Epinions Recent Reviews for smile2k1

SOPHIE'S WORLD CAN INFILTRATE YOUR OWN

Wed, 3 Jul 2002 18:20:24 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author smile2k1 - Who are you?

Where does the world come from?

Wisest is she who knows she does not know...

Let’s face it, life is a mystery. It is a mystery how we came to be here, it is a mystery where exactly we are going and it’s a mystery...

LANZAROTE - COCHINEAL AND CULTURE

Sat, 29 Jun 2002 16:44:09 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author smile2k1 - This review has been a shockingly long time in coming, but it’s hard to stay away from Epinions forever. I just can’t abandon you like that. Well, now it’s coming up to holiday season and that’s causing me to reminisce. Earlier this year, I visited...

Home Sweeeeeet Home - The Truth Write Off

Fri, 15 Feb 2002 15:03:07 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author smile2k1 - This review is part of the Truth Write-Off and I’d like to begin with an apology. (Oh heck, who actually likes apologising?) Anyway, I’m not sure I’ve done this write-off justice, so for a truer depiction of Truth, see the other guys’ reviews...

Health Warning - May Cause Hyperventilation

Thu, 13 Dec 2001 14:43:08 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author smile2k1 - Comedies – I can’t get enough of them. And there’s nothing like a romantic weepie to use up unwanted tissues. These films can help you unwind. They can soothe away the aches and pains of everyday stress, and fill you with the feel-good factor. A bit like...

Metal - not mental

Fri, 30 Nov 2001 06:20:26 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author smile2k1 - Heavy metal isn’t always my thing. Sometimes I find it too shouty, too tuneless or too suicidal. A lot of it inflicts headaches or bursts ear-drums, even if you play it quietly; and I can’t listen to two minutes of Papa Roach without wanting to jump out...

The Best Treatment for Blue Days

Mon, 19 Nov 2001 14:23:16 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author smile2k1 - You’re feeling down. You have a sort of aura of sadness, and even getting out of bed seems like climbing Everest. People offer reassurance, but no-one understands quite how terrible you feel. Maybe something bad has happened – you’ve had a major row with...

Nearly Magic

Mon, 12 Nov 2001 17:51:27 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author smile2k1 - I don’t know how much hype there was in America, but here in the UK it couldn’t have been bigger. Not if it was an overweight blue whale with elephantiasis. Preview screenings were sold out (and were still showing long into the night). The papers all had...

Simpsons, The: The Original and Best

Tue, 6 Nov 2001 15:25:25 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author smile2k1 - This, I’m afraid, is going to be the 487th review on The Simpsons and please bear with me if you’ve read it all before. So much for developing a Unique Epinions Personality. No, I am one of 487 Epiniacs who sat down and took the time to tell the world...

Low profile? Maybe. Invisible? No.

Wed, 31 Oct 2001 17:58:50 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author smile2k1 - OK. Travis. What do they mean to you? A generous slice of Britpop? Acoustic indie – catchy pop hooks and some slow burning ballads? Severe pessimism coupled with a suicidal outlook on life? This is the image I got from their first album... and their...

Wanna Play?

Wed, 24 Oct 2001 08:16:43 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author smile2k1 - Aaaargh! Why do I always hear the best records later than everyone else? Here I am, writing a review on an album that was all hyped up in 1999. Please don’t accuse me of recycling old hype, as it stays just as fresh two years on. It’s a classic, whose...

A film that we like ... just as it is

Fri, 19 Oct 2001 17:35:52 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author smile2k1 - Bridget Jones' Diary was always set to be a major blockbuster, no matter how awful it was. There was so much hype you could hardly fail to be interested. Most people I know were determined to hate it. There was speculation that it couldn't match up to...

More froth than a can of beer

Fri, 19 Oct 2001 16:28:56 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author smile2k1 - I know, I know. This review is behind the times. ‘My Best Friend’s Wedding’ is old. The cast have since moved on to bigger and better things, and the movie is just a glimpse of bygone days. Julia Roberts has won her Oscar and done her pretty...

Jane Eyre - recycled!

