Epinions Recent Reviews for gentlementle

Failure is always the best way to learn...

Fri, 31 Aug 2001 11:45:45 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gentlementle - Maybe the nouveau Simon & Garfunkel. Maybe the latest reincarnation of Nick Drake. Maybe you should decide for yourself.

Definitely the most random thing to come out of the Astralwerks label, the Norwegian Kings of Convenience are...

I've always been attracted to faux-North African restaurants...

Fri, 20 Apr 2001 12:37:35 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gentlementle - ...but this relationship may become un-wholesome.

Welcome to Cafe Gitane. A scene in most respects: perfectly coiffed, bourgeois girls, complete with Prada sandals, sitting across a tony table from a tall, thin lad with long, oily...

My bud Jen went there with her socialist boss

Mon, 30 Oct 2000 00:45:50 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gentlementle - and loved it so she dragged me there on Halloween weekend.

The socialist boss definitely knows about some fierce Korean home-cooking.

Dok Suni's been there for as long as I remember but I never thought about going in. I had no...

An unpretentious restaurant in SoHo? Wha?

Sun, 8 Oct 2000 12:10:17 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gentlementle - Cafe Noir is, surprisingly, not situated at the corner of Pretension Street and Glam Lane. Instead, its a-little-bit-to-the-west-of-SoHo location makes it a perfect place to hang out and eat some good, albeit questionably genuine,...

"Bjork doesn't act. She just eez."

Thu, 5 Oct 2000 12:14:30 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gentlementle - ...is what Catherine Deneuve apparently said about her cohort's performance in the most surprising movie of this year, Dancer in the Dark.

A (post)modern version of the traditional musical, "Dancer in the Dark" stars Bjork as...

High and dry and my oh my

Sat, 16 Sep 2000 00:52:46 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gentlementle - Radiohead's The Bends spells out quality like a neon light. It doesn't reflect the social awkwardness of the "late teens" Pablo Honey, nor is it a fitting precursor to the polished eclecticism of the "late twenties"...

My rant on the Brady Bunch

Tue, 5 Sep 2000 15:52:55 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author gentlementle - Alright. This is going to be quick and short (hopefully though I know that I could probably go for a good ten pages if I were forced to do it). When I was young and watched sitcoms such as "Different Strokes" and "Three's Company",...

Dark & cozy & rather dry

Tue, 29 Aug 2000 01:10:36 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author gentlementle - So I was wondering what exactly Afghani food was. I expected a cross between Middle Eastern and Indian, and basically that's it.

Khyber Pass is unusually situated on St. Mark's Place: the haven for punks and alternateens. It's nestled...

I see you baby, shaking that ass...

Wed, 23 Aug 2000 02:48:54 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gentlementle - Jennifer Lopez is the curvaceous child psychologist Catherine who volunteers to go into "the cell", a subconscious, sub-reality world that comprises a person's deepest and innermost secrets and thoughts. She needs to do this to save a victim...

"Wake up. It's time to die."

Sun, 20 Aug 2000 20:50:28 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gentlementle - ...Leon, the oafish but buff replicant, says to Deckard, the seasoned, dark blade runner, as he's about to bash Deckard's head into a futuristic dump truck....

Welcome to Ridley Scott's lurid slither into sci-fi noir. Blade Runner was...

This is my opinion. This is my opinion on Rice.

Fri, 18 Aug 2000 22:31:38 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gentlementle - It's an interesting concept to begin with: concentrate on what can be the most banal but ubiquitous foodstuff and put a funky spin on it. That's what Rice is, literally.

The restaurant itself is set on the first floor of a NoLita...

Williamstown: All that it's cracked up to be

Mon, 14 Aug 2000 18:27:43 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gentlementle - Well. I lived in Williamstown for 3 years so I would like to consider myself a somewhat of an expert on Williamstown life, etc.

Williamstown is situated in the northwestern most corner of the state of Massachusetts, nestled in the Berkshire...

"Only out of stubbornness are great things born."

