© 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-movie_critic Recent reviews written by member movie_critic en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_218410749572?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author movie_critic - When he's not splashing his name allover his own movies, Quentin Tarantino keeps busy by recommending and "presenting" others. And he's not afraid of losing credibility. According to the commercials Tarantino called "Wolf Creek" one of the scariest... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~218410749572 Sat, 21 Jan 2006 01:21:32 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_218410749572?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_218410421892?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author movie_critic - Perhaps it's unfair to label Uwe Boll the worst director working today; the Ed Wood of our generation. After all, videogame-to-film movies almost never turn out enjoyable regardless of who's behind the camera, and that's all of which Boll has been put in... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~218410421892 Sat, 21 Jan 2006 01:18:22 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_218410421892?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_197077274244?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author movie_critic - The year 2005 has been a great one for terror at 40,000 feet. While the crown thus far belongs to Wes Craven's surprisingly enjoyable Red Eye, Robert Schwentke's "Flightplan" maintains the same level of absurdity and is a lot of fun to watch when you... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~197077274244 Mon, 26 Sep 2005 01:05:21 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_197077274244?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_193707413124?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author movie_critic - Note: My grade for "Red Eye" stands at 4.5/5, but has been rounded up on the Epinions scale for I feel four stars alone fails to serve it justice. . Here we have a lovely summer gem by Wes Craven, whose earlier film this year Curse was exactly... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~193707413124 Sat, 20 Aug 2005 03:45:47 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_193707413124?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_193461915268?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author movie_critic - Classic teen comedies like last generation's "Animal House" and newly inducted Hall-of-Famer "American Pie" will forever make audiences laugh with every repeated viewing and provide conversational fodder around the poker table. Alas, every genre's... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~193461915268 Wed, 17 Aug 2005 22:23:33 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_193461915268?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_191505534596?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author movie_critic - I absolutely hated, hated, hated, hated Rob Zombie's directorial debut film, "House of 1000 Corpses;" a messy, unwatchable movie that had a cool concept but was destroyed by paper-thin, unlikable characters and uneasy flashy cinematography that tried to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~191505534596 Fri, 29 Jul 2005 22:38:21 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_191505534596?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_191485415044?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author movie_critic - I was prepared to lose all credibility as an internet movie critic by recommending Rob Cohen's "Stealth," a in-the-near-future action flick that managed to hold my interest half way through despite atrocious dialogue, and before it descended into... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~191485415044 Fri, 29 Jul 2005 19:04:06 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_191485415044?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_190733454980?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author movie_critic - Note: To the readers who've seen the trailers to "The Island," this review contains no spoilers. To the five people in the country who haven't seen the promos or are aware of the plot revelations, some crucial plot information is revealed. We meet... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~190733454980 Fri, 22 Jul 2005 21:07:50 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_190733454980?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_189904883332?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author movie_critic - It is known that David Dobkin's new comedy "Wedding Crashers" went out of its way to earn an R-rating certificate, bucking the trend of recent comedies and horrors that depend on the high school audience for revenue (like Fantastic Four which banks on... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~189904883332 Fri, 15 Jul 2005 16:37:51 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_189904883332?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_189297364612?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author movie_critic - I have not seen the original "Dark Water," the 2002 Japanese horror flick that doesn't have the solid reputation like some of the better ghost films from Asia; many of which have become lucrative American remakes. The 2005 American version, directed... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~189297364612 Sun, 10 Jul 2005 18:21:10 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_189297364612?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_189175139972?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author movie_critic - What happens when during a space mission to a) propose to your girlfriend and b) find a cure for cancer - a cosmic storm "alters our DNA" after the shields fail to do what they're supposed to do? You become fantastic, that's what. Or at least this movie... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~189175139972 Sat, 9 Jul 2005 12:56:33 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_189175139972?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_188134493828?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author movie_critic - My introduction the history of "War of the Worlds" began back in high school shortly before I read the inspirational novel by H.G. Wells for the first time. Telling us the amusing story about how late-tuning listeners to the 1938 radio broadcast by Orson... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~188134493828 Wed, 29 Jun 2005 19:52:38 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_188134493828?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_188043202180?