Epinions Recent Reviews for gollygumdrops

Men in Black 2: Guess who's back, back again

Tue, 6 Aug 2002 07:45:45 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author gollygumdrops - Trailers for MIIB looked great so I happily settled down to a showing this weekend. It was well worth it. This may have been influenced by my being on a date from hell, with Mr Boring from Boringville, and I was glad of an hour and a half when I didn't...

With a name like Fuddruckers

Sun, 7 Jul 2002 13:20:16 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gollygumdrops - What a name! You really can’t argue with a restaurant chain that calls itself Fuddruckers. You used to be further discouraged from arguing by the sides of fresh cow hanging in the front windows, but now hygiene regulations mean that the hacking up of...

You will relax - NOW!

Thu, 4 Jul 2002 09:42:53 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gollygumdrops - Lufthansa wasn't my first choice of airline. I'm a British Airways kind of chick personally. Given the choice I think the British really do know how to fly. However whilst they know how to fly, they don't always know where to fly from. Darling, I don't...

World Trade Center Hotel: WTC NYC 010102 An English view

Wed, 15 May 2002 12:07:19 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author gollygumdrops - The events of September 11 affected far more than they should have done. I've seen news clips of thousands of people dying day after day throughout the world and whilst I'm left feeling saddened, angry, and more often than not helpless, I carry on pretty...

The Wollman Rink

Thu, 24 Jan 2002 08:59:16 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gollygumdrops - New York gets cold, very cold. It also gets windy which, when it's cold, makes it colder. You can either hide under the duvet some time in December and refuse to come out until April, or you can get out and make the most of the cold.

New...

Americas Broken Heart - The Pentagon -

Fri, 14 Dec 2001 12:28:56 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gollygumdrops - My visit to the Pentagon was nothing like yours might be. Right now all tours of the building have been cancelled. However, I'm still going to tell you what it was like, as I hope that tours will be resumed.

Tours of the Pentagon began as a...

Fables for the 'ME' generation - When You Wish Upon Emily's Star WO

Tue, 16 Oct 2001 16:38:33 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gollygumdrops - The Emperor’s New Groove was not a movie I was desperate to see. I’d heard that it was a patched together rehash job, after the original film ‘The Kingdom of the Sun’, a Prince and the Pauper role reversal with llamas had bombed so badly that everyone...

American Gothic

Sun, 7 Oct 2001 11:58:10 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gollygumdrops - This is one **cked up movie.

Damn that 100 word minimum.

American Beauty is not what I expected. It goes way beyond what I’d hoped for from one of the most hyped movies of the last few years. I’d imagined it to be a standard tale...

Encourage your kid to be violent

Fri, 5 Oct 2001 20:34:15 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author gollygumdrops - I’m going to call it WWF, even though they can’t call themselves WWF any more because the WWF (World Wide Fund for nature, or World Wildlife Fund as it used to be) owns the name, and although they offered to sell the rights to save some seals the...

Cybergold: So long and thanks for all the cash - Cybergold goes pop.

Fri, 3 Aug 2001 07:42:55 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author gollygumdrops - Oh well, I suppose it was good while it lasted, but CyberGold is the latest paid to surf company to bite the dust.

Cybergold offered cold hard cash for clicks. Two or three times a week I'd get an e mail offering me from 5c to 25c to click on...

Captain Corelli's Mandolin - It's got a captain in it, and a mandolin

Tue, 3 Jul 2001 12:28:35 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gollygumdrops - I haven’t read the book. I’m a bad person. Everybody has read the book. It was the only book to be seen with on the beach last summer. The normal bleating that the film won’t be as good as the book won’t be coming from me. No siree I’m setting the...

Say It Isn't So - Oh dear

Mon, 2 Jul 2001 16:07:35 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author gollygumdrops - Oh dear.

Hmmm...failed to make the 100 word minimum, I'd better explain.

Say It Isn't So is one of the latest teen comedies on the block, as such it serves me right for going, I should have expected this, but as some teen comedies...

