© 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-desslok Recent reviews written by member desslok en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_475243515524?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author desslok - If one can be so crass to judge a book by it's cover, then I herby proclaim - based purely on the name alone - that there has never been a movie in the history of cinema that I desire to see more than Mega Shark versus Giant Octopus. MSvGO... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~475243515524 Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:41:32 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_475243515524?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_474068389508?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author desslok - Hellbound is, without a doubt, one of the worst Chuck Norris movies ever. I'll wait a second while that thought sinks in. This is the man who gave the world such cinematic classics like The Delta Force, Breaker! Breaker!... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~474068389508 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:36:45 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_474068389508?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_473432297092?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author desslok - Once upon a time, back when I was a little kid in the 70's and 80's I loved staying at Motel 6. Somehow, to my twisted tike brain, it was a treat - swimming pools, cable television with strange and alien stations and beds you could jump on (provided you... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~473432297092 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 04:11:29 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_473432297092?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_472963387012?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author desslok - The year was 1974. Saturday Morning cartoons was in full swing, not this broken shell of a ritual that we have today. For four solid hours every Saturday, kids all across America consumed huge amounts of sugared cereal and sat in front of 13 inch wood... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~472963387012 Fri, 5 Jun 2009 23:55:19 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_472963387012?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_472602480260?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author desslok - Fistful of Dollars is a bit like the very first Friday the 13th was back in the eighties. Friday the 13th was not the first flick of the slasher genre, but it was the first slasher flick to really break through to mainstream... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~472602480260 Tue, 2 Jun 2009 22:42:25 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_472602480260?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_470200258180?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author desslok - I'm a little unsure what to think about Doomsday - the movie, I mean, not the event that heralds the end of the world. On one hand, the movie is made up of a mash-up of just about every genre movie under the sun, in a loving tip of the hat to John... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~470200258180 Tue, 12 May 2009 23:08:24 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_470200258180?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_470101298820?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author desslok - There seems to be two rules in Hollywood - 1) Stephen King movies generally suck. Some of them are mediocre (The Shining), some are entertainingly bad (Maximum Overdrive) but the bulk of movies adapted from his works - Cujo, Pet... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~470101298820 Tue, 12 May 2009 04:17:40 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_470101298820?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_469553352324?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author desslok - Well, you can't say that I'm not a diverse horror fan. From monster movies to exploitation to psychological thrillers to. . . . Christian horror?!? You've got to be kidding me. They make Christian horror flicks? House (no relation to the vastly... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~469553352324 Thu, 7 May 2009 04:24:29 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_469553352324?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_469543128708?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author desslok - To cash in - in true exploitation cinema, no less - on the Quentin Tarantino /Robert Rodriguez effort Deathproof and Planet Terror (collectively known as Grindhouse), BCI/Eclipse has put together a range of called Welcome to the Grindhouse - well,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~469543128708 Thu, 7 May 2009 02:36:53 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_469543128708?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_469542932100?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author desslok - The Giant Shark Eating People flick tends to have three categories - the legitimately good (which pretty much consists of Jaws), the Fun and Entertaining if not actually any good (Great White, Shark Zone and Piranha) and then the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~469542932100 Thu, 7 May 2009 01:30:37 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_469542932100?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_469534281348?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author desslok - I really feel sorry for poor old George Romero. Oh, sure the man has been the vision behind one of the most influential horror flicks of all time - but the copyright snafu surrounding that movie is a Gordian knot of legal headaches. Everyone, it seems,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~469534281348 Wed, 6 May 2009 23:53:04 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_469534281348?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_469533691524?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author desslok - The year is 1977. Jimmy Carter had just taken office, The Atari 2600 was poised to take on the video game world, Star Wars had not quite yet exploded onto the human zeitgeist, disco was at the height of it's popularity, and the biggest sports star... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~469533691524 Wed, 6 May 2009 23:38:26 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_469533691524?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_469438271108?