Epinions Recent Reviews for gem1

CLAMP pulls you into some mystical magic

Tue, 24 Aug 2004 20:12:04 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gem1 - Ahh, alakazam. If there is a manga group that knows how to create manga (Japanese graphic novels) that will suck you in, it is the group CLAMP. They are a group of women whom world-renown for creating some the most beautiful yet engrossing manga I've had...

Without A Clue

Wed, 11 Aug 2004 01:06:53 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author gem1 - Remember these films: Stand By Me, Star Wars, Goonies, Indiana Jones? Did you have poofy hair? Ever do a "mix tape"? Into "New Wave"? In the boy scouts? If you answered yes, this film might just induce some flashbacks. Here's the setup for Without...

Travel to a place no anime has ever gone before

Fri, 6 Aug 2004 17:51:35 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gem1 - When you watch a large majority of anime series, you tend to notice that most current series follows several stereotypes. It might be a young high school student forced to fight aliens or control giant robots or two shy people who slowly fall in love...

What if P-ussy Galore (from James Bond) had her own anime series..

Wed, 17 Dec 2003 16:55:56 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gem1 - After watching this series, it makes sense why the box set includes a pair of white panties. I'm used to watching anime that have characters that have breasts that are larger than their heads. When an anime series puts a lot of T&A into its animation...

Ninja Slice

Sun, 23 Nov 2003 02:50:33 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gem1 - One had to wonder when one of the most popular & famous anime movies would finally become an anime series. The movie itself, which was just re-released by Manga Entertainment, is captivating. It had some of the best sword fights & battles that were...

37 Million Reasons To Read This

Sat, 22 Nov 2003 18:43:39 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gem1 - When you first pick up the book, you'll see a giant label exclaiming, "Over 37 Million Sold!" When you read the synopis overview about the book, you might scratch your head. This is a graphic manga novel about some great teacher named Onizuka. It doesn't...

More Devilish Fun

Sat, 22 Nov 2003 06:24:43 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gem1 - After watching the first DVD (Review: h
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I decided to go snag the 2nd DVD in this series. I knew what to expect and could only hope that this continued to be a great series...

Final Fantasy The Anime Disaster

Fri, 21 Nov 2003 19:58:48 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author gem1 - Any gamer is familiar with the name "Final Fantasy" (FF), the RPG that brought some of the greatest games to multiple consoles. Square has used the infamous title to go into the foray of movies & anime, a natural progression when you have a successful...

Japanese manga succumbs to the 2 Fast 2 Furious kiddies

Fri, 21 Nov 2003 19:06:52 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author gem1 - I really want to enjoy this series. I was first exposed to this series when I watched the original japanese fansubbed series. It completely enthralled me. I'm not particularly a racing fan or ogle over car engines but the series hooked me in. I was...

Angel vs. Devil, the cute anime comes to life

Fri, 21 Nov 2003 02:18:32 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gem1 - Basically, imagine if a cute little demon (Risky) and a cute little angel (Safety) are interconnected. If a person thinks bad thoughts and wishes death upon themselves, Risky appears. If the person thinks good thoughts, Safety appears. While viewing...

Budget price, happy faces

Wed, 12 Nov 2003 05:14:22 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gem1 - It was time for a replacement. My outdated 1.3M camera was starting to get to me. I had a Kodak DC3200 for several years (Personal Review - ht
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but the blurry pictures & the qual...

All-in-one for the movie fans

Tue, 21 Oct 2003 06:00:01 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gem1 - It use to be that if you wanted to watch DiVX on your large screen TV, you needed about grand for a fast system, a nice video card with output & enough wires to hook up to your stereo sound. That's no longer necessary as the dream product for the movie-wa...

Blair Ghetto Project gone wrong

Tue, 24 Jun 2003 09:41:31 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author gem1 - If this is based on a true story, you have to feel sorry for the people this movie is trying to port...

Cleans better than you'd expect

Mon, 16 Dec 2002 03:18:27 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gem1 - There was a problem in the house. We had a G.E. dishwasher that just wouldn't clean anything. Even after putting dishes through 2 or even 3 cycles, every dish would still be dirty. A lot of them would be covered in soap, food particles still lingering on...

Here kitty, kitty, kitty..

Wed, 18 Sep 2002 02:24:07 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gem1 - As of late my favorite genre has been of the Asian variety. After I watched the smash-hit Japanese film Ring, I was recommended to watch this film. I wasn't sure what to expect, as this was a Takashi Miike film that in the past has done rather...

Ali G in da House: Keeping it Real while trying to be White

Wed, 18 Sep 2002 01:47:34 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gem1 - While Ali G is well known in Britian with his TV show, over the pond he's known as "that guy in Madonna's 'Music' video." When I first came across this film, I wasn't sure what to expect. I figured it would be a good spoof film like the Wayne's projects...

Severe oppression brought to your attention

Thu, 28 Feb 2002 03:33:49 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gem1 - Over the last couple weeks I had been catching up on my film list to see the movies that the critics were calling "Must-Sees". Some of the films I saw that were being praised as Oscar-nominated didn't impress me all that much. When I got a preview...

Super Duper F-Troopers

Thu, 14 Feb 2002 09:29:05 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author gem1 - In the 70's & 80's we had classic comedy films that are still talked about regularly like Caddyshack, Police Academy & even Spaceballs. During that time we had films being churned out by National Lampoon and later on in the 90's the Farley Brothers...

The good 'ol days.. well for a day.

Fri, 12 Oct 2001 07:02:35 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author gem1 - While we long time gamers will be playing and complaining about when dots and lines were the latest high tech in arcades and Atari 2600's, it still fun to bask in nostalgia. Of course companies want to exploit those memories, and the current owner of the...

DDR 2nd Mix, good clean fun with your feet

Sun, 23 Sep 2001 06:07:43 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gem1 - In arcades now, there are 3 niches in American arcades: Fighting, Driving & Shooting. While there are other variants of video games, those are generally what you'll find in arcades today (minus the Chance games). But in the past year, a new type of game...

Score-less

Fri, 13 Jul 2001 10:51:40 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author gem1 - I got a chance to see a preview screening here of The Score, and I can not believe I just sat and watched three talented actors waste away on the screen for 2 hours, and even worse, be bored through the whole thing. The hardcore movie fan will probably...

Password: BadA*s

Thu, 7 Jun 2001 05:48:55 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gem1 - When I managed to snag a premiere screening pass to see this movie, I offered quite a few people to come along, and I was turned down one-by-one. These were people who thought The Matrix & any movie by John Woo was great film achievements. Each person...

Bleeding badly..

Wed, 9 May 2001 06:43:43 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author gem1 - In this post Scream era of horror movies, it takes a lot more to scare people. You also need to actually have snappy dialogue and good character developement. This low budget Australian import does not even come close. Cut pays tribute to the 80's...

There's something about Liv [Tyler]

Fri, 27 Apr 2001 15:59:32 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author gem1 - Eventually a film has to regularly come out that call for the 14 year old kid inside of me. If a commercial had ever seduced me, this was it. When watching the whole film, it felt like Liv Tyler was putting on a Victoria Secret show in sexy poses, and...

Wacky Raiders

Wed, 18 Apr 2001 02:36:25 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author gem1 - Sometimes the mind just needs some action fight sequences, and films from Honk Kong seem to fill that perfectly. That is a great thing about them, is that you can just jump into an action sequence, then explain why a bit later. Punch first, ask questions...