© 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-sghawken Recent reviews written by member sghawken en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_438024310404?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author sghawken - This review is based on the UK DVD Release available to US buyers from Amazon. Released in the United States as Wicked Little Things, Zombies as it's known on UK shores wowed audiences at the now popular After Dark Horrorfest, a weekend long... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~438024310404 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:13:25 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_438024310404?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_422175280772?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author sghawken - Anyone seen a good Al Pacino movie lately? I don’t believe I have seen a movie of his for 10 years that I’d watch more than once He had a nice run in the 90’s Scent Of A Woman, Glengarry Glen Ross, Carlito’s Way, Heat, The Devil’s Advocate, and on some... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~422175280772 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 06:14:50 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_422175280772?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_422065311364?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author sghawken - Long before A Nightmare On Elm Street and Scream, director Wes Craven was involved in a few unpleasant movies. His first ever movie as Director is by far his sickest offering, made in 1971 Last House On The Left is far more shocking and disturbing than... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~422065311364 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 09:10:52 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_422065311364?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_421957570180?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author sghawken - When asked to sum up movie villains people often just go straight for male villains, although personally speaking (and I Know I’m not alone in my thoughts) I think one of the best movie villains certainly of the 1990’s was Bridget Gregory (Linda... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~421957570180 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:25:40 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_421957570180?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_421942562436?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author sghawken - It’s amazing what the difference a year can make, a year after The Big Doll House director Jack Hill and two of its stars Pam Grier and Sid Haig reunite for a follow up prison tale (but not a sequel). 1972’s The Big Bird Cage is a tale of political... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~421942562436 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 09:57:48 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_421942562436?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_421868572292?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author sghawken - While some only became aware of Pam Grier when she starred in Quentin Tarentino's Jackie Brown you may be surprised to learn that the actresses most known work stems from the 1970's. Here is the actresses second movie a women's prison exploitation movie... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~421868572292 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:23:33 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_421868572292?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_421678648964?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author sghawken - It begins with the discovery of some knives in the wreckage of an old building in Chicago; soon after the knives are being sold in a pawn shop; but a keen passerby might see that these knives are very different. It's only a matter of time before world... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~421678648964 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 06:46:02 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_421678648964?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_421599088260?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author sghawken - Having been kings of the horror movie industry during the 50's and 60's, when it came to the 1970's Hammer were starting to feel the pinch. American movies were beginning to take the crown from the UK, and foreign influences like Italian and Spanish... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~421599088260 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:22:35 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_421599088260?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_421598957188?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author sghawken - Back in the 1980’s and a Stephen King movie bought a great deal of excitement for me, but as the 80’s made way for the 90’s the quality of both King’s books and the movie adaptations hit rock bottom. Last year while others thought the movie 1408 was... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~421598957188 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:20:02 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_421598957188?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_420029632132?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author sghawken - It has taken me 21 years to get around to watching Tampopo; back in 1987 Film 87 host Barry Norman hailed the movie as a magnificent masterpiece, while Empire magazine called it an erotic gem. Tampopo is to this date the only noodle western, a story of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~420029632132 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:06:51 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_420029632132?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_419997585028?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author sghawken - Charlie Bartlett (Anton Yelchin) is a young man with dreams of being a hero, a hero to his peers. One thing stands in his way however, on his journey the authorities always trounce his plans; you see Charlie is just a schoolboy. Luckily his mother... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~419997585028 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 05:56:01 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_419997585028?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_419908062852?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author sghawken - Although this is based on the recent UK release it does draw information to US releases It seems like only yesterday that a series of armed police escorted the UK's most dangerous offender out of the country and back to its native Italy, so concerned... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~419908062852 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:12:31 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_419908062852?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_419284618884?