Review for Sin: The Movie (1999)

• June 9, 2007
• James Skemp

Review for Sin: The Movie (1999); given 2 of 5 stars. === These characters were completely new to me (at least, from what I can recall). Needing to burn some ‘Watch Now’ time, I decided to give this a look, and was quite disappointed (even though I wasn’t expecting much). After 15 minutes, I was ready to quit, but I figured it couldn’t get any more confusing and decided to stick with it; I should have stopped.

Read More

Perfect Blue; 4 of 5 stars ... unfortunately

• June 2, 2007
• James Skemp

I just finished watching Perfect Blue online (via Netflix). Believing that they do influence what movies are recommended, in a good way, I had to give it four stars, out of five. In Netflix terms, that's the difference between a "Really Liked It" and a "Loved It." However, I really wanted to give it a five stars ...

Read More

Review of Andrew Fiala's Practical Pacifism

• May 26, 2007
• James Skemp

This is the review that I wrote for Amazon.com for the book Practical Pacifism by Andrew Fiala.

Read More

Review of Brian J. Robb's Counterfeit Worlds

• May 26, 2007
• James Skemp

This is the review that I wrote for Amazon.com for the book Counterfeit Worlds by Brian J. Robb.

Read More

Review of 'Ajax for Web Application Developers' by Kris Hadlock (2006)

• December 13, 2006
• James Skemp

The short stick: New to Ajax? You may want to look elsewhere ... I've been working on the Web for a handful+ of years, but save for a brief stunt back in the late 90s, I haven't had much use for JavaScript (with the exception of a few one/two-liners). As such, I came to this book as a new-comer to Ajax. I also like to learn by way of example, instead of explanation, so code examples are a big plus, if not a requirement.

Read More

Movie review: Princess Mononoke (1997)

• November 15, 2006
• James Skemp

By far, one of the best films I've seen this year.

Read More

Review: Outlaw Star: Vol. 1: Disc 1

• November 4, 2006
• James Skemp

Quick review. I liked Cowboy Bebop, and I believe this was recommended from Amazon (for those who like Cowboy Bebop). Instead of purchasing the complete collection of Outlaw Star, I decided to try out one of the discs, containing the first five episodes, from Netflix.

Read More

Movie review: Gangs of New York (2002)

• November 1, 2006
• James Skemp

There's a lot (as in, more than you can count on two hands) of reasons not to visit New York ...

Read More

Movie review: Yojimbo (1961)

• October 27, 2006
• James Skemp

The short review: another five star, classic, movie.

Read More

Movie review: Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005)

• October 24, 2006
• James Skemp

I've been trying to get a pretty good range of movies through Netflix. While it wasn't high on my list of movies that I wanted to see, it was a documentary, and therefore a good genre to put into the mix every once in a while. While I'm giving the movie three stars, I thought it was worthwhile to watch, but don't think I'd sit through another viewing.

Read More