Sun, 7 Oct 2001 10:01:10 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author smile2k1 - I wonder what it is that makes a book a classic? Characters? Plot? Structure? Selling shelfloads of copies? (On second thoughts, maybe not this last – Victoria Beckham’s best-selling biography is not what I’d call classic literature). Well, whatever it...

The Red Mill is alive with the Sound of Music

Sat, 6 Oct 2001 10:49:13 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author smile2k1 - This is one of those films you’ll either love or hate. For every person who thinks it’s a heart-warming love-story, there is another who thinks it’s just Fantasia crossed with a lot of absinthe. Before I saw it, I wasn’t sure who to believe. One...

A Book to Pick to Pieces

Sat, 29 Sep 2001 12:12:24 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author smile2k1 - Lord of the Flies comes with a label attached – it is a Classic Work of Modern Literature. It is one of those books students have to pick to pieces in English lessons, a sort of sheep’s head of the literature world. There have been films, detailed...

Just Don't Ask For 'Escargots'

Sat, 22 Sep 2001 17:25:42 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author smile2k1 - Bonjour, mes amis, et voici mon epinion sur la France… OK, so that’s about as far as my French goes (and no, I don’t know the French for ‘epinion’) but for me, France seems like my second home. I have come here almost every year of my life,...

Will you laugh or cry first?

Fri, 21 Sep 2001 18:25:46 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author smile2k1 - The front cover of this book displays a review that sums it up: ‘I cried five times and laughed out loud four’. Multiply these numbers by ten and you wouldn’t be over-exaggerating. Tony Adams has managed to write a touching book that is spiced with...

Winning Streak

Thu, 13 Sep 2001 15:43:17 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author smile2k1 - Sing when you’re winning. A very appropriate title. Robbie recorded this when he was on a winning streak. He’d bounced back from drink, drugs and sex-mania, to gain control of his life and become one of Britain’s best loved entertainers. For Robbie...

She may not be an angel but she sure can sing

Wed, 5 Sep 2001 15:54:07 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author smile2k1 - This time two years ago, Dido was a virtual unknown. A few musical anoraks might have recognised her as Rollo from Faithless’ sister, but otherwise she was just a girl with a strange name and a great voice.

It’s strange what two years can do...

You don't get a hangover by reading this!

Sun, 2 Sep 2001 04:44:20 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author smile2k1 - After reading ‘Chocolat’, I had a feeling I was in for another self-indulgent book. Joanne Harris is not one to write about the delights of salad and sparkling spring water. All her novels are unashamedly evocative of the finer things in life. While...

Hippie Holiday Brochure

Fri, 3 Aug 2001 11:44:20 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author smile2k1 - It is likely that you have never read Hideous Kinky. It’s not hugely popular and there aren’t huge ‘Hideous Kinky’ displays in bookshops. You can’t buy Hideous Kinky merchandise – no key-rings, stationery or board games á la Harry Potter, though...

Bodily Functions and Big Brown Bears

Thu, 2 Aug 2001 07:58:08 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author smile2k1 - I tend to divide the films I see into two categories:

1) Films I see because I really want to

2) Films I see because there’s nothing else on.

Dr. Dolittle 2 definitely fell into the second category. My friends and I decided we...

Born to sing his heart out

Sat, 28 Jul 2001 15:49:00 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author smile2k1 - I have been longing to write an epinion on this album for ages. After all, it’s been sitting in my CD rack (or more usually my CD player) for nearly a year! This is because I am lucky enough to be British, like Craig himself, and have had a headstart on...

Horsey Psychoanalysis

Sat, 21 Jul 2001 06:35:03 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author smile2k1 - From the title, you would expect this to be a very horse orientated book. That was one of the reasons I was reluctant to read it. Sure, horses are very nice animals, but I have never been wildly ecstatic about jodhpurs and mucking out the stables. If...

The Ogre in Shining Armour

Tue, 3 Jul 2001 17:52:25 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author smile2k1 - Once upon a time, in the fairy-tale kingdom, lived a beautiful princess who was rescued by her knight in shining armour, and they all lived happily ever after. The end. Maybe … if you substitute the fairy-tale kingdom for a swamp, and the knight in...