Epinions Recent Reviews for godking

This movie is indeed fast. Not sure about the furious.

Mon, 4 Jun 2001 18:01:39 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author godking - The first thing you need to know about this movie is that it's directed by Rob Cohen. Rob Cohen is perhaps the most obvious example of a B-movie director there is working in Hollywood today, and the definition has shifted, so let me explain. "B-movies"...

This is NOT a Hidden Gem of Cinema.

Sun, 1 Apr 2001 05:16:53 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author godking - _Coming Soon_ has, on its box, the words "The female version of _American Pie!" by one of those critics you've never heard of. It's clever, really - a way to make you think this bargain-bin reject is worth watching - it's a HIDDEN GEM OF CINEMA! Hey, it...

The psychotic ravings of a madman. But they're really good.

Fri, 7 Apr 2000 20:45:40 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author godking - Transmetropolitan (Year of the Bastard is the third collection thus far -- the first two are Back On the Street and Lust For Life) is written by Warren Ellis. Ellis, for those not in the know, is the current hot genius writer...

Toronto: Imagine -- very much your typical vegan restaurant

Tue, 4 Apr 2000 00:12:04 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author godking - (Note: I am not a vegan. I am not even a vegetarian. I see no reason why I, as a devoted omnivore, should not partake of vegetarian cooking when I am in the mood for it. Thus, take my review of this vegan restaurant with appropriate caution.)
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Thrasher: Skate And Destroy for PlayStation 1: A pure skate simulator, for what that's worth

Sun, 2 Apr 2000 16:39:50 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author godking - Thrasher: Skate and Destroy is an interesting change of pace from other board games, be they skateboard or snowboard games. Most games of this ilk -- at least, the good ones -- are arcade games in every sense. You can take a neckbreaking fall and...

Archived Movie Reviews: Spooooooky stuff, kiddies

Sun, 2 Apr 2000 05:11:56 GMT

rating: 0/5 by: Epinions Author godking - The recent DVD rerelease of The Stand is a welcome one -- thank god Artisan Entertainment has decided to pick up all those old (and usually kick-ass) miniseries from ages past and release them as single-volume DVDs. The amount of entertainment you...

Amusing in fits but only so

Sun, 2 Apr 2000 04:49:30 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author godking - Big Kiss is a fairly unique sort of memoir in that it defies the standard conventions of celebrity tale (the two archetypes being "kid from nowhere makes it big" and "child of fame lives up to the standards of his parents"). It...

WWF Smackdown for PlayStation 1: Good for Sony, not good overall

Sun, 26 Mar 2000 01:34:31 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author godking - WWF Smackdown! is, certainly, the best wrestling game to appear thus far on the PlayStation. This is hardly a glowing accolade, however. Consider the competition: WCW Nitro, Thunder, and Mayhem (terrible, worse than terrible, and...

Destruction Derby for Nintendo 64: Not a horrible play but there are better

Sun, 26 Mar 2000 01:08:24 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author godking - Destruction Derby 64 fills the car-smash-em-up game niche that was previously lacking for the N64, this I must admit. Let's be honest: there's just something wonderfully whole about driving cars into one another and making them go boom...

South Park Rally for Nintendo 64: Ack-Lame strikes again!

Wed, 22 Mar 2000 22:34:24 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author godking - Yes, the wonderful game makers at Ack-Lame (company motto: "Twice as Good as HeadGames") are doing their level best to shred yet ANOTHER promising franchise. Last time I checked in, they were trashing the ECW license with their horrendous...

Forgotten classics revisited

Thu, 16 Mar 2000 02:13:16 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author godking - Strange Days was simply one of those films that everyone expected to do far better than it ended up doing. It was a sci-fi movie, released in a prime moment (October, usually an excellent time for niche product) ... and it tanked.

In...

Excellent, albeit disparate

Thu, 16 Mar 2000 01:40:35 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author godking - The Strange Days soundtrack is a wonderful little album that not many people have bothered to pick up; like the movie, it has been unjustly ignored for too long. This tragedy must be rectified.

However, the album is somewhat...

