Epinions Recent Reviews for meiste

THE DISGUSTING "LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE"

Tue, 26 Dec 2006 22:54:36 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author meiste - THE DISGUSTING 'LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE' By meiste Film critics and apparently a heavy majority of movie-goers have done it again. They’ve once more hailed a genuinely awful movie as one the year’s best. Two years ago, it was “Sideways,”...

A COMIC MASTERPIECE

Tue, 22 Nov 2005 04:46:00 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author meiste - Film director Ernst Lubitsch's "Trouble in Paradise" is without doubt one of the greatest of all romantic comedies and, in fact, one of the greatest films of any genre, right up there with "Citizen Kane" and the like. Yet until just recently, the 1932...

THE INCREDIBLY OVERRATED SIDEWAYS

Mon, 27 Dec 2004 01:19:45 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author meiste - I'm astonished by the popular and critical assessment of "Sideways."Also astounded, amazed, flabbergasted, puzzled, shocked and everything else you can find in the thesaurus along those lines. The film has of course been universally praised, in...

KING BING AND OTHERS

Tue, 30 Mar 2004 16:09:58 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author meiste - If you’re at all interested in the history of American movie musicals and American pop music generally, you have to see “King of Jazz.” Rent it now, and enjoy it, and not just for historical reasons, but also because it’s still in part...

ONE OF THE CREEPIEST FILMS OF ALL TIME

Wed, 10 Mar 2004 05:53:54 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author meiste - “Eyes Without a Face.” otherwise known as “The Horror Chamber of Dr. Faustus,” is without doubt one of the creepiest films ever made. Don’t watch it alone. And don’t watch it before bedtime if you’ve been having trouble...

LEARNING FROM STEINBECK

Thu, 12 Feb 2004 19:20:17 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author meiste - There are many very good reasons for visiting California's dynamic Central Coast, its rugged mountains and coastline, lush farmland and historic, colorful cities. But one of the most compelling reasons is to follow the path of John Steinbeck, who...

A GOOD CITY GONE BAD

Thu, 12 Feb 2004 00:57:21 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author meiste - Travelers beware: Cardiff, the once charming, delightfully low-keyed capital of Wales, has been "rejuvenated" by business and political interests who are after your money. As the British Tourist Authority boasts, the city has been transformed so...

SEAFOOD THE OLD FASHIONED WAY

Thu, 8 Feb 2001 01:50:33 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author meiste - Fresh clams, mussels, oysters, calamari, shrimp, prawns, scallops, crab, lobster, red snapper, fillet of sole, salmon, swordfish. Steamed, sauteed or deep fried. Plain, or covered with one of several sauces. Served alone or in a wide variety of creative...

A SOUTH AFRICAN TREAT

Sun, 4 Feb 2001 02:12:07 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author meiste - There can't possibly be any better vegetarian restaurant than Joubert's - or many restaurants of any kind that can match its quality. Which is to say that if you're a vegetarian, you should love the place, and if you're not, you should also love it.
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ANYTHING BUT A PRIME HOUSE

Tue, 30 Jan 2001 04:39:12 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author meiste - The House of Prime Rib is without any doubt one of San Francisco's most overrated restaurants. You think not? Consider the experience of my wife and me on a recent Saturday night.

We arrived at the restaurant about 10 minutes before our...

DON'T ROCK THE CRADLE

Thu, 4 Jan 2001 05:57:08 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author meiste - DON'T ROCK THE CRADLE

I had looked forward for a long time to seeing "Cradle Will Rock." It covered an era I'm especially interested in and have written about frequently from my leftist perspective; and it involved Orson Wells and...

VISIT A GRAND STADIUM OF THE PAST

Tue, 30 May 2000 04:02:22 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author meiste - Pac Bell Park is without doubt the grandest baseball stadium ever erected in San Francisco, one of the grandest ever erected anywhere. But once upon a time, another grand ballpark graced the city, one that also was hailed as among the very best of its...

A GREAT UNKNOWN FILM

Tue, 30 May 2000 02:16:03 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author meiste - "It Happened Here" is an independent British film that was made on a shoestring by an 18-year-old and 16-year-old, has a cast featuring many amateurs, was released originally 36 years ago, and has only very rarely been screened since then. Yet...

