© 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-pierretascher Recent reviews written by member pierretascher en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_486596382340?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author pierretascher - Yesterday, I got my package in the mail--my preordered copy of Barbra Streisand's latest CD, Love Is the Answer. And while I did not get to witness the art live at the Village Vanguard with those lucky few who gathered in New York City, I still... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~486596382340 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:22:17 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_486596382340?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_435937709700?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author pierretascher - Growing Pains is the latest revelation from the High Priestess of Hip-Hop, Mary J. Blige. This CD is hot and has righteously spun itself into the stratosphere of popular and commercial music success. With two phenomenal hits, Work That(Track 1) and Just... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~435937709700 Thu, 3 Jul 2008 19:03:55 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_435937709700?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_416302337668?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author pierretascher - The Great Debaters is a magnificent film, the beautiful result of the combined visions of Oprah Winfrey and Denzel Washington. Casting a light on the meticulous art of debate, this film highlights issues of justice and solidarity and explores such... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~416302337668 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 03:19:49 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_416302337668?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_405891812996?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author pierretascher - Anne Feeney is truly one of the greatest grassroots activists in the United States today. I have had the opportunity to hear her sing on many occassions, including at the Midwest Peace Summit at IUPUI and at the Eugene V Debs Dinnner in Terra Haute,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~405891812996 Thu, 18 Oct 2007 17:07:12 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_405891812996?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_404636143236?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author pierretascher - With Trav'lin Light, Queen Latifah offers up some delicious renditions of some classic ballads, starting out with an awesome rendition of Phoebe Snow's "Poetry Man." In this song, the Queen not only matches the magnificence of Snow's classic rendition,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~404636143236 Tue, 2 Oct 2007 15:30:58 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_404636143236?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_404346343044?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author pierretascher - If you are looking for a light, yet delectable film with a French twist, then Le Divorce is your film. I saw this film on television a while ago and decided to purchase it. It has since become a treasured part of my collection. Le Divorce is a delightful... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~404346343044 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 16:09:39 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_404346343044?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_403049123460?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author pierretascher - As this CD opens you automatically know that what you are about to hear is the ultimate groove. Then, John Legend's sultry, masculine voice breaks into the first words of the song and one simply begins to swoon:" Say that you'll stay a little, don't say... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~403049123460 Wed, 12 Sep 2007 15:34:32 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_403049123460?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_399626112644?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author pierretascher - I know you might ask why I am just now writing a review of this film. As always, I am slow on the uptake and a year(thankfully not several years) late on writing a review. Many in Hollywood have not spoken favorably about this film, though I feel that... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~399626112644 Tue, 31 Jul 2007 13:20:09 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_399626112644?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_320076942980?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author pierretascher - I first saw The Color Purple when it first came out in 1985. I was four years old going on five. The Color Purple was, for me, a foundational experience that grounded me and exposed me in ways which allowed for my own personal growth. I saw my very first... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~320076942980 Wed, 14 Feb 2007 17:08:43 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_320076942980?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_298319515268?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author pierretascher - The artistry of Abbey Lincoln is one of those rare, exquisite delicacies that should be acknowledged with an appreciation that what is being enjoyed is one of the few glimpses of divine grace experienced on the earth. A Turtle's Dream is a succulent... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~298319515268 Thu, 28 Dec 2006 15:39:36 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_298319515268?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_236815945348?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author pierretascher - I have to thank Oprah and Halle Berry for what is one of the most beautiful,magnificent films of the past few years, the screen adaptation of Zora Neale Hurston's novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God. I must say that I wholly did not have the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~236815945348 Fri, 16 Jun 2006 16:11:20 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_236815945348?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_236417552004?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author pierretascher - Jane Fonda and Jennifer Lopez come together in this film, blending the best of two generations, to make what is a hilarious, entertaining movie about the institution of marriage and all of the idiosyncracies and baggage that go with it. Although, the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~236417552004 Wed, 14 Jun 2006 13:20:05 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_236417552004?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_218229935748?