Archive for the 'Reviews' Category

Review: Trekkies (1999)

Friday, June 18th, 1999 | 16:12

There was a late episode from “Star Trek: The Next Generation” which had the new Enterprise crew rescue Scotty from the old series. Through the course of this episode, … Continue reading »

Review: Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)

Tuesday, June 15th, 1999 | 11:39

So, in the wee early morning hours of Monday (well, not that early), while having my breakfast cereal, I see in the newspaper that “Austin Powers” has utterly crushed “Star … Continue reading »

Fan Mail II

Wednesday, May 26th, 1999 | 10:23

I seem to have a large fan base on WebTV for some reason. Two out of the four or five e-mails I’ve gotten have been from there. Should I be … Continue reading »

Review: Life is Beautiful (1997)

Thursday, March 25th, 1999 | 12:02

The afternoon before the Oscars, I finally got around to seeing “Life is Beautiful”. I only caught a glimpse of Benigni’s victorious stepping on of Spielberg as he clampered … Continue reading »

Fanmail

Sunday, December 20th, 1998 | 10:21

Makes me proud to serve the Internet community. Yup, that’s it. Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 21:19:54 -0500 (EST) From: xxx@webtv.net To: Cheng-Jih Chen Subject: Re: Review: Star Trek: Insurrection (1998) I always enjoy … Continue reading »

Abstract Expressionism

Monday, December 14th, 1998 | 10:19

December 14, 1998 I think I finished this “tour” of Abstract Expressionist painting Friday, when I got around to see the Jackson Pollack retrospective at the MoMA. Much hubbub about this … Continue reading »

Dutch Paintings

Monday, November 16th, 1998 | 10:20

I’ve realized that I’ve been in somewhat of a hiatus in terms of babbling randomly about goings on. Most of this time has been filled with reading Stephen King books … Continue reading »

Review: The Spanish Prisoner (1998)

Sunday, June 28th, 1998 | 00:48

Basically, “Last Days of Disco” sold out minutes before I got to the movie theater. The people right in front of me were the first ones turned away, one … Continue reading »

Movie Review: Starship Troopers (1997)

Monday, November 10th, 1997 | 07:27

This film is a brilliant dystopia, depicting a nightmare world in which arena football has become the national pasttime. shudder The arena football motif carries through the film, where we … Continue reading »