Epinions Recent Reviews for glowsw

Coraline: A Creepy Journey to an Other World

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:20:17 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author glowsw - Coraline is a movie that I have waited years to see. I read the book back in college and I couldn’t wait to see it when it was finally brought to the big screen. Based on the young adult novel of the same name by Neil Gaiman (one of my favorite...

Clueless: A Timeless Treasure of Teen Fancy

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 01:41:23 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author glowsw - When Amy Heckerling’s brilliant teen version of Emma hit the big screens back in 1995, I was still in middle school. I remember being utterly fascinated by the vision of teenaged California beauty that was laid before me. Was that what high school...

Revolutionary Road: Revolutionary Road: Love and Contempt in Suburbia

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:03:51 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author glowsw - From the very beginning Revolutionary Road makes it clear that it is not going to be an easy film to watch. We’re thrown into the midst of a domestic meltdown and enveloped by an overwhelming sense of frustration and claustrophobia. Sam Mendes...

Watchmen: Flawed But Worth It

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:27:33 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author glowsw - Alan Moore’s Watchmen is an interesting creature; critically acclaimed, held in high esteem by a small but hardcore group of fans, until it’s feature film debut this month it was virtually unknown by the mainstream. Not just a long form...

Hancock: What Will Hancock Do?

Mon, 7 Jul 2008 17:49:29 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author glowsw - I have to be honest. I was very not sure about Hancock. I was never able to get fully excited about this summer’s Will Smith action vehicle. On the one hand, I like Will Smith. On the other, the trailers were lackluster at best. On the one hand, the...

The Happening: Going Out With A Whisper in The Happening

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:44:56 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author glowsw - Do you ever look around at the world and feel like we’re at the tipping point? That we are precariously balanced, about to fall into disaster. The media is full of talk of global warming, the looming energy crisis, the extinction of different species,...

Sex and the City: Say it Ain't So SJP, Say it Ain't So.

Sat, 31 May 2008 02:31:00 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author glowsw - Don't worry darlings, there are no spoilers. Before I get into this review I’m just going to come out and say it. I hated the movie. Completely, flat out, hated it. Looking around at other reviews I can see that while I’m not alone I am in the...

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: The Old and The Young with Indy

Thu, 22 May 2008 16:32:51 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author glowsw - All right. Go ahead. Say it. I'm too young to REALLY understand Indiana Jones. I wasn't born when Raiders of the Lost Ark was released. I was an infant when Temple of Doom came out. I was only six when we got The Last Crusade. I didn't really grow up...

The Fall: The Fall: A Visual Experience

Tue, 20 May 2008 17:18:13 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author glowsw - The Fall is the sophomore effort of director Tarsem Singh (he now apparently likes to go by just Tarsem). He's known for 2000's The Cell and you may or may not remember his well-known music video for R.E.M.'s Losing My Religion (one of my favorite music...

Iron Man: Iron Man: A Slick Suit

Fri, 2 May 2008 04:39:19 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author glowsw - And Summer 2008 at the movies has officially begun. What can I say about this season’s opener, Iron Man? A few things, some good, some not so good. The one thing that matters though: if this is just the beginning of what we’ll be getting over...

The Other Boleyn Girl: Another Pretty Face

Sat, 22 Mar 2008 19:47:01 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author glowsw - There is something seductive about the idea of two of cinema’s most striking leading ladies being featured in a sensuous, lush historical drama. The idea becomes even more enticing when you place a gentleman with dark, searching eyes between them. And...

An Empty Message

Fri, 8 Feb 2008 16:13:36 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author glowsw - It looked promising: A creepy old house, an unsuspecting family, something disturbing in the walls. There were whispers of real life phenomena, there was speculation about what a small child is able to perceive. And then… there was mediocrity...

Monsters In The Mist And In Our Hearts.

Tue, 25 Dec 2007 22:10:04 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author glowsw - There's this thing that happens when a Stephen King story is adapted into a film. It doesn't always, always happen. But it usually does. What is it? It's that Stephen King's stories, tales of horror, terror, survival, and human nature, stories that read...

