Epinions Recent Reviews for kschang

Solid plain paper fax for home or slow home-office

Thu, 31 May 2007 01:02:22 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author kschang - HP Fax 1010 is no longer made, but you can find its cousins, the 1040 and such on the shelves, with minimal differences. I actually have a 1010, and a 1020, both have served me very well. Why HP? I know HP ink carts are plentiful and refills are...

Small cartridge and unreliable cart holder undermined solid product

Wed, 11 Jan 2006 04:40:41 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author kschang - Have owned the UX-B700 for well over a year now. The ink cart is tiny and doesn't hold much ink, a couple hundred pages, even with the ink-saver mode turned on (defaults to OFF!) Carts are expensive at about $32 each, and no refurb ones are available.....

Popcorn movie delivers on special effects and some deep meaning

Wed, 27 Jul 2005 03:48:22 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author kschang - Stealth is the big budget special effects movie for summer and it delivers on lots of special effects and a little bit of deeper meaning. I was invited by a friend to the sneak preview, so this SHOULD be the final cut of the film. I'll try to keep it...

Very delicate, may last two months tops

Thu, 14 Apr 2005 17:10:31 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author kschang - Bought four of these for various Nokia phones in the family. While the general design is fine (clip to the belt, attach the connector to the phone, pull the headset out to the ear) the retractor has many problems. On at least two of them the retractor...

Lousy racing that don't even look like autobahn

Fri, 12 Nov 2004 01:42:51 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author kschang - Autobahn Racing is a budget racer from IncaGold, and it is a piece of junk, even considering its budget nature. The main menu has only four options: duel (with a CPU car), time trials (race against clock), options, and exit. There are no other racing...

A bunch of substandard programs and free downloads is not worth your money

Wed, 25 Feb 2004 03:38:26 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author kschang - Cosmi's Perfect Small Business Office Suite (PSBOS) is significantly cheaper than other office suites, like Corel or Microsoft's office suites, for a reason: it's composed of substandard programs and freebies you can download off the Internet. The box,...

Miracle delivers solid movie, but letdown ending

Mon, 9 Feb 2004 03:58:11 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author kschang - Miracle, being a dramatization of a real event, about the US hockey team that managed to defy the odds, is tied to the actual events and story. It managed to succeed despite the shackles, and deliver a solid movie, with an excellent performance by Kurt...

Revolution underwhelms, and the solution is so obvious...

Wed, 10 Dec 2003 04:26:07 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author kschang - I swear, I predicted the ending (how Neo and Smith will save the Matrix) the day after I watched Matrix Reloaded. And after watching Revolutions, I am both happy that it's over, but sad that this is the way it ended. It's NOT the "revolution" as the...

One last hurrah for honor, and thoroughly beautiful journey to redemption

Sun, 7 Dec 2003 20:14:29 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author kschang - Nathan Algren has lost his soul on the Western frontier, thanks to his heartless commanding officer, ordering his troops to commit atrocities. Reduced to a drunk peddling guns in a travelling roadshow, Algren is offered a chance to train Japanese...

Two Towers is epic, but needs a recap and a military consultant

Sun, 29 Dec 2002 02:24:07 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author kschang - For the record, I don't read fantasy at all. Yet the Two Towers is a great epic fantasy adventure that sets up the final movie quite well. Yet some problems within the structure prevents this movie from being a true classic on its own.

To...

Essentially "The Fugitive" meets "Blade Runner"

Wed, 18 Dec 2002 03:25:10 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author kschang - From the tagline "Everybody Runs", you can predict that "Minority Report" is going to be similar to "The Fugitive". However, the way the script carried it out is quite interesting, as I guessed the killer without quite guessing the motive until the very...

K-19: The Widowmaker: K-19 is no Clancy story, but fine acting carried it through

Tue, 17 Dec 2002 19:50:42 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author kschang - The story of K-19 can be said as "Run Silent, Run Deep" meets "Das Boot", with a pinch of "China Syndrome" and "Crimson Tide" thrown in for seasoning. It is about sacrifices in the face of necessity. It has excellent production values, with amazing props...