AN ART DECO MASTERPIECE

Fri, 26 May 2000 03:01:03 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author meiste - AN ART DECO MASTERPIECE

By meiste

If you can get to the Paramount Theatre in Oakland, get there. Movies, jazz or classical music concerts, ballet, variety shows, whatever, it doesn't matter. The building is what's most important -- very...

THE BEST TV BASEBALL

Wed, 17 May 2000 01:51:08 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author meiste - ESPN is very good, but for baseball I prefer TBS. If you have cable or satellite TV, you're a baseball fan, and you can get Atlanta-based TBS, Ted Turner's self-proclaimed "super station," do yourself a great favor: Tune in.

TBS...

GOOD EATS AT COZY COZZOLINO

Wed, 17 May 2000 01:08:22 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author meiste - North Beach is of course the main site of San Francisco's finest Italian restaurants, but that's not the only place to find them. Among the best you'll find elsewhere is the aptly named Caffe Cozzolino, as cozy, comfortable and friendly a place as...

GREAT ITALIAN FOOD

Fri, 21 Apr 2000 03:54:56 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author meiste - GREAT ITALIAN FOOD

By meiste

Don't be put off by the name or location, Dago Mary's just at the entrance to Hunters Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco is one of the city's best Italian restaurants, in fact one of its best restaurants of...

YANKEE STADIUM -- NOT QUITE WHAT IT SEEMS TO BE

Mon, 17 Apr 2000 04:35:14 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author meiste - YANKEE STADIUM -- NOT QUITE WHAT IT SEEMS TO BE

By meiste

Superficially, Yankee Stadium is no less an old-time urban ballpark than Wrigley Field and Fenway Park, with its 314-foot right field fence, limited foul territory and overall...

CAMDEN YARDS TRADITIONAL? HAH!

Sun, 16 Apr 2000 20:52:39 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author meiste - CAMDEN YARDS TRADITIONAL? HAH!

By meiste

Baltimore's lavishly praised Camden Yards ballpark is no doubt a much better park than most. But it's nowhere near the "traditional" ballpark it's constantly hyped up to be.

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COMISKEY PARK -- UGH

Wed, 5 Apr 2000 19:26:47 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author meiste - COMISKEY PARK -- UGH

By meiste

Although Chicago is blessed with one of the greatest of all baseball parks in the Wrigley Field home of the National League Cubs on the North Side, it also has one of the worst in Comiskey Park, the South...

IT'S TRUE WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT WRIGLEY

Fri, 31 Mar 2000 06:50:20 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author meiste - IT'S TRUE WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT WRIGLEY

By meiste

For those of you who, like me, are not from the Middle West and who, like me before I had the chance to find out for myself, believe that the universal praise for Chicago's Wrigley Field...

NEW YORK AS IT WAS

Wed, 15 Mar 2000 22:38:57 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author meiste - NEW YORK AS IT WAS

By meiste

One of the most interesting of the many, many interesting places in New York City, as my wife and I discovered during a recent visit, is the Lower East Side and the Tenement Museum there. It was one of the...

SPENGER'S -- DON'T BOTHER

Tue, 29 Feb 2000 22:31:59 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author meiste - SPENGER'S -- DON'T BOTHER

By meiste

Spenger's restaurant in Berkeley has long been a Bay Area institution -- great seafood in generous portions, great service, great atmosphere, reasonable prices. But no more, not since the venerable...

DAVID'S -- FORGET IT

Tue, 29 Feb 2000 22:06:45 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author meiste - DAVID'S -- FORGET IT

By meiste

Despite its many restaurants, San Francisco has few New York-style deli places. David's, just across the street from the Geary and Curran Theaters on Geary, is an exception. But though the food is fine,...

GREAT MOVIE MUSIC

Tue, 29 Feb 2000 21:44:08 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author meiste - GREAT MOVIE MUSIC

By meiste

I'm generally not a fan of Woody Allen. That New York shtick of his is a pretentious bore, a very large pain not worth tolerating for the laughs that may come with it. But "Sweet and Lowdown" is a...