© 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-marley209 Recent reviews written by member marley209 en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_469156597380?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author marley209 - Strangely for a Scorcese flick, Shine A Light seems like a missed opportunity, but one that's well worth observing. The problem is that I was expecting a documentary, and the first 15 minutes or so (as well as the marketing of the film) seemed to confirm... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~469156597380 Sun, 3 May 2009 17:31:48 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_469156597380?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_469156073092?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author marley209 - Note: This review reveals nothing that you wouldn’t know from reading the DVD case or the Netflix sleeve. Still, you’re better off not doing so. I have carefully tried to avoid spoiling anything. My sole intent is to encourage you to see this... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~469156073092 Sun, 3 May 2009 17:23:29 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_469156073092?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_469038501508?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author marley209 - Superhero movies are usually a mixed bag for me. The first Superman was sublime, the second was pretty good too, the original Batman rocked, as did Nolan's reimagining. But I felt that Spider-Man fell to pieces by the end (the second was a marked... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~469038501508 Sat, 2 May 2009 16:32:14 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_469038501508?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_469037977220?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author marley209 - Woody Allen’s latest to DVD, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, is undoubtedly one of his best films in many years. Here, he’s assembled a cast of fine actors, given them a series of interesting relationship situations, and dropped them into the heart... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~469037977220 Sat, 2 May 2009 16:25:10 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_469037977220?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_469037387396?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author marley209 - Let me start off by saying that the fears that Harrison Ford’s age was going to be an obstacle in the latest Indiana Jones movie were for naught. Despite his 65 years, Ford fits back into this role very comfortably and the character is a welcome... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~469037387396 Sat, 2 May 2009 16:18:41 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_469037387396?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_469037190788?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author marley209 - Smartly, Quantum of Solace doesn't try to be bigger and/or better than Casino Royale, the film that introduced Daniel Craig as the 21st Century James Bond and rebooted the series in a bold and exciting new direction. If that film wasn't as top-notch as... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~469037190788 Sat, 2 May 2009 16:13:23 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_469037190788?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_469033389700?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author marley209 - Holy Crap, is this movie awful. If you threw Step Brothers in a pot of water, boiled it for a few hours, and skimmed the fat off the top, you’d be left with… a pot of boiled water… and an inexplicably freaky version of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~469033389700 Sat, 2 May 2009 15:57:21 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_469033389700?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_407677013636?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author marley209 - Lars and the Real Girl is much more of a mainstream film than I expected from its release pattern. It’s a shame that the studio chose such a pattern for a film that, if marketed properly, could have enjoyed a larger audience. And it should. Lars is... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~407677013636 Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:19:53 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_407677013636?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_406152711812?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author marley209 - Very rarely does a corporate drama as sharp and intelligent as Michael Clayton come along. That’s because this type of movie is so often filled with cheap melodramatics and characters who believe themselves to be morally competent and superior. Not so in... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~406152711812 Mon, 22 Oct 2007 13:16:48 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_406152711812?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_405793902212?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author marley209 - Across the Universe is an enchanting collage of sequences set to the music of The Beatles. And don’t expect much else. I mean, there is a plot, but if you know as much as you do by now, you know it’s a simple, loose plot about boy meets girl, boy and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~405793902212 Wed, 17 Oct 2007 13:24:26 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_405793902212?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_274805132932?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author marley209 - Nothing is sacred in Borat, Sasha Baron Cohen&#146s unusual creation originally conceived for HBO&#146s Da Ali G show and now a strange breakthrough cult film that will certainly exceed cult-ish expectations box-office-wise. Think Austin Powers, with... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~274805132932 Sat, 4 Nov 2006 15:37:41 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_274805132932?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_268824317572?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author marley209 - WOW! That was my first reaction as the credits splashed onto the screen at the end of Peter Jackson's 3+ hour long King Kong. This, after two hours on an almost non-stop roller-coaster, both in an action sense and an emotional one. Once we get to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~268824317572 Sat, 21 Oct 2006 16:07:09 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_268824317572?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_268816256644?