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This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-strictlypoison Recent reviews written by member strictlypoison en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_467040177796?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author strictlypoison - Don DeLillo (who wrote a speculative account of Lee Harvey Oswald's life entitled Libra) called Oliver Stone's JFK "like Disneyland for conspiracy theorists."  And he was quite right.  If you are looking for an analysis of this film's accuracy... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~467040177796 Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:03:24 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_467040177796?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_463400701572?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author strictlypoison - To be honest, I'm not going to give a review of the technical aspects of this film.  If you are interested in reading such, I'm sure there's about 200 of them available on this site.Though it was not the first, Chris Nolan's Memento became a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~463400701572 Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:13:18 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_463400701572?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_313460166276?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author strictlypoison - Bret Easton Ellis has grown into a ramshackle processer of words. In his latest novel, Lunar Park, he makes a clear and stark abandonment of the very magic that made him such an interesting writer. Always on the cutting edge of literature, Ellis... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~313460166276 Wed, 31 Jan 2007 01:21:16 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_313460166276?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_302196756100?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author strictlypoison - I&#146ve avidly followed Noah Baumbach&#146s career since his perceptive comedy/drama Kicking and Screaming (a fine flick worthy of its own review in time, and just recently released by Criterion), onto his sophomore slump-breaking Mr. Jealousy (which... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~302196756100 Sat, 6 Jan 2007 01:05:42 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_302196756100?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_302193086084?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author strictlypoison - In A.M. Homes’ breakthrough short story collection, The Safety of Objects, the reader is expected to make several leaps of imagination. Not to say that these stories are entirely improbable, but more precisely that Homes’ unique narratives here are... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~302193086084 Sat, 6 Jan 2007 00:12:31 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_302193086084?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_279245590148?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author strictlypoison - I have to admit up front that I'm entirely biased when it comes to Daniel Johnston. I think he is brilliant, sweet, honest, and incredibly talented. Like many suburban kids, I first became aware of him because of a t-shirt that Nirvana frontman Kurt... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~279245590148 Wed, 15 Nov 2006 09:54:03 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_279245590148?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_279198600836?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author strictlypoison - There are many things I disagree with writer Nick Hornby about. For example, my life has never revolved around any sport and I can scarcely imagine a less rewarding existence. Also, I am not of the opinion that most of modern music is crap, though I... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~279198600836 Wed, 15 Nov 2006 06:46:12 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_279198600836?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_273676799620?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author strictlypoison - JD Salinger wrote a masterpiece before pulling a public Houdini that removed him permanently from the spotlight. What is most revealing is that you can speak volumes about such a thin little book. Perhaps the book will continue forever in infamy for... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~273676799620 Wed, 1 Nov 2006 21:58:15 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_273676799620?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_273674702468?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author strictlypoison - “I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making their moves, setting up their devil doll stool pigeons, crooning over my spoon and dropper I throw away at Washington Square Station, vault a turnstile and two flights down the iron stairs,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~273674702468 Wed, 1 Nov 2006 21:44:36 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_273674702468?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_224996396676?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author strictlypoison - In Stephen Gaghan's unflinching analysis of the oil industry, the essential cultural divide is explained simply when financial analyst Bryan Woodman (Matt Damon) calls from his first trip to the Middle East to report that the temperature is, no... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~224996396676 Fri, 31 Mar 2006 16:31:10 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_224996396676?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_223674863236?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author strictlypoison - Using the leverage of the internet to turn word of mouth into a global phenomena, NYC band Clap Your Hands Say Yeah managed to vault onto the discussion list of the hipster community with their self-titled debut album. And good for them, I must say... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~223674863236 Sat, 18 Mar 2006 23:09:13 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_223674863236?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_223382310532?