The Punisher is so predictable and boring, it's no fun at all

Tue, 17 Dec 2002 19:09:59 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author kschang - In general, a comic book adaptation starts with a hero's origin, and then deals some sort of a big threat/nemesis, and reach a climactic battle, usually with the true identity of the hero in jeopardy. The Punisher manages to break ALL of these...

Die Another Day shows Brosnan has fully settled into the Bond role...

Sun, 15 Dec 2002 21:18:50 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author kschang - Die Another Day (DAD) features James Bond (Pierce Brosnan) in another adventure, this time against a power-hungry North Korean colonel, with conspiracy that reaches Hong Kong, South Africa, Iceland, and finally, back to North Korea. He's joined on the...

3285 improves upon an old workhorse...

Thu, 21 Nov 2002 21:27:25 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author kschang - It's clearly that the 3285 is basically an improved version of the venerable 51xx series. They went back to the two button (on/off) design, made the phone thinner by about 30%, added more Internet capabilities, and voila, you have the 3285.

...

This B-movie technothriller is anything but thrilling

Tue, 12 Nov 2002 05:49:05 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author kschang - Falcon Down has some recognizable stars and decent CGI sequences. However, it borrowed from too many other movies and has so many mistakes, it's absolutely ridiculous after a while.

The beginning looks interesting... Some person making a...

Moulin Rouge is a great spin on love triangle tragedy

Wed, 6 Nov 2002 01:28:30 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author kschang - Moulin Rouge, this lavish musical production featuring Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman, is a great spin on on the traditional love triangle tragedy. All the modern songs only adds value to a musical. The dance scenes are breathtaking. However, at times,...

Deep Impact is Armageddon with brains

Tue, 5 Nov 2002 22:32:12 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author kschang - Deep Impact, which came out the same year as Armageddon, is the "smarter" of the two asteroid-coming-to-destroy-earth films. It presents a far more intelligent look at how would the US face a possible E.L.E, or extinction level event.

The...

The Tuxedo satisfies and disappoints at the same time

Sun, 3 Nov 2002 17:16:44 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author kschang - The Tuxedo is the latest big production of Jackie Chan for the North American market. While it does deliver plenty of trademark action/humor, it has enough plot and logic holes to make you gag. The end result is a mixed message that manages to satisfy...

New bottle, same wine, still tastes fine

Wed, 30 Oct 2002 17:16:57 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author kschang - This latest version of Alexandre Dumas' classic tale of revenge is a nice production featuring some fresh faces. It even has some decent swordplays (though far less acrobatic than some of the more recent remakes). However, it is still a story we've seen...

Resident Evil is... well, interesting interpretation of zombie genre

Wed, 30 Oct 2002 06:55:12 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author kschang - Resident Evil, a big-screen adaptation of the console game series, is a new twist on the zombie horror genre with some pseudo-science explanations that attempts to rationalize. The special effects are great, as are the combat sequences. However, plenty...

Probably the fairest treatment of Vietnam War ever in a movie

Tue, 29 Oct 2002 04:27:10 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author kschang - "We Were Soldiers" is one of the best Vietnam war films ever, as it offers one of the fairest views of the war ever, FAR different from other Vietnam movies like Platoon, Apocalypse Now, or even Rambo II. The closest that comes to this film is John...

Windtalkers suffers from a near-fatal flaw from the start...

Sun, 27 Oct 2002 18:52:18 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author kschang - Windtalkers, the WW2 movie directed by John Woo, is a movie about the Navajo codetalkers who helped turn the tide in the island-hopping campaign against the Japanese occupation forces. While it pays tribute to the men who were really there, and is quite...

Action film tried to be more and ended up less

Mon, 14 Oct 2002 19:37:14 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author kschang - Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever is a movie where the embellishments to the "action" genre ended up making the movie LESS likable, not more. It could have been a standard action movie, with good vs. bad and people would have watched it. But no. They just had to...

Catchy title and lack of seriousness makes this a fun flick to watch

Thu, 5 Sep 2002 03:58:04 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author kschang - XXX staring Vin Diesel is a spy/action movie that does NOT take itself seriously, and that's why it is such fun to watch. Ignore the lack of plot, villain, and acting... You are in the theater because a) you want to see Vin Diesel, b) you want to see the...