© 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-snakeayez Recent reviews written by member snakeayez en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_434089332356?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author snakeayez - M. Night Shyamalan&#146s latest effort The Happening is a cinematic train wreck and, indirectly, Al Gore is to blame. The wannabe thriller begins with a solid, curiosity provoking premise as most of his movies do and starts down the tracks very... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~434089332356 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 23:23:40 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_434089332356?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_221188034180?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author snakeayez - ..live together in perfect harmony" I am a fan of movies that blur. No I don’t mean that the physical aspects of the film are out of focus rather those that take the simplistic definitions and perceptions of how things are and then run them... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~221188034180 Sat, 18 Feb 2006 20:47:41 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_221188034180?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_114620534404?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author snakeayez - Dirty Pretty Things may very well be the first ever urban legend love story. Its contrasting tale of the beauty of love and the horror of reality set against the desperation of the unnoticed people of the world. This contrast makes it both admirable and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~114620534404 Sun, 5 Oct 2003 10:54:12 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_114620534404?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_114620141188?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author snakeayez - Matrix: Reloaded had a lot of room to fail. It was a big budget sequel to a wildly popular film, which tested and exceeded the boundaries of cinematic mental stimulation, cerebral temptation and visual amazement. The field was ripe for a fall from grace... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~114620141188 Sun, 5 Oct 2003 10:47:40 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_114620141188?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_114619813508?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author snakeayez - The American musical has been reborn over the past couple of years in a much darker but flamboyant incarnation. Films like Dancer in The Dark, Hedwig and The Angry Inch and namely Moulin Rouge have infused given this genre an edgier infusion of life in c... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~114619813508 Sun, 5 Oct 2003 10:41:59 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_114619813508?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_114619485828?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author snakeayez - The way things happened versus the way we saw or remember them happening. Sometimes, the way someone tells us something happened is so convincing that regardless of if it&#146s the truth or not, they begin to believe it themselves. Was Chuck Barris... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~114619485828 Sun, 5 Oct 2003 10:35:10 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_114619485828?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_114619027076?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author snakeayez - Statistics do not lie, even if they can be manipulated. 44% of the executions in the United States take place in Texas. During his term as governor, George W. Bush was infamous for his oblivious, almost yeehaw attitude towards capital punishment. Almos... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~114619027076 Sun, 5 Oct 2003 10:23:26 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_114619027076?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_80213216900?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author snakeayez - The recent tragic death of rap pioneer Jam Master Jay of Run DMC has cast a pall over what could potentially be the culmination of rap&#146s mainstream crossover. With 8-Mile, director Curtis Hanson has created a raw, honest and powerful look at the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~80213216900 Wed, 6 Nov 2002 23:56:30 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_80213216900?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_79104675460?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author snakeayez - The title definitely grabs your attention: Bowling for Columbine, it sounds like a telethon or benefit of some kind, or just the tie-in between two seemingly unrelated topics. But upon closer examination, as Moore's films are adept at doing, you find... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~79104675460 Fri, 25 Oct 2002 03:41:05 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_79104675460?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_79104282244?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author snakeayez - There is a long path between idea and execution. The Hollywood path is littered with the victims of failing one or both of these. There have been ideas which have sounded good in principle, but lost in translation due to poor writing, performance or... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~79104282244 Fri, 25 Oct 2002 03:29:51 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_79104282244?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_79103954564?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author snakeayez - Deep down, we are really all the same. Strip away the money, the jobs, the social status and the other material things that differentiate us, and we all basically seek the same thing; to be happy. In Full Frontal, Steven Soderburgh&#146s unique... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~79103954564 Fri, 25 Oct 2002 03:24:06 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_79103954564?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_79103889028?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author snakeayez - One Hour Photo uses Robin Williams as a tour guide through an introspective, chilling view on the philosophy of a photograph. His tools on this journey include loneliness, isolation, envy, and a generally creepy sensation like someone blowing gently on... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~79103889028 Fri, 25 Oct 2002 03:19:41 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_79103889028?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_67699838596?