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author pierretascher - Harlem Nights is an exquisite film and one of the better motion pictures starring Eddie Murphy, whose pet project this film was--as writer, director, and star. Murphy brings together an astounding array of talent, from Della Reese to the late and great... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~218229935748 Thu, 19 Jan 2006 12:38:04 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_218229935748?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_217029119620?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author pierretascher - Reading Alice Walker's Possessing the Secret of Joy was a most holy experience for me. Alas, this book had such an impact upon me that I made the book part of the subject of my senior capstone thesis when I was in college.Alice Walker is by far my... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~217029119620 Sun, 8 Jan 2006 14:37:14 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_217029119620?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_213692354180?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author pierretascher - I bought this CD when I was in Chicago over the Thanksgiving break, and I must say, I have totally not been displeased with it. Roberta Flack and Donnie Hathaway together make one of the most dynamic duos that has ever graced the American music scene... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~213692354180 Sun, 11 Dec 2005 17:04:36 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_213692354180?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_213078937220?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author pierretascher - "Five Hundred Twenty Five Thousand Six Hundred Minutes...." Wow! Rent definitely measures up to everything that I expected it to be. I know that the public grew tired of musicals ages ago, but the public truly is missing out on a precious gem when they... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~213078937220 Mon, 5 Dec 2005 19:36:18 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_213078937220?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_211647106692?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author pierretascher - Released by Nina Simone is one of the freshest, rawest compilations that has ever been put forth in the music business. The songs on this album, which were put together for a program to mourn the death of Martin Luther King, speak directly to all of the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~211647106692 Sat, 19 Nov 2005 17:46:33 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_211647106692?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_209184525956?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author pierretascher - Julia, adapted from a story told in Lillian Hellman's autobiography,Pentimento, is a powerful tale of love and friendship, and a beautiful portrayal of a bond between two women who would go the depths of the world for each other,having built the ultimate... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~209184525956 Sun, 23 Oct 2005 14:43:23 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_209184525956?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_200684703364?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author pierretascher - Today I stopped by Vons Book Store and happened upon a casebook about Joyce Carol Oates. I haven't really paid much attention to her stuff really, but I picked up the book and as I flipped through it I caught mention of the film Smooth Talk with Laura... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~200684703364 Sun, 9 Oct 2005 15:55:37 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_200684703364?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_197490871940?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author pierretascher - Fun with Dick and Jane is one of the most hilarious, thrilling, edge-of-the seat films that I have ever seen. Combining all of the classiness and glamour of Jane Fonda, with the meiskeit humour and boyish good looks of George Segal, this film is... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~197490871940 Sat, 1 Oct 2005 22:24:16 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_197490871940?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_197269819012?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author pierretascher - I read this book over the summer as it was lying around my grandmother's house and I was wanting something to read after I had finished all that I had brought with me. The book is effective in drawing in the reader, but what it draws the reader into is... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~197269819012 Wed, 28 Sep 2005 16:40:51 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_197269819012?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_186047434372?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author pierretascher - I have just now closed this book and walk away from it teary-eyed and so much the richer for having read it. Jane Fonda, in this autobiography, offers up to the world a chance to learn and share in the lessons that she has taken from the universe, that... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~186047434372 Tue, 14 Jun 2005 12:49:57 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_186047434372?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_185294360196?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author pierretascher - I had the privilege of reading Assata Shakur's autobiography, Assata: An Autobiography, during the summer of my junior year of college when one of my wonderful radical friends gave me this book and Elaine Brown's A Taste of Power: A Woman's Story to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~185294360196 Sun, 5 Jun 2005 17:15:11 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_185294360196?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_184750608004?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author pierretascher - This is a most wonderful book written by one of the greatest talents that has ever been placed on this earth. Published in the late 50s, this book was written as his response to the machinations acted against him by the McCarthy witchhunts which brutally... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~184750608004 Mon, 30 May 2005 16:27:14 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_184750608004?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_184391077508?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author pierretascher - I have just now finished this book and it leaves me in a great state of feeling and emotion. I am not in tears, but I am close to it and I feel such a great connection to this book, and to bell at this moment that it is almost overwhelming. bell... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~184391077508 Thu, 26 May 2005 16:13:17 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_184391077508?linkin_id=8003929