© 1999-2008 Shopping.com, Inc. This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-rallynow Recent reviews written by member rallynow en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_422633901700?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author rallynow - It's Francis Ford Coppola in the raw as documented by his wife, Eleanor, when he was making APOCALYPSE NOW in the jungles of the Phillipines during the late 1970's. It's another version of the Rumble in the Jungle as we witness Coppola battling nature;... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~422633901700 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 22:11:38 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_422633901700?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_422373985924?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author rallynow - I saw the 1972 movie version of SLEUTH that starred Sir Laurence Olivier and Michael Caine which is based on Anthony Shaffer's Tony Award-winning play. The modern version has been completely rewritten by Nobel Prizewinner Harold Pinter and it is directed... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~422373985924 Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:33:21 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_422373985924?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_422139432580?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author rallynow - Many people disliked this movie but I decided to see it because of the cast; especially the inclusion of Javier Bardem who I just saw in "No Country for Old Men" a couple of days earlier. I anticipated a slow moving over-the-top plot but was pleasantly... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~422139432580 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 22:15:50 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_422139432580?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_421966548612?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author rallynow - Before a reader may summarily dismiss this reviewer and/or this book as more liberalism, I would suggest you read it just to realize the "predictions" that have come true since it was released in February 2007 and consider that the author had written it... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~421966548612 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:21:14 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_421966548612?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_421839146628?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author rallynow - I have had a bulky pair of FM_AM radio headphones for over 15 years and I think they are starting to fail because of the way they cut in and out at times or just switch off while in use. So, in anticipation of complete failure I realized that it was... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~421839146628 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:32:27 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_421839146628?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_421703880324?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author rallynow - I really could not make much out of this story but that&#146s because I think analytically and sequentially. It takes a lot for me to get into the Bergman style of death and the supernatural, and in the mode of appreciating symbolism and metaphors of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~421703880324 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:55:31 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_421703880324?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_421145382532?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author rallynow - The screenplay for INTO THE WILD has a good pedigree. The story is based on best-selling author Jon Krakauer's true story of an intelligent recent college graduate who was raised with upper middle class comforts but whose parenting is shown to have been... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~421145382532 Thu, 6 Mar 2008 23:55:56 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_421145382532?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_421083975300?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author rallynow - There are young people that are called child prodigies. Miniature people can hold our fascination when they are doing or saying something that we expect to see only in the adult world. The twist in this film is that the filmmaker unintentionally... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~421083975300 Thu, 6 Mar 2008 14:06:04 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_421083975300?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_420997992068?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author rallynow - Remember a TV advertisement with a guy on a mountain top blowing into a long horn type of instrument with the base of it on the ground? Then you would hear the long drawn out cry across the mountain range of "RRRRIIICCOOLLAAAAAAA". It was not the type... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~420997992068 Wed, 5 Mar 2008 21:17:02 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_420997992068?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_420959456900?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author rallynow - THE DARJEELING LIMITED is another one of those offbeat quirky comedies with a spiritual message of dealing with life and family. There is some irony in the fact that Owen Wilson made his suicide attempt shortly after this film wrapped, although nothing... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~420959456900 Wed, 5 Mar 2008 15:39:53 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_420959456900?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_420186394244?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author rallynow - In a perverse sense, it is reassuring to know that the US is not the only country that does not take care of its veterans very well after the government panders to their idealism and loyalty to fight for the home country. I do not think that I have... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~420186394244 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:57:55 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_420186394244?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_420035858052?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author rallynow - Even though I should have outgrown this type of movie I occasionally will gravitate toward the offbeat quirky humor of Comedy Central type offerings. STRANGERS WITH CANDY was a Sundance selection, and it was presented by Director Paul Dinello in a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~420035858052 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:14:29 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_420035858052?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_419757002372?