Epinions Recent Reviews for ralph_brandi

Songs! More songs! And then, for a change, some songs!

Thu, 23 Dec 1999 10:00:29 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author ralph_brandi - It may sound churlish to say, but "Topsy-Turvy", a movie about the comic-operetta composers Gilbert & Sullivan and the creation of "The Mikado", has too much music in it. That's the only explanation I can come up with for this...

Morris' Least Good Film

Thu, 23 Dec 1999 09:27:23 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author ralph_brandi - "Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter Jr.", the new documentary by Errol Morris, is an odd little film with a grand moral. The film starts out profiling "execution technologist" Fred Leuchter, a man who made significant...

Incoming: Gravity is overrated

Fri, 29 Oct 1999 01:59:55 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author ralph_brandi - Gravity is definitely overrated. If it was such a great thing, why would the government spend so much time, money, and effort to escape it? I mean, how much did it cost to send men to the moon? And why did we do it? You might think it was to bring...

Sony: Tiny but Strong

Sun, 24 Oct 1999 14:02:01 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author ralph_brandi - The Sony ICF-SW100S is small. Really small. Walkman small. Fits in your shirt pocket small. Weighs under 8 ounces small. Despite the size, it makes a pretty decent shortwave receiver, especially for the traveller for whom size and weight is a...

Frothy as an Egg Cream

Sun, 24 Oct 1999 13:09:36 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author ralph_brandi - Director/Writer Adam Abraham and Actor/Writer Gibson Frazier were tired of doomy and gloomy independent features and wondered why nobody ever made a happy independent film. So they made one.

Man of the Century takes its cue from the...

Moving and Inspiring and Not Boring

Sun, 24 Oct 1999 12:27:09 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ralph_brandi - Music of the Heart is basically two stories. The first story is about how Roberta Guaspari, desperate for work after the sudden departure of her husband and with two children to support, came to a school in East Harlem to teach the violin. At first, the...

Chick Flick, Bruce Willis Cries

Thu, 21 Oct 1999 18:36:48 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author ralph_brandi - Bruce Willis knows how to do more than just blow stuff up. That's nice, but not really a revelation to anyone who remembers Moonlighting. He knows how to shout, and so does Michelle Pfeiffer. Whoopee.

This movie basically features the two...