© 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-kookytree Recent reviews written by member kookytree en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_362411101828?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author kookytree - The latest offering from Spanish auteur Pedro Almodovar, Volver is a witchy, spacey piece dominated by women and the furtive ways in which they interact. Femaleness has always been the central refrain of Almodovar&#146s work; he seems to fetishise what... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~362411101828 Tue, 15 May 2007 20:23:33 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_362411101828?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_361906933380?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author kookytree - Let&#146s get one thing straight; Hollywood noir was never about the plots. The Big Sleep? Inscrutable. Maltese Falcon? Twaddle. Sensuous and dangerous, audiences were nonetheless left spellbound by the swarthy charisma of jolie-laide Bogart and the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~361906933380 Tue, 15 May 2007 12:57:19 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_361906933380?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_361887600260?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author kookytree - Acclaimed by critics as one of 2006&#146s must see pieces of cinema, festival darling Little Miss Sunshine concerns a dysfunctional family&#146s road trip to California for the titular child beauty contest. Very much one of those watery American indie... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~361887600260 Mon, 14 May 2007 18:02:43 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_361887600260?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_360522681988?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author kookytree - Chances are you've already heard a Mark Ronson song without knowing it. The New York based DJ turned producer had a hit in 2003 with Ooh Wee, or as it is better known, Oooooooooooooooooh Weeeeeeeeeeeeee, and has been particularly prolific of late,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~360522681988 Fri, 11 May 2007 22:48:54 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_360522681988?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_358996741764?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author kookytree - Silliness is a very difficult tone to pitch in music. Not enough spark and you're left with meritless eargum wankery; too asinine and your pop hit collapses like a souffle. Consider Gwen Stefani's most notorious hits, Hollaback Girl and Wind It Up. Equal... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~358996741764 Tue, 8 May 2007 19:56:35 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_358996741764?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_357423091332?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author kookytree - So it's 2007 and I'm freaking bored of Britain's native guitar bands. Every year a new runt flecked litter of vapid troubadours serenade the nation into submission with their bland pronouncements and predictable schtick. Indie pop, art rock, post rock,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~357423091332 Sun, 6 May 2007 21:16:18 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_357423091332?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_354284572292?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author kookytree - Every so often a pop act explodes as if from nowhere and manages to nestle themselves smack bang in the nucleus of the zeitgeist. The Spice Girls and their ridiculous shoes did it in the summer of 1996, Britney Spears and her globe conquering navel did... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~354284572292 Tue, 1 May 2007 23:38:47 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_354284572292?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_353713622660?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author kookytree - Perhaps the most surprising musical success story of the past year is that of Amy Winehouse. First debuting in late 2003 as a bolshy, buxom North London teenager in love with jazz and inspired by hip hop, her first album Frank was received warmly by... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~353713622660 Fri, 27 Apr 2007 19:49:20 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_353713622660?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_216859971204?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author kookytree - It's fair to say that 2005 was the year that British pop finally went bust. Whilst old faithfuls the Sugababes had their biggest single and album yet, and McFly kept things up on the boyband front with their sub-Monkees chirpiness, almost everyone else... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~216859971204 Sun, 8 Jan 2006 20:58:19 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_216859971204?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_216827530884?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author kookytree - So, Girls Aloud. Pop strumpets extraordinaire and the prefab pop "group" who hate to love and love to hate etc etc, unless you live outside the UK, in which case you're presumably oblivious. Kicking off their careers with a bang in the suitably... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~216827530884 Fri, 6 Jan 2006 23:25:36 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_216827530884?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_161255165572?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author kookytree - Face it- Destiny&#146s Child have and always be about the singles. Sure, wildly successful sophomore record &#145The Writing&#146s On The Wall&#146 is considered something of a classic in it&#146s field, but it essentially works on the level of a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~161255165572 Wed, 10 Nov 2004 18:27:47 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_161255165572?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_149729087108?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author kookytree - A clever bit of observational witticism holds that teenagers love sad songs so much because they&#146ve never experienced true grief or pain- they &#145try on&#146 such emotions in the same way they try out personas before deciding who they are. As a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~149729087108 Fri, 30 Jul 2004 11:10:57 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_149729087108?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_149208534660?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author kookytree - By even the most hardcore standards, Jamelia&#146s had a pretty turbulent life and career. Growing up not ten minutes from me in Birmingham&#146s inner city, the MOBO-awarded, Brit-nominated chanteuse first experienced how rough life can be when her... