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This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-riseley Recent reviews written by member riseley en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_489909948036?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author riseley - Ever since I read Love From Both Sides I have been opening up The Hollywood Reporter and Variety each and every day looking for a headline like: "Love From Both Sides Woos Director Michael Bay Who Is Turning Paranormal Lovestory Into... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~489909948036 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:00:02 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_489909948036?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_487054544516?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author riseley - My mind swims right now with stories of "Dead Peasants," the "Economic Meltdown," and simply "Corporate Greed." There are so many other aspects of this movie but to be honest, I'm having trouble keeping them all separated in my mind. This is not to say... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~487054544516 Sat, 3 Oct 2009 15:03:25 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_487054544516?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_475560382084?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author riseley - Idiocracy had already breezed through the few theaters in which it was shown long before radio personality Ian Punnet (from CoastToCoastAM) happened to mention it during an interview he was conducting.  I popped the title in my video rental... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~475560382084 Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:43:48 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_475560382084?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_475437108868?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author riseley - This review of Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen begs you humbly for pardon. Tranformers 2 made my eyes ache, it made my brain ache, it made my bladder ache and most of all it made my heart ache. I beg your pardon because... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~475437108868 Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:19:26 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_475437108868?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_428645846660?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author riseley - Jessica races up to me the other week and she yells, "I read your TRANSFORMERS review at Epinions. You gave it one star. You wanna know why you gave it one star?" "I know why I gave it one star."... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~428645846660 Sat, 3 May 2008 11:01:34 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_428645846660?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_408784047748?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author riseley - I have to confess that because of my generation I have a fondness for trash cans that look a little bit like R2D2. But I confess, I never expected to find a trash can that is almost as awesome as R2D2. This category for the Rubbermaid Waste Container... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~408784047748 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 18:25:40 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_408784047748?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_404881772164?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author riseley - The Stanley Bostitch Hand Stapler is that essential blend of style and convenience that every desk needs to be complete. I realize that there are those among us who like to pound a manual stapler by smacking it with their palm or their fist. But... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~404881772164 Fri, 5 Oct 2007 15:20:06 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_404881772164?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_403769691780?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author riseley - This morning I had to put up two huge cardboard posters in two separate class rooms. Neither room had an appropriate bulletin board that would allow me to pin down all four corners of the posters. And this cardboard is of the heavy variety. All I had... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~403769691780 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 14:02:00 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_403769691780?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_403515870852?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author riseley - Detective Steve and I learned a long time ago that when you need to capture video and audio of a subject you are investigating, it is usually unwise to point a video camera or a cell phone at them, wave and say, "Say cheese." Steve has had four... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~403515870852 Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:24:22 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_403515870852?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_403371953796?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author riseley - Detective Steve and I are at the shooting range again when he says, "So, I suppose this media boycott you are forcing on your little boy includes Star Wars too?" Steve knows that we don't allow television in our house because we want to keep... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~403371953796 Sun, 16 Sep 2007 21:38:19 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_403371953796?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_400194768516?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author riseley - The Bourne Ultimatum is absolutely breath taking. I'm sure that other reviewers have already howled about the heart pounding action, incredibly inventive cinematography and fantastically taut story line. I will go into all of these aspects of this... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~400194768516 Wed, 8 Aug 2007 03:50:44 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_400194768516?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_390110547588?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author riseley - I taught for several years in the public schools of Northern California where they had not updated their black boards to the nifty white, dry erase kind. We used white and yellow chalk on green "black" boards and were I reviewing the experience of using... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~390110547588 Sat, 21 Jul 2007 18:33:33 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_390110547588?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_390758633092?