Epinions Recent Reviews for diamondpete

Rare, somewhat intelligent Hollywood movie

Mon, 24 Jun 2002 21:21:31 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author diamondpete - This movie is very loosely based on Phillip K. Dick's short story by the same title. In fact, the movie only takes Dick's idea of the Department of Precrime with its set of pre-cogs who prevent crime by arresting individuals who would have committed the...

Go Watch a Documentary

Sun, 9 Jun 2002 22:32:24 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author diamondpete - I rented this movie because Ali is one of my heroes. I was skeptical about this movie to begin with, so I put off actually renting this movie until this weekend, when it seemed like there was nothing else that I wanted to rent. I've seen documentaries...

On Par with Hollywood

Sun, 9 Jun 2002 12:49:55 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author diamondpete - Shiri knocked out the Hollywood movie Titanic in Korea when it came out. I can see why because I think, overall, this movie is on-par with any Hollywood action flick out there.

The rough plot of this movie is that of the North Korean 8th...

Yoda rocks!!!

Sat, 8 Jun 2002 16:15:05 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author diamondpete - So, the long-awaited Episode II.... I had a good time watching it. The highlights:

Yoda simply rocked the house. He stole the show. I will not give it away here, but Yoda is a force to be reckoned with in this movie. He's simply awesome...

Jukebox rocks on the road

Sat, 8 Jun 2002 13:26:23 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author diamondpete - Being in a long-distance relationship, I do make frequent weekend drives that last about 2-3 hours. To make these drives a bit more pleasant, I purchased the Jukebox about a year ago. It has been an awesome companion.

In order to accomplish...

Great Phone!!!

Mon, 11 Mar 2002 12:10:31 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author diamondpete - Boy, it's been a year since I've written a review on Epinions.com. Here goes....

I bought this phone purely because of the design. The clam-shell design appealed to my Trekkie side (you know those communicators in the original series/movies...

Must we try to recreate Saving Private Ryan?

Mon, 19 Mar 2001 21:31:04 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author diamondpete - It started with an interesting idea of a duel between the best of the German and Soviet snipers in that hellhole that was the Battle of Stalingrad. At first, I was very much into watching this movie. About six years ago, I saw the German film...

Burn this film before it's too late

Sun, 11 Mar 2001 03:13:56 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author diamondpete - Okay, let me break down the plot for you, because the bottom line is that I don't want you to waste your hard-earned money and torture yourself with this horrible, horrible movie. Kevin Costner and Kurt Russell are going to rob the Riviera casino in Las...

Pimpology 101

Wed, 7 Mar 2001 16:20:02 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author diamondpete - This is a 1999 documentary about pimps, by the Hughes Brothers (Allen & Albert), the latest from the guys who brought you Menace II Society (which I liked) and Dead Presidents (which I hated-- bad story-telling, based on a made-up story told by a phony...

Put a smile on my face....

Mon, 5 Mar 2001 13:11:35 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author diamondpete - This past Saturday, my friend Chris and I were wandering around Columbus Circle in Manhattan, when we encountered a sight of orange, white, and brown. It was the enormous awning of the restaurant Hooters. We looked at each other and said, "Hey, wanna...

Back in my high school days...

Thu, 1 Mar 2001 13:13:59 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author diamondpete - ... I had a great biology teacher, named Mr. Rubel. He taught our advanced biology course that was something substantially more than biology. It made us think about the world and its inhabitants, namely us and the other organisms, and what these things...

Anyone want to go digging around the Philippines?

Mon, 26 Feb 2001 15:16:59 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author diamondpete - I just finished this 918-page monster, despite the fact that the past two days I've been suffering from a cold. Overall, I like this book. It had a grand plot, which was actually two plots converging into one final ending at the very end, with one set...

"Madness..."

Wed, 14 Feb 2001 16:05:31 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author diamondpete - ... said the British doctor, as he watched what unfolded at the end of this great movie. I always look for movies that teaches something, and this is it. I do give some things away in this review, but, this movie isn't about the whether the bridge...

