Epinions Recent Reviews for prettyinpink

French Twist Takes a New Angle On the Classic Love Triangle

Sat, 23 Jun 2001 20:54:33 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author prettyinpink - Can a heterosexual woman fall in love with a lesbian? Can a philandering husband tolerate his own wife’s daliances with another woman? Can a homophobic man and a homophilic woman forge a truce?

Writer/director Josiane Balasko asks...

Invasion of the Body Munchers: prettyinpink v. The Mosquitoes

Sat, 23 Jun 2001 00:07:34 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author prettyinpink - It's a bad sign when the pizza delivery guy backs away from your front door.

I don't order pizza for home delivery often, but when I do, you can bet I'm pretty darned hungry. I wait ever-so-expectantly for the doorbell to ring, my cash ready,...

She, a “foreigner in the land of old age,” and I, a Tourist

Fri, 18 May 2001 21:42:32 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author prettyinpink - I am, by normal expectancies, slightly more than half-way through my life. I carry forty-seven years of losses in my soul, each new one cutting deeper than the last. Every new good-bye is more deeply sorrowful than the one before, each one a tiny...

My Not-Quite-Homoerotic Fascination with Black Widow

Wed, 2 May 2001 00:55:02 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author prettyinpink - I’ve watched the film Black Widow (1986) at least 2 dozen times, and it never fails to utterly fascinate me. I have referred to this movie in recent comments to pieces written by Sloucho and mangiotto, and since it was so obviously...

Can You Believe I’m Invoking Jacques Lacan In My Analysis of Kill Your Boyfriend?

Tue, 24 Apr 2001 21:36:12 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author prettyinpink - Why is it that good girls always seem to go for the bad boys? There’s something about a rebel that elevates the hormones of a little goodie two-shoes, especially if he’s wearing leather. Witness the popularity of James Dean in the 50’s, Elvis Presley...

Not Quite What I Expected, But It Does Get Me Clean

Mon, 23 Apr 2001 03:12:33 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author prettyinpink - When I think of cocoa butter, I remember the rich Hawaiian Tropic tanning oils and creams from the ‘70’s. They had a rich, chocolatey smell, a heady perfume that was seductive in the already humid and sultry Texas summer. We Texas gals use to...

Enough Baby Blue and Candy Pink to Choke a Goat

Sun, 22 Apr 2001 14:10:28 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author prettyinpink - Ah, the weekend! The work week is over, and for the first time in about a month, I’ve got the full expanse of an unscheduled weekend in front of me. I just want to kick back and relax, maybe watch something lightweight. Lemme see here…(perusing my...

A Book: A Book Can Do Everything Except Kiss You Back

Wed, 11 Apr 2001 23:22:58 GMT
rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author prettyinpink - Blando: “You read too much, Geek. You oughta get yourself a hobby.”

Geek: “Good idea! I think I’ll go get some books on hobbies.”

Geek is made of the same cloth as I. Every right step in life at least includes, if not...

I Like Her Best When She’s Screamin’ and Wailin’ and Rockin’! [Write-Off Submission]

Sun, 8 Apr 2001 14:35:35 GMT
rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author prettyinpink - This piece is submitted in the 4-6-01 Box Set Write-Off, hosted by fredpjr. Other participants include: ByronSummers, caines, Candice, dustinj, fredpjr (host), murasaki, panterad00d, quasar, and shilmafone. Please visit my colleagues’ pages and...

This Is A Terrible, Horrible, Very Sad Book, I’m Delighted to Say

Tue, 3 Apr 2001 23:13:24 GMT
rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author prettyinpink - If you are looking for a review of children’s literature that is replete – which means “filled” - with references to cuddly bunnies and sunshiny days and adorable youngsters, you have come to the wrong place.

The Bad Beginning: A Series of...

Glorious Harmonies and Tender Melodies - The Spirituality and Universality of Sacred Choral Music

Sat, 31 Mar 2001 20:52:25 GMT
rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author prettyinpink - [Title changed 4/1/01]

“Sacred choral music” often conjures up sounds of dark Gregorian chants or uninventive “happy, clappy” music. In their 1996 CD Sermons and Devotions, however, The King’s Singers have chosen from some of...

Naked Fashionistas: Behind the Scrim with Isaac Mizrahi

Sat, 31 Mar 2001 03:12:22 GMT
rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author prettyinpink - Not since 1957’s “Funny Face” has fashion on film been so much fun. Forget Altman’s “Ready to Wear.” Forget Woodward and Newman in “A New Kind of Love.” Unzipped is a 73 minute party, an intimate visit with a lovable man and creative talent...

Spend Lots of Money! Have Bad Breath! Become Constipated! the Fabulous Atkins Way

Sat, 24 Mar 2001 02:58:05 GMT
rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author prettyinpink - Ah, Houston in the springtime! The azaleas are in full bloom, the skies are a vivid blue, the air is warming, Daylight Savings Time is imminent, and all Houstonians are peeling off their sweaters and jackets. prettyinpink is wondering where her...

Endurance: The True Myth of Haile Gebrsellasie

Tue, 20 Mar 2001 00:48:07 GMT
rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author prettyinpink - When Endurance was released in 1998, I looked for it eagerly at local theatres. I had heard a lovely review on National Public Radio of this movie, a documentary of Haile Gebrsellasie, the 1996 Olympic gold medalist from Ethiopia. I was sad not...

This Phone Sex Doesn’t Sizzle!

Fri, 16 Mar 2001 23:17:02 GMT
rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author prettyinpink - Updated 4/30/01 with a comment at the end of this review.

