Epinions Recent Reviews for mrsocko316

Socko's Review of The West Wing: The Complete First Season

Sun, 28 Dec 2003 16:08:52 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mrsocko316 - Departing from movie reviewing for a few days during the holiday season, I was debating how to tackle the review of an entire television series (though at the time I was thinking of writing about Alias Season 2). It's not as easy as you might think. How...

Socko's Movie Review of The Skulls II

Wed, 24 Dec 2003 01:39:31 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author mrsocko316 - I saw this movie last week during a visit to Blockbuster. It was sitting in the $3.99 pile, with a buy two, get one free sale going on. Now, usually when you combine that kind of sale with that kind of price, you are asking for a whole heap of bad movie...

Socko's Movie Review of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

Sun, 21 Dec 2003 00:40:39 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author mrsocko316 - My brother asked me an interesting question today. He asked me why I would rent something like The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen when I know it's going to be actively bad before I put it in the DVD player. And I'm not going to lie to you. In the long...

Socko's Movie Review of Road House

Wed, 17 Dec 2003 07:56:22 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author mrsocko316 - Have you ever seen a movie that you would consider a guilty pleasure? You know, one of those movies that you'll watch if you see it come on cable one night, and then mock the guy who admitted to watching it the next day at work. One of those movies that...

Arlington Virginia Federal Credit Union: Socko's Review of Arlington Virginia Federal Credit Union

Sun, 14 Dec 2003 22:21:12 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mrsocko316 - OK, realizing that it might be time to take a short break from reviewing the world of movies, I decided to go ahead and test my hand at a financial review. Mind you, I haven't written one in about three years, so I figured I'd be best off starting small...

Socko's Movie Review of The Last Samurai

Fri, 12 Dec 2003 22:46:40 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mrsocko316 - OK, I'm not going to lie to you here. I was pretty disappointed with movie in general after watching Bad Boys II on Wednesday night. It was the kind of movie that makes you rethink whether you ever want to see another movie. I quickly ran out to the...

Socko's Movie Review of Bad Boys II

Thu, 11 Dec 2003 02:10:42 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author mrsocko316 - OK, so I was at the video store the other night, and I realized that there was absolutely nothing new this week that I wanted to rent. I went ahead and bought Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 5 earlier in the day, but I was looking for something to watch...

Socko's Movie Review of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Mon, 8 Dec 2003 21:26:24 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mrsocko316 - Before I get started, has anyone else ever left this site, then come back much later and found that you have no idea what the hell happened to your writing style? Maybe I just need to get back into the swing of things, but from reading some of my older...

Socko's Movie Review of Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Wed, 3 Dec 2003 00:28:01 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mrsocko316 - Based on the popular novels by Patrick O' Brian, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (or MAC:TFSOTW for the rest of this review) is this year's answer to the annual question: Can Russell Crowe outdo himself again? Seriously, after a one year...

Socko's Movie Review of Les Miserables

Mon, 1 Dec 2003 02:43:20 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mrsocko316 - Well, it has been several months since my last review, as my anticipated comeback turned into a momentary return. At the moment, I'm not sure what this current foray will turn into, but hopefully it will be the start of a more permanent return. Anyway,...

Socko's Movie Review of The Recruit

Sun, 10 Aug 2003 01:27:16 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mrsocko316 - Well, back after two years, and I'm cranking out a second review in as many days. I guess I must hav...

Socko's Movie Review of Nemesis Game

Sat, 9 Aug 2003 02:29:51 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author mrsocko316 - Well, it has been about two years since I last wrote a review here, but I figured for kicks that it...

Socko's Movie Review of Summer Catch

Sun, 26 Aug 2001 21:53:08 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author mrsocko316 - For those who are wondering why I would see Summer Catch in the first place, let me just make it clear early that I was dragged to the theater by my wife for this one. I like a good teeny-bopper flick as much as the next guy, but the combination...

