© 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-shroud Recent reviews written by member shroud en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_468567559812?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author shroud - I believe it must be a rare person on this planet who has not heard of Berlitz and know that they are a major player in the field of foreign language instruction. My first encounter with Berlitz was when I was 13. I was in junior high and desperately... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~468567559812 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:19:24 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_468567559812?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_465507683972?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author shroud - Gravitation is a romantic romp that simply is impossible to dislike. Seriously, I have yet to meet anyone who actually disliked it. I imagine there are people who would dislike it, even if only for the reason that they find the romantic elements... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~465507683972 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:06:33 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_465507683972?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_448358223492?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author shroud - Desu Noto or Death Note is an anime based upon the manga of the same name by mangakas Tsugumi Ohba (the writing half of the team) and Takeshi Obata (the illustrator). Both the manga and the anime have a rather undeserved reputation for fostering the idea... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~448358223492 Sat, 18 Oct 2008 11:47:21 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_448358223492?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_447712300676?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author shroud - Kyuketsuki Miyu or Vampire Princess Miyu is a rather dark series about a young vampire named Miyu who has the unwelcome job as Guardian of Japan. As a Guardian, her duty is to return all the stray god-demons, or Shinma, that walk the earth and return... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~447712300676 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:37:16 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_447712300676?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_447504354948?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author shroud - Okay, I am going to own up here. Those who have read several of my previous reviews and have seen my profile over the years will no doubt realise a few things about me, such as the fact that I have an unashamed love of beautiful vampires and demons... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~447504354948 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:16:42 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_447504354948?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_446386769540?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author shroud - Like Zoo Tycoon, this is a sim type game managing a park. This time, though, its a themepark, and you can not only place various prebuilt rides, but design several of your own configurations for various rides, such as different types of roller coaster... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~446386769540 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:39:56 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_446386769540?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_446386376324?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author shroud - Once upon a time, bedtime stories were not merely small, individual picture books released one at a time. No, the authors wrote their tales, had them richly illustrated, and then bound together in a collection so that Mom, Dad, or Nurse could read them... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~446386376324 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:32:42 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_446386376324?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_446370320004?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author shroud - I was happily reading review sites one day when I came across a review for a TV show I had never heard of. This was a program called UFO, and I was delighted to discover it was by Gerry Anderson. I made a mental note to check out the availability of the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~446370320004 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:56:58 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_446370320004?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_446370188932?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author shroud - In 1959, Walt Disney made this little gem of a movie, based upon Irish immigrant Herminie T. Kavanagh's two books Darby O'Gill and the Good People and Ashes of Old Wishes and Other Darby O' Gill Tales. Darby O' Gill is the groundskeeper for a local... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~446370188932 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:35:04 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_446370188932?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_446222339716?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author shroud - As many of you probably know from reading various incarnations of my ABOUT ME on here and also from a few comments in my own reviews, we are a home educating family. I bring this up as its quite relevant to this review, as it underscores just why we are... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~446222339716 Sun, 28 Sep 2008 20:35:05 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_446222339716?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_446222077572?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author shroud - Harold the dog has a dilemma. He and Chester the cat just know there is something off about that new critter the Monroes brought home with them. Bunnicula the bunny is one suspicious character, and they are POSITVE he is a vampire! What can Harold and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~446222077572 Sun, 28 Sep 2008 20:29:33 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_446222077572?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_446221684356?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author shroud - Having grown up with reruns of The Addams Family as a kid, in 1983 I was happy to see another freaky family comedy show appear on my after school line up on local independent station WTBS. It was the Munsters, and I found myself making sure I ran home... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~446221684356 Sun, 28 Sep 2008 20:21:45 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_446221684356?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_446092643972?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author shroud - Ferngully: The Last Rainforest is a modern day fairy tale with an environmentalist message. Released in 1992, the story was based upon the Fern Gully stories by Diana Young, and featured a host of big name talent for the voices. The premise is... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~446092643972 Sat, 27 Sep 2008 13:47:59 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_446092643972?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_446091923076?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author shroud - There were a fair few films as I grew up that grabbed my attention and sparked my imagination. Most however, were of the variety that while I loved them, I would not go out of my way to make sure I watched them every time they aired. This is one of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~446091923076 Sat, 27 Sep 2008 13:37:20 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_446091923076?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_446063677060?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author shroud - As hubby is out on the road most of the week, living in his truck as he tramps goods from one place to another, he gets a lot of time on his hands. Sitting in queues waiting to be loaded, waiting in queues to be unloaded, sitting at truck stops... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~446063677060 Sat, 27 Sep 2008 07:42:07 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_446063677060?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_446063480452?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author shroud - I simply adore Rankin Bass, especially their TV specials with their stop motion animation using puppets. This is another nugget that I have been watching since 1978, when it first aired, and was thrilled to see it on DVD. This is classic Rankin Bass:... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~446063480452 Sat, 27 Sep 2008 07:36:10 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_446063480452?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_445999320708?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author shroud - In 1949, Rudolph the Red nosed Reindeer was a holiday recording hit for American music star Gene Autry. In search of another holiday hit, he recorded Frosty the Snowman the following year. This time, the song was about a snow man who comes to life... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~445999320708 Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:25:21 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_445999320708?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_445998993028?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author shroud - Well, Medfield College isn't safe quite yet. Professor Ned Brainard may have managed to sell Flubber as an antigravity substance and get his girl, but Alonzo Hawk isn't quite finished with his scheming. Determined to get Medfield in order to further... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~445998993028 Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:17:51 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_445998993028?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_445998534276?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author shroud - When my daughter was five, it was not the easiest thing in he world to find some quality entertainment for her to watch that wasn't animated. Recalling several childhood Sunday afternoon with TV repeats of old Shirley Temples, I thought she might enjoy... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~445998534276 Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:08:33 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_445998534276?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_445061762692?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author shroud - This book was featured in the not too distant past by the UK's Guardian newspaper who not only reviewed it, but ran special offers on copies of it. Likewise, the Economist, the Telegraph, and several other major newspapers in Britain have all also... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~445061762692 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:14:20 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_445061762692?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_444842741380?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author shroud - This is such an unusual book, and so utterly charming as well as visually intriguing to look at, that I knew I simply HAD to review it. Paddle to the Sea was written way back in 1941, but don't let that put you off. It's a timeless story about a boy and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~444842741380 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:53:22 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_444842741380?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_444701904516?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author shroud - I love comedies. What I dislike though is people who KNOW they are funny, being rather unfunny by simply mugging their way through a film. I also hate productions that try to cash in on a famous comedian by producing low level "entertainment" by... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~444701904516 Sun, 14 Sep 2008 10:55:57 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_444701904516?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_444701773444?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author shroud - When I was 5, we lived in North Carolina and this lovely little used bookstore sat in what used to be a small house on the side of a highway just outside of town. This place was a treasure trove of where you could trade in your books for credit... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~444701773444 Sun, 14 Sep 2008 10:48:56 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_444701773444?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_444636630660?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author shroud - Okay, so here I am gearing up for Christmas and organising my Christmas DVDs while reminiscing about my childhood Christmases. Rankin and Bass were synonymous with holidays as I was growing up, with their specials for Easter, Halloween, and Christmas,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~444636630660 Sat, 13 Sep 2008 17:12:42 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_444636630660?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_444633157252?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author shroud - My son turned 5 earlier this year, and so became compulsory school aged. What this meant for us as home educators was that the local education board bod would be making sure now that he, as well as his sister, was receiving an education appropriate to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~444633157252 Sat, 13 Sep 2008 17:02:28 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_444633157252?linkin_id=8003929