© 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-snovack Recent reviews written by member snovack en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_158660136580?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author snovack - From the very first shot in Michael Mann&#146s &#147Collateral,&#148 until the last, the camera never stops moving. For the entire 2-hour run of the film, it seems as if someone was using a little handheld camera to shot the movie. Instead of the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~158660136580 Sun, 17 Oct 2004 20:10:32 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_158660136580?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_131853815428?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author snovack - A statue adorns the lobby of the Department of Records, which depicts a winged man flying above dead and defeated bodies. A plaque that reads, "The Truth Shall Set You Free," accompanies the statue. A phrase that seems almost hypocritical for the world... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~131853815428 Tue, 2 Mar 2004 23:14:09 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_131853815428?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_89623596676?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author snovack - After being a doctor for 50 years, Professor Isak Borg (Victor Sjöström) learns that he is being presented with a &#147lifetime achievement award&#148 from a hospital in nearby Lung. One day before the ceremony, Borg decides to drive there while giving... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~89623596676 Mon, 10 Feb 2003 20:23:12 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_89623596676?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_88676994692?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author snovack - Set in 16th Japan, &#147Seven Samurai&#148 deals with a small farming village. They are having a major problem with bandits, who are stealing all their food, burning some houses, and stealing some people. The farmers see no way out of this, except an... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~88676994692 Fri, 31 Jan 2003 23:49:45 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_88676994692?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_88308616836?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author snovack - After reading reviews on &#147About Schmidt&#148 for months, I could not wait for its release here in St. Louis. I read all about the great script, Jack Nicholson&#146s fantastic performance, and a wonderful, comedic story. After I saw it though, I... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~88308616836 Mon, 27 Jan 2003 19:27:08 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_88308616836?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_88206839428?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author snovack - Before &#147Pulp Fiction&#148, director Quentin Tarantino wanted to have a movie with a few short films that link together. He started this, but decided to direct each segment himself, and made &#147Fiction&#148. A year later, he resurrected this idea... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~88206839428 Sun, 26 Jan 2003 19:46:19 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_88206839428?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_88206184068?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author snovack - Being a huge movie fan, I usually go and rent a movie I hear about because most of these films are hailed as &#147one of the best ever&#148. But there was this one movie I kept putting off longer and longer, until finally, I sat down to watch the 2 ½... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~88206184068 Sun, 26 Jan 2003 19:40:56 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_88206184068?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/musc-review-23F4-434737DA-3A464906-prod3?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author snovack - With Billy Corgan-esque vocals and a pounding drum sound from Jeramy Taggart, these boys from Toronto set themselves apart from less talented countrymen Barenakedladies with their 1996 debut “Naveed”. Lead singer Raine Maida along with bandmates Turner,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~1680445060 Sun, 24 Dec 2000 16:18:49 GMT http://www.epinions.com/musc-review-23F4-434737DA-3A464906-prod3?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-506F-4344E322-3A46430F-prod3?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author snovack - I purchased the DVRaptor about 2 months ago, and can’t stop from singing it’s praises. Simply put; it works. I came from using the much plagued Iomega Buz, infamous for it’s selective functionality. In contrast the DVRaptor does everything it’s... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~3578302084 Sun, 24 Dec 2000 15:49:30 GMT http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-506F-4344E322-3A46430F-prod3?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-5CAA-1FF3B534-397CBCA9-prod5?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author snovack - Flat out Adobe Premiere is the best Mid-Level NLE. (Remember that BEST is only a relative term). When it works, it works incredibly. However, constantly there are unexplained problems with rendering, scrubbing, applying filters and effects, and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~1356055 Mon, 24 Jul 2000 19:13:11 GMT http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-5CAA-1FF3B534-397CBCA9-prod5?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/musc-review-F40-3E84FFD-38D29BC7-prod4?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author snovack - After great sales and respectable reviews for Stone Temple Pilot's "Purple" and "Core", and solid sales and hit singles from "Tiny Music..." it would seem that the only place STP could go was down, that's exactly what they... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~1033399 Fri, 17 Mar 2000 18:23:04 GMT http://www.epinions.com/musc-review-F40-3E84FFD-38D29BC7-prod4?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/musc-review-7AB-57DEEF3-385D58CA-prod2?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author snovack - The Smashing Pumpkins' "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" today still remains the best selling studio double CD of all time. It's two discs span the limit of Rock without leaving any sub-genre's out. From New Wave (1979 [Second Single])... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~1051637 Sun, 19 Dec 1999 19:33:46 GMT http://www.epinions.com/musc-review-7AB-57DEEF3-385D58CA-prod2?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/elec-review-6C69-57BF6C7-385D53BF-prod2?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author snovack - The Sony CD player (CDP-CX57) works very good with the Sony Receiver. Problems with the CD Player include the CD Text function, though a nice toy, doesn't work too well. Of the Seventy or so CD's I have only ONE had the CD text encoded in it. The... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~1237763 Sun, 19 Dec 1999 19:02:40 GMT http://www.epinions.com/elec-review-6C69-57BF6C7-385D53BF-prod2?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/hmgd-review-2BA6-188E42D-385353E6-prod2?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author snovack - I bought this dishwasher for two features that none of the others I considered had. One excellent feature is a large pan at the bottom that will hold a load's worth of water in case something ever goes wrong. The other good feature is that all repairs... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~858127 Sun, 12 Dec 1999 05:01:12 GMT http://www.epinions.com/hmgd-review-2BA6-188E42D-385353E6-prod2?linkin_id=8003929