© 1999-2008 Shopping.com, Inc. This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-st_patrick Recent reviews written by member st_patrick en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_412926905988?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author st_patrick - I have great admiration for the Prime Suspect series. These highly acclaimed BBC series' do an admirable job of accurately portraying the police force, not just in the crimes they investigate and solve, but also in the backroom political maneuvering you... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~412926905988 Wed, 2 Jan 2008 02:47:29 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_412926905988?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_408063479428?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author st_patrick - If there was ever a film that keeps me glued to my seat while bringing a grin to my face, it's Alfred Hitchcock's "North by Northwest". Coming at the tail end of one of the Master's most productive decades, the film combines all the best elements of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~408063479428 Mon, 19 Nov 2007 02:51:01 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_408063479428?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_406120402564?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author st_patrick - In today's modern industrialized society, success is everything. In the hunter/trapper age, success might be determined by your physical prowess and ability to bring home the grub. Today we measure success by one's ability to get the good education,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~406120402564 Mon, 22 Oct 2007 02:38:07 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_406120402564?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_400023326340?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author st_patrick - National Lampoon's Vacation is sure to go down in history as one of the most hysterically funny documentaries ever made. Okay, so it's not quite accurate to call this a documentary, but it might just as well have been. Anyone who's ever taken a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~400023326340 Sun, 5 Aug 2007 23:52:41 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_400023326340?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_368306785924?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author st_patrick - "Patriot Games" is an adaptation of a Tom Clancy thriller, brought to the screen by director Phillip Noyce. The story contains the usual Clancy elements of political intrigue, flag waving nationalism, and cartoonish villains. I might as well start... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~368306785924 Mon, 28 May 2007 20:45:45 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_368306785924?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_361059290756?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author st_patrick - "Magister Negi Magi" is an anime adaptation of a manga series by Ken Akamatsu. At the time, Akamatsu was still coasting off the success of his previous manga/anime series, "Love Hina". "Negima!" initially seems to follow a similar plot outline, a young... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~361059290756 Sat, 12 May 2007 21:33:55 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_361059290756?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_355252473476?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author st_patrick - I stumbled across "Serial Experiments Lain" on my latest trip to the library. I've been a big fan of anime for some time, so I couldn't resist checking out this latest anime series. Anyone who thinks anime is simply about pretty pictures should find... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~355252473476 Mon, 30 Apr 2007 02:36:51 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_355252473476?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_341143424644?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author st_patrick - I had high expectations when I popped STEAMBOY into my DVD player. They were almost met, but not quite. "Steamboy" is the latest work of Katsuhiro Otomo, the maker of such Japanese anime classics as AKIRA and METROPOLIS. Sadly, in this entry, he lets... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~341143424644 Fri, 30 Mar 2007 18:55:04 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_341143424644?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_321927089796?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author st_patrick - The first time I saw George A. Romero's "Dawn of the Dead", the first thing I noticed was how graphically violent it was. Having enjoyed his previous zombie epic, "Night of the Living Dead", I thought I was prepared for the sequel. Boy was I wrong... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~321927089796 Sun, 18 Feb 2007 18:47:34 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_321927089796?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_226507329156?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author st_patrick - Anyone who is remotely literate in film history has probably heard of this famous silent epic by now. Critics have for years fallen over one another praising D.W. Griffith's civil war film. "The Birth of a Nation" has been called the landmark of motion... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~226507329156 Sat, 3 Feb 2007 22:29:25 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_226507329156?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_307179982468?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author st_patrick - I admit, I've never been a fan of the religious right or of organized religion in general, but I had another reason to loathe them after seeing this much heralded HBO documentary. I finally got around to seeing this much heralded HBO documentary, having... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~307179982468 Wed, 17 Jan 2007 00:50:19 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_307179982468?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_302624378500?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author st_patrick - If there was ever a figure fit to be called a superstar, it was Charlie Chaplin. Long before he started making such feature-length classics as "The Gold Rush" and "The Kid", Chaplin was entertaining the world over with such silent shorts as "A Dog's... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~302624378500 Sat, 6 Jan 2007 23:44:02 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_302624378500?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_288445664900?