A forgotten classic

Tue, 14 Mar 2000 23:39:19 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author godking - (Note: After one attempt to write this Epinion -- which the server seems to have placed in a space-time-quantum-flux-thing, so it shows up only intermittently -- I have deleted the original and recopied it into this one. This is not a...

Pokemon Stadium for Nintendo 64: The ultimate ripoff from Nintendo

Tue, 14 Mar 2000 00:58:01 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author godking - Pokémon Stadium hits a new low in the money-obsessed world of console gaming. I thought Nintendo had hit its low point with Pokémon Yellow (or, as it should be more properly called, Pokémon Rehash Of The First Two Games), which...

A fine excursion into the world of middlebrow suck

Mon, 13 Mar 2000 22:57:31 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author godking - Joe Queenan's America is certainly one of Queenan's highwater marks as a satirist. The premise is simple: Queenan decides to spend a year consuming only the worst that American popular culture has to offer. That means everything: Red...

Pen Pen Tricelon for Dreamcast: For kids ONLY

Sat, 11 Mar 2000 20:43:14 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author godking - I don't really agree with the opinion that "a kiddie game should be easy". It should START easy, yes, and stay that way a good while, but the challenge should gradually increase. That's why a game, like, say, Diddy Kong Racing has...

Attack of the creepling blehs

Sat, 11 Mar 2000 14:35:28 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author godking - Mission to Mars has been compared by a good many critics to Ishtar -- the point being that both movies suck in a way most don't.

And this is entirely true. Mission to Mars doesn't suck in the way that a cynical...

A forgotten classic

Tue, 7 Mar 2000 00:33:46 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author godking - Nick Of Time came out in 1995 and just made a big thud as absolutely nobody went to see it. Johnny Depp was so disappointed, he didn't make another action film until Sleepy Hollow.

It's a damn shame, because this is an excellent...

No better value-for-money than this...

Sun, 5 Mar 2000 04:56:49 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author godking - Most people who read the front page of the newspaper read "Doonesbury." Most people who read "Doonesbury" also have an opinion about it. These generally tend to be strictly of the love/hate variety.

Me, I love...

ECW Hardcore Revolution for Nintendo 64: Another "gem" from Ack-Lame

Sun, 5 Mar 2000 04:36:04 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author godking - Those of you who read my reviews know two things about me by now:

1.) I am a wrestling fan. This means I like a good wrestling game more than most people, and hate a bad one more than just about anybody.

2.) I am superior...

Rampage: World Tour for Nintendo 64: Get an emulator. Play the original instead. It's cheaper!

Sun, 5 Mar 2000 04:17:49 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author godking - I'm getting really sick of the "updating" trend currently going on in console gaming. Bringing out "collection" editions of the old 1980s arcade games (six collections from Namco, four from Midway, two from Atari) for the Playstation...

Walter Mosley - voice of the people?

Sat, 4 Mar 2000 01:10:48 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author godking - Workin' On The Chain Gang is just further evidence that Walter Mosley, when it comes to jumping genre and style, is completely fearless. This isn't a novel, or a collection of short stories, or even a severely wacked-out sci-fi tale like...

Not for Bush republicans

Thu, 2 Mar 2000 23:50:24 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author godking - Molly Ivins is a Texan. Molly Ivins is a liberal. And Molly Ivins is damn funny.

This, I think, makes her the first person to be all three of those things in the history of mankind. There are boring liberal Texans, and there are funny liberals...

Star Trek Birth of the Federation: A second-rate MOO clone

Tue, 22 Feb 2000 00:27:31 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author godking - Master of Orion and Master of Orion 2 left a huge collection of boots to fill, and ever since, gamers have been waiting for a new, definitive, next-generation space empire turn-based strategy sim.

Birth of the Federation,...

Half-Life Expansion Pack: Opposing Force for Windows: A fine addition

Mon, 21 Feb 2000 23:51:09 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author godking - Opposing Force is an excellent addition to Half-Life.

Yes, that's it. No declarations of how it surpasses the original in every way. No wild declarations of the "excellent plot" (ludicrous given that Half-Life's...