Epinions Recent Reviews for that-guy

that-guy's tales of VCR loneliness

Mon, 6 Nov 2000 20:01:35 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author that-guy - Some have said I died. Some said I went off to Tibet to study the ancient art of some such thing. Some said I was revealed to be W. Bush's illegitimate kid and was being held in a Comfort Inn until after the election. Some said I'd gotten a job...

Jaws Write-Off: You're going to need a bigger review

Fri, 14 Jul 2000 14:18:02 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author that-guy - that-guy knows no topic he can't get off of

So I did it; I'm a semi-finalist for the new Survivor II show, me and about 27 other epinions members. Turns out to make the final cut you have to write a movie review while floating...

GEW: Of Regicide and Burger King

Mon, 10 Jul 2000 20:56:00 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author that-guy - Well, it's a Monday night and I'm depressed like I usually am. Why, you might ask? Don't. So I do what I always do when I feel down: I head for Burger King.

I was shocked at the chaos I discovered on arrival. After climbing over the...

You can burn these bridges: that-guy on Robert James Waller

Wed, 28 Jun 2000 15:02:24 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author that-guy - Why, that-guy? Why? Why would you ever read The Bridges of Madison County. The answer is not a good one. I was encouraged to. Luckily, the person who encouraged me was fairly understanding of my take on it.

Confession: I...

Studying the Classics: The Potboiler

Thu, 15 Jun 2000 16:41:50 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author that-guy - Okay so if you like Bret Easton Ellis or Thomas Harris, you're going to love this 500+ page novel about a group of Greek studies students. Yep, they're studying Greek and the classics. Wait, where are you going, Gentle Reader? You don't find reading...

Taco Bell Write-Off, or the Case of the Mystery Meat

Tue, 13 Jun 2000 21:07:16 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author that-guy - The Big Chalupa

It's the summer. It's hot. It's the city. I'm cooling my heels in a tub of jell-o and molding a Philip Marlowe figure out of Play-Doh. Then in walks this Dame. She was all ice. But I knew I could melt her. Only...

Sit, Ubu, sit--no, it's not that Ubu

Fri, 2 Jun 2000 16:02:18 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author that-guy - Pschitt! We have to start this review don't we? By my green candle, this will be the greatest review you've ever read or I'm not the Master of Phynances and former King of Poland.

That might be how Pa Ubu, the grotesque hero of Alfred...

Show me the Doh! With apologies to coolest-thng

Fri, 26 May 2000 16:04:11 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author that-guy - I'm often asked, "that-guy why are you a jerk?" But since I feel that to be a rhetorical question, I'd rather answer a question I am never asked: "that-guy what do you do in your spare time?" I'm glad I asked. When...

that-guy can't hold his liquor (belated Baileys' Write-Off)

Tue, 23 May 2000 23:42:24 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author that-guy - So Ladycynic, Marvienhill, Slow, and that-guy walk into a bar. We all order a Baileys' Irish Cream shot, except for Marvien who's underage (as it turns out, despite SmartGrl's assertions, Marvien must be my younger...

Homestead.com: that-guy heads out web and builds a homestead

Tue, 16 May 2000 15:34:43 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author that-guy - Confessions of the computer fearin'

Forgive me CPU, for I have failed to compute. I'm no Luddite though I think I'd like to be (especially the ones who dress up like cell phones and take cell phones away from people on the street to...

Dinner with McDeath

Wed, 10 May 2000 16:41:36 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author that-guy - I should state right up front that I, for one, love McDonald's, a lot. I eat there often. My favorite meal consists of hot cakes and sausage, when I can make it out of bed in time to get it, but if not I go for the McNuggets--I don't know what that...

The First Funny Write-Off, Round 1 (that-guy version)

Fri, 21 Apr 2000 23:35:12 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author that-guy - And you thought a vacuum was just all fun and games.

I know how you've all been looking for this most historic event, so without further hype: Welcome to The First Funny Write-Off (as far as we know). Our combatants are yours truly,...