“Bless me, Father, for I have sinned. It’s been, um, a really long time since my last confession.”

“Yes, child…?”

“I wasted a couple of hours this week...

A Future Cop Takes a Campy, Sci-Fi-Noir Time Trip

Tue, 13 Mar 2001 02:34:58 GMT
rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author prettyinpink - Question: What if you made a movie from rejected script pages from “Buckaroo Banzai,” leftover neon lights from “Miami Vice,” and music that wasn’t good enough for “Flashdance”? What would you have? Answer: Trancers.

Trancers...

No Glitz, No Glam: This is an Eszterhas film?

Tue, 13 Mar 2001 00:03:08 GMT
rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author prettyinpink - I’ve actually caught myself enjoying Joe Eszterhas films, despite their typical focus on insubstantial glitz and glam. "Flashdance," "Jagged Edge," "Basic Instinct," "Jade": these films offer some pretty faces, more than a little skin, and...

Grace Notes from The Velvet Gentleman

Sun, 11 Mar 2001 16:29:59 GMT
rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author prettyinpink -

Every morning my clock radio wakes me, usually to the voices of National Public Radio news. One Sunday morning, I awakened to the delicate sounds of piano music, graceful melodies that gently roused me. So wonderful was this music, so inviting...

Kinky, Ironic, Kooky Almodovar

Sun, 4 Mar 2001 00:26:02 GMT
rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author prettyinpink - “Is it live, or is it Memorex?” If we do not forever memorialize an experience as a “Kodak moment,” is it worth remembering?

Spanish director Pedro Almodovar wraps his camera around the theme of the seductiveness of second-hand experience in...

Writing: Escaping Into the True Self

Fri, 2 Mar 2001 14:37:48 GMT
rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author prettyinpink - There’s a little voice inside me saying “write!” Unfortunately the voice lies deep within and is chronically muffled. The voice teases me into a conflicted state of eagerness and annoyance, beckoning me to play with words and ideas without fully...

Neurosis Laid Bare

Sun, 25 Feb 2001 16:19:10 GMT
rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author prettyinpink - Early in the film “Broadcast News” the character Aaron Altman (played by Albert Brooks) says “Wouldn't this be a great world if insecurity and desperation made us more attractive?” David Sedaris must live in such a world. As author and...

Mr Coffee Iced Tea Maker: Mr. Coffee – The Dependable Iced Tea Maker for this Southern Ms.

Sun, 25 Feb 2001 13:42:45 GMT
rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author prettyinpink - Nobody made iced tea like my grandmother Cookie. She would pour boiling water over Lipton tea bags into her small Corningware teapot. I can still visualize that pot on her stove, with the Lipton labels draped over the side. We would sit on the front...

A Sweetly Seductive Fable of the Mystery and History of Chocolate

Mon, 19 Feb 2001 02:21:51 GMT
rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author prettyinpink - Ah, yes, I love chocolate. I love it as a simple candy or as a sophisticated dessert. I love it married with mint, hooding a strawberry, graced by raspberries, and consorting with coconut. I love the mocha taste of chocolate with coffee and the creamy...

When Harry Met Sally: A Sentimental Favorite

Wed, 14 Feb 2001 03:24:54 GMT
rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author prettyinpink - I first saw When Harry Met Sally after a Big Bad Break-Up, dejected and heart-broken. This is not generally a good state of mind for me to see anything having to do with love and romance. Despite my wounded state, I found this movie completely...

The Feast of Love: Love, Heartache, and the Whole Darned Thing

Sun, 11 Feb 2001 05:45:04 GMT
rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author prettyinpink - This epinion was written as a part of the 2001 Valentine’s Book Write-Off, hosted by jenni1396. Please also read the contributions of my colleagues: AinsleyJo, arnamenta, beckish, dandj, grumpifrog, jenni1396, lkvanvoorhis, jankp, mtbat, pacbaystat,...

Epinions Recent Reviews for prettyinpink

French Twist Takes a New Angle On the Classic Love Triangle

Invasion of the Body Munchers: prettyinpink v. The Mosquitoes

She, a “foreigner in the land of old age,” and I, a Tourist

My Not-Quite-Homoerotic Fascination with Black Widow

Can You Believe I’m Invoking Jacques Lacan In My Analysis of Kill Your Boyfriend?

Not Quite What I Expected, But It Does Get Me Clean

Enough Baby Blue and Candy Pink to Choke a Goat

A Book: A Book Can Do Everything Except Kiss You Back

I Like Her Best When She’s Screamin’ and Wailin’ and Rockin’! [Write-Off Submission]

This Is A Terrible, Horrible, Very Sad Book, I’m Delighted to Say

Glorious Harmonies and Tender Melodies - The Spirituality and Universality of Sacred Choral Music

Naked Fashionistas: Behind the Scrim with Isaac Mizrahi

Spend Lots of Money! Have Bad Breath! Become Constipated! the Fabulous Atkins Way

Endurance: The True Myth of Haile Gebrsellasie

This Phone Sex Doesn’t Sizzle!

A Future Cop Takes a Campy, Sci-Fi-Noir Time Trip

No Glitz, No Glam: This is an Eszterhas film?

Grace Notes from The Velvet Gentleman

Kinky, Ironic, Kooky Almodovar

Writing: Escaping Into the True Self

Neurosis Laid Bare

Mr Coffee Iced Tea Maker: Mr. Coffee – The Dependable Iced Tea Maker for this Southern Ms.

A Sweetly Seductive Fable of the Mystery and History of Chocolate

When Harry Met Sally: A Sentimental Favorite

The Feast of Love: Love, Heartache, and the Whole Darned Thing