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~149208534660 Mon, 26 Jul 2004 15:49:20 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_149208534660?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_149070319236?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author kookytree - One of the biggest surprises of the 2003 British Rich List was the revelation that Shaznay Lewis is one of the country&#146s richest pop stars&#133despite not having put out any solo material. She was the founding member and key songwriter of girl band... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~149070319236 Sun, 25 Jul 2004 13:10:22 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_149070319236?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_148982697604?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author kookytree - Nina Sky, in case you don&#146t know by now, are two awkwardly pretty, Noo-Yawk-accented twins who hit the big time this summer with the infuriatingly catchy dancehall-lite of &#145Move Ya Body.&#146 One of those inescapable summer rump-shakers that seem... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~148982697604 Sat, 24 Jul 2004 17:21:46 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_148982697604?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_148964937348?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author kookytree - Chances are, the first things your average punter will associate with the name Candi Staton are sugar-rush disco anthem &#145Young Hearts Run Free&#146 and brooding rave classic &#145You Got The Love&#146. That these songs are almost diametrically... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~148964937348 Sat, 24 Jul 2004 13:36:00 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_148964937348?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_139865329284?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author kookytree - Husky voiced Kimberley, raven-haired Nadine, feisty rude-girl Cheryl, peroxide blonde Sarah, and fresh faced Nicola. Ahhh..if there is a finer sentence in human language than the one previously written, I have yet to come across it. Sarah is the clear... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~139865329284 Wed, 12 May 2004 15:47:38 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_139865329284?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_129770229380?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author kookytree - There are several buzzwords that, if used to describe a film in a review, instantly put me off seeing the thing. Ever. &#145Shrill&#146 is one. &#145Kooky&#146, oddly, is another. &#145Lengthy&#146 or &#145biopic&#146, too. Top of the list and king of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~129770229380 Sat, 14 Feb 2004 14:58:16 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_129770229380?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_129652788868?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author kookytree - 2004 should be a fun year, judging by all the bands being touted as essential listening for modish teenagers the world over. The Scissor Sisters might look like pretentious art-school graduates, but their sound is unapologetically reverential to 1970s... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~129652788868 Fri, 13 Feb 2004 11:56:57 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_129652788868?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_129454476932?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author kookytree - One of the most unexpected musical trends of the Noughties thus far is that British artists seem to be making the best and most exciting soul music. Perhaps it&#146s because the geographical separation from the American market means British soul acts... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~129454476932 Wed, 11 Feb 2004 18:25:46 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_129454476932?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_129103662724?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author kookytree - By all indications, being &#147New York&#146s Hottest Band&#148 is a bit of a laugh. An unofficial honour bestowed on everyone from The Yeah Yeah Yeahs to The Strokes to Cibo Matto to Blondie, the Scissor Sisters are the latest in a long and illustrious... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~129103662724 Sun, 8 Feb 2004 18:36:00 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_129103662724?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_128875335300?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author kookytree - If you&#146re British and under twenty, you&#146d have to have been living under the proverbial rock for the past four years if you&#146re not at least vaguely familiar with the cautionary tale that is Siobhan Donaghy&#146s musical career. The key... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~128875335300 Fri, 6 Feb 2004 15:51:21 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_128875335300?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_128761564804?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author kookytree - There&#146s been something of a revolution in popular music of late. Four years ago, you couldn&#146t move without being sonically groped by harems of pert peroxide princesses lip-synching coquettishly down the airwaves. However, the fact that the only... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~128761564804 Thu, 5 Feb 2004 16:30:00 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_128761564804?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_128372346500?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author kookytree - It&#146s 2003, and if the Sugababes aren&#146t the most self-satisfied pop band in the world then there&#146s something wrong with them. Rave reviews for their overrated debut, huge sales for the follow-up and an inclusion in Amazon.co.uk&#146s &#145Best... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~128372346500 Mon, 2 Feb 2004 11:37:46 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_128372346500?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_128304123524?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author kookytree - Missy Elliott. The femcee. The super-producer. The icon. The legend. That fat chick. Considering Missy is now pretty much the face of mainstream urban music, she came from surprisingly modest roots. A member of dead-before-they-began RnB gurl group... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~128304123524 Sun, 1 Feb 2004 18:16:28 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_128304123524?linkin_id=8003929