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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-xxxxer Recent reviews written by member xxxxer en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_490918481540?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author xxxxer - Formed in Reading, Berkshire in 2007, Does It Offend You, Yeah? quickly became one of the more talked about music artists in the last two years off the strength of their live shows, a quality debut album, and numerous songs heard in video games,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~490918481540 Sat, 7 Nov 2009 12:09:32 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_490918481540?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_490916974212?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author xxxxer - Black Devil Doll inhabits a special place in my video library: dwelling in the darkened corner of the bottom rack where sit other "Films that I'm Pretty Sure I'm Going to Hell For Enjoying."  This film, produced in 2007, had been the talk of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~490916974212 Sat, 7 Nov 2009 11:22:12 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_490916974212?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_490911469188?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author xxxxer - Having more dynamics, build-up and follow-through than either their debut LP Frigid Stars or subsequent EP Barely Real, Codeine's third and final release, 1994's The White Birch is the band's most fulfilling and well-developed album,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~490911469188 Sat, 7 Nov 2009 10:29:18 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_490911469188?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_490907537028?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author xxxxer - Lance Weiler and Stefan Avalos's 1998 film The Last Broadcast in many ways could probably considered one of the most influential films of the last decade or so.  The film was the first effort completely shot and distributed using digital... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~490907537028 Sat, 7 Nov 2009 09:40:09 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_490907537028?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_490215149188?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author xxxxer - Following the demise of the Sex Pistols, due in large part to his own eventually disastrous relationship with groupie Nancy Spungen, the infamous Sid Vicious would embark on an unlikely solo career that would eventually have him paired with some of the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~490215149188 Sun, 1 Nov 2009 12:23:52 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_490215149188?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_490210365060?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author xxxxer - Wrestling Gold: Before They Were Famous takes a different approach than their previous releases.  Instead of focusing on stars of the old days of professional wrestling, this volume showcases wrestlers who would be recognizable to wrestling... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~490210365060 Sun, 1 Nov 2009 11:21:47 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_490210365060?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_490205712004?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author xxxxer - Ramona Cordova's The Boy Who Floated Freely is perhaps one of the most gorgeously produced and executed little albums I've come across.  I discovered Cordova's music quite by accident; several years ago, I had the opportunity to see Brazilian... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~490205712004 Sun, 1 Nov 2009 10:32:54 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_490205712004?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_490128248452?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author xxxxer - Edward D. Wood, Jr.'s 1959 film Plan 9 From Outer Space has gone down in the history books as "the worst film ever made."  With space ships obviously made out of plates, some priceless acting performances by the likes of former Swedish... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~490128248452 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:00:03 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_490128248452?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_490127134340?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author xxxxer - During the course of my time spent in Philadelphia, I had the chance to see Swedish band Dungen twice.  The first time, not knowing too much about what I was in for, I was floored by the whirlwind psychedelia that emanated from the band's PA. ... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~490127134340 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:24:36 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_490127134340?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_490122219140?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author xxxxer - I've got to count 1987's The Monster Squad as one of the movies that in some way epitomized my childhood.  At the time this film came out, I was a big fan of the endless stream of monster flicks that screened weekly on late-night cable, and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~490122219140 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:23:40 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_490122219140?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_490036235908?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author xxxxer - The VHS boxes of two films have somehow become permanently ingrained in my subconscious memory.  One was Olaf Ittenbach's hideous German splatter flick The Burning Moon (which on the back of its box featured the ghastly sight of a man split... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~490036235908 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:51:53 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_490036235908?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_490034728580?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author xxxxer - Along with the seemingly never-ending slew of slasher flicks, the 1980s also provided some truly enjoyable horror and fantasy flicks aimed at younger audiences.  Along with 1984's Gremlins, the decade saw films like Critters, The Monster... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~490034728580 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:12:03 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_490034728580?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_489580367492?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author xxxxer - While there were many 1980's slasher flicks that were set in campgrounds (Friday the 13th and the unforgettable Sleepaway Camp to name but a few), there were an equal number that took place in or around college campuses.  