Into the Wild: Into The Wild: A Journey of Self

Mon, 24 Dec 2007 21:11:25 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author glowsw - Every once in a long while I see a film that really touches a nerve. A film that tells a story I can relate to, a story that is in some way my own. Into The Wild tells a story that is not only mine, it is a story that a million others share with me...

Atonement: Truth and Redemption in Joe Wright's Atonement

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:23:42 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author glowsw - Two figures stand by a fountain. A little girl watches from a window. What the girl thinks she sees only marginally corresponds with what actually occurs between the man and woman below. A little girl’s perception, a little girl’s imagination, a...

Restrained Romance in Bridges of Madison County

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 17:08:28 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author glowsw - By what definition does a romance become great? Is it the doomed fate of Romeo and Juliet or is it the triumphant happily ever after of Cinderella? We all go through life searching for that elusive great love. How often do any of us get to find it?...

30 Days of Night: A Night That Really Does Last Too Long

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 02:44:27 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author glowsw - So after a long and stressful week I wanted something fun but low key to occupy myself with this past Friday night. I figured, I'm feeling a little icky, what better to improve my mood than Josh Hartnett and vampires? Right? Wrong. Now yeah, that was...

Unappetizing Entrails: Entrails Of A Beautiful Woman

Thu, 11 Oct 2007 18:22:17 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author glowsw - If you’ve read some of my earlier reviews (like my horror movie top ten list or my Zom
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movie list) then you may know that I’m huge fan of horror and gore and the ridiculous...

Eastern Promises: Beyond the Surface of Eastern Promises

Mon, 8 Oct 2007 15:32:06 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author glowsw - On the surface Eastern Promises is a story about Midwife Anna (Naomi Watts), the dead Russian girl Tatiana (Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse, voice over by Tatiana Maslany), Russian mobster Kirill (Vincent Cassel), and his mysterious driver Nikolai (Viggo...

3:10 to Yuma (2007): The Eyes of A Gunslinger: Justice in 3:10 to Yuma

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 15:08:48 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author glowsw - 3:10. It’s the time the train to Yuma Prison arrives in Contention. The air is silent. The men are still. The guns are cocked. The clock is ticking. Praying won’t stop time. 3:10 is coming. Death may be coming with it. 3:10 To Yuma is remake of the...

Doing It Again in Double Jeopardy

Sun, 26 Aug 2007 17:43:31 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author glowsw - A word of advice: If you ever find yourself trapped in a confined space, wasting oxygen with your lighter may not be the best plan. That being said, if you find yourself sitting on the couch on a Sunday morning with no particular plans for the day,...

Of Witches and Boy Bands: Dragging it out in The Covenant

Fri, 17 Aug 2007 01:33:39 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author glowsw - Okay, I’ll admit it; I wanted to see The Covenant. I knew it was supposed to be terrible and I really wasn’t expecting much. I was looking forward to maybe a few flashy visuals and hopefully a couple of tight abs. Eye Candy. I was also suspecting...

Discovering Naruse: One Woman's Ascension

Mon, 6 Aug 2007 16:37:02 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author glowsw - There are times when the academic in me comes out and I really want to talk about a film in the context of something greater than itself. That context may be the director’s body of work, a genre, a time period, or possibly a national cinema. Mikio...

Driving in Standard

Wed, 1 Aug 2007 16:31:50 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author glowsw - When considering Driving Lessons, two questions come immediately to mind. First, will Rupert Grint be able to escape the world of Potter? Second, do I really need another indie coming of age story? The answers: Yes. And No. Driving Lessons is...

Live Free or Die Hard: Live Free or Die Hard: McClane is back. And the explosions are bigger.

Thu, 28 Jun 2007 21:49:04 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author glowsw - The days are long, the temperatures are high, and the explosions are big. That’s right, it’s once again summer and the season of the blockbuster. It’s that fabulous time of the year where the cinema invites us to leave our brains at home...