Epinions Recent Reviews for onelamefan

Stupid and Sensitive: The Birds and Bees of Modern Manhood (Manly W/O)

Sun, 15 Jun 2003 01:21:46 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author onelamefan - **Preface: This is my first write off!! To quote my good friend John Fowler... "WOOT!"! I feel like...

You Can Scream, You Can Shout, There is No Way Out

Tue, 27 May 2003 12:12:38 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author onelamefan - I feel used. Or maybe like I am helping a mass-market company destroy the movie industry. I don't know, maybe that's just not how one is supposed to feel after watching a film, but this is how I felt. I was suckered in by the last movie (which I...

I'm Digging for Fire

Tue, 15 Apr 2003 15:30:26 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author onelamefan - This Review is Dedicated to my brother who just turned 12 last Friday

My brother is a fool. But a fool with pretty freaking’ good taste. His name is Aaron and just recently broke his wrist skateboarding. I normally don’t pay much...

Give My Regards to Broadway

Thu, 27 Mar 2003 15:51:23 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author onelamefan - Musicals usually aren’t my thing. Not to sound like an uneducated moron, but movies like “Annie” and “The Sound of Music” just never really struck my chord. I find them bland and rather insipid. No, no, theater really was the thing...

The Banner Nobody Followed

Tue, 11 Feb 2003 16:19:18 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author onelamefan - I went into this book with low expectations, my teachers had recommended it, and my class was forced to read it, so how good could it be? I went into this book, Ayn Rand’s “Anthem”, with low expectations, and I left with a lowered respect...

The Filth and The Fury

Wed, 5 Feb 2003 15:45:32 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author onelamefan - "Taxi Driver" is an unrelenting movie about one man’s quest to find a peace of mind. "Taxi Driver" is the story of how one man’s alienation and culture shock can lead to metal breakdown. Or is "Taxi Driver" an enchanting fable on how...

To Catch A Thief

Wed, 8 Jan 2003 18:23:45 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author onelamefan - During the final third of Steven Spielberg’s latest film "Catch Me If You Can", Christopher Walken says, "They got the cake but they also wanted the crumbs." His character may be talking about the I.R.S. but this statements might as well be the...

The Power of Fantasy

Mon, 30 Dec 2002 15:12:22 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author onelamefan - What is the best way to end a year, to go out with a bang of corse!

Upon entering the theatre to see the second in Peter Jackson's "Lord of the Rings" trilogy I was expecting something special, afterall "The Fellowship of the Rings" was a...

The Moral of the Story; Always Pay your Car Insurance

Fri, 20 Dec 2002 11:50:15 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author onelamefan - Ever heard the line "I'm read for my close-up Mr. Demille"? If not then you are missing out on one of the greatest films of all time.

"Sunset Boulevard" is many things, a pop culture time capsule, period piece, a dictionary to classic films,...

Fighting the Good Fight

Tue, 17 Dec 2002 19:02:24 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author onelamefan - Today few bands make masterpieces, even the bands that Rolling Stone and Spin call the saviours of rock(The Vines are lame in my opinion). But Low and behold a tiny Oklahoma band goes and realeases the best album of the year: "Yoshimi Battles the Pink...

Kittens Are Just so Awesome!

Mon, 16 Dec 2002 18:55:03 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author onelamefan - Coldplay is a current favorite of mine, thier modest, humble music and attitude have bewitched me like few bands before them. They make classic pop songs that reflect how people can feel, and by "feel" I mean just about every emotion.

Coldplay...

I Want to Lie in the Middle of the Floor

Fri, 22 Nov 2002 18:14:57 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author onelamefan - This EP “Airbag/How am I Driving” can in many ways bee seen as the true bridge between 1997’s land mark Grammy winning record “OK Computer” and 2000’s I.D.M. influenced “Kid A”. The record is just as rocking as the...

Napalm for Your Skin

Thu, 21 Nov 2002 18:05:31 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author onelamefan - Let me state first off that I do not have an acne problem nor do I have sensitive skin. What relitive few black heads and bumps I have had in my life so far have been hidden by my Beatle-like bangs, therefore they have never been seen. But being like...

Average Film from an Above Average Director

Thu, 21 Nov 2002 13:15:34 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author onelamefan - The waves carrying coffins of men & women float serenely in the Bay of Shang-Hi, suddenly a gigantic English steamboat roars past, forcing the coffins under water. So begins “Empire of the Sun”, uber-director Steven Spielburg’s World War...

Death Came With Care

Wed, 20 Nov 2002 17:48:01 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author onelamefan - Zane was down on his luck. He couldn't pay his rent, he had lost a potential love in exchange for a piece of magical nonsense, and he had just met a ghost that signaled his doom. Zane knew his life was a mess, and he could only think of one way to fix...

The Hills are Alive with Celibate Cries..

Tue, 19 Nov 2002 19:18:22 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author onelamefan - The Smiths could be the first britpop band, and that could turn you off some. But to many they where the best thing to happen in the British music scene throughout the entire eighties. The Smiths where the moment that the synth-driven sound "New Wave"...

A Bitter Sweet Symphony

Mon, 18 Nov 2002 18:56:30 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author onelamefan - With "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" director Chirs Columbus has made a visible improvement over his first forray into J.K. Rowling's world of sword and sorcery, last year's "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone". Not only does this film...

Take the Money and Run

Thu, 14 Nov 2002 19:10:59 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author onelamefan - You know, with all the confusion and anger that came out of the realese of Radiohead's 4th and 5th albums ("Kid A" and "Amnesiac") it seems only fitting that an 8-track EP should be the record that opens the eyes of all thoose fans they lost, you know,...

Help Me I'm Falling in Love!

Thu, 7 Nov 2002 23:39:21 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author onelamefan - Ah Coldplay, one of the few bands I respect nowadays( that being Radiohead is Recording an album and whatnot). I Remember when i first fell in love with these four English lads(or at least thier music), i was watching a program on HBO called "Reverb"...

"Heres the Man with Teeth like God's Shoeshine"

Thu, 7 Nov 2002 23:39:21 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author onelamefan - Modest Mouse have a rather absurd name. Really. I do not know why that that has to do with this review, nothing probally.

Modest Mouse is indie rock trio from Washinton state(home of Grunge legends Nirvana), thier members include: Issac...