Epinions Recent Reviews for miridunn

Cast This One Away -- Until It Comes Out On Video

Wed, 24 Jan 2001 11:31:07 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author miridunn - There is no doubt that Tom Hanks deserves the acclaim he has earned; he can transform himself into any character, each one believable and multi-layered. But now I am now wondering if his real talent (until recently) was choosing a winning script...

The "Kentucky Fried Mouse" of Nirvanas

Tue, 9 Jan 2001 14:38:23 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author miridunn - "One night in Bangkok and the tough guys crumble - - not much between despair and ecstasy”

Young Richard (Leo DiCaprio) is “looking for something more beautiful... more dangerous”, so off to Bangkok he goes. Bangkok:...

To Love Too Well....

Sat, 25 Nov 2000 22:43:34 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author miridunn - Ah...woe is them who love too well! This is the beauty of great works of art in any of its forms; humanity does not change. Throughout time, we still and always will appreciate the things that stir our emotions: love, honor, betrayal, courage,...

As Provocative as Her Work

Tue, 14 Nov 2000 17:28:49 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author miridunn - Artemisia steals a candle from the church. With its dim light throwing shadows in her tiny room, she appraises the unique contours of her body. Then with the sophisticated eyes and the delicate hands of an artist, she quickly renders beautiful...

Microsoft Picture It! 99 (400-00108) for PC: "Off With His Head!"

Tue, 14 Nov 2000 12:20:07 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author miridunn - S0...should I mend that tear in my picture? I certainly know how, now that I have the Microsoft PictureIt!2000. Ever want to cut a person out of an otherwise lovely family shot? Or perhaps add someone who was missing? Tired of red-eyes in your photos?...

The Wilde Side of Life

Mon, 6 Nov 2000 13:30:26 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author miridunn - Amongst his peers in a polite, upper-class society, Oscar Wilde is infamous for being himself: creative, daring, flamboyant, eloquent, collected, witty, intelligent ... and eventually, for being homosexual. If accurately depicted, Wilde was a breath of...

Spagetti Western Blood Bath

Mon, 6 Nov 2000 11:32:37 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author miridunn - Ever witness a “Testosterone Orgy”? View the posturing of the opening scene in “Vampires” as the hokey-heros strut themselves in preparation to enter the “nest” and go after the “Goons”. Director John Carpenter pulls out all the stops to build...

Doing the Devil's Work

Tue, 31 Oct 2000 14:40:18 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author miridunn - Enjoy an inventive and thought-provoking epic journey with the first in the series of the “Eternal Champion”. Michael Moorcock, author of more than a dozen imaginative chronicles, writes with brilliant originality, expressive speech and simple...

Ear Violence!:Squeeze Me Maxtravaganza!

Tue, 17 Oct 2000 09:50:25 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author miridunn - I consider my listening habits somewhat eclectic, if perhaps a bit banal. These days its Tom Waits, BoDeans, Elvis Costello, Grace Jones, Blood, Sweat & Tears & Joan Armatrading. But I listened to Mr.Bungle with an open mind, intrigued by...

Hearts Heal On The Rock

Wed, 4 Oct 2000 16:51:42 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author miridunn - ”Hive spangled, gut roaring with gas and cramp, he survived childhood.”. P.1

Thirty-six year old Quoyle, a born loser, relocates from the States with his two young daughters to their ancestral home in Newfoundland -- his unfaithful and...

Magnolia...Reaping What is Sown

Thu, 28 Sep 2000 16:36:18 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author miridunn - Welcome to the world we live in. Welcome to heartbreak upon heartbreak as coincidence and serendipity smashes and crashes in on reality until the heaviness of it all, the weight of its poignancy, seems unbearable – even fantastical. “Magnolia” peeks,...

Too Close For Comfort

Wed, 13 Sep 2000 18:58:24 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author miridunn - This dark and absorbing tale opens intriguingly; two small girls (sisters Christine and Lea) adorned in rags and dirty faces, sit quietly together...until the younger one gets taken away. And we move to the present as a plaintive voice sings an old...