Fri, 11 Aug 2000 17:48:07 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gentlementle - Willy G. Christmas says as he lay dying against a fence surrounding Edgar Allan Poe's house. Mr. Bones, his trusting, intelligent mutt, listens to Willy's freeform monologue, imbibing every crust of knowledge Willy talks at him. Seconds later though, a...

"Sweet."

Thu, 10 Aug 2000 17:56:23 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gentlementle - At first the movie began with the old-skool film credits reminiscent of silent movies accompanied by one of Emmet Ray's legendary guitar tracks. And I thought, "Hey, this seems promising." And then the credits cut to the face of a jazz...

(shhh....)

Thu, 10 Aug 2000 13:02:51 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gentlementle - I fell in love with Bjork at the tender age of (let's see) 15 when I was just a wee little sophomore in high school. She was on one of my favorite shows at that time - SNL when it was still worth watching - and her songs Human Behaviour...

Chuck Empire Szechuan and trash Ollie's!

Wed, 9 Aug 2000 01:56:00 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gentlementle - This is the ultimate, cheap Chinese food experience you've been waiting for...Joe's Shanghai is a legend all over New York City. A frenzied foray into wonderful eats and less-than-utilitarian decor, you have to respect the goodies they cook...

Dion, Celine: When you touch me like this and you hold me like that.

Tue, 8 Aug 2000 18:15:29 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author gentlementle - Ohhh...is it coming back to me now....I vowed never to do this but I guess I'm doing it now. This is my review on Celine Dion, the French Canadian diva, and her awful, soul-rending music.

First of all, she can only sing about cliches. The...

The Tate - What Now My Love

Tue, 8 Aug 2000 12:54:47 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gentlementle - The Tate Gallery (now Tate Britain as the Tate Modern was just constructed) was the first museum I visited in London and will remain my most favorite. It has a completely different feel from the National Gallery and the Vic & Al, incorporating a lot...

Scene, anyone?

Mon, 7 Aug 2000 18:08:10 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author gentlementle - Alright. Alright. I admit it, I (sort of) like the The Coffee Shop though it was so five summers ago and all that. So bludgeon me with a nokia cell phone. But I think everyone has their own mediocre diner that they frequent because for some...

Ladies and Gentlemen: A rock circle!

Mon, 7 Aug 2000 13:32:28 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author gentlementle - ...which is one of many Druid, Middle Age constructions using boulders, stones, etc. that show up all over the British countryside. At first, I was really excited at the prospect of going to see one of the most famous historical sites in the world. So...

"The history of man is the history of pain!"

Sun, 6 Aug 2000 04:27:28 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gentlementle - ...remarks his Waindell College colleague at Pnin's "house-heating" party for his new residence. And this describes in a nutshell the life of Timofey Pnin.

Pnin is an emigre transplanted to a quaint, New England college as a...

"And the music keeps on playing on and on..."

Fri, 4 Aug 2000 02:42:59 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gentlementle - Basement Jaxx exploded onto the music scene last year with their hit album Remedy. Emerging from the underground, garage house scene in London, they amazed the world with their no-holds-barred approach to modern house and hip-hop. Their...

a new stereophonic sound spectacular!

Thu, 3 Aug 2000 18:48:42 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gentlementle - Vibrant, witty, happy, cheesy: these are the words that come to my mind when I think of Pizzicato Five. For those unfamiliar with P5 they are a long-standing neo-lounge-pop group hailing from the Japanese islands, famous for exporting such...

Dreaming Spires, Intelligent People, Good Boozing

Wed, 2 Aug 2000 13:46:30 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gentlementle - I studied abroad at Exeter College at the University of Oxford. And I have to say that I had a pretty fun time there. Though a lot of the times, I was physically lodging books into my head to write those weekly essays, I had an...

dangerous to say the least

Wed, 2 Aug 2000 01:51:33 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author gentlementle - This started out as a response to jasonkirk's review but I feel like I have to say more on the subject.

I think that XY is a very dangerous and manipulative media tool. Though technically targeted to young gay lifestyles and such, it...