© 1999-2009 Shopping.com, Inc. This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-jeff_wilder78 Recent reviews written by member jeff_wilder78 en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_490009890436?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jeff_wilder78 - I remember first going to see Ghostbusters on a drive in double feature with Gremlins during its original theatrical run in 1984. I loved it then. But for a different reason than most people my age at the time. Most of them were into the special effects... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~490009890436 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:45:56 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_490009890436?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_489709604484?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jeff_wilder78 - A lot of reviews I've read of New Jack City compare it to Scarface. Of course I mean the 1983 Brian De Palma movie with Al Pacino not the 1932 Howard Hawks one with Paul Muni. Of course there are certain similarities present. Both films are about the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~489709604484 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:50:07 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_489709604484?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_489601339012?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jeff_wilder78 - Of course a lot has happened since this album was released in early 2007. Of course, a lot more has happened since I bought it about a year later. Of course we all know how Amy Winehouse has proceeded to hop on the proverbial highway to an early demise... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~489601339012 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:29:08 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_489601339012?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_488517701252?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jeff_wilder78 - "I like Beyonce. But R&B for the most part is all but dead today." Those are the (paraphrased) words of my friend Jasmine from a conversation we had a while ago. I found myself nodding in agreement. Because while current R&B is not... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~488517701252 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:28:21 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_488517701252?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_482216480388?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jeff_wilder78 - My movie is not about Vietnam... my movie is Vietnam.-Francis Ford Coppola on Apocalypse Now It is possible to see that quote as a prime example of directorial hubris. However, it can be forgiven somewhat if the final result is great... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~482216480388 Sat, 22 Aug 2009 21:22:45 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_482216480388?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_479137336964?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author jeff_wilder78 - Snakes on a Plane. "How was it Jeff" my friend Leona asked when I mentioned seeing the aforementioned movie back in the summer of 2006.Jeff: I laughed all the way through it.Leona: (Giggling) You're not supposed to laugh Jeff! A movie like... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~479137336964 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:51:35 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_479137336964?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_460219321988?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jeff_wilder78 - The tempting Temptations. Easily Motown's leading male vocal group (with all due respect to the Four Tops) and one of the members of the Motown gang that was able to make the transition between the more innocent early 60s and the tough... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~460219321988 Sun, 26 Jul 2009 12:29:32 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_460219321988?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_468359745156?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jeff_wilder78 - Most movies with big name actors like Russell Crowe and Ben Affleck are hyped up well in advance so the audience doesn't miss a chance of knowing they are there in theaters. This wasn't the case for State Of Play. I first became aware of the movie... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~468359745156 Sun, 26 Apr 2009 16:11:34 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_468359745156?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_454311579268?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author jeff_wilder78 - The biggest problem with Cadillac Records is that it isn't long enough.That might seem like an odd complaint to level, considering that the movie is nearly 2 hours long and encompasses a lot in that running time. But the movie tries to cram 3... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~454311579268 Mon, 8 Dec 2008 23:42:55 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_454311579268?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_453878976132?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jeff_wilder78 - I've been looking forward to seeing that movie "Cadillac Records", which opens today, and so I've been thinking a lot about the Chess artists featured in that movie and giving some of their classics a listen.So when I saw the just released... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~453878976132 Fri, 5 Dec 2008 14:01:09 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_453878976132?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_446905552516?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jeff_wilder78 - I always hate it when people ask me what my favorite movie is. There are so many that I love it's hard to narrow it down to just one. But if I were ever to travel to a desert island and could only take one movie with me, there's no question which one it... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~446905552516 Sun, 5 Oct 2008 12:24:38 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_446905552516?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_445084569220?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jeff_wilder78 - Tupac Shakur is easily one of the most widely debated characters ever in the history of popular music. Brilliant MC or overrated average one who simply got elevated to the level he did because there were bullets in Vegas with his name on them? A good... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~445084569220 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 22:22:20 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_445084569220?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_443991101060?