There are worse jobs!

Mon, 11 Sep 2000 19:42:00 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author miridunn - I love the 17th century with its young men adorned with long, full locks of artificial hair and the flighty coyness of women saddled by layers of proper fashion. Could anyone possibly feel the personal freedom to seem who they really are, or...

The Message is Muddled

Sat, 26 Aug 2000 23:03:53 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author miridunn - As a child, Jeanne d"Arc had a mysterious and deep relationship with her God, swept away in the rapture of nature, ecstatic in God’s world. But the beauty is abruptly turned over to stomach turning vileness in a grotesque rape scene I would have...

A rare and delectable find!

Fri, 25 Aug 2000 23:29:12 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author miridunn - I am in allegiance with Mirimax! Before "The Advocate” begins, we view a written request from Mirimax not to spoil the movie for others by revealing the “main client” for the Advocate. So, feeling under pressure from this imagined verbal...

"I'm Feeling More and More..."

Tue, 22 Aug 2000 12:35:34 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author miridunn - I've felt short on the words necessary to describe the delicious and mysterious elements that make up the experience of melodic euphony in all its expansive glory; I have avoided writing a review in the "Music" category. But now, I boldly go...

Did you say "Incest"?

Thu, 17 Aug 2000 22:06:39 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author miridunn - "Angels and Insects" is film for word lovers and thinkers. Set in the mid 1800's, everything about this sophisticated production feels authentic: lively costumes and polite curtsies; bedwarmers and butlers; candelabras and kerchiefs; insects...

S&M = Sex and Murder

Wed, 16 Aug 2000 21:35:36 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author miridunn - What do you get when you cross a secret society of lesbians, a hideous killing spree, a shrink, a tough female cop and...a secret society of lesbians? You get "Mercy" . You might even ask for mercy!

The lovely Ellen Barkin...

More of this & less of that

Wed, 16 Aug 2000 18:54:28 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author miridunn - How far would you go to live a life that belongs to someone else? How cleverly could you cover your tracks? Matt Damon as Tom Ripley shows he has no limits to get what he wants.

"The Talented Mr. Ripley" is an intriguing tale of...

Sleaze So Real--I need a Shower

Thu, 10 Aug 2000 19:43:13 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author miridunn - I have worked in two Telephone call centres: in one I sold Mutual Funds and gave investment advice. In Boiler Room, sellers are pushing company stocks. I can attest to the realism portrayed in "Boiler Room" regarding the greed among buyers ...

"A Terrible Beauty...."

Wed, 9 Aug 2000 15:23:05 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author miridunn - Greed and pride can be found at the root of many disasters; Mother Nature, that beautiful monster she is, is at the root of many more. Combine these two, toss some arrogance into the mixture and we have the perfect recipe for lost lives, lost dreams and...

Before you RENT this, READ this!

Sun, 6 Aug 2000 18:00:25 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author miridunn - The credits sweep over our heads in three-dimension; the music seems dreamy and morose -- like someone drowning. A promising opening. (Mental note: stop allowing opening credits to build hope in the rest of the movie. You keep getting...

Voyeurism and Obsession!!

Wed, 2 Aug 2000 18:56:42 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author miridunn - You like a break from the "black and white" to linger in the grey areas? You like kind of dark and creepy? A bit of suspense? The occasional soft-spot for the evil villain? "Eye of the Beholder" may be what you're looking for a decent...

"What World is This?"

Tue, 1 Aug 2000 11:13:34 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author miridunn - "I'm sad", explains Susanna with disinterest. "I see things".

Susana, played flawlessly by Winona Ryder, is overtaken by painful memories that vividly invade her waking thoughts, jolting her in and out of the...

Absence of a Good Movie

Tue, 1 Aug 2000 09:47:01 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author miridunn - Surreal and delicate music...haunting sound effects...slow-moving and sensual--an attention getting hallucination--a child is lost.

"Absence of Good" opens with a promise of intrigue and suspense, with hints of creative directing to...