Epinions Recent Reviews for collin_ong

Love versus Family

Thu, 6 Mar 2008 06:05:29 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author collin_ong - "A Fond Kiss" traces the romance between Casim Khan (Atta Yaqub), a young Muslim man of Pakistani descent and Roisin Hanlon (Eva Birthistle), a Catholic teacher. Set in Scotland, this makes for an interesting mix of accents as Roisin and many of the...

Chance encounter of Kindness

Thu, 6 Mar 2008 05:41:21 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author collin_ong - 10 items or Less is one of those small films where the producers call out the fact that they made it in 15 days and on a tight budget. Sometimes that works and sometimes it doesn't but in this case, it does. The scope of the film is, of necessity, very...

The Departed: Rushed ending

Thu, 5 Oct 2006 07:27:52 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author collin_ong - The Departed is Martin Scorsese's return to the world of cops and criminals. This time, it's the Americanized remake of a very successful series of Hong Kong files (English title: Infernal Affairs). The original series has the original film, a sequel...

Good way to heat via direct radiance

Sat, 18 Feb 2006 08:22:22 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author collin_ong - I live alone in a medium size house and find it uneconomical to turn on the central heating because it heats up the whole house and I generally am only in one room at a time and use my bedroom and the living room the most. At first, I tried an...

Nice bundle and integration with Palm

Sat, 18 Feb 2006 08:05:05 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author collin_ong - This bundle includes the Tom Tom Navigator 5 software for Palm OS, a bluetooth GPS unit, charging cables, and a windshield mount. The package is very complete and quite well thought out. For example the charging cable has a cigarette lighter plug on...

What makes "Bring It On" look like a deep, character-driven movie?

Wed, 1 Sep 2004 22:38:24 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author collin_ong - I'll admit that the original "Bring It On" movie had a certain sort of charm and energy to it that when added to the cool cheer scenes made it a memorably fun and light movie. I never really knew that a sequel had been made, but then saw "Bring It On...

Doesn't get us to care

Wed, 24 Dec 2003 07:51:54 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author collin_ong - You'd think that putting together such well-pedigreed participants as John Woo, Ben Affleck, and Uma Thurman into a film based on a Phillip K. Dick story concept would be a sure winner, right? After all, they put Tom Cruise directed by Steven Spielberg...

Unbelievably bad

Fri, 22 Aug 2003 06:55:04 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author collin_ong - Most of the time when I see a bad movie, I give the makers credit for at least trying, even when they go astray with the direction of the film, but with this movie, Marci X, I don't even get the sense that they were even trying. I think the cast and the...

Very complete feature set for the price

Thu, 21 Aug 2003 05:55:36 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author collin_ong - I've been waiting and waiting for the right surround receiver with the right features and the right...

Old-Time Jackie Chan

Thu, 21 Aug 2003 04:59:17 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author collin_ong - After Jackie Chan went Hollywood, I always felt that his movies lost something. Even though I'd won...

Indecisive Mishmash

Thu, 27 Feb 2003 06:36:40 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author collin_ong - I didn't go into this preview with many expectations. I'd seen the commercial a couple of times and it looked like it had some nice action, but I had no idea what the plot was about. It looks like the writers were about in the same situation.
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Great insights for all

Tue, 19 Nov 2002 07:00:54 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author collin_ong - This book is one of those books that, after reading it, you know that the principles are true. While these principles might seem evident, clearly people struggle with communicating love in relationships, both romantic and non-romantic, so evidently we...

Solid and versatile

Tue, 19 Nov 2002 06:46:09 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author collin_ong - My first DVD player was a Panasonic single-disc model, the RV30, but I got frustrated with the fact that it couldn't consistently play CD-R discs, so when I found the CV51 on clearance at Target, I grabbed it mainly because it could play CD-R and CD-RW...

Nice design, works like a charm on Mac OS X

Wed, 11 Sep 2002 04:04:22 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author collin_ong - I purchased ImageMate Dual Reader for CF-SM #SDDR-75 at Staples for $30 minus $30 rebate. Can't beat that price!

The unit is about the size/shape of a mouse (although only about 75% the length of a typical mouse) with two slots on the front...

Hands-on Experiences of an advanced user

Tue, 10 Sep 2002 03:25:40 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author collin_ong - I'm a serious amateur photographer that generally only uses interchangeable lenses SLR type cameras, but I got tired of waiting for Canon to release a digital SLR that I could afford, and I had a need in my business for a high-resolution digital camera...

Great basic printer

Mon, 9 Sep 2002 21:58:42 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author collin_ong - I bought this printer mainly because I needed a printer that was compatible with Mac OS X, and I read some other reports on the net that Samsung had working drivers for Mac OS X 10.1. I got it for only $149 minus a $50 rebate = $99 from Fry's...

Inexpensive and very convenient

Mon, 9 Sep 2002 21:19:18 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author collin_ong - I purchased a Canon PC-425 from Staples for $150 minus a $30 coupon minus a $50 rebate, making it a $70 purchase.

This is unit is a very compact and inexpensive way to get a convenient copying in your own home. It comes with a starter...

Scattered and Incomplete

Fri, 25 May 2001 14:33:26 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author collin_ong - I normally have lower standards for audio books but this book was so bad that I even noticed its badness listening to the audio version.

The book is about a female war photojournalist who is injured on assignment in Kosovo, but her boyfriend...

Hands-on with the Game Boy Advance

Mon, 26 Mar 2001 17:53:04 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author collin_ong - I just had a chance to play with my co-worker's new GameBoy Advance that he imported from Japan, so these comments are from a hands-on perspective, not the spec-sheet based comments like the other early epinions posted here.

Physical...

Netgear 10 base-T Ethernet Hubs: EN104TP: Small, cool, & tough

Mon, 26 Mar 2001 16:25:44 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author collin_ong - I recently bought a NetGear EN104TP 4-port hub so that we could set up quick networks during meetings at work.

Physical Attributes

The unit is an attractive dark indigo color and has a very solid feeling metal case, in contrast to...

Read to get Quicken Dlx 2001, Family Lawyer, and TurboTax Dlx 2000 for $2!

Thu, 22 Mar 2001 21:48:19 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author collin_ong - The last few years I've been preparing taxes for myself and my family using various versions of TaxCut on both the Windows and Mac platform. This year, I got a free copy of TurboTax for the PC from purchasing Quicken Deluxe so obviously I went with it...

New York New York: Review for the tourists

Tue, 12 Dec 2000 12:55:50 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author collin_ong - Something’s wrong when you play tour guide to a replica. I had this strange experience on a recent trip to Las Vegas, when I found myself explaining to my less-traveled friend what all the various points of interest were, based on my visits to the...

Sam's American Restaurant (inside Bellagio)

Tue, 5 Dec 2000 19:48:22 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author collin_ong - I was staying at the Paris-Las Vegas hotel but wanted to try something a little different, so a friend and I wandered across the Strip to the Bellagio to check out their restaurants. There are a variety of restaurants inside the casino/hotel, with a...

How to get the best spots in the Star Trek Experience

Mon, 4 Dec 2000 18:50:54 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author collin_ong - For years, I never understood why people went to Vegas for vacations. Ok, so I'm not a gambler, but why would people go to those artificially created environments when they could go experience something authentic instead? But then I saw an article...

Thoughts on The Buffet

Mon, 4 Dec 2000 17:49:41 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author collin_ong - The Las Vegas Hilton is located pretty far away from the Strip, about two (big) blocks south of the big strip of mega-casinos, and at the older (Eastern) end of the strip as well. I was staying at Paris-Las Vegas and wanted to go to the Hilton to check...