© 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-dave_fietz Recent reviews written by member dave_fietz en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_234636873348?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author dave_fietz - The latest in the MI series is chockful of the usual slambang action, together with a syrupy start depicting Mr. Cruise as a wunder-hubby-to-be head over heels in love with his intended. When he crosses this episode's main villain (played malignantly by... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~234636873348 Sun, 4 Jun 2006 16:43:23 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_234636873348?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_212079054468?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author dave_fietz - This delightfully timeless movie chronicles the recovery of a suicidal young man (played engagingly by Bud Cort), who falls head over heels in love with a free-spirited senior citizen (played even more engagingly by Ruth Gordon) and discovers a reason to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~212079054468 Thu, 24 Nov 2005 21:08:09 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_212079054468?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_212076498564?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author dave_fietz - Having watched the entire Stars Wars suite in the order released brought me to this sorry denouement, one of the most depressing movies I have ever watched. Knowing all the dreary things that had to happen in this episode to make past episodes make sense... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~212076498564 Thu, 24 Nov 2005 19:45:17 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_212076498564?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_196510781060?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author dave_fietz - Unless you've been living in a monastery or a sensory deprivation tank, you have seen some manifestation of this cinematic classic recently. From "Vote For Pedro" shirts at WalMart (America's definitive authority on suavitude) to limitless water cooler... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~196510781060 Sat, 17 Sep 2005 22:12:26 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_196510781060?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_131629485700?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author dave_fietz - I came into possession of a 1995 Intrepid (3.3 liter automatic with air and PL/PD/PS) with about 60K on it. The good news about this vehicle is that when everything is in working order, it is a pretty decent vehicle: for its size and engine, its... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~131629485700 Sun, 29 Feb 2004 21:22:57 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_131629485700?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_131626602116?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author dave_fietz - Having read some of the reviews preceding this one, I must say I was disappointed in how this (in my humble opinion) very enjoyable movie was received. I found "Welcome To Mooseport" a very funny movie, with more than a smattering of digs at how... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~131626602116 Sun, 29 Feb 2004 20:47:38 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_131626602116?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_126382608004?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dave_fietz - Having received this as a Christmas gift from my kids this year, I finally fired it up in earnest last weekend and was pleasantly surprised. We cooked a 15 pound turkey and it came out looking pretty crispy on the outside, but as advertised by the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~126382608004 Sat, 17 Jan 2004 17:40:00 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_126382608004?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_124569292420?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author dave_fietz - From the Frampton Comes Alive spoof title (eat your pea-pickin' little heart out, Peter!) to the worst cover included ("Rock and Roll Part 2", the first tune out of the box and the covering by this band of which is like The Grateful Dead playing the NBA... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~124569292420 Sun, 4 Jan 2004 18:42:34 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_124569292420?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_123152338564?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author dave_fietz - Having perused the other (excellent) reviews of this release, I must add my name to FoW's list of admirers. I stumbled onto the "Stacy's Mom" video whilst surfing among MTV (the usual rhymes-with-crap dreck), MTV II (more of the same), and VH-1 (keep up... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~123152338564 Sat, 27 Dec 2003 00:21:10 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_123152338564?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_108621827716?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author dave_fietz - If you saw the first two movies in this series, then you may (like I mistakenly did) have believed t... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~108621827716 Fri, 8 Aug 2003 19:29:48 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_108621827716?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/rest-review-6E47-42E5E160-3A454FD8-prod3?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author dave_fietz - Someone in our family usually eats at Taco John's every other week or so, because 1. we like the U.S. fast food versions of Mexican cooking mucho and TJs variant of it even muchoer, 2. TJs usually has some kind of special deal going all the time, and 3... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~432770692 Sat, 23 Dec 2000 22:38:13 GMT http://www.epinions.com/rest-review-6E47-42E5E160-3A454FD8-prod3?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/rest-review-1D27-42E2A696-3A454794-prod3?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author dave_fietz - Red Lobster used to be one of our favorite restaurants: great food at a reasonable price. The food is still pretty good but someone in the corporate chain must have figured out that the bottom line could be looking better because over the past few years... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~432901764 Sat, 23 Dec 2000 22:13:50 GMT http://www.epinions.com/rest-review-1D27-42E2A696-3A454794-prod3?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/rest-review-347B-628AB28-3A2AD883-prod1?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author dave_fietz - My family used to be real Pizza Hut fans, eating there on the average once a month during the school year (thanks to a reading program name BookIt! in their school that rewarded avid readers to a free personal pan pizza on a monthly basis) and for the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~503877252 Sun, 3 Dec 2000 20:48:34 GMT http://www.epinions.com/rest-review-347B-628AB28-3A2AD883-prod1?