Socko's Movie Review of Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

Sun, 19 Aug 2001 01:12:01 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mrsocko316 - Yep, that's right folks...for once I actually got off my lazy tail and caught a movie during its sneak preview. This was an unprecedented event for me, as I am famous for shunning big crowds and only catch in theater flicks during midday hours (thus...

Socko's Movie Review of Evil Dead 2 (TSWBTTOW/O)

Fri, 17 Aug 2001 15:10:36 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mrsocko316 - Well, anyone who knows me could see this one coming all week. A writeoff about sequels that are better than the originals, in the same week that I review Evil Dead and Army of Darkness, and yet didn't review Evil Dead 2. It doesn't...

Socko's Movie Review of Get Over It

Thu, 16 Aug 2001 14:50:00 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author mrsocko316 - Following the stunning blow to my public image by Epinions of removing my advisorship in movies, I have decided that I would be better off leaving the website forever. Sure, they pay me money to write movie reviews, and they never promised me anything…...

Socko's Movie Review of Army of Darkness

Tue, 14 Aug 2001 16:35:39 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mrsocko316 - OK, stop right there. Yeah, that’s right, I’m talking to you over there getting ready to read this review. Now, you’ve probably just come from my review of the original film of this trilogy, Evil Dead (and if you haven’t read it yet, make sure to...

Socko's Retro Movie Review of Evil Dead

Mon, 13 Aug 2001 13:22:58 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mrsocko316 - Oh yeah, this one has been a long time coming. After reading glowing reviews from the likes of Mike_Bracken and Mangiotto, I had just been waiting for the day I could see this film. The main problem? The video stores in my town suck big...

Socko's Movie Review of American Pie 2

Fri, 10 Aug 2001 19:06:25 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mrsocko316 - To pacify one Chris Jarmick, let me start by informing you all that there are spoilers abound in this review. It’s stated above, it’s stated here, so everyone should be happy. Let’s get started.

Well, I got one of my Epinions redemption checks...

Socko's Retro Movie Review of The Tommyknockers

Fri, 10 Aug 2001 02:01:57 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author mrsocko316 - Geez, what is it about Stephen King having really bad movie adaptations of his classic books. Why does the poor man even try anymore? You know he isn't strapped for money, and the movies do nothing for his reputation. I mean, he does have the occasional...

Socko's Retro Movie Review of Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

Tue, 7 Aug 2001 20:11:31 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mrsocko316 - Would you believe that it was by accident that I came upon this film? I made one of my usual trips to the video store yesterday and rented 5 horror films that I had never seen before. The first case I opened up was supposed to be Evil Dead, and lo...

Socko's Retro Movie Review of The Night Flier (Stephen King W/O)

Sat, 4 Aug 2001 17:14:21 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mrsocko316 - Well, it appears that Mangiotto and I had the same idea when it came to this Stephen King write-off, as he went ahead and beat me to the punch with The Night Flier. All I have to say that is…TO HELL WITH YOU MANGIOTTO, TO HELL WITH YOU!!! No hard...

Socko's Retro Movie Review of Diggstown

Mon, 30 Jul 2001 13:06:02 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mrsocko316 - I actually had a hard time getting motivated about writing this review. Usually I just can't wait to share my opinions after I watch a movie, but this time I just sort of felt "blah". So after a lot of pondering and waiting, I decided that maybe if I...

Socko's Movie Review of Planet of the Apes (2001)

Sat, 28 Jul 2001 12:38:13 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author mrsocko316 - Lately, I've started a really bad trend of seeing popular movies on opening night. Chalk it up to not being able to say no to my wife. I just hate sitting in a movie theater packed with people (some who obviously haven't showered in the last month or so)...

CDNOW Online Store: Socko's Web Service Review of CDNOW Online Store

Fri, 27 Jul 2001 00:58:51 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mrsocko316 - Oh yeah, you know you love the unique title, as you can tell I spent many a night awake thinking it up. I am hesitant to leave my usual area of expertise (movies), but the coincidence of today's events were uncanny. I was at CDNOW for the first time in a...