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author riseley - Sometimes a movie is so horrible that I enjoy imagining the conversations that must have happened in order for things to go so miserably wrong: in this scenario Producer/Director Michael Bay is working a few things out with Producer Ian Bryce. Ian... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~390758633092 Sat, 14 Jul 2007 02:46:54 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_390758633092?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_377236131460?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author riseley - The Official Ubuntu Book is not only a clever, hands-on step by step guide that will introduce you to Ubuntu and allow you to solve any and all problems you might encounter, it is also a guide book that will help you become a part of the Ubuntu... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~377236131460 Sat, 16 Jun 2007 20:33:12 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_377236131460?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_376902749828?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author riseley - I have written a lot of movie reviews here at Epinions and it has never occurred to me before to call any movie a "spiffy little movie." But that's just what this little gem is. I have never called one a little gem before either but probably mostly... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~376902749828 Sat, 16 Jun 2007 03:10:11 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_376902749828?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_376262790788?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author riseley - I have to confess that when Pirates of The Caribbean: At World's End started playing, I felt like I was watching something truly revolutionary. A procession of people was being led to the gallows and I was immediately entranced. My interest became even... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~376262790788 Thu, 14 Jun 2007 18:29:17 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_376262790788?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_371933220484?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author riseley - What if you wanted to write a book about how corrupt, vicious, nosey and evil people can become or are? Or what if you wanted to write a book about how miserably the rich treat the poor and you wanted to say to the rich: "someday the poor will eat your... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~371933220484 Tue, 5 Jun 2007 16:26:46 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_371933220484?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_342465089156?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author riseley - FUN Let's say that you just want some down home fun in a movie... you will find it in The Hoax. FINDING OUT There was a small announcement in this Friday's Salt Lake City Tribune: "Sneak Preview -- The Hoax. -- Richard Gere... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~342465089156 Mon, 2 Apr 2007 12:07:51 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_342465089156?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_326806113924?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author riseley - I go way back with McDonalds. Here's a piece of McDonalds trivia that most of you will not remember: McDonalds used to offer coffee stirrers that had a tiny little spoon at the bottom. I was just a little kid and this tiny little spoon on the end of a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~326806113924 Thu, 1 Mar 2007 12:39:40 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_326806113924?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_326474436228?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author riseley - My little boy was only two and half years old when he started toddling over toward me, dragging behind him the huge orange rectangle that is Green Eggs and Ham, by Dr. Suess. I had of course read the book before. As a matter of fact, like most people,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~326474436228 Wed, 28 Feb 2007 17:17:51 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_326474436228?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_326376263300?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author riseley - If you search Epinions for Thermos you will run into a ton of these Siskiyou "Name Your Favorite Sports Team" Pewter Thermos listings. I have the Chicago Bears version because my uncle gave it to me as a gift after a long weekend. He knows that I... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~326376263300 Wed, 28 Feb 2007 13:11:02 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_326376263300?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_326331895428?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author riseley - Teaching at the local college is satisfying but it can leave the bank account feeling a little hungry toward the end of the month and so I augment my income with occasional, on-call and part time work for a local private investigations firm. Please... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~326331895428 Wed, 28 Feb 2007 10:41:08 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_326331895428?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_326059331204?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author riseley - Anyone who has read a few of my other reviews already knows this: I think that television is a satan worse than a president who would lie to congress so that he could persuade his country to follow him into a futile and unwinnable military conflict. And... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~326059331204 Tue, 27 Feb 2007 19:17:15 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_326059331204?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_325999431300?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author riseley - I feel that I am a critically discriminating, very forgiving, and quite reasonable person. This review begins with my incredibly forgiving nature. You see, Taco Time has disappointed me not once. Not twice. But at least twenty times. This last... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~325999431300 Tue, 27 Feb 2007 16:21:22 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_325999431300?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_311125380740?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author riseley - Barbara Fine Clouse knows that a good rhetorical text book must be interesting to read or no one is going to learn terribly much about how to write. Those of us poor souls whose job it is to use such textbooks know that good ones can be very scarce. I... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~311125380740 Thu, 25 Jan 2007 20:36:03 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_311125380740?linkin_id=8003929