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author movie_critic - George A. Romero, the godfather of the zombie genre, has taken his concept to the next level. You'd think that with countless imitations this idea would have grown tired by now, but "Land of the Dead" is still surprisingly fresh as the flesh that's for... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~188043202180 Tue, 28 Jun 2005 23:58:30 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_188043202180?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_186143116932?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author movie_critic - Coming from the guy who couldn't groove to the four previous glossy Batman films (yes, even the first), I am happy to report that Christopher Nolan's version hits just the right key, just the right note and just the right style. "Batman Begins" is, to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~186143116932 Wed, 15 Jun 2005 13:52:46 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_186143116932?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_186076139140?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author movie_critic - I couldn't help but feel a sense of patriotic pride while watching Ron Howard's latest cinematic feat, "Cinderella Man." It may be a movie about boxing, and a thrilling one indeed, but I was mostly consumed by the historical retelling of life during the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~186076139140 Tue, 14 Jun 2005 18:52:20 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_186076139140?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_185095261828?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author movie_critic - If you're reading this before the film's release, scanning advanced movie reviews of "Haunte Tension," then you're probably confused as to why critics are having a hard time penning their thoughts about Alexandre Aja's much anticipated graphically... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~185095261828 Fri, 3 Jun 2005 02:47:27 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_185095261828?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_183802957444?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author movie_critic - So this is it. Finally after so many years of geeks and nerds waiting for the final installment of the Star Wars saga, "Revenge of the Sith" is here, and coming from a critic who never drank the Kool-Aid or rode the band wagon: it's pretty damn good... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~183802957444 Fri, 20 May 2005 00:09:27 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_183802957444?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_183593569924?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author movie_critic - Fortunately for Jet Li his mainstream American fan base is largely intact, either because A) his loyalists are forgiving people or B) they never saw the abominably bad "Cradle 2 the Grave." In "Unleashed" the wires and implausible CGI take a back seat to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~183593569924 Wed, 18 May 2005 01:07:38 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_183593569924?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_183349710468?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author movie_critic - I no longer get excited when it comes to long epic/war movies, and those who've seen many of the recent ones probably, like me, go into each subsequent adventure with a chip of skepticism on their shoulder. I was kinder than most in my non-recommendation... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~183349710468 Mon, 16 May 2005 02:27:25 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_183349710468?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_183180889732?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author movie_critic - Paul Haggis' "Crash" is a powerful film that intertwines several stories about people of different races and nationalities, all encompassing a common theme of racism. In a sometimes obvious though often subtle way, each of the many characters displays... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~183180889732 Sat, 14 May 2005 01:06:05 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_183180889732?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_181321240196?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author movie_critic - The horror genre is still going through a tough time in Hollywood. Studio executives are driven by a profit-friendly PG-13 rating which often results in horror fans leaving the theater unsatisfied. The other problem is the absence of good stories to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~181321240196 Tue, 26 Apr 2005 23:52:20 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_181321240196?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_180899712644?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author movie_critic - Wandering off the set of Guess Who and onto the one for "A Lot Like Love" has been an easy way this year for Ashton Kutcher to find work and collect the paychecks, but he's now running the risk of becoming a typecast: the goofy, awkward but somehow... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~180899712644 Fri, 22 Apr 2005 23:19:13 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_180899712644?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_180169313924?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author movie_critic - The legend behind the Amityville Horror is made up of scary stuff because it involved real people and a real place (112 Ocean Avenue). Alas, great horror stories don't always make great horror movies which we found out In 1979 when the first "Amityville... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~180169313924 Sat, 16 Apr 2005 03:31:15 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_180169313924?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_179478630020?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author movie_critic - Gina (Queen Latifah) is the best hairstylist at Jorge's parlor. She even makes her own conditioner later dubbed "crack conditioner" because it works so well you can't get enough of it. Due to conflicting interests with the shop's owner, Jorge (a wildly... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~179478630020 Sat, 9 Apr 2005 14:47:44 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_179478630020?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_179477319300?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author movie_critic - Okay, so this movie doesn't suck. Good thing because at two hours and change "Sahara" is one of those in-your-face action flicks that could have easily been an assault on your eyes and eardrums with your typical mind-numbing plot, unrealistic special... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~179477319300 Sat, 9 Apr 2005 14:31:07 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_179477319300?linkin_id=8003929