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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-thewasp Recent reviews written by member thewasp en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_492672880260?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author thewasp - At 130 pages, this book should have been easy to read.  Actually it was technically half a book since my edition has "The Last of Cheri," the 108-page sequel, immediately following.  But I digress.  In reality I found it exquisitely... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~492672880260 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:40:35 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_492672880260?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_492566253188?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author thewasp - Cosima and Halimeda Noline are the daughters of Homer Noline, a doctor living in Grace, Arizona whose wife Alice died shortly after giving birth to Halimeda (called Hallie).  They were born in the mid-1950's.  Each left Grace, an unremarkable... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~492566253188 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:55:20 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_492566253188?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_491880877700?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author thewasp - In the real world, there is only enough surface ice, even in Antarctica, to raise the sea level a few hundred feet.  In "Waterworld," we are supposed to accept that hundreds of years ago, the ice all melted, raising the sea level in excess of 20,000... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~491880877700 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:07:53 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_491880877700?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_489370128004?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author thewasp - "Deja Vu" is a film combining a favorite obsession of most Americans, terrorism, with my personal favorite obsession, time travel.  Ultimately, the hero travels in time to thwart an act of terrorism in spite of strong advice not to.The movie... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~489370128004 Sat, 24 Oct 2009 19:17:57 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_489370128004?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_486505877124?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author thewasp - Of people I know in the real world (outside epinions), only one is actually in the movie business.  He is an itinerant first assistant director who lives with my best friend (for whom I now work, but that's another epinion). Earlier this month... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~486505877124 Thu, 1 Oct 2009 00:43:41 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_486505877124?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_485888396932?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author thewasp - As a Federal appellate judge on senior status, it stood to reason that Eugene Sullivan, the author of "The Majority Rules," would have a Wikipedia entry.  It actually ran to eight paragraphs.  The dust jacket explained that Sullivan had... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~485888396932 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:58:08 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_485888396932?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_484393258628?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author thewasp - Imagine my astonishment that no one else has yet deigned to review Mel Brooks' 1974 classic "Young Frankenstein," filmed in glorious black and white (perhaps to ensnare fans of the original).  Of course, this is not the greatest cultural... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~484393258628 Wed, 9 Sep 2009 18:21:18 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_484393258628?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_482925579908?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author thewasp - I was inspired by my recent feud with vicfar to throw myself again into the study of the ending and immediate aftermath of World War II, which led me inevitably to rent... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~482925579908 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:07:11 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_482925579908?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_482828193412?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author thewasp - Kevin is a boy of my generation (presumably born in the early to mid-1970's) growing up in England in the early 1980's.  His parents are complete nonentities whose only interest appears to be in television gameshows.  When a medieval knight one... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~482828193412 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:55:23 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_482828193412?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_482685193860?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author thewasp - I remember where I was on April 20, 1999, and my reaction when I heard what had happened in Littleton, Colorado.  I speculated to my fellow American history graduate students that these two high school kids, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, only ten... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~482685193860 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:39:36 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_482685193860?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_482678836868?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author thewasp - Comparing Peter Jackson's "District 9" with "Alien Nation", a James Caan vehicle from 1988, is instructive.  Both movies are about alien refugees who must somehow be processed by one Earth nation (with a little corporate help).  In "Alien... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~482678836868 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:36:45 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_482678836868?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_482403978884?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author thewasp - When I account for the fact that it is never possible to put as much detail into a movie as into a book, "The Time Traveler's Wife" emerges as probably the best adapted screenplay I have seen this year.  Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams star as... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~482403978884 Mon, 24 Aug 2009 12:52:19 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_482403978884?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_482169949828?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author thewasp - Ssjakira was right to point out in her comment on staceum's review that "Lust, Caution" is a character driven film.  While the plot is usually compelling, it is... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~482169949828 Sat, 22 Aug 2009 13:53:54 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_482169949828?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_481819594372?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author thewasp - Some months ago, in response to his reflections on Obama's inauguration, I challenged vicfar to explain just what he thought Harry Truman might have done differently... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~481819594372 Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:18:38 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_481819594372?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_481701105284?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author thewasp - Most of what really needs to be said about "Crimes and Mercies" was already said in my apology to vicfar.  I explain there that I agree from research on other sources with his and James Bacque's contention that... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~481701105284 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:49:28 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_481701105284?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_479225155204?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author thewasp - This is only the second "Harry Potter" movie I have ever reviewed, which given my conclusions is a tremendous oversight.  The first was Chamber of Secrets seven years ago.  The... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~479225155204 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:04:16 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_479225155204?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_478756507268?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author thewasp - "One False Move" is part road movie and part cop movie.  The road movie part is from the perspective of the criminals Ray (Billy Bob Thornton), Pluto (Michael Beach) and Lila/Fantasia (Cynda Williams), who start the movie by robbing two houses full... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~478756507268 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:15:56 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_478756507268?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_476970323588?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author thewasp - "Scorched" is an unusual heist comedy starring Woody Harrelson, Paolo Costanzo and Alicia Silverstone, all of whom want to rob the Desert Savings Bank, where they work.  I was a bit intimidated upon discovering that bilavideo, one of the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~476970323588 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:09:33 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_476970323588?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_476732952196?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author thewasp - This July 3, I saw "1776" for the second time.  The first time was a little more than a year and a half ago and I stayed up to about midnight to watch it.  This time it was from mid-afternoon to early evening, at a friend's house in... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~476732952196 Wed, 8 Jul 2009 18:50:56 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_476732952196?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_476712636036?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author thewasp - SPOILER ALERT:  This review reveals the identity of a major villain who hides in plain sight through most of the movie.People who are new to "Alien" and its universe should probably watch it only after watching all four... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~476712636036 Wed, 8 Jul 2009 14:52:58 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_476712636036?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_476501151364?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author thewasp - This film will inevitably be compared to "Heat" and "Miami Vice" since both of those were by the same director, were also cops vs. robbers, and featured a lot of shooting.  Of the three films, "Miami Vice" is the most unbelievable, "Heat" is the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~476501151364 Mon, 6 Jul 2009 19:50:54 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_476501151364?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_476127465092?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author thewasp - The new "Taking of Pelham One Two Three" opens more or less like the original did, with the major exception that there is a killing at the very beginning (of a transit cop who gets in the way).  Before long, however, it's clear we're looking at a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~476127465092 Fri, 3 Jul 2009 13:59:41 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_476127465092?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_476125499012?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author thewasp - In "Hounddog," Dakota Fanning appears as one of the first wave of the baby boom circa 1958, living in the rural South and dreaming of Elvis, whose song "Hounddog" she sings constantly.  The other major influences in her life are her dysfunctional... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~476125499012 Fri, 3 Jul 2009 13:18:13 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_476125499012?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_475428130436?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author thewasp - "Year One" is a comedy in four acts.  In the first act our heroes, Zed and Oh (Jack Black and Michael Cera) are cast out of their village because Zed has eaten from the tree of the fruit of knowledge and is also no good at all as a hunter.  Oh... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~475428130436 Sat, 27 Jun 2009 14:24:33 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_475428130436?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_475418168964?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author thewasp - Four men take over a New York City subway train one afternoon in 1974 and demand $1,000,000 in cash within one hour, after which one hostage will lose his or her life every minute.  When it becomes clear what is going on, Transit Police Lieutenant... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~475418168964 Sat, 27 Jun 2009 13:26:55 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_475418168964?linkin_id=8003929