Great BattleMech combat simulation

Fri, 9 Feb 2001 20:29:34 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author diamondpete - During high school, I played a lot of role playing games, mostly AD&D, but I never really got into playing the Fasa's BattleMech games. I really liked the concept though, because I loved the whole Japanimation stuff that depicted combat in giant robots...

Remember when...

Sat, 3 Feb 2001 21:19:13 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author diamondpete - ... we had the Evil Empire? God, I miss those old days of talking about mutual destruction, massive retaliation, etc. Now we have multitudes of hidden enemies across the globe, trying to fight us with old Soviet weapons of mass destruction. I didn't...

Great, comfortable skates at a fair price

Tue, 30 Jan 2001 01:22:36 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author diamondpete - Wow! I didn't know I could rate hockey equipment on Epinions! Great! I'm going to be frequenting this place....

I bought this when I broke the chassis off my cheap Bauer hockey skates. I just strolled into Paragon's of NYC and started to...

There's a good movie in here somewhere...

Wed, 24 Jan 2001 02:18:06 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author diamondpete - I actually haven't seen this movie on the big screen. When the ads had all this football footages with Kid Rock blasting through 'em, I thought, 'This is not worth going.' So, when I browsed the Blockbuster's DVD section one afternoon, when I got out...

Great visual masterpiece; but something's missing

Tue, 23 Jan 2001 18:36:35 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author diamondpete - Boy, everybody loved Gladiator.... I have to admit, when I saw the movie for the first time, I was blown away by the visuals. I was drawn in from the gray battlefields of Germania, to the golden wasteland of the wastelands, to finally the astounding...

Great if you need fast data entry

Sat, 20 Jan 2001 13:37:03 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author diamondpete - Before you take out your wallet and put down $100 for this thing, you must think about why you need this thing. Are you in a profession where you need fast data entry into the Palm? I got it because I keep track of patients in the hospital with a...

An American Classic

Thu, 18 Jan 2001 17:45:16 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author diamondpete - Okay, you NSYNC/98 Degrees/Brittany Spears fans out there, who were born unfortunately too late to appreciate that great music came not out of board rooms of the record companies put together by committees but out of somebody's garage/backyard parties in...

"What did we do here?"

Thu, 18 Jan 2001 10:23:48 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author diamondpete - My title is a quote from the movie character Archie Gates, probably one of my favorite movie characters of all time. He was summarizing his sentiments regarding the whole Gulf War after the war was over. Liberation of Kuwait? Overthrow Saddam? What...

It's OK, but it ain't great

Sun, 17 Sep 2000 13:26:07 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author diamondpete - I just got the Diablo II after all of my friends ranted and raved about it for the past month or so. I thought, "5 out of 5 of my gaming buddies can't be wrong." So, I signed on the dotted line and purchased the game over the net (from...

PatientKeeper: great program, need Palm Keyboard to fully take advantage of this

Sun, 3 Sep 2000 23:49:01 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author diamondpete - PatientKeeper is a great program. I love the interface. There's a logical (i.e. medical) sequence to the way you enter the patient data. The little diagrams that everyone uses for the lab values were a nice touch. "To Do" list is also a great idea...

gotta try the deep-fried banana!

Mon, 17 Jul 2000 23:23:12 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author diamondpete - This little hole-in-the-wall just a little north of Houston on Thompson is quite possibly the best sushi I've tasted in the city. For a long time, I've been a big fan of Yama, but after my dinner tonight that consisted of a soft-shell crab roll,...

ePocrates Rx 4.0: the essential for med students and MDs alike

Tue, 6 Jun 2000 01:55:37 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author diamondpete - I was made aware of this software by one of my surgery attendings. He noticed during clinic that I had a PalmPilot, and he showed me on his PalmPilot how epocrates worked. I was quite amazed by the amount of detail this drug database contained. And, I...