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/park-review-7752-3A820C0-3A2470C8-prod1?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author dave_fietz - The Boundary Waters is a great place to get away from it all - literally. By all I mean not only people, work, and other mundanities of everyday life, but also a lot of niceties most of us take for granted until we take off in a canoe. This is one of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~731787 Wed, 29 Nov 2000 00:26:39 GMT http://www.epinions.com/park-review-7752-3A820C0-3A2470C8-prod1?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/rest-review-4090-AF6BA05-3A1895D4-prod4?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author dave_fietz - I never cease to be amused by the collective ravings (of Hollywood celebrities, right coast denizens, and everything in between) about Krispy Kreme doughnuts. This manic cooing about a tasty but, at least for me, not heaven-sent product is reminiscent... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~722926 Mon, 20 Nov 2000 00:44:46 GMT http://www.epinions.com/rest-review-4090-AF6BA05-3A1895D4-prod4?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/tele-review-A4C-357937BD-3A0F23E5-prod6?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author dave_fietz - It has been years since I watched the CBS Evening New (with Dan Rather). Having been a Cronkite kind of guy for a long time, and having hoped that Harry Reasoner would get the nod for CBS Evening News anchor when W.C. headed for restful moorings, I was... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~722005 Sun, 12 Nov 2000 20:28:23 GMT http://www.epinions.com/tele-review-A4C-357937BD-3A0F23E5-prod6?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/tele-review-3FE7-3571BDC6-3A0F10C2-prod6?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author dave_fietz - The NASA channel is an interesting public relations gambit designed to convince the American public that NASA exists for the advancement of science in many fields and for the ultimate betterment of mankind in general, and that the portion of our national... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~722006 Sun, 12 Nov 2000 19:54:15 GMT http://www.epinions.com/tele-review-3FE7-3571BDC6-3A0F10C2-prod6?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/rest-review-3160-34E67BBD-3A0DAC44-prod6?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dave_fietz - Designed to look like some funky barnyard structure on the outside, a Cracker Barrel restaurant fairly screams, "Down-Home Cooking Like Grandma Used To Make Available Within!" When you enter a Cracker Barrel, you are instantly transported to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~723370 Sat, 11 Nov 2000 18:02:40 GMT http://www.epinions.com/rest-review-3160-34E67BBD-3A0DAC44-prod6?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/lodg-review-6C64-34E3292E-3A0DA3C2-prod6?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author dave_fietz - I love those down-home Motel 6 ads, with a little flatpicking groove in the background while Tom Bodette (Beaudet? Bow-Det? OK, I give up...) rambles on about Motel 6's friendly confines and concludes with the now-famous line, "We'll leave the light... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~757953 Sat, 11 Nov 2000 17:19:58 GMT http://www.epinions.com/lodg-review-6C64-34E3292E-3A0DA3C2-prod6?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/rest-review-D39-13A24568-3A0B6C5F-prod2?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author dave_fietz - We have had a Papa Murphy's for about a year or so, and I would rate it overall as the best franchise food outfit around. The first time (and every subsequent time) I entered the store, I was impressed by the outstanding cleanliness of the facility, the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~723437 Fri, 10 Nov 2000 00:50:13 GMT http://www.epinions.com/rest-review-D39-13A24568-3A0B6C5F-prod2?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/golf-review-32E7-13974DDE-3A0B504B-prod2?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author dave_fietz - The Willow Lakes - Warrior Course is a rough and ready little 9-holer that resides within the friendly confines of Offutt AFB. As golf courses on military bases go, it would make a great farm if you cut down the trees. Surrounded by base buildings... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~758292 Thu, 9 Nov 2000 23:07:34 GMT http://www.epinions.com/golf-review-32E7-13974DDE-3A0B504B-prod2?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/sprt-review-4CD3-151D0705-39F37218-prod5?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author dave_fietz - As a alumnus of ISU (post-Air Force unconsummated meanderings towards a masters degree in math, 1973-6), I remember those halcyon days when the burning issue in the student newspaper was whether Jack Trice Stadium should be named Jack Trice Stadium. As... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~1244057 Sun, 22 Oct 2000 20:49:48 GMT http://www.epinions.com/sprt-review-4CD3-151D0705-39F37218-prod5?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/mvie-review-4D03-5309B91-39E671FB-prod2?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author dave_fietz - This 1987 flick is one of the most unheralded but genuinely funny movies ever made. It features many actors/actresses better known for so-so work they've done since they participated in this light-hearted romp through marriage, crime, motherhood, the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~1062927 Fri, 13 Oct 2000 00:08:57 GMT http://www.epinions.com/mvie-review-4D03-5309B91-39E671FB-prod2?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/rest-review-6ECC-A4CB36A-39D7C346-prod5?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dave_fietz - Arby's, for all its advertising about serving stuff based on something besides beef, is the place to go if you like beef in non-burger form, with down-home accoutrements (like a heart-stopping, as in cardiac arrest, cheese sauce) and condiments. My... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~785901 Sun, 1 Oct 2000 20:29:03 GMT http://www.epinions.com/rest-review-6ECC-A4CB36A-39D7C346-prod5?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/rest-review-28B7-51B67C6-39D3FA69-prod1?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author dave_fietz - As many of the other reviews of this fine chain point out, the primary Hooters product may well be more visual than gustatory. One might rightly conclude that those patrons who swear they go there for the terrific chicken wings are the same folks who... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~786037 Thu, 28 Sep 2000 23:57:26 GMT http://www.epinions.com/rest-review-28B7-51B67C6-39D3FA69-prod1?linkin_id=8003929