The Adult world of insects

Mon, 3 Apr 2000 18:05:04 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author that-guy - Microcosmos: Le peuple de l'herbe (The People of the Grass)

If the title didn't give it away, it's a French documentary on the wonderful world of incest . . . I mean insects. Luckily the film's been dubbed so the bugs don't go "la...

The Marble Faun: Hawthorne's Romance with Art

Fri, 24 Mar 2000 16:04:50 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author that-guy - Though it proved to be Nathaniel Hawthorne's most popular book at the time of its publication, The Marble Faun or The Romance of Monte Beni's reputation has not fared so well since. This novel draws heavily from Hawthorne's experiences as an...

Spring Break in Up State NY: Where else would you go?

Mon, 13 Mar 2000 19:02:27 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author that-guy - So Spring Break was upon us and like any young, full-blooded brood we decided to head North where all the babes dress in skimpy coats and scarves and the sun never shines and the booze flows freely unless frozen and the nights are longer than the days...

Secrets of the horrid Old Ones for only $5.95

Wed, 1 Mar 2000 18:45:04 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author that-guy - "Only five copies were known to have survived the shocked edicts of the priests and lawgivers against it and that all of them were locked up with frightened care by custodians who had ventured to begin a reading of the hateful...

The Truth about the Rainbow Connection

Tue, 29 Feb 2000 18:15:07 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author that-guy - Okay, it's not a Fox tell-all about Kermit and Miss Piggy, but instead a controversial comedy epic. If you've never read Pynchon, don't start with this one; go read THE CRYING OF LOT 49, more a novelle than a novel and a good introduction to Pynchon's...

The high Art of being in UNC-Greensboro

Sat, 12 Feb 2000 18:42:13 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author that-guy - What I would like to say is that everyone is . . . arty at UNC-Greensboro. But first let me say a little something on the other aspects that may affect your choice of universities.

Academically, UNCG ranks well behind Chapel Hill and State in...

If it's good enough for Jesse Helms...

Fri, 4 Feb 2000 17:46:49 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author that-guy - Wingate looks the way all good private Southern colleges should: quaintly aristocratic. The Quad is formed by the library (hardly a researcher's dream, but it's hooked into the net, so what can you say?), Burris Hall (the Humanities building), the...

Grisham John: Grisham's A Painted House: Faux Literary

Tue, 1 Feb 2000 14:16:04 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author that-guy - John Grisham has always wanted to be part of the literary intelligentsia: courting then renouncing comparisons to Faulkner. His aspirations were good news for the magazine Oxford American because Grisham brought his money to bear and bought a space for...

Not your Louis L'amour western

Mon, 31 Jan 2000 18:12:25 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author that-guy - All the Pretty Horses, the first book in Cormac McCarthy's The Border Trilogy, is the kind of book that pushes beyond the boundary of genre. Here, McCarthy sets up a typical western plot. John Grady, a youth, and his friend Blevins ride into Mexico to...

All the Noise

Sun, 30 Jan 2000 19:21:58 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author that-guy - We all know the feeling of sitting down to a nice meal of Spam with the family when our dearest family member, the tv, says, "Cotton, the fabric of our lives." The genius of DeLillo in White Noise is that he captures in often hilarious and...

Pokemon: What's Wrong with Pokemon

Sun, 23 Jan 2000 18:43:55 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author that-guy - I'm not going to attack this show on any grounds other than the values it portrays (because we have apparently concluded that our children are stupid and thus need mindless entertainment, and maybe our children are stupid), and I know the...

Don't Bother

Sun, 23 Jan 2000 18:07:40 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author that-guy - Unless you got a reason (want to live in Wilmington--warning no jobs), don't bother coming. By that-guy standards this place has little to recommend it. Sure it's sandwiched between Wrightsville Beach and the Cape Fear River with a historic district on...

Being a good film

Sun, 23 Jan 2000 17:12:30 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author that-guy - Being John Malkovich has to be the best movie of 1999, bravely pushing at the bounds of Hollywood constraints to explore dark and strange themes with great humor and artistry. But of course a bland movie of hackney Hollywood recycling like The Green...