© 1999-2009 Shopping.com, Inc. This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-unpluggedcrazy Recent reviews written by member unpluggedcrazy en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_191192665732?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author unpluggedcrazy - First of all, before I start on my review, there is one thing that I must get out of the way. This is, in no way, shape, or form, a remake of Mel Stuart's beloved 1971 musical Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. In fact, the only thing that the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~191192665732 Wed, 27 Jul 2005 04:29:32 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_191192665732?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_190151888516?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author unpluggedcrazy - First, he gave us an in-depth account of how one annoying buddy cop can take star cred from the other, less annoying buddy cop in Bad Boys. Then he turned Alcatraz into a deeply philosophical video game arcade for Nicolas Cage and Sean Connery in... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~190151888516 Mon, 18 Jul 2005 03:19:21 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_190151888516?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_189588606596?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author unpluggedcrazy - As I raptly followed the production of the Spider-Man films and the long-brewing Batman Begins, all three of which turned out great, I looked at the production of the Fantastic Four film with lingering dread. First of all, it was preceded in 1994 by an... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~189588606596 Wed, 13 Jul 2005 02:07:22 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_189588606596?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_189244149380?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author unpluggedcrazy - Maybe I'm spoiled. I followed Buffy Summers and the rest of her "Scooby Gang" through seven years of ambitious metaphor, mind-boggling psychoanalysis, and blistering humor. I grew up with Peter Parker, sympathizing with his desire for fame and fortune as... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~189244149380 Sun, 10 Jul 2005 04:05:21 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_189244149380?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_186980535940?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author unpluggedcrazy - Last we saw Don Michael Corleone (Al Pacino, of course, in his best and most signature role), he possessed a dangerous stare, wielded the most menacing kind of power imaginable, and was a self-made empire of everything he never wanted. He was a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~186980535940 Sat, 25 Jun 2005 21:50:00 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_186980535940?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_186427936388?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author unpluggedcrazy - As soon as Adam West put on the cape and donned the pointy bat ears, it was all over. Well, maybe that's not fair; the Comics Code poisoned Batman first. But Batman's image as a dark, gothic vigilante prowling the moonlit streets and meting out justice... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~186427936388 Sat, 18 Jun 2005 23:20:09 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_186427936388?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_178640752260?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author unpluggedcrazy - Sin City is sick, twisted, depraved, needlessly graphic, and excruciatingly violent. It is also absolutely brilliant. Not only is Sin City the first film of 2005 that I actually enjoyed, it's the year's first great comic book adaptation, as well as its... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~178640752260 Fri, 1 Apr 2005 22:08:56 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_178640752260?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_178517741188?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author unpluggedcrazy - There are few films made today that are bold enough to accurately represent the adult dating wars, and in a sexy, provocative fashion. The last was probably Secretary, and though it focused specifically on sadomasochism, it still worked well enough in... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~178517741188 Thu, 31 Mar 2005 20:06:59 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_178517741188?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_178514202244?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author unpluggedcrazy - It would be unfair of me to compare Ringu to its 2002 American remake The Ring, which I am quite a fan of, as Ringu did, of course, debut four years earlier. Thus I shall critique the film as if The Ring had never come out, and as if the idea of a scary... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~178514202244 Thu, 31 Mar 2005 19:20:40 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_178514202244?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_178503650948?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author unpluggedcrazy - Five years before making Saving Private Ryan, director Steven Spielberg crafted what is quite possibly the most haunting and powerful film ever made about the Jewish Holocaust with Schindler's List. Saving Private Ryan is in many ways a bookend to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~178503650948 Thu, 31 Mar 2005 17:35:29 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_178503650948?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_178503061124?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author unpluggedcrazy - I can't believe that it's taken me this long, as a film buff, to discover the genius that is Charles Chaplin. His hilarious antics here serve as both a Depression Era slapstick comedy and a timeless expression of the fact that machines are taking over... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~178503061124 Thu, 31 Mar 2005 17:28:11 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_178503061124?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_178207755908?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author unpluggedcrazy - Writer-director Kerry Conran's debut, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, seems to have everything. The writing is delightfully campy and tongue-in-cheek, the acting is solid, and there's a deliriously wonderful visual sense abundant in each frame... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~178207755908 Tue, 29 Mar 2005 07:19:53 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_178207755908?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_178207493764?