© 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-paulsavage Recent reviews written by member paulsavage en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_492791762564?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author paulsavage - Ink is to thrillers what The Orphanage is to scary movies. It is mature and so carefully told that the twists are sudden but entirely within context. Since I honestly... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~492791762564 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:22:39 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_492791762564?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_492692737668?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author paulsavage - In late 2006, Adam Rapp released his fifth young adult novel Under the Wolf, Under the Dog. It was a major disappointment following earlier works of extreme strength... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~492692737668 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:38:37 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_492692737668?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_492247813764?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author paulsavage - (I’ve noticed that more and more writers are self-referencing their work within their reviews, so I’ve decide, for the time being, to engage in that bit of self-promotion.) I didn’t expect that I would read Jon... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~492247813764 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:17:24 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_492247813764?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_492217208452?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author paulsavage - Towelhead is a difficult movie to watch. The topics tend to make many of us uncomfortable. The main topic is young teen sexuality; sex plays a part, but that doesn’t tend to make most of us uncomfortable. To a much lesser degree, the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~492217208452 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:28:54 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_492217208452?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_491870129796?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author paulsavage - The bookstore I use (and it isn’t alone), puts Jon Krakauer’s book Into Thin Air in the travel section. A goodly portion of Mr. Krakauer’s journalism work has been in specialized travel magazines (so the placement isn’t... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~491870129796 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:04:55 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_491870129796?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_491526196868?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author paulsavage - Last time I bought a pound of coffee at Starbucks, the barista gave me the 3 pack Via Instant coffee instead of the free cup of coffee that usually comes from buying a pound. I laughed out loud (I’m a total coffee snob and have been for more than... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~491526196868 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:36:23 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_491526196868?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_491416620676?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author paulsavage - Battlefield Britain is an 8 part series examining, in great detail, turning-point battles that either led to significant changes in British culture and battles that maintained, against significant odds, the continuance of British culture... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~491416620676 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:46:52 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_491416620676?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_490852421252?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author paulsavage - Lately my taste in “movies” has been so buried in the documentary facet that I can’t seem to tear myself away to watch anything else. My curiosity was peaked when I saw a listing for Frontline – Storm Over Everest about a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~490852421252 Fri, 6 Nov 2009 20:47:18 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_490852421252?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_490592636548?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author paulsavage - Max is a child just slightly past the age where living in his imagination isn’t considered weird. Given that he is essentially friendless, he is driven even deeper into that childish landscape. His sister is a teenager in the throes of that... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~490592636548 Wed, 4 Nov 2009 17:52:05 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_490592636548?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_488429096580?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author paulsavage - Gnaw is a wish-it-were movie. A significant talent was spent doing what is largely—though not totally—a work of a throwaway nature. The film is typical for the slasher genre. A group of friends goes to a remote or at least... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~488429096580 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:24:10 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_488429096580?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_487615139460?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author paulsavage - Two things first. Cormac McCarthy is an author whose focus is on the artistry of language and narrative. The audience must conform to his style rather than him fitting his talents in the opposite direction—and he has the bona fides to justify... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~487615139460 Thu, 8 Oct 2009 14:34:17 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_487615139460?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_487424626308?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author paulsavage - God on Trial is a play inside a frame narrative that gives the play a context. Tourists come to Auschwitz and their guide explains that a block of inmates held a trial with God as the defendant. The trial occurs on a night between a selection... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~487424626308 Tue, 6 Oct 2009 21:39:48 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_487424626308?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_486069276292?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author paulsavage - Serial killer flicks have become the movie equivalent of conspiracy theories: made so often that you really need to get as rococo as possible to hold on to even short attention spans. Failing that, you need to be clever about how the victims die... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~486069276292 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:14:04 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_486069276292?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_484646555268?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author paulsavage - Derek Jarman’s films are undeniably experimental.  In his case, I think this is mainly due to the notion that he tries any idea that comes to mind: clunky language in all but Christopher Marlowe’s Edward II, but even here he used... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~484646555268 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:18:13 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_484646555268?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_477366357636?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author paulsavage - Despite the dull title, David Wroblewski’s story The Story of Edgar Sawtelle is a quality read and especially so given that it is Mr. Wroblewski’s first novel.  Edgar and Trudy Sawtelle are second generation dog breeders... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~477366357636 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:49:19 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_477366357636?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_475332841092?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author paulsavage - I think I was on one of my regular trips to DC to visit friends, probably 2004.  I’ve been so many times that I only have one “Mall Day” to see if there is a new exhibit at a museum while I trek from the East Wing of the National... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~475332841092 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:13:09 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_475332841092?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_475105758852?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author paulsavage - Vantage Point is an easy to follow nonlinear story. The US president arrives in Salamanca, Spain to kick off an international conference on terrorism.  Just as he makes it to the podium to speak, he is shot.  Chaos... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~475105758852 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:35:59 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_475105758852?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_470528003716?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author paulsavage - The worst plays are more intimate than great movies.  Sitting in the audience watching live actors treading the boards without the safety net, i.e. CUT, is a different intensity of intimacy than can be found in the polished and edited actors... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~470528003716 Fri, 15 May 2009 18:34:39 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_470528003716?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_468568542852?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author paulsavage - Cloverfield is the child or cousin of The Blair Witch Project, I am Legend, Alien, Godzilla, and a bit of a forgotten film called Miracle (and likely some I have not yet seen).  It is a derivative of all of them but it has just... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~468568542852 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:56:34 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_468568542852?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_468481248900?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author paulsavage - As of 4.27.2009, this is the third review of Choke and I can understand why there aren’t more.  The film is based on the novel by the same name written by Chuck Palahniuk.  If you are a Palahniuk fan the film will disappoint; if... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~468481248900 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:02:10 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_468481248900?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_468469976708?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author paulsavage - Imaginary Witness is a difficult documentary to assess.  The reason for this is something that is also true of this review: when looking at something “absolute” as one of the interviewed says, how can you talk about it without... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~468469976708 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:47:15 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_468469976708?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_468044385924?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author paulsavage - The Caller is a slow thriller.  It isn’t quite a mystery story given that the audience knows all the parts of the “mystery” from the beginning; instead it has the hallmarks of a thriller since it involves a hunt, chase,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~468044385924 Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:06:10 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_468044385924?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_467582094980?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author paulsavage - The kindest thing I can say about The Assassination of Richard Nixon</i> is that it is uninspired despite being one of those “inspired by” or “based on”stories. Sam Bicke (Sean Penn) is a person borderlining... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~467582094980 Sun, 19 Apr 2009 17:23:26 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_467582094980?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_466541907588?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author paulsavage - Documentaries need not be “mature” in style to be good.  Todd Ahleberg released Meth at the Palm Springs Festival in 2006.  This documentary focuses on just the users themselves except for a brief interview with a mother.  So... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~466541907588 Thu, 9 Apr 2009 22:52:25 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_466541907588?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_465398042244?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author paulsavage - The Flemish movie Ben X is a difficult one to review and, in at least one major respect, difficult to watch.  It is worth the emotional effort and reading the subtitles.  Neither here nor there, I believe this is the first movie... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~465398042244 Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:45:44 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_465398042244?linkin_id=8003929