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author strictlypoison - If you've ever read the novel The Thin Red Line, you have an abstract and clinical view of the proceedings of the invasion of Guadalcanal against the Japanese during World War II. But a book, unlike a movie, can really only give you a clinical view... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~223382310532 Wed, 15 Mar 2006 04:30:13 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_223382310532?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_222986604164?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author strictlypoison - As far as Gulf War movies go, Jarhead may go down as the defining film. Not for its rigorous accuracy in capturing the mood of the soldiers that served in that war, but for its open assertion that the soldiers were robbed of the war they craved due to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~222986604164 Thu, 9 Mar 2006 00:34:46 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_222986604164?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_220043841156?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author strictlypoison - As far as pretentious art films go, Gallo has made himself a perennial contender for the all-time crown with this film. While his minimalist near-masterpiece debut, Buffalo 66, showed him to be a brash visionary with a my-way-or-else attitude, Brown... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~220043841156 Tue, 7 Feb 2006 04:51:12 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_220043841156?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_218567380612?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author strictlypoison - The ultra-stylish and terribly violent big screen adaptation of Frank Miller's graphic novel series Sin City is far from sin-free. Perfectly casting itself as a neo-noir pulp brawl with pathos, it is, unfortunately, just that. The noir elements are... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~218567380612 Sun, 22 Jan 2006 17:51:04 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_218567380612?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_217743003268?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author strictlypoison - As the perennial over-hyped band of the 00's, The Strokes have been fighting a powerful backlash since their first release, Is This It. While that album flourished due to brilliant melodies and the swirling praise of the music elite, it also foundered... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~217743003268 Sat, 14 Jan 2006 20:41:21 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_217743003268?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_216284565124?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author strictlypoison - Putting into words the feelings about a film in which there is no action, no central plot, no real characterization, and hardly any dialogue...well, maybe Gus Van Sant made this movie partly to challenge people on that score. To simply say you liked or... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~216284565124 Mon, 2 Jan 2006 19:43:53 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_216284565124?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_215136702084?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author strictlypoison - At the time of its release in 1968, Kubrick's film 2001: A Space Odyssey seemed incredibly revolutionary in its techniques. It appeared ahead of its own time by light years, and possibly remains so. But the film was not relatively as advanced as the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~215136702084 Sat, 24 Dec 2005 03:23:55 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_215136702084?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_213934902916?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author strictlypoison - The idiosyncracies of Joel and Ethan Coen are known at a glance, spotted from a distance, and as natural as childbirth. They rose from a murky first feature (Blood Simple) to refreshingly neurotic (Raising Arizona) before turning out one of the best... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~213934902916 Tue, 13 Dec 2005 17:21:46 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_213934902916?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_212548292228?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author strictlypoison - When first viewing David O. Russell's gripping announcement of auteurism, Three Kings, it's not easy to classify what you're seeing. Yes, it is a war movie in many ways, all the action happening in the deserts of Iraq and Kuwait at the tail end of the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~212548292228 Wed, 30 Nov 2005 02:11:56 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_212548292228?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_210754244228?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author strictlypoison - If you didn't catch The Robot Ate Me's debut album, They Ate Themselves, it was likely caused by the fact that not many people took notice of the group. Sounding like an electronically-oriented version of indie darlings The Shins, the songwriting on... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~210754244228 Wed, 9 Nov 2005 20:45:58 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_210754244228?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_210669178500?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author strictlypoison - The conceit of The Assassination of Richard Nixon, as the lead Samuel Bicke (Sean Penn) explains in the end, is that by his actions he will be remembered forever. One crystalized moment of performed action, targeted at the leader of the free world, will... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~210669178500 Tue, 8 Nov 2005 22:55:24 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_210669178500?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_189677473412?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author strictlypoison - Charlie Kaufman has made a name for himself as a renegade scriptwriter, a daring maverick that somehow gets studios interested in his work. While it may be true that the cream can rise, something deeper is at play in Kaufman's career. This is a man... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~189677473412 Wed, 13 Jul 2005 19:33:35 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_189677473412?linkin_id=8003929