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author rallynow - The more poetic would describe SWEET LAND as a poignant romantic story and as a celebration of land, love, and the American immigrant experience. It is about a nurtured and slow growing love between a Norwegian farmer in Minnesota and his mail order... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~419757002372 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:52:59 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_419757002372?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_419661254276?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author rallynow - The announcement on Meet The Press (February 24, 2008) that Ralph Nader is again a candidate for the President of the United States led me to download the movie on Netflix. Mr. Nader has been a hero of mine for over 35 years and I have a lot of respect... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~419661254276 Sun, 24 Feb 2008 17:13:14 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_419661254276?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_419575860868?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author rallynow - If you are a fan of the famed novelist Jane Austen and have not gotten enough recently from first releases and PBS then this is another Austen &#147chick flick&#148 for you that centers on Austen&#146s love life as a twenty year old. In BECOMING JANE,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~419575860868 Sat, 23 Feb 2008 23:28:36 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_419575860868?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_419393867396?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author rallynow - This movie has an outstanding cast who probably wanted their parts because the story is an anti-war statement about the Iraq conflict. Director Paul Haggis ("Crash") had based the script on events that were reported in Mark Boal's article in Playboy... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~419393867396 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 13:35:49 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_419393867396?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_419251654276?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author rallynow - I've recently seen several "chick flicks" and romance stories so maybe I chose to see this one to bring up the testosterone level. Wow, did it ever! "American Gangster" is based on a true story (written by Steven Zaillian who did Schindler's List)... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~419251654276 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:45:35 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_419251654276?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_419123924612?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author rallynow - I suppose that this comedy drama directed by Dan Ireland would be considered a chick flick, but if you like the idea of dining in an old hotel, having tea, engaging in pleasant but superficial conversations, observing others and guessing things about... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~419123924612 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:34:13 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_419123924612?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_418981252740?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author rallynow - Directed by Craig Brewer, this is a very dark drama for adults that caters to a different taste, but even though I had read the synopsis of the plot I chose to see it as a fan of Christina Ricci and Samuel L. Jackson. I have to admit after reading the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~418981252740 Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:14:35 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_418981252740?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_418881244804?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author rallynow - This is a love story about two 70+ year old seemingly pleasant people who are in a 50+ year marriage, and the wife now is becoming more ill by the day with Alzheimer's Disease. Now, do not think "downer" and drop the idea of seeing this one because if... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~418881244804 Mon, 18 Feb 2008 18:48:29 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_418881244804?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_418834910852?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author rallynow - Would a person achieve more with a personal trainer and more time in the gym or by learning from a yogi philosopher who mysteriously and mystically does things to persuade the "grasshopper" student to accept a new way? The movie is one man's attempt to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~418834910852 Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:11:19 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_418834910852?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_418735427204?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author rallynow - There is a saying that citizens deserve the government they get. It's too bad that there aren't more people with the right to vote willing to study the candidates and positions more thoroughly instead of worrying about the most recent drugged DUI... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~418735427204 Sun, 17 Feb 2008 18:58:08 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_418735427204?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_418621066884?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author rallynow - As truth seekers know, man has never walked on the moon but everything was staged in a hanger located in the Arizona desert and this so-called achievement on July 20, 1969 was done only to thwart the red menace. OK, now that I might have your attention,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~418621066884 Sat, 16 Feb 2008 19:56:32 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_418621066884?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_418485931652?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author rallynow - Michael Moore's educational Oscar-nominated documentary examines the effect that the collusion of elected officials, HMOs, insurance companies and pharmaceutical companies is having on millions of US citizens (there are four health care lobbyists for... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~418485931652 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:31:27 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_418485931652?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_418309836420?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author rallynow - This violent movie is based on a novel by Dennis Lehane who also was a consultant to co-screewriters Ben Affleck and Aaron Stockard. Affleck, who should stay behind the camera since he is so much better than in front of it, makes his noteworthy... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~418309836420 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:27:30 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_418309836420?linkin_id=8003929