Epinions Recent Reviews for cullentr

You Get What You Pay For - Not Much

Mon, 2 Apr 2001 10:53:08 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cullentr - I recently flew on a Southwest flight that took 19 minutes and cost $24 - what a deal! Even if you fly greater distances, the fares are very cheap, and there are usually great internet specials if you keep your eyes open. Southwest sends a e-mail to...

Vertical Limit - Tons of Adrenaline

Mon, 11 Dec 2000 13:42:32 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cullentr - I saw this movie on the opening weekend. I wasn't planning to see it, but it was the only movie showing at the time we were there.

The film's opening, and several other parts, remind me very much of Cliffhanger, and also of a Lifetime TV...

Port Charles on ABC

Thu, 7 Dec 2000 22:28:08 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cullentr - Port Charles premiered in 1998 as a spin-off of General Hospital, taking place in the same town. This story is more focused on a new group of interns, but there are several cross-overs and characters who moved from GH to PC, such as Lucy Coe and Kevin...

All Women Should Read this book about our Invisibility

Sun, 3 Dec 2000 02:17:42 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cullentr - This book was published as part of the Wadsworth Contemporary Issues in Crime and Justice Series. Joanne Belknap is a professor at the University of Cincinnati.

This book is an intensive study of the disadvantages that women face in our...

Could not put this book down!

Fri, 1 Dec 2000 22:19:35 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cullentr -

This is the best book that I have read in months. In this story, we see the return of John Corey, the main character from Plum Island, another Demille story. He is now a member of a task force in New York City called the ATTF.

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Bounce

Sun, 19 Nov 2000 12:35:19 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cullentr - I saw this movie with an 11-year old girl (I am 21), and we both enjoyed it. It is the story of an advertising executive from Los Angeles named Buddy who is stuck in Chicago, and gives his seat on a flight to a man trying to get home to his wife and two...

An Intro to Jazz

Wed, 1 Nov 2000 16:10:59 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cullentr - This album was sold in many record stores at a discounted price so that people would give jazz a chance. It was right next to the register, so customers might be persuaded to pick it up as an "impulse buy."

The CD features fourteen...

Lullabye, a nice departure for Joel

Wed, 1 Nov 2000 15:20:44 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cullentr - This song, also called "Goodnight My Angel" was written by Joel for his daughter Alexa. He also released this song on his "River of Dreams" album.

It is a very touching song that allows the listener to get inside Joel's...

Jenga - A Game for the Tiny-Fingered

Tue, 31 Oct 2000 16:24:46 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cullentr - This is a great family game, particularly for grown children to play with each other and their parents. The game involves little pieces of wood that have to be removed one at a time, and then placed on the top of the structure. You have to be able to...

Misery - A Movie as Good as the Book

Sun, 29 Oct 2000 19:54:20 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cullentr - I have seen this movie many times. The book is my favorite of Stephen King's books, and this is the best movie of those made from his books. Generally, I feel that scripts written from books are inferior, but in this case, I believe that the finished...

Un-Lucky Movie

Sun, 29 Oct 2000 19:26:07 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author cullentr - I saw this movie the second night it was out. I am a big John Travolta fan. I like Lisa Kudrow, but feel that in most movies, her character does not deviate far from "Phoebe" of Friends fame. This was a nice exception.

I don't...

Lesbian Passion

Sat, 28 Oct 2000 18:08:07 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cullentr - Jo Ann Loulan originally wanted to entitle this book "Lesbian Passion: Opening our Hearts and Our Legs." She was talked out of this.

Loulan is a lesbian who's goal seems to be in getting heterosexuals to understand what makes...

Child Welfare and Social Work

Sat, 28 Oct 2000 17:44:43 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cullentr - I was apprehensive about reading this book. It was assigned for a social work course, but thus far, the professor had not chosen good readings. This book was an exception.

Marc Parent worked for four years, starting at the age of...

Snood - a computer tetris-like game

Thu, 26 Oct 2000 23:02:33 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cullentr - Snood is a fun game created by Dave Dobson. The website to download this game is http://www.snood.com. It is available in Windows and Mac versions. It is appropriate for children as young as two and three years old (the child level), but great for any...

Hindu and Muslim Violence in India (Hyberbadad)

Fri, 20 Oct 2000 03:42:10 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cullentr - I was assigned to read this book for a History course entitled Religion and Politics in 20th Century India. This book is written by a psychoanalyst who was trained at the Freud Institute in Frankfurt. Kakar is a Hindu, and doesn't ignore this. He...

Don't forget your tissues when traveling to the Deep End

Fri, 20 Oct 2000 03:27:05 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cullentr - I watched this movie on a rainy day with my mother because there was nothing else good at Blockbuster. It starred Michelle Pfeiffer. The movie was much better than I expected.

The premise is that Pfeiffer is the mother of 3 sons. She takes...

Harry Potter - Year Two

Fri, 20 Oct 2000 03:00:20 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cullentr - As I said in my review of the first book in this series, I did not want to be a Harry Potter fan. I was convinced that this was not for me, a senior in college. I was wrong.

This second book in the Potter series was my personal favorite...

Harry Potter - Year One

Fri, 20 Oct 2000 02:45:03 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cullentr - I am a senior in college and had been hearing about Harry Potter for quite a while. After the fourth book came out this summer, causing quite a media buzz, I became very curious. I knew that adults were raving about the book as well. I imagined it to...

Lesbian/Gay Battering

Wed, 18 Oct 2000 15:15:49 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cullentr - The full title of this book is Violent Betrayal: Partner Abuse in Lesbian Relationships. This is a book that needs to be out there, and the public needs to be aware of.

Renzetti discusses lesbian battering, which is a "pattern of...

A Haunting Story

Sun, 15 Oct 2000 15:27:01 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cullentr - I saw a 12:20 AM showing of What Lies Beneath last night. I did not want to see this movie, as someone had already told me the whole plot, but knowing everything ahead of time, I was still scared to pieces.

This movie stars Harrison Ford...

Stuck in New York

Sat, 14 Oct 2000 16:49:47 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cullentr - This 1990 comedy stars Bill Murray, Geena Davis, and Randy Quaid as bank robbers with a very unique plan. They have no trouble robbing a bank and escaping; this is done in the first twenty minutes of the movie. Getting out of New York without getting...

The Brady Bunch

Sat, 14 Oct 2000 16:05:27 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cullentr - People today are quick to criticize The Brady Bunch for being too "hokey" or "corny", but The Brady Bunch is a classic that offers many life lessons.

Yes, Jan's whining Marsha Marsha Marsha and Greg and Marsha fighting over...

The Second Shift

Fri, 13 Oct 2000 15:35:42 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cullentr - I read this book my sophomore year at Boston College for a sociology course entitled "Marriage and Family." Arlie Russell Hochschild originally wrote this book in 1989 to show what happens in two-career families after 5:00 PM.

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Homeless Mothers: Face to Face With Women and Poverty

Fri, 13 Oct 2000 03:52:23 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cullentr - I read this book by Deborah R. Connelly my senior year at Boston College for a sociology elective entitled "Women, Crime, and the Law." Connelly is a field anthropologist and social worker who wrote of her field experience, using several...

Drowning Mona - A Scream

Thu, 12 Oct 2000 13:44:34 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cullentr - Blockbuster had almost everything else out, so I rented this one. It was not something I would have watched otherwise, but this movie is hysterically funny.

It takes place in Pedunka, New York, a small town in upstate New York where...