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author snakeayez - There really is no need to mince words, Scooby Doo is a really bad movie. Since there is no rating lower than 1, that is what this film gets, but it doesn't even deserve that. Director Raja Gosnell (Big Momma's House, Never Been Kissed) obviously put... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~67699838596 Sat, 22 Jun 2002 21:20:23 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_67699838596?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_67699576452?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author snakeayez - Who the hell does Roger Michell think he is, to try and preach the necessity for morality and goodheartedness to me. Changing Lanes is his loosely disguised sermon on the effects of circumstance and chance, on who we are, and who we think we should be... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~67699576452 Sat, 22 Jun 2002 21:13:22 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_67699576452?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_67698986628?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author snakeayez - I have to shamelessly admit, I have not laughed this hard in a movie theater in a very long time. Big Trouble is an example of what happens if you strip away all of the unnecessary clutter that most films throw in for whatever reason. It focuses on one... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~67698986628 Sat, 22 Jun 2002 21:08:21 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_67698986628?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_67100511876?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author snakeayez - Turn on your brains America, this will be one of the most cerebreally satisfying movies that you will ever see. Contrary to popular cinematic desire and sentiment, the “one thing” in the title is not in any way, shape or form, sexually related. Nor is... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~67100511876 Sun, 16 Jun 2002 23:36:14 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_67100511876?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_67099332228?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author snakeayez - Ah the fertile, creative, yet fragile and malleable mind of a child. No movie in recent history has captured all these qualities so effectively, uniquely, and creatively, as does Peter Care’s dark coming of age movie, The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~67099332228 Sun, 16 Jun 2002 23:24:26 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_67099332228?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_67098480260?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author snakeayez - For a movie purportedly about the bond created in overcoming cultural and linguistic differences John Woo’s Windtalkers fails to translate any of its dialogue into anything unique, creative or entertaining. Expectedly, the film is beautifully and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~67098480260 Sun, 16 Jun 2002 23:14:52 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_67098480260?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_64315559556?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author snakeayez - Stephen King was one of the most profound influences in me becoming a writer. The way he could use words, simple, everyday ones, to generate the extremes of emotions, mostly terror, both internal and external, is what lured me towards this profession... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~64315559556 Fri, 17 May 2002 22:54:03 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_64315559556?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_64314379908?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author snakeayez - I think Carl Franklin and company watched A Few Good Men, one too many times. High Crimes is Franklin’s entry into an already crowded genre of military courtroom dramas, most of which have been done much better than this one has. Franklin pulls out... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~64314379908 Fri, 17 May 2002 22:34:46 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_64314379908?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_61928017540?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author snakeayez - Reports say that Son of Sam serial killer David Berkowitz was driven by voices emanating from a neighbor's dog, to commit his horrible crimes. The validity of this, of course, cannot be disputed or verified, but it never really brought into question,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~61928017540 Sun, 21 Apr 2002 23:42:50 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_61928017540?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_61927558788?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author snakeayez - The simple nature of life, and how little decisions can affect bigger events is a fascinating study that is often loused up by filmmakers who decide to forsake reality for amoral pleasure, emotional manipulation or decadent gore. John Dahl is one who... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~61927558788 Sun, 21 Apr 2002 23:35:33 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_61927558788?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_61926837892?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author snakeayez - I have to wonder what has made Danny DeVito such an angry man. If films are a representative reflection of a film makers view on the world, then DeVito is not a happy camper, and we are the victims of this rage. With Death to Smoochy, DeVito has fired... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~61926837892 Sun, 21 Apr 2002 23:28:26 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_61926837892?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_61340618372?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author snakeayez - On initial glance, it would appear that David Fincher has painted himself into a corner. By giving Panic Room an initial premise which wouldn’t seem very likely to be sustained over a reasonable running time, and setting the film in one very spacious,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~61340618372 Sun, 14 Apr 2002 16:35:54 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_61340618372?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_61340094084?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author snakeayez - What in the world has happened to Robert DeNiro. The great actor, he of Taxi Driver, Goodfellas, and so many other memorable roles, has now lowered himself to one of the cinematic signs of the apocalypse, starring in a buddy cop movie. The catch, I... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~61340094084 Sun, 14 Apr 2002 16:27:26 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_61340094084?linkin_id=8003929