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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-sussmanbern Recent reviews written by member sussmanbern en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_492258102916?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author sussmanbern - Years ago, when Dr. Jack Gramm was just starting out as a hotshot psychologist, his little sister was raped and murdered by a fiend who tortured her for 88 minutes before she expired.  That why Dr. Gramm became a specialist in profiling psychotic... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~492258102916 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:55:51 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_492258102916?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_488830570116?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author sussmanbern - X-Men Origins: WOLVERINE (2009) is a prequel to the recent X-Men trilogy of films, part of what promises to be a continuing series of "origin" and contemporary X-Men films  (supposedly one about Ian McKellan's Magneto is next).  Again, this is... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~488830570116 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:29:23 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_488830570116?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_488154631812?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author sussmanbern - The 1939 classic, JUAREZ, starring Paul Muni (as Benito Juarez), Brian Aherne (as Maxillian) and Bette Davis (as Carlota) is, regrettably, much neglected in this age of color, 3-D, and special effects, but it is well worth seeing.This film is... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~488154631812 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:25:36 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_488154631812?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_486289346180?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author sussmanbern - THE SEVEN FACES OF Dr. LAO (1964) is a very free adaptation of Charles G. Finney's 1935 novel, The Circus of Dr. Lao.  Indeed, without this movie, the novel itself might have been utterly forgotten, which would have been a loss.  But I... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~486289346180 Sat, 26 Sep 2009 16:01:19 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_486289346180?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_483921399428?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author sussmanbern - THE ALPHABET KILLER (2008) is a film that got lousy reviews, even here.  But I have a minority opinion .... although the film is unsatisfying as a murder mystery it is very engrossing as a psychological study.The story is inspired by a real... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~483921399428 Sat, 5 Sep 2009 22:39:28 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_483921399428?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_483566259844?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author sussmanbern - THE FINAL DESTINATION is the fourth entry in a series that began with FINAL DESTINATION (without THE) -- and I will refer to these as FD1, FD2, FD3, and this one (with THE) as FD4.  I find them all enjoyable.  I reviewed the DVD version... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~483566259844 Wed, 2 Sep 2009 21:26:27 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_483566259844?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_482999176836?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author sussmanbern - THE KOREN-SACKS SIDDUR, which was unveiled on May 15, 2009, is the latest, and possibly the best, complete siddur ever available to English-speaking Jews.  It combines the magnificent and beautiful typography of the publishing house begun by Eliyahu... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~482999176836 Sat, 29 Aug 2009 02:29:45 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_482999176836?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_481993461380?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author sussmanbern - JULIE & JULIA (2009) is, as almost everyone can tell you, two movies and a combination of two books.  One is a bio-pic of the career of Julia Childs, the American doyenne of French cuisine, who became a TV icon often imitated but never... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~481993461380 Thu, 20 Aug 2009 23:40:14 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_481993461380?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_480526569092?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author sussmanbern - CONSPIRACY is one of those very rare movies (the only other one I can recall is MY DINNER WITH ANDRE) that consists only of people seated at a table and conversing.  However, it is an extremely memorable - and informative - movie.It is a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~480526569092 Sat, 8 Aug 2009 21:16:44 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_480526569092?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_480176148100?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author sussmanbern - So many people enjoyed WATCHMEN that it must be my fault that I didn't think much of it.   I thought it was overly complicated, over populated, and just plain over the top.To begin with, it runs 2 hours 42 minutes.  It is... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~480176148100 Wed, 5 Aug 2009 18:42:48 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_480176148100?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_479910203012?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author sussmanbern - Watching KNOWING (2009) I spotted a little bits here and there that may have been borrowed from earlier sci-fi and fantasy movies - particularly MOTHMEN - yet this movie is original and very entertaining, even for a disaster flick.We begin in... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~479910203012 Mon, 3 Aug 2009 12:32:23 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_479910203012?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_479098605188?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author sussmanbern - HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE (2009) is available in a 3-D version - I didn't see that and maybe I should, the 3-D effect might have compensated for what I think are the film's weaknesses. To be blunt, this review (and other reviews... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~479098605188 Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:32:55 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_479098605188?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_478167076484?