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Star Trek: Phasers on Fun

Fri, 15 May 2009 16:51:54 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author green1 - Upon seeing J.J. Abrams' re-imagining of the "Star Trek" franchise, Gene Rodenberry might possibly roll over in his grave; unlike the landmark TV series he created in the 1960s, no one spends a second pondering the Human Condition or any abstract...

“Treasure Of The Sierra Madre”: Fool’s Gold

Thu, 27 Jan 2005 00:36:54 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author green1 - "For the love of money is the root of all evil." I Timothy 6:10 Fred C. Dobbs (Humphrey Bogart) is stuck in a real rut when we first meet him, and despite what he may think, he stays that way through to the end of “Treasure Of The Sierra...

“Star Wars”: In A Childhood Far, Far Away……..

Sat, 2 Oct 2004 02:31:35 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author green1 - I was nine years old in the summer of 1977. Can you imagine a more perfect age for a boy to see “Star Wars” for the first time? In that respect, I consider myself blessed beyond measure. “Star Wars” also probably came out at the...

The Last Samurai: Gooshy Sushi

Sun, 27 Jun 2004 01:04:43 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author green1 - “The Last Samurai” tries to incorporate elements of the work of Akira Kurosawa and the Oscar-winning “Dances With Wolves”, but ends up, essentially, with an entertaining but wrongheaded Tom Cruise vehicle. It drives to imitate a theme...

Maxim: A Dream Come True

Sat, 24 Apr 2004 01:48:42 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author green1 - Why couldn't Helen Keller drive? Because she was a woman. That's an example of the kind of humor you'll find in Maxim Magazine. Yes, you've seen the covers where famous women pose semi-naked and feature articles about how to lie your way into...

The Passion of the Christ: Based on the best-selling book!

Tue, 2 Mar 2004 01:59:26 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author green1 - “The Passion Of The Christ” is, technically, a work of film art, a profoundly engaging and sometimes stunning account of the final twelve hours of the life of Jesus. Although there certainly are elements of the movie that are demonstrative of...

Bruce Springsteen’s “The Rising”: Mourn In The USA

Mon, 10 Feb 2003 16:17:54 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author green1 - I find it amusing that Bruce Springsteen, a guy who never held a real job in his life, is generally seen as the quintessential spokesman for America’s blue-collar class. Moreover, his songs about The Working Man tend to be the weakest and most...

Jaws: Take a big bite

Mon, 14 Oct 2002 13:52:32 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author green1 - One of my favorite moments in "Jaws" lasts only about two seconds. Literally, if you blink, you miss it. Brody (Roy Schieder), the police chief in a small island resort town, has found a dead girl on the beach. With a strong suspicion that it was a...

Minority Report: I Know What You Did Next Tuesday

Sat, 22 Jun 2002 04:53:35 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author green1 - Tom Cruise is the man. He’s got it goin’ on. For real. Whatever hip is these days, he’s it. This is not just due to his handsome face (saved from perfection by that nose that looks as if it’s been broken too many times) or his ability to pick scripts...

Proof Of Life: Fairly Convincing

Sun, 9 Jun 2002 01:26:55 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author green1 - Despite some weaknesses, I have to recommend the 2000 thriller “Proof Of Life”, partly due to its strengths, and partly due to the permanent soft spot in my heart for its director, Taylor Hackford, who in 1982's "An Officer And A Gentleman" gave us one...

Insomnia: Wide Awake

Sun, 2 Jun 2002 01:23:11 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author green1 - God, have I been there. I lie in my bed and stare at the ceiling, wondering why I can’t sleep. It can be one or two o’clock in the morning; I might have been up for 16 or 20 hours, but I’m totally alert, my eyes wide open. Should I have had that Diet...

Showgirls: Crapdance

Tue, 28 May 2002 02:23:46 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author green1 - Who was “Showgirls” made for? Middle-aged men who are too ashamed to be seen walking into an X-rated theater? Please. They can watch smut without ever setting foot outside their homes, courtesy of cable and satellite TV. So, who else would...

Star Wars Episode II: Attack Of The Groans

Mon, 27 May 2002 12:55:07 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author green1 - The films in the “Star Wars” series have had their share of dramatic, shocking revelations. The most famous and effective was Darth Vader’s disclosure to Luke Skywalker of his true lineage in 1980’s “The Empire Strikes Back”. It got a little ridiculous...

