Epinions Recent Reviews for kiersten

He Got Game: ...and a String Section?

Fri, 1 Oct 1999 19:38:00 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author kiersten - Strangely, He Got Game suffers from too much London Symphony Orchestra and not enough Denzel Washington. The story revolves around Washington's Jake Shuttlesworth, a convict with a shot at getting out of Attica early if he can convince his...

Rapping Up

Fri, 1 Oct 1999 19:31:52 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author kiersten - While Robert Redford shoots himself in soft-focus and murmurs to farm animals, another aging movie star is creating artful, cogent political satire. Warren Beatty wrote and directed Bulworth, the story of a dissolute Democratic Senator from California...

American Beauty: Dark and Affecting

Fri, 1 Oct 1999 19:14:29 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author kiersten - "American Beauty" is by far one of the best films I've seen in a long, long time. The direction, script, performances, and cinematography are top-notch. The film's claustrophobic tone and focus on voyeurism aren't for everyone, however, and...

Fun City

Thu, 9 Sep 1999 17:54:31 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author kiersten - SimCity 3000 might ruin my life. It's too absorbing. If I had a good city going and then noticed that the room was on fire, I'd probably go up in smoke because I wanted to see what happened for one more year.

Of course, I've been fascinated by...

Railroad Tycoon 2 for Windows: All Aboard

Thu, 9 Sep 1999 17:50:53 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author kiersten - The first offering from PopTop Software is this truly fascinating strategy game. Nominally a remake of one of the pioneering computer strategy games—Sid Meier’s Railroad Tycoon—it expands the concept to include routing, hauling, playing the stock market,...

Single & Single

Thu, 9 Sep 1999 16:21:43 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author kiersten - John LeCarre’s most recent novel, Single & Single, is another engrossing tale from one of the finest novelists writing today. This tale of shady dealings in the emerging post-Soviet republics is, of all things, a page-turner, and presents an...

Shakespeare In Love (with Himself)

Tue, 7 Sep 1999 16:01:20 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author kiersten - Oh, blah blah blah. A summary of Shakespeare in Love? Shakespeare met a young woman, they had sex, and then she left. The emphasis of the film is on how Viola de Lesseps became Shakespeare's muse, which apparently is consolation enough when she's...

Bowfinger: Intelligent Farce

Tue, 7 Sep 1999 13:52:54 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author kiersten - Steve Martin's "Bowfinger" is an intelligent farce that satirizes action movies, Hollywood producers, and Scientology--the very fabric of movie making itself. Martin, who stars, also wrote and directed, and made the brilliant choice to cast...

The Dinner Game

Fri, 6 Aug 1999 15:16:29 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author kiersten -
Anyone who traditionally finds foreign films to be stuffy or high-minded should definitely see "The Dinner Game," a new French farce from writer/director Francis Veber. This is a sharp comedy with a quick pace, and it's all about a stuffy jerk...

Bad, bad movie

Fri, 6 Aug 1999 15:13:32 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author kiersten -
Wild, Wild West is a bad, bad movie. In fact, merely saying it's a bad movie is disingenuous. Wild, Wild West almost makes you wonder whether Barry Sonnenfeld and Will Smith were performing a $180 million experiment, to make an incoherent and offensive...

Star Wars: Episode I, The Phantom Menace

Fri, 6 Aug 1999 15:09:00 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author kiersten -
Star Wars, Episode I: The Phantom Menace is oddly well-titled. While it's deeply flawed, I wasn't disappointed--it met my expectations, though it certainly didn't surpass them. Director George Lucas understands better than any other American filmmaker...

Archived Computer Hardware Reviews: The Leader of the UltraPack

Wed, 4 Aug 1999 20:41:00 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author kiersten - Sharp's Actius is a lovely machine, which provides fast processing power, a solid keyboard, and a remarkably large, bright screen in a three-pound package. It's the priciest portable in its class, however, and you won't get many extras for the money.
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VAIO 505SuperSlim Series: Ultralight that's heavy on features: 505TR

Mon, 26 Jul 1999 20:46:13 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author kiersten -
Sony's ultralight VAIO line is packed with features and software in an exceedingly slim package.

Advantages? The VAIO is less than an inch thick, and weighs a scant three pounds, with the battery attached. And compared to the other...