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author unpluggedcrazy - It's one thing to watch a good zombie movie. It's another thing entirely to watch a good zombie movie that manages to encompass an entire range of human emotions, from terror to laughter to heartbreak. Shaun of the Dead is one such zombie movie...with an... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~178207493764 Tue, 29 Mar 2005 07:11:19 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_178207493764?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_178206838404?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author unpluggedcrazy - As great as the first two Harry Potter movies were (and I sure thought they were), Chris Columbus' direction was admittedly uninspired. It wasn't bad, per se, just nothing really worth noticing. I was actually kind of glad that he decided to hand over... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~178206838404 Tue, 29 Mar 2005 07:03:47 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_178206838404?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_178206510724?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author unpluggedcrazy - If it ain't broke, don't fix it. That seems to be the primary force guiding this sequel to Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, which happens to be quite a bit better than the already sensational original. Chris Columbus returns to helm Harry Potter... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~178206510724 Tue, 29 Mar 2005 06:50:17 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_178206510724?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_178206051972?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author unpluggedcrazy - I have often considered J.K. Rowling, the talented author who has crafted the elaborate storylines and richly-detailed mythology (as well as a host of unique characters) of the Harry Potter universe, to be the Quentin Tarantino of fantasy fiction. Okay,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~178206051972 Tue, 29 Mar 2005 06:43:27 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_178206051972?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_178205265540?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author unpluggedcrazy - The Grudge is the kind of scary that has you clinging to your girlfriend so she won't jump out of her seat and that has you looking over your shoulder when you're all alone in the dark that night. It's the kind of horror that takes its nails and digs... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~178205265540 Tue, 29 Mar 2005 06:29:21 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_178205265540?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_178204872324?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author unpluggedcrazy - Adam Sandler is a talented comedian, but in most cases, his humor tends to lean more toward sloppy, juvenile vulgarity than actual wit. He was brilliant on Saturday Night Live, but a good deal of his movies leave much to be desired. Two years ago when he... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~178204872324 Tue, 29 Mar 2005 06:19:41 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_178204872324?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_178203692676?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author unpluggedcrazy - It's a sad state that one finds the United States of America in today. There are mass murders, explosive tragedies, and a very terrible economy. Not to say that this hasn't been going on for longer than President George W. Bush has been in office, but... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~178203692676 Tue, 29 Mar 2005 05:41:57 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_178203692676?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_178203430532?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author unpluggedcrazy - Have you ever just wanted to forget a relationship? To completely erase its disastrous effect on your life? Sure you have. We all have. This is the premise of Michel Gondry's startling creation penned by the startling Charlie Kaufman, Eternal Sunshine of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~178203430532 Tue, 29 Mar 2005 05:32:32 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_178203430532?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_178025827972?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author unpluggedcrazy - With Ella Enchanted, director Tommy O'Haver (who's helmed a few forgettable films in his past), decides to take on a beloved modern children's classic novel, and what a wonderful one he has in his hands. Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine is a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~178025827972 Sun, 27 Mar 2005 16:38:52 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_178025827972?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_178025238148?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author unpluggedcrazy - Roland Emmerich has yet to prove much to Hollywood or the whole of the moviegoing community except for that the man likes his violence and can blow up a heck of a lot of stuff without cohering to any sort of logical storyline or fleshed-out cannon... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~178025238148 Sun, 27 Mar 2005 16:28:12 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_178025238148?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_178024320644?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author unpluggedcrazy - In a year full of stale cookie cutter movies and with few real winners, it was refreshing to see such an exciting and intense thriller that goes down as easy as pie and comes off as cool as ice. Not cold, mind you, but cool, for Michael Mann's Collateral... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~178024320644 Sun, 27 Mar 2005 16:19:32 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_178024320644?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_177977593476?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author unpluggedcrazy - Cellular is not a movie. Cellular is a 90-minute long infomerical interspersed with horrendous melodrama that describes just exactly what one can do with a cell phone. If you actually rely on a cell phone as much as Chris Evans does in this film, you're... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~177977593476 Sun, 27 Mar 2005 01:22:53 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_177977593476?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_177969860228?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author unpluggedcrazy - Some films feel important, as if they have a purpose or a message, several even from last year. Unfortunately, The Butterfly Effect just thinks it's important and has a message to tell. Donnie Darko is a film that many of The Butterfly Effect's... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~177969860228 Sat, 26 Mar 2005 23:29:23 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_177969860228?linkin_id=8003929