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author sghawken - This is a review of the UK Shameless DVD release, although it has many similarities to the US Blue Underground Release. The 3rd DVD release by Shameless films is the nunsploitation movie Killer Nun, and to start I need to quote Shameless’ cover “If... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~419284618884 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:20:42 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_419284618884?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_419133689476?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author sghawken - This review is based on the recent UK Shameless DVD release, available to US versions from the supplier listed below. New horror/exploitation company Shameless’ 6th DVD release is Lucio Fulci’s 1981 movie The Black Cat, a slightly advanced variation... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~419133689476 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:52:05 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_419133689476?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_418951433860?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author sghawken - Quiet City is a real oddity, nothing particularly original or unique but certainly in a category of its own. This is almost an example of reality TV meeting the movie screen because to some degree this film comes across as a fly on the wall documentary... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~418951433860 Tue, 19 Feb 2008 08:30:55 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_418951433860?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_418942848644?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author sghawken - I had not seen Julie Christie in a movie since 1992&#146s movie The Railway Station Man in which she was reunited with her fellow Don&#146t Look Know actor Donald Sutherland. So to see her now in Away From Her is quite a shock. Still a very attractive... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~418942848644 Tue, 19 Feb 2008 06:05:14 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_418942848644?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_418871676548?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author sghawken - I’m not a big fan of animated movies, I have a slight weakness for the likes of Spirited Away and Howl’s Moving Castle but that unfortunately is my limit. I was however intrigued when I first heard about Persepolis, a very serious tale about the journey... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~418871676548 Mon, 18 Feb 2008 17:24:38 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_418871676548?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_418724613764?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author sghawken - Having an operation can be a daunting thing, it's filled with dread; new movie Awake focuses on two of the many things that can go wrong during an operation. Firstly being awake but paralysed during the operation, and secondly death when the operation... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~418724613764 Sun, 17 Feb 2008 17:08:05 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_418724613764?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_418592886404?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author sghawken - Luke and Jenny are cruising around on their luxury yacht when they notice a beautiful island seemingly forgotten. As Luke ties up the boat Jenny ventures further inland and discovers a deserted building, the building seems sinister and has redish tints,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~418592886404 Sat, 16 Feb 2008 15:12:36 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_418592886404?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_418082885252?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author sghawken - 40 years after the original movie The Omega Man and we get I Am Legend, a big glossy movie starring Hollywood A-Lister Will Smith. But then in a blink of an eye up trots I Am Omega right behind it, same basic story with a different twist. I Am Omega... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~418082885252 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:51:16 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_418082885252?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_417934708356?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author sghawken - Please note this review is based on the UK release available to US buyers in a region free format from play.com An important word about Shameless A week ago I read the most wonderful words, Shameless Films (or Shameless Screen Entertainment). While... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~417934708356 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 12:43:00 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_417934708356?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_417908625028?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author sghawken - While the world will always remember Roy Scheider for his performances as Martin Brody in Jaws, or Buddy Russo in The French Connection; both movies that I enjoyed, whenever I thought of Roy Scheider the first movie that sprung into my brain was the 1993... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~417908625028 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 05:32:58 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_417908625028?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_417853836932?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author sghawken - The Nines is a movie that would try the patience of a saint within the first few minutes, one minute borderline hysterical, the next sombrely morose. I found myself 9 minutes in wanting to eject the disc and do something else, ideally cranial surgery on... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~417853836932 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 18:23:46 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_417853836932?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_417679576708?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author sghawken - As The Death & Life Of Bobby Z (Simply Bobby Z in the US) begins you are presented with a photograph of what looks like Lost’s Josh Holloway (Sawyer); but you soon discover this is not the case. The photo is in fact the usually clean cut popular action... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~417679576708 Sat, 9 Feb 2008 04:32:26 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_417679576708?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_417632259716?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author sghawken - In 1968 a young girl out sleighing in the French countryside with her child minder is violently murdered. The mystery remains unsolved and is quickly forgotten. Four years on however the arrival in Venice of a young girl with striking red hair causes the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~417632259716 Fri, 8 Feb 2008 18:30:57 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_417632259716?linkin_id=8003929