Epinions Recent Reviews for observer75

It’s not the size or the age, it’s how your boat rocks: The_Nordic_Empress does Bermuda.

Sat, 20 Sep 2003 03:23:59 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author observer75 - I missed the hiking and the kayaking stage in life. My idea of a good time away from home went right from theme parks to intense sightseeing road trips to cruise ships. It was on the cruise ships that I discovered the euphoric combination of faraway pl...

Autumn Marathon: A Jog Behind the Iron Curtain

Sat, 7 Jun 2003 23:48:16 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author observer75 - Films of the good old USSR rarely received much attention in the West. In the U.S., in particular, only a handful of Soviet flicks ever saw the light of day as a commercial release. Not that the Soviets lacked the drive to market their cinematic wares...

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind: a Bizarre Story Well-Told

Sun, 16 Feb 2003 08:10:41 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author observer75 - Chuck Barris, the host of the Gong Show, a late-1970’s precursor to today’s reality television, was, in his heyday, often blamed for the decline of the western civilization. I say that is giving him too much credit. For if Chuck Barris...

Moonlight Mile: A Case Study in Multiple Screenplay Disorder

Sun, 27 Oct 2002 22:02:28 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author observer75 - Note: This review reveals a good deal about the film's finale. But nothing, really, that's worth saving.

It had it all – a wonderful cast, an original plot, a story to tell, it was well-made all around… And then it died...

Comedian: Jerry Seinfeld’s New Old Job

Sun, 13 Oct 2002 21:37:27 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author observer75 - “People ask me what I have been doing”, Jerry Seinfeld says to a giddy audience of Dave Letterman’s Late Show. The answer is “absolutely nothing”. And immediately, he jumps into a routine on how difficult it is to be...

Welcome to Collinwood - Meet the Boys-Next-Door of the Beirut of Cleveland

Sat, 5 Oct 2002 16:55:20 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author observer75 - Cosimo’s attempted grand theft auto in the opening scene (nicely set to the undeniably cool Via Con Me, composed and sung by Paolo Conte, which, curiously, is also featured in Mostly Martha, a very different German flick also currently...

One Hour Photo: A Mixed Picture

Sun, 15 Sep 2002 14:36:26 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author observer75 - A sterile white room with a table in the middle. An overbearing investigator seated on one side, a subdued Robin Williams on the other. How did all this come to happen, gently asks the cop. Softly, Williams starts talking, and the story begins at the...

How I Killed My Father: A Very French Look At the Struggle With Time

Sat, 7 Sep 2002 20:52:55 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author observer75 - A brief, measured, no-holds-barred confession of a man in an unmistakable full-blown middle-age crisis. Quite a case. The doctor seems unperturbed. His response is soft, yet assuring. The tone makes you wonder if it is at all possible to ever hear...

The Quiller Memorandum -- The Lyrical Spy Film That Is a Classic

Tue, 20 Aug 2002 00:48:39 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author observer75 - 1966 was not a time when spy films were in shortage. James Bond made his first appearance in Dr. No four years earlier and had returned to the big screen every year since. Strong, bright, and armed with many a neat gadget, Sean Connery’s...

Melvin and Howard-- a Blue-Collar Americana Classic

Sat, 3 Aug 2002 19:59:54 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author observer75 - “Lady Luck and Melvin just weren’t on speaking terms” - so begins the trailer to Melvin and Howard, a critically acclaimed, but little-known, 1980 film directed by Jonathan Demme. Melvin in the title is Melvin Dummar - a husband, a father, a...

The Week: a New Hidden Gem on the Newsstand

Mon, 29 Jul 2002 01:21:13 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author observer75 - The concept is simple enough. Every week you get a magazine that focuses primarily on informing you of the past week’s major events, relying, in a large part, on a multitude of other publications. In a typical feature article, perspectives from various...