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author desslok - You know, it's not often that I discover an all new genre of bad movies. After 30 years, one would think that I've tapped out all resources of new Bad Movies to enjoy. But, sometimes the universe has one or two tricks up it's sleeves. And so it was... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~469438271108 Wed, 6 May 2009 03:30:34 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_469438271108?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_469437877892?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author desslok - To anyone who's been paying attention around here will know that I love bad movies. My belief is that the only truly bad movie is one that fails to entertain. A movie can have a pittance of a budget, no discernable talent in front of the lens, and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~469437877892 Wed, 6 May 2009 03:13:12 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_469437877892?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_469305101956?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author desslok - You know, I've seen a wide range of "Sharks Eating people" movies - actually I've lost count how many I've seen. A few of them are awesome, some of them are mediocre, and most are horrifically bad (some of the so-bad-it's good variety, some of the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~469305101956 Mon, 4 May 2009 22:51:21 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_469305101956?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_465550347908?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author desslok - Ah, Blaxploitation - is there nothing that you won't do, a genre you wont try? In a move that would make Vince McMann and the WWF blanch at the sheer audacity of the stunt casting, The Black Six gives us not one, but SIX professional football... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~465550347908 Wed, 1 Apr 2009 02:11:24 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_465550347908?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_465547857540?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author desslok - As a genre, Blaxploitation died out in the mid seventies. There were a couple of stragglers - Ebony, Ivory & Jade, Velvet Smooth and Black Emmanuel, White Emmanuel - but pretty much by 1975, the genre was dead. There have been the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~465547857540 Wed, 1 Apr 2009 01:21:26 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_465547857540?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_465433169540?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author desslok - Sigh, why did I do this to myself? When I saw Quantum of Solace in the theaters six months ago, I hated it (The specifics I'll get to in a moment), but I thought I'd give it another chance on DVD. Perhaps, I thought, that I would appreciate it... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~465433169540 Mon, 30 Mar 2009 23:13:13 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_465433169540?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_465346203268?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author desslok - Ah, blaxploitation - nothing is quite as grind-housey as a good old fashioned "Whitey gets beat down by the Brother" movie. It was good enough for Richard Roundtree, it was good enough for Ron O'Neil, it was good enough for Pam Grier - so it's good... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~465346203268 Mon, 30 Mar 2009 05:06:40 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_465346203268?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_465114599044?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author desslok - You know, I'm kind of shocked that with my love of blaxploitation and bad cult movies that not only have I never gotten around to reviewing The Wiz, I've never actually SEEN The Wiz. While the Wizard of Oz isn't my favorite film of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~465114599044 Fri, 27 Mar 2009 23:15:13 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_465114599044?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_465024618116?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author desslok - You know, I no longer hate Joel Schumacher, AKA the man who single handedly destroyed the Batman franchise - only that I pity him. While there is no doubt in anyone's mind that Batman Forever and Batman and Robin are amongst the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~465024618116 Fri, 27 Mar 2009 03:47:04 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_465024618116?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_464824340100?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author desslok - The year is 1972. Although it had been a outrageously popular genre for it's time, the era of the Spaghetti Western was rapidly riding off into the sunset. Meanwhile, Bruce Lee and the Shaw Brothers are busy in the Far East, moving Kung Fu flicks from... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~464824340100 Wed, 25 Mar 2009 05:50:50 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_464824340100?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_464818310788?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author desslok - While I love the hell out of the Rocky series, I've never been much a fan of the first one. Oh sure, it's a good drama and interesting character study, and I admire that Rocky in fact lost the Big Fight when the genre demands that the underdog... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~464818310788 Wed, 25 Mar 2009 03:33:45 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_464818310788?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_464716795524?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author desslok - You know, I'm not sure what genre of exploitation flick I like better: the Kung Fu flick or the Spaghetti Western. I love them both, and they have so much diverse, outstanding examples in their respective genres. Of course the few times that the two... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~464716795524 Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:16:13 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_464716795524?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_464700411524?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author desslok - You know, with a sea of kung-fu movies on my shelf, tons of seventies exploitation flicks about the place and more blaxploitation that most people would consider sane, it's kind of shocking that it's taken me this long to get around to reviewing a Bruce... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~464700411524 Mon, 23 Mar 2009 23:29:48 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_464700411524?linkin_id=8003929