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jeff_wilder78 - Outkast are the Beatles of hip-hop.Yeah I said it before. But I meant it then and I mean it now. Like the Fab Four, Andre Benjamin and Antwan Patton are not content to simply keep producing straightforward stuff for the masses for their whole... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~443991101060 Sun, 7 Sep 2008 16:03:13 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_443991101060?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_296936705668?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jeff_wilder78 - I woke up on Christmas morning of 2006 to the sad news that James Brown had died. Sad way to begin Christmas of course (but aside from that Christmas turned out pretty good). Then I got to reflecting that over the past 8 years or so, the holiday season... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~296936705668 Sat, 5 Apr 2008 22:40:57 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_296936705668?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_416040390276?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jeff_wilder78 - Michael Jackson. What is there to say about the man, the myth, the legend, the freak at this point? That he's a freak? Sure. That he's a supremely talented pop music craftsman? Of course. That he's made some of the best pop singles of the last three... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~416040390276 Sun, 27 Jan 2008 00:55:13 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_416040390276?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_408111844996?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jeff_wilder78 - Was Elvis the true king of rock and roll? I could see some people standing up and yelling "what kind of question is that Wilder?" while others would yell "No way". However, if that question were amended to ask "Is Bob Marley the true king of Reggae"... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~408111844996 Mon, 19 Nov 2007 18:43:24 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_408111844996?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_290623426180?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author jeff_wilder78 - In 2001, former CBS News reporter Bernard Goldberg rocketed on to the bestseller lists and sparked a minor uproar when he wrote "Bias: A CBS Insider Exposes How The Media Distorts The News". The book caused some people to stand up and cheer, caused... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~290623426180 Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:42:06 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_290623426180?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_403901025924?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author jeff_wilder78 - Just what in the world was that? That was the reaction that I'm sure most people had after watching Across the Universe. The movie, a jukebox musical featuring Beatles songs, has been compared to Moulin Rouge (the 2001 musical one, not the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~403901025924 Sun, 23 Sep 2007 11:24:42 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_403901025924?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_273177087620?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jeff_wilder78 - Last week after seeing Flags of Our Fathers, I happened to remark to a friend about how good it was. She asked if I had seen "that new one about South Africa" "Catch a Fire" I replied. "Not yet, because it hasn't opened yet. I want to though". "I... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~273177087620 Sat, 22 Sep 2007 12:00:44 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_273177087620?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_402321215108?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jeff_wilder78 - ...than Sam Cooke I don't know who it is. Sam Cooke was one of the inventors of soul as most people who know music are well aware. Along with Ray Charles, he helped develop the form out of gospel and R&B and opened the door for pretty much everything... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~402321215108 Mon, 3 Sep 2007 17:32:28 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_402321215108?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_345971396228?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jeff_wilder78 - Many moons ago, when Sin City came out, a friend of mine asked me how edgy it was. I replied that the movie was as "edgy as it gets in a Pulp Fiction sort of way". Well I just got back from seeing Grindhouse and find myself thinking of that moment... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~345971396228 Mon, 9 Apr 2007 23:41:23 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_345971396228?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_296487587460?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jeff_wilder78 - Among those today who know of him, Ralph Ellison is recognized as the literary lion that he truly is, yet sadly it seems to me that much of the world today is starting to forget this literary titan. Most people will nod in recognition if you mention... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~296487587460 Sun, 24 Dec 2006 14:42:15 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_296487587460?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_282776407684?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jeff_wilder78 - I remember clearly where I was on the afternoon of October 3 1995. I was a junior in high school and it was time for seventh period drama. Word had come down that the OJ verdict was due shortly and so the teacher had turned on the classroom TV. Some... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~282776407684 Thu, 23 Nov 2006 23:18:34 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_282776407684?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_274959208068?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jeff_wilder78 - Queen. Can anyone think of a rock band that embodied musical excess more than Freddie Mercury, Brian May and co? I think not. By musical excess I mean throwing everything but the kitchen sink into the music, not acting like a drunken buffoon like many... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~274959208068 Sun, 5 Nov 2006 00:30:57 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_274959208068?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_267402120836?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jeff_wilder78 - I recall once hearing an old proverb about how in one's efforts to catch a rat, we must make sure we do not become a rat. That theme could be extended to The Departed, the new film from Martin Scorsese. By now, I'm sure most people have already made... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~267402120836 Mon, 23 Oct 2006 16:51:24 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_267402120836?linkin_id=8003929