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author sussmanbern - DEATH RACE (2008) is a remake - with twists - of the Roger Corman non-classic DEATH RACE 2000 (1975) but in a third of a century there have been changes made.Now if you've managed to dodge the original flick, here's a summation:  To the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~478167076484 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 02:50:28 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_478167076484?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_476600438404?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author sussmanbern - CURSE OF THE DEMON (in the UK, NIGHT OF THE DEMON) (1957) is one of the best of the pre-CGI horror movies, perhaps one of the best of all time.  It is a modernized dramatization of M.R. James short story (circa 1901), "Casting the Runes" (which you... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~476600438404 Tue, 7 Jul 2009 15:08:34 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_476600438404?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_475202227844?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author sussmanbern - NEEDFUL THINGS (1993) is the dramatization of a Stephen King novel that was published only a couple of years earlier (I suspect the novel was written with a movie in mind).  It's very very good.In the small and somewhat isolated town of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~475202227844 Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:49:47 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_475202227844?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_473640832644?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author sussmanbern - MORTAL KOMBAT 2, also known as MORTAL KOMBAT: ANNIHILATION, was the 1997 film sequal to the 1995 hit, MORTAL KOMBAT.  It is proof of the adage that sequels are seldom as good as the original.The original, in this case the 1995 movie, was... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~473640832644 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:37:36 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_473640832644?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_472995958404?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author sussmanbern - M. Night Shyamelan's THE HAPPENING (2008 -- THE is part of the title, although Epinions leaves it out) will immediately bring to mind Hitchcock's THE BIRDS, possibly one or another version of WAR OF THE WORLDS, possibly one or another version of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~472995958404 Sat, 6 Jun 2009 09:05:36 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_472995958404?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_471020768900?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author sussmanbern - ANGELS & DEMONS (the ampersand is part of the title of both book and movie) is either (it hardly matters) a prequel or a sequel of THE DA VINCI CODE, and like that movie is based on a Dan Brown novel, directed by Ron Howard, and stars Tom Hanks as... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~471020768900 Wed, 20 May 2009 00:51:31 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_471020768900?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_470992391812?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author sussmanbern - IRON MAN (that's two words) is the latest incarnation of a Marvel Comics superhero.   And it also suggests something about its star, Robert Downey Jr.  So it's a story on two levels.Slightly modernized from its comic book original,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~470992391812 Tue, 19 May 2009 16:15:16 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_470992391812?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_470776778372?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author sussmanbern - BRIDE WARS is a romantic comedy but the romance isn't boy-girl (no, and it's not that other kind either).  This is about two 26 year-old girls, BFFs since grammar school, who are both on their way to the altar with their respective men. Except... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~470776778372 Sun, 17 May 2009 22:50:45 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_470776778372?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_468590562948?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author sussmanbern - KINGDOM OF HEAVEN (2005) is another historical spectacular by Ridley Scott, who brought us GLADIATOR and many other big dramas, so we expect a lot - and are not disappointed.  This movie deals with the ugly events that occurred between the end of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~468590562948 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:55:34 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_468590562948?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_468277825156?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author sussmanbern - If you haven't seen (and loved) the FUTURAMA animated cartoon TV series, you won't understand this movie or this review.  If you are so benighted, rush out, rent the ten or so DVDs of all the TV episodes, watch them, and then come back to this... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~468277825156 Sat, 25 Apr 2009 20:30:33 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_468277825156?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_468194987652?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author sussmanbern - BENDER'S GAME is the third straight-to-video FUTURAMA feature-length movie and those of us who loved the TV series feel right at home.  We have here a very polished, very exciting, and very entertaining adventure.If you've spent the last... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~468194987652 Sat, 25 Apr 2009 00:12:59 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_468194987652?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_465737649796?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author sussmanbern - QUANTUM OF SOLACE (2008) is the second James Bond movie with Daniel Craig, essentially the second in the "new series" that presents a serious, hard working and gritty Bond.  Again, no Miss Moneypenny and no Q, and virtually none of those... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~465737649796 Thu, 2 Apr 2009 20:56:49 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_465737649796?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_465711828612?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author sussmanbern - TWILIGHT (2008) has gotten all sorts of hype among the Miley Cyrus generation, even kids (girls especially) too young for its PG-13 rating.  It's being heavily merchandised, with calendars, notebooks, cheap bling, magazines, etc.  I saw it and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~465711828612 Thu, 2 Apr 2009 15:38:49 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_465711828612?linkin_id=8003929