See No Evil: Confessions (And Warnings) From An Old Spy

Mon, 29 Apr 2002 02:25:31 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author green1 - “Apply to the CIA.” Those words, spoken by Robert Baer’s post-college roommate in the mid-1970s, were the beginning of his 20-year odyssey through the bowels of America’s intelligence apparatus. The son of an adventurous, impulsive mother, Baer...

Panic Room: Break In

Sat, 6 Apr 2002 16:39:35 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author green1 - Director David Fincher has built up a track record over the last decade or so that is, overall, excellent. After a lame start with “Alien 3”, he followed up with his masterpiece, “Se7en”, which featured a compelling detective story and an edgy attitude,...

Blade II: Another Tasty Pint of Blood

Sat, 6 Apr 2002 15:27:43 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author green1 - “Blade II” obeys the living daylights out of rule #1 for sequels: You have to have twice the action, twice the gore, twice the loud music and, of course, twice the “babe factor” of your predecessor. The follow-up to the 1998 hit “Blade” (based on the...

Black Hawk Down: A Special Operation

Mon, 21 Jan 2002 02:39:03 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author green1 - "There will always be killing, you see." --Somali militia man to Black Hawk pilot Michael Durant "Your most disgraceful case was in Somalia. . . . When tens of your soldiers were killed in minor battles and one American pilot was dragged...

Enemy At The Gates: Cat And Mouse

Mon, 14 Jan 2002 13:02:59 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author green1 - As a war movie, "Enemy At The Gates", director Jean-Jacques Annaut's fact-based account of the duel between two master snipers during the battle of Stalingrad in 1942, is entertaining and sometimes even very good, but it really works only infrequently...

Lord of the Rings: Running Rings Around My Head

Thu, 10 Jan 2002 13:45:08 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author green1 - "I'm Confused."

That was the first thing I said to my younger brother, an enthusiastic J.R.R. Tolkien fan, as the end credits began to roll at the end of "Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring". He just nodded, grinning, as if he'd...

The Others: You See Dead People (AGTTM)

Thu, 27 Sep 2001 02:07:03 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author green1 - "The Others", by director Alejandro Amenábar, draws inevitable comparisons to M. Night Shyamalan's ghost story masterpiece "The Sixth Sense". In some ways, that's fair, and in other ways, not. It has some familiar plot elements, the most obvious being...

Flags of Our Fathers: Living Down Those 15 Minutes

Sat, 25 Aug 2001 03:11:57 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author green1 - "If everything isn't black and white I say, Why the hell not?"

-John Wayne

I'd seen the picture about a million times during my life; in history books, on television, on walls. The massive sculpture re-creation of it at...

Taxi Driver: The Angry White Male On Acid

Sat, 25 Aug 2001 02:58:04 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author green1 - Everything in New York makes Travis Bickle (Robert DeNiro) sick: the hookers, the pimps, the street hoods, the X-rated movie theaters, the scummy passengers who leave scummy things in his back seat. Nonetheless, he feels helplessly pulled to these same...

Cast Away: No Man Is An Island

Fri, 10 Aug 2001 11:56:13 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author green1 - Tom Hanks is a geek.

I mean that as a compliment, of course. His outward sense of geekiness has helped him immeasurably in most of his movies, particularly in 1994’s “Forrest Gump”. Geeks are vulnerable yet lovable, comical yet dependable...

Die Hard: Imagine Ralph Kramden with a Beretta 9mm

Sat, 21 Jul 2001 05:00:49 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author green1 - When I bought a DVD player in January 1999, my immediate impulse was to get Die Hard on DVD. The problem was that it wasn’t available at the time. When 20th Century Fox finally decided to release it, it was the standard DVD: no special features...

Ghost Soldiers: Band Of Brothers

Tue, 17 Jul 2001 00:57:25 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author green1 - If the events in Hampton Sides’ book “Ghosts Soldiers” weren’t backed up by historical documentation and a number of surviving eyewitnesses, some might have a hard time believing it ever happened. It reads like an old John Wayne movie, chock-full of...