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author marley209 - Warning: There may seem like major spoilers here, but nothing is really given away that you won&#146t learn within the first 20 minutes or so. Still, there are some spoilers and if you don&#146t want to know anything, move on. Ahem. Mamie&#146s mother... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~268816256644 Sat, 21 Oct 2006 15:22:44 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_268816256644?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_268051582596?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author marley209 - In Lucky Number Slevin, Josh Hartnett plays an unlucky smart aleck with the unfortunate name of Slevin who loses his job, his apartment, and his girlfriend all on the same day. He winds up in the middle of a rival between two old-time mob bosses who both... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~268051582596 Thu, 19 Oct 2006 16:02:00 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_268051582596?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_268051451524?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author marley209 - I'd like to think that there is no such thing as a movie being too inventive. Unfortunately, such is the case with Terry Gilliam's mess of a film. The basic plot is the sort of high-concept idea that I would normally love -- the brothers, Will and Jacob,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~268051451524 Thu, 19 Oct 2006 15:59:28 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_268051451524?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_268051320452?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author marley209 - The first time I saw this film, it made me feel filthy. There isn't a likable character anywhere to be found, and it appeals (and deliberately sinks) to the lowest common denominator possible in a genre that rightfully should have lived and died in the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~268051320452 Thu, 19 Oct 2006 15:56:04 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_268051320452?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_268050861700?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author marley209 - While Steven Soderbergh's weird and wacky flick isn't as funny as I once remember it being, Schizopolis is an observant and often hilarious experiment. Not long into it, Fletcher Munson, a speechwriter for a new age guru who is peddling his... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~268050861700 Thu, 19 Oct 2006 15:49:52 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_268050861700?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_268050599556?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author marley209 - Okay, so, like, there's this girl, right? Her name is, like, Marnie? And she's real nice and stuff, but like, even though she's, like, college educated, she can't, like, I don't know, like, um, finish a cohesive, like, sentence? Ya know, like... um,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~268050599556 Thu, 19 Oct 2006 15:45:18 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_268050599556?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_268014554756?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author marley209 - I popped in this dvd with no pretentions. Having never seen Firefly, the popular but short-lived FOX tv show upon which it is based, I knew nothing of the back story, nor what to expect. Having somewhat of a love/hate relationship with the sci-fi genre,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~268014554756 Thu, 19 Oct 2006 13:39:32 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_268014554756?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_268014292612?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author marley209 - Such an unusual film, I put Altman's Long Goodbye in my Netflix list based on two inadvertant recommendations on the same day. This film is somewhat surreal, and at times I was reminded of Chinatown -- odd, considering this was made first and is not set... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~268014292612 Thu, 19 Oct 2006 13:34:54 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_268014292612?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_268013833860?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author marley209 - Arie Poser's directorial debut The Chumscrubber, while breaking no new ground here, is still worth a look for its cartoonish take on a tiresome genre, suburban dysfunction. Pictures in this genre range from the silly (The 'Burbs, and arguably some of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~268013833860 Thu, 19 Oct 2006 13:30:09 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_268013833860?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_268012981892?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author marley209 - WARNING: This review contains major spoilers, so read no further unless you&#146ve seen the film. Hans Weingartner's The Edukators is one of the year&#146s most interesting films. It&#146s also one of the most frustrating. Jan and Peter are two... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~268012981892 Thu, 19 Oct 2006 13:11:51 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_268012981892?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_267998629508?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author marley209 - Sally Potter's Yes is the kind of movie that engrosses you with interesting characters, unusual dialog, and compelling themes. The simple story of a steamy love affair develops layer upon layer (upon layer) of rich texture that speaks of the human... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~267998629508 Thu, 19 Oct 2006 13:05:15 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_267998629508?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_267998236292?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author marley209 - It's been a while since Woody Allen has made a very good film. I think Small Time Crooks was the last one that left an impression on me, and that was five years ago. Now comes Melinda and Melinda, an interesting stunt that he pulls off successfully... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~267998236292 Thu, 19 Oct 2006 13:00:50 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_267998236292?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_267997777540?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author marley209 - An interesting experiment that ultimately doesn't work that well. The filmmakers are trying to convince their audience that the video they've rented, The Last Horror Movie, has been taped over by a serial killer named Max who is documenting his crimes... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~267997777540 Thu, 19 Oct 2006 12:56:31 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_267997777540?linkin_id=8003929