Of these,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~489580367492 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:46:35 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_489580367492?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_489330282116?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author xxxxer - If there's one composer of the twentieth century whose work seems to have been unjustly forgotten, to me that composer would be Basil Kirchin.  In the past several years, English record label Trunk has sought to re-release several of Kirchin's more... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~489330282116 Sat, 24 Oct 2009 10:52:41 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_489330282116?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_489325170308?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author xxxxer - Taken mainly from the glory days of pro wrestling in the Memphis and San Antonio areas, Wrestling Gold Volume Five: Beat Me If You Can is another in the line of worthwhile vintage wrestling releases from Kit Parker Films.  This series... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~489325170308 Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:43:10 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_489325170308?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_489199865476?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author xxxxer - There's quite a few downsides to living in the cultural nightmare that is Williamsport, PA.  Aside from being about ten years or so behind culturally, the film scene in the area is rather pathetic; just about any theatrical release that I actually... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~489199865476 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:07:32 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_489199865476?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_488670989956?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author xxxxer - New York-based Codeine can today be classified as one of the originators of the so-called "slowcore" movement personified in their relentlessly slow tempos and methodical instrumentation.  After their 1990 debut album Frigid Stars,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~488670989956 Sun, 18 Oct 2009 11:41:38 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_488670989956?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_488666140292?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author xxxxer - Over the years, numerous foreign film makers have tackled the subject of necrophilia, which each subsequent film seeming to push the envelope even further in depicting absolutely sick visuals.  Joe D'Amato's 1979 effort Beyond the Darkness... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~488666140292 Sun, 18 Oct 2009 10:18:38 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_488666140292?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_488585334404?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author xxxxer - Philadelphia DJ Josh Wink's 1998 full length Herehear is another album that's been floating around in my collection forever.  I got the album shortly after its release mainly since it featured a collaboration with Trent Reznor of Nine Inch... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~488585334404 Sat, 17 Oct 2009 14:33:19 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_488585334404?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_488580288132?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author xxxxer - When put up against Vince McMahon's World Wrestling Entertainment organization, the pro wrestling business in the United States mainly pales in comparison.  The vast majority of the smaller promotions, ranging from the stupendous but largely unseen... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~488580288132 Sat, 17 Oct 2009 13:24:31 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_488580288132?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_488397508228?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author xxxxer - Like most of their albums, which have numbered many since their creation in 2001, Hella's Acoustics album would really only appeal to those with a taste for manic math or art-rock.  Made up of guitarist Spencer Seim (billed as playing the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~488397508228 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:48:50 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_488397508228?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_488393444996?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author xxxxer - Signs Ov Chaos's Frankenscience album is an album that has fascinated me for quite some time.  While in high school, this was one of the albums that was in constant rotation at get togethers I had with friends; it was the sort of dark ambient... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~488393444996 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:10:30 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_488393444996?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_488292847236?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author xxxxer - While it may not be completely original, obviously borrowing concept and ideas from The Blair Witch Project, Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness and it's film adaptation Apocalypse Now (one can almost pick out shots that were... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~488292847236 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:44:51 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_488292847236?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_488288128644?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author xxxxer - Following a pair of whacked-out Canadian metal heads through their daily exploits, Michael Dowse's pseudo-documentary Fubar caught me completely off guard the first time I saw it.  Not knowing anything about the film or what it was even... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~488288128644 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:36:38 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_488288128644?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_487826493060?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author xxxxer - While later in their career they would mainly gain notoriety for their raucous stage antics and, how do I put it, colorful album and song titles, The Dwarves would start out in Chicago, Illinois in the mid 1980s as a garage band named The Suburban... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~487826493060 Sat, 10 Oct 2009 13:55:17 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_487826493060?linkin_id=8003929