Rachel's Holiday - Cheap holidays in other peoples misery

Thu, 21 Jun 2001 19:17:15 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gollygumdrops - I picked up a copy of Rachel’s Holiday at the airport. It had a nice bright cheery cover, and some encouraging blurb about a twenty something woman with size eight feet and a party lifestyle, rather Bridget Jones I thought. I had a long trip ahead, so it...

Beetling about in Michigan, for roadiem

Sat, 14 Apr 2001 10:30:54 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gollygumdrops - I’m not born to write about cars, I get in them, I drive them, and if they get me where I’m going I’m happy. I do take advice when making purchases and when I recently considered buying a PT Cruiser, I turned immediately to roadiem to check out whether...

Iomega ZipCD CD RW

Sun, 25 Mar 2001 14:19:21 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author gollygumdrops - I wanted a CD burner for music, and plenty of it.

I am however, a technology idiot, and whilst I happily buy anything new on the market I can't work any of it. For that reason I decided that an external CD writer was the only way I could be...

Einstein Bros. - Not so schmancy

Wed, 31 Jan 2001 15:24:13 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gollygumdrops - In the UK it is difficult to get decent bagels outside of London. This is a shame as I love the dense chewiness of fresh baked bagels, be they plain, sweet, savory, filled or plain. So whilst in the US I like to make the most of it.

My...

Great Lakes Savings

Sun, 31 Dec 2000 15:22:48 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gollygumdrops - For those of you who like the sales to last all year, South East Michigan has a couple of excellent outlet malls that offer massive savings on brand name goods.

Great Lakes Crossing just off I-75 Exit 84, at Baldwin north of Auburn...

The Greatest Lakes -

Tue, 5 Dec 2000 19:56:27 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gollygumdrops - Mention the holiday season to any British person and they immediately think of the summertime, from May through August, when they take their ‘holidays’. Ask a Brit about their favo(u!)rite holiday and depending on their age they will wax lyrical about...

Somerset Collection, Troy

Sun, 5 Nov 2000 10:17:03 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gollygumdrops - Review Topic: ShoppingThe Somerset Collection used to be just the plain ol' Somerset Mall, but frankly it is way too sophisticated to be compared with any regular shopping experience.

Any complex in which Nordstrom and Hudsons are...

Strip of Dreams

Fri, 20 Oct 2000 16:48:33 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author gollygumdrops - Having seen the trailers for this movie I feared I had possibly seen the best of it. The simple, yet beautiful idea of doing big favors for three other people and having them pass that idea forward, seemed like an excellent short story, but how on earth...

Cyberworld Review

Mon, 16 Oct 2000 09:57:09 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gollygumdrops - I really had limited expectation of 3D graphics. My last cinematic experience was Jaws 3D which was just a regular movie with a strange red and green blur around the edges.

When I realised I needed viewing glasses for the movie my heart...

Seeking sports fans in the USA

Mon, 25 Sep 2000 14:42:00 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author gollygumdrops - NBC captured the exclusive rights to broadcast the 2000 Olympic Games from Sydney. This took a massive chunk of their programming budget, and they clearly expected a ratings boost and an advertising landslide. So, how did they do? I know the Olympics...

Millennium Dumb?

Sun, 24 Sep 2000 11:23:55 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gollygumdrops -
Review Topic: Sights & Attractions

This opinion will self destruct at midnight on 31 December 2000. At that time the Millennium Dome will close. The structure is good for at least another 25 years, but the exhibition...

Tate Modern, London

Sun, 17 Sep 2000 12:52:16 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gollygumdrops -
Review Topic: Sights & Attractions

Review Topic: Sights & AttractionsThe London of tourists tends to be concentrated North of the Thames, with the museums and galleries in Kensington, and serious shopping ‘up...

The Sims Livin' Large Expansion Pack For Windows: Oh to be a Sim, now that Livin’ Large is here (updated)

Sat, 9 Sep 2000 18:22:02 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gollygumdrops - Update: I've now played the new game extensively so my updated view appears at the bottom.

The Livin’ Large expansion pack has landed. For fans of the Sims this is the moment we’ve all been waiting for, the opening of the mega mart at...