his friends. He and his old college roommates have written and produced most of his own movies, and...

Kiss Movie!!!(kind of)

Mon, 17 Jan 2000 05:33:10 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cmashby - Every summer, there is at least one movie that gets caught in the landslide of film releases, and gets lost in the shuffle. Unfortunately for DETROIT ROCK CITY, it appears as though it has fallen victim to the BLAIR WITCH hype, a lousy marketing...

Not so Deep Impact on me

Mon, 17 Jan 2000 05:29:47 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author cmashby - A gigantic comet is set to strike Earth within the next year. A sextet of qualified personnel are sent into space to blow the comet up before it smashes into ground zero and annihilates all of mankind. Meanwhile, all of the inhabitants of dear planet...

I actually enjoyed this

Mon, 17 Jan 2000 05:22:52 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author cmashby - The plot of this film was apparently "suggested by" the French novel, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, but unlike its three previous cinematic predecessors, this one decides to stick some beautiful young men and women into its presentation, with...

Better than many of the other serial killer flicks

Mon, 17 Jan 2000 05:17:38 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author cmashby - The Montreal Film Festival is where I happened to catch the premiere of this film last night. I got kind of lucky because producer Martin Bregman, director Phillip Noyce, and the main man himself, Denzel Washington sat in the crowd alongside the rest of...

a good Snipes movie..woohoo

Mon, 17 Jan 2000 05:12:22 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cmashby - Take some SHAFT , toss in a couple of pieces from the original CROW, slap in some special effects a la SPAWN, and top it off with some LOST BOYS and BATMAN wanna-bees, and you've got yourself this summer's dark superhero flic via New Line entitled...

Big Daddy

Mon, 17 Jan 2000 05:06:04 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cmashby - Adam Sandler likes to work with the same people. And why not. He went from being just another schmucky "Saturday Night Live" alum trying to make it in the movies, to a loud and proud member of the $20-Million a film club, and friggin' huge in...

Not a "kiddie" movie

Mon, 17 Jan 2000 05:02:08 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cmashby - The last time that director Chris Columbus and Robin Williams teamed up for a movie, the result was 1993's MRS. DOUBTFIRE, a film which domestically grossed over to $220 Million dollars. This time around, the duo take on a movie which appears to be a...

Expect a laugh, not much more

Mon, 17 Jan 2000 04:56:51 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author cmashby - Director: David Zucker

Writers: David Zucker, Robert LoCash, Lewis Friedman and Jeff Wright

Producers: David Zucker, Robert LoCash and Gil Netter

Actors: Matt Stone as Doug Remer

Trey Parker as Joe Cooper,...

What did you expect from a TV show turned film?

Mon, 17 Jan 2000 04:50:13 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author cmashby - Director: Jeremiah S. Chechik

Writer: Don MacPherson

Producer: Jerry Weintraub

Actors: Ralph Fiennes as John Steed

Uma Thurman as Emma Peel

Sean Connery as Sir August de Wynter

Genre:...

Better than I expected

Mon, 17 Jan 2000 04:44:58 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author cmashby - Director: Christian Duguay

Writers: Dan Gordon and Sabi H. Shabtai

Producers: Franco Battista and Tom Berry

Actors: Aidan Quinn as Annibal Ramirez/Carlos "the Jackal"

Donald Sutherland as...

Not So Simple

Mon, 17 Jan 2000 04:38:54 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cmashby - Director: Sam Raimi

Writer: Scott B. Smith (based his own novel)

Producers: James Jacks and Adam Schroeder

Actors: Bill Paxton as Hank Mitchell

Billy Bob Thornton as Jacob Mitchell
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