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author st_patrick - To an earlier generation of readers, Knut Hamsun was THE great Norwegian writer, or so I'm told. As the winner of the 1920 nobel prize, Hamsun was widely seen as a great Scandinavian, both at home and abroad. Yet his reputation would be irreparably... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~288445664900 Thu, 7 Dec 2006 00:06:28 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_288445664900?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_283259473540?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author st_patrick - "How many Hank?" "I told you, nobody. Nobody who wasn't guilty." Those defiant words sum up the moral philosophy of police chief Hank Quinlan, Welles' tragic villain in his superb film noir, "Touch of Evil". Quinlan is a man whose obsessive... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~283259473540 Sat, 25 Nov 2006 00:05:13 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_283259473540?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_279546596996?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author st_patrick - While the more recent seasons have flagged in quality, in its heyday, "The Simpsons" was without a doubt one of the all-time best animated TV series ever produced. For over a decade now, we've all eagerly tuned in to the misadventures of dimwitted... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~279546596996 Thu, 16 Nov 2006 01:59:04 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_279546596996?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_271906410116?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author st_patrick - Crimes of passion are an everyday occurrence in our world. The headlines are filled with lurid stories of people committing murder, manslaughter, and various offenses. Naturally, we like to assume we have nothing in common with such people. It's... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~271906410116 Sun, 29 Oct 2006 01:06:58 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_271906410116?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_250656820868?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author st_patrick - Australian director George Miller's 'Mad Max' trilogy are undoubtedly among the defining action films of the eighties. With their desolate post-apocalyptic atmosphere and unbelievable stunts, the films combine the best elements of the Western with the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~250656820868 Sat, 26 Aug 2006 22:12:08 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_250656820868?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_249709104772?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author st_patrick - Flash back to the eighties. Remember what the big scare dominating the airwaves was? The Red Scare had long since petered out, so networks couldn't scare us about the reds hiding under our beds. The War on Terror had yet to begin, so Muslim terrorists... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~249709104772 Tue, 22 Aug 2006 02:57:49 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_249709104772?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_249458036356?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author st_patrick - Anyone who's been surfing the net over the last few months has probably picked up on the hype surrounding this upcoming flick. "Snakes on a Plane" has already become famous and endlessly quoted long before it even reached theatres. Can the film live up... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~249458036356 Sun, 20 Aug 2006 21:46:36 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_249458036356?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_248520806020?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author st_patrick - While his career has been eratic, back in the eighties Joe Dante was at his heyday producing a number of fine works that combined thrills tempered with a keen sense of humour and a sense of nostalgia. Joe Dante's "Explorers" doesn't have the thrills of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~248520806020 Tue, 15 Aug 2006 23:44:36 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_248520806020?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_226741227140?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author st_patrick - On May 10 1977, an era in film history came to an end when legendary film star Joan Crawford died. Crawford's amazing career spanned all the way from the silent era to the early seventies. Throughout, she had played just about every role from glamorous... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~226741227140 Sun, 16 Apr 2006 00:28:35 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_226741227140?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_225903939204?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author st_patrick - Ever since UPN started broadcasting South Park re-runs last year I've become a real fan of the show. For those of you who live on Mars, South Park is the late night animated TV show about four fowl-mouthed eight-year-olds and the surreal they experience... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~225903939204 Thu, 13 Apr 2006 05:44:34 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_225903939204?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_156702183044?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author st_patrick - When we think of films from the fifties, what comes to mind for many of us (or me at least) are musicals, westerns, and epics. For the most part, the 1950s were pretty well free of political content, not surprising considering the Red Scare climate. Of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~156702183044 Sat, 16 Oct 2004 22:16:00 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_156702183044?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_155641024132?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author st_patrick - A train rumbles through the vast wasteland that is the midwestern desert. The train unexpectedly grinds to a halt outside the small rundown town that is Black Rock. A middle-aged, one-armed stranger disembarks, much to the surprise of the conductor... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~155641024132 Sun, 19 Sep 2004 04:46:35 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_155641024132?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_154986450564?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author st_patrick - I think it's safe to say everybody knows who Michael Moore is these days. Moore, whose anti-capitalist satire stems from his working class origins, has become something of a liberal icon these days. He's also become an unremitting subject of hate from... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~154986450564 Wed, 15 Sep 2004 00:34:11 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_154986450564?linkin_id=8003929