Epinions Recent Reviews for spheley

At Least It's Short...

Sat, 9 Mar 2002 13:54:17 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author spheley - I would like to say I came into this movie with high hopes, or at least an open mind, but truth be told, I was never a fan of the book in the first place, and the trailers hadn't given me a lot of confidence anyway. For the first half-hour or so I was...

At Least He's Got Those Wonderful Toys

Fri, 4 Jan 2002 00:50:01 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author spheley - (Note: As was the case with ChromeKiller, I'm actually reviewing the PS2 version here, as there is not a separate listing for it. As far as I know, the game is the same across the platforms.)

After reading a few very positive reviews of...

Express.com: I come not to praise express.com but to bury it.

Sun, 26 Aug 2001 13:10:42 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author spheley - When I first got my DVD player, almost two years ago, express.com was often my first place to look for DVD's. Most brick-and-mortar stores still had high prices on DVD's at the time, and Express offered not only a great selection but great prices too...

eBay: Good for some things, not for others

Sun, 26 Aug 2001 12:55:09 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author spheley - I loved eBay when I first saw it a few years ago. I could find used computer equipment, cheap comics, and old toys, and sometimes get some pretty good deals on them. The auction model is a good way to go - it's supply and demand in action, and the...

Who needs this stuff?

Sun, 26 Aug 2001 12:16:34 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author spheley - I tried Slim-Fast for while. Much to my surprise, it was actually pretty palatable. In fact, it tasted just good enough to drink, but not good enough that I had to worry about drinking shakes as an impulse snack (i.e., drinking them in addition to the...

An uncertain election, but no chad

Tue, 21 Aug 2001 19:26:40 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author spheley - Bet you never thought a book about the electoral college would be this entertaining.

Until recently, most people saw the electoral college as, at most, a curious formality, something invented by the Founding Fathers for one of their oddball...

Time and Time Again

Thu, 5 Jul 2001 00:52:19 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author spheley - In the olden days of yore, or the mid-Nineties as we old fogeys say, one of the gaming media buzzwords that never quite got off the ground was "interactive movies". The idea being, you could have a game with live actors where the player controls the...

Travolta? Why?

Mon, 25 Jun 2001 23:27:27 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author spheley - What kind of world do we live in where making Battlefield Earth won't get you blacklisted in Hollywood?

And what kind of filmmaker starts his movie off with the star talking about the lack of realism in movies, not realizing that the...

SSX for PlayStation 2: I shouldn't like it, but I do...

Mon, 25 Jun 2001 23:03:53 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author spheley - I don't go for sports games. I don't care for snowboarding. Games that are self-consciously hip annoy me.

With those credentials, it would seem like SSX has three strikes against it. And yet, somehow, when I started playing it I couldn't...

Handspring Visor Deluxe Handheld: Good, but I like my Palm better

Mon, 25 Jun 2001 22:43:07 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author spheley - I was one of the early adopters of the Visor Deluxe when they first hit the market. It was strangely exciting, if frustrating -- their Web store opened with little fanfare, only to crumble under the unexpectedly high response. Luckily, I managed to get...

Who is the hero?

Sun, 24 Jun 2001 11:34:28 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author spheley - I've read a couple of other Epinions on Artemis Fowl, and it seems apparent that people don't agree on one major point: who is the "hero" of the book, 12-year-old criminal mastermind Artemis, or fairy cop Holly?

We're accustomed to...