© 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-msiduri Recent reviews written by member msiduri en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_490823716484?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author msiduri - The first sound that greets the viewer is that of a tinny helicopter engine flying over Manhattan. The ship the Caribbean Lady is causing some concern, coming into the harbor like gangbusters. The captain and crew must be smoking the stuff... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~490823716484 Fri, 6 Nov 2009 15:29:41 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_490823716484?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_490569567876?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author msiduri - It's August, 1141, and the Civil War between King Stephen and the Empress Maud is heating up. Maud has taken Stephen captive, leading up to a rearranging of alliances. The king's brother, Henry of Blois, Bishop of Winchester, supported Stephen, then... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~490569567876 Wed, 4 Nov 2009 13:36:08 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_490569567876?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_490333507204?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author msiduri - This two-disk set follows the stories of two students at a private (Christian) alternative high school in Floyd County, Kentucky for troubled or failing students. It originally aired in 2006 as 3 programs lasting two hours each. Both Chris Johnson and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~490333507204 Mon, 2 Nov 2009 13:12:30 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_490333507204?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_490289204868?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author msiduri - Brother Cadfael is a 12th century Benedictine monk who retired to the monastery after a life of some adventure. He fought in the Crusades, spent time as a sailor and can also remember the names of a number of women he's loved without regret. He now... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~490289204868 Mon, 2 Nov 2009 03:16:06 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_490289204868?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_489903263364?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author msiduri - Don't you just hate it when you start dating someone new, only to find that the object of your affection has been chosen before birth to be the virgin bride of Satan? Well, actually, freelance writer Andy Stuart never does quite figure it all out. He... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~489903263364 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:48:54 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_489903263364?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_489677885060?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author msiduri - The movie opens viewing the back of a distinguished gentleman reading into a microphone for radio broadcast a short speech about Atlantis being sunk beneath sands of the Sahara rather than in an ocean. The next shot is of two French foreign legionnaires... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~489677885060 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:31:13 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_489677885060?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_489036287620?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author msiduri - Evil mad scientist Dr. Alex Zorka is prolific if nothing else, having discovered a new element and used it to create a robot, induce suspended animation in plants and humans and create a belt that allows him to become invisible. (Why, oh why, didn't he... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~489036287620 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:12:54 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_489036287620?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_488154959492?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author msiduri - In 1650, a Jesuit priest named Antonio de Vieyra preached a sermon on Jesus washing of his disciples' feet shortly before the last supper, an act that is seen as one of humility and kindness. Forty years later, in the new world, a nun named Sor Juana... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~488154959492 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:36:20 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_488154959492?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_488082607748?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author msiduri - Paul Sharpe is dissatisfied with his life. A filmmaker, he should be making important films, not silly (if lucrative) commercials. He finds his son annoying. The boy's age is never given, but he appears about 10. He argues with his wife about work... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~488082607748 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:36:48 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_488082607748?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_487715016324?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author msiduri - In his opening chapter, author Brian Fagan describes the last conversation he had with an Ila chief on the Central African savanna two weeks before the latter's death. Fagan was involved in an excavation not far from the chief's village and met with him... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~487715016324 Fri, 9 Oct 2009 12:31:56 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_487715016324?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_487502155396?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author msiduri - Brother Cadfael is a 60-ish year-old monk who retired to the monastery after a life of some adventure. In this, the 18th book of the series, he mentions that he left his boyhood home in Wales because he didn't want to spend his life tending the strip of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~487502155396 Wed, 7 Oct 2009 15:10:03 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_487502155396?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_487268454020?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author msiduri - Among those who have heard of her, Hypatia of Alexandria is often viewed as the last learned pagan woman brutally murdered by a benighted Christian mob in about 415 CE. She had taught at the famous library and museum at Alexandria, which are often also... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~487268454020 Mon, 5 Oct 2009 14:38:35 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_487268454020?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_486700977796?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author msiduri - There is a story that Alexander the Great paused long enough on his campaign of world conquest to pay homage at what was thought to have been the tomb of Achilles. “If not for the poets,” he said, “the same mound that buries your body... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~486700977796 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:08:23 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_486700977796?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_486498668164?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author msiduri - Dieter Dengler (1938-2001) claimed that his love of flying came from seeing a pilot in an open cockpit while he and his brothers watched as Allied bombers attacked his native village of Wildberg, Germany. This may seem an unlikely inspiration, but there... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~486498668164 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:30:18 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_486498668164?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_486073929348?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author msiduri - When I was in high school, one of the school board members tried unsuccessfully to get Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl removed from the school library. I laughed at hearing this and thought that maybe I should reread the book because... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~486073929348 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:47:26 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_486073929348?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_485056548484?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author msiduri - This is sort of a Readers' Digest version of the life and work of Jane Goodall, a British primatologist who was first sent to work observing chimpanzees in Tanzania by Louis Leakey in 1960. She has since become a household name, not only for her... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~485056548484 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:29:43 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_485056548484?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_484501261956?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author msiduri - Some years ago, I read a newspaper article that quoted a physicist who, having been brought up a Hindu, wondered if modern physics would be different if it had developed in a polytheistic society. Course not, I thought, but it churned... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~484501261956 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:57:17 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_484501261956?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_483643461252?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author msiduri - After being ordered to set up a road block to prepare for a possible nuclear attack, Deputy Sheriff Dan Colter begins stopping people along a remote mountain road in California early one morning. Everyone is caught in the middle of other plans, of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~483643461252 Thu, 3 Sep 2009 13:37:46 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_483643461252?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_483340684932?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author msiduri - On this disk are two episodes of the “Nova” series “Secrets of Lost Empires”: Colosseum and Stonehenge. The first one deals with how the Romans may have built a canopy or awning over the Colosseum in Rome to keep the audience in... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~483340684932 Tue, 1 Sep 2009 00:08:45 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_483340684932?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_483328429700?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author msiduri - Allan's father dies and his sister, Katherine, is disfigured in a fire that started after he left some paint thinner by a heater. Unable to save his father, or keep his sister from getting hurt when she runs in to try to rescue him, Allan finds himself... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~483328429700 Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:33:59 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_483328429700?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_482919288452?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author msiduri - “Doc “ Williams has developed a system to control planes remotely, something that could be a huge advantage now that the war is on. Unfortunately, test pilot Jerry Barton got cocky and bailed out in mid flight so his old friend Doc could... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~482919288452 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:07:42 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_482919288452?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_482799947396?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author msiduri - Communications expert and teaching fellow Alan Grimes gets the scoop of the lifetime when he picks up the phone and through some misdirection overhears the conversation between two officers at the nearby Air Force base. One is seeking the other's... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~482799947396 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:01:32 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_482799947396?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_482671365764?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author msiduri - On this disk is one episode of the 5-episode “Nova” mini-series “Secrets of Lost Empires,” this one having to to with the Incas. The idea behind the series is to recreate monuments using techniques the ancients may have used. With... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~482671365764 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:12:42 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_482671365764?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_482534329988?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author msiduri - The Orkneyinga Saga recounts the "history" of the earls of Orkney from roughly the 9th to the beginning of the 13th centuries C.E. It is believed to have been written about 1200 C.E. by an anonymous Icelandic scribe, presumably associated with... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~482534329988 Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:04:39 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_482534329988?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_482448477828?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author msiduri - Author Alan Watts (1915-1973) did not live to complete this book, which was edited by his colleague Al Chung-liang Huang, who, rather than trying to get into Watts' head and finish the remaining chapters, simply added a foreword and an afterward. While... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~482448477828 Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:24:46 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_482448477828?linkin_id=8003929