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Hi, Finally succumbing to a dear friend's coaxing, I am feeling the walls around Mouthshut.com, groping for a light switch. The collection up for review here seems somewhat limited, not to mention the 90s interface. For the particularly curious, a broader range of my ramblings can be ridiculed at http://shanx.com/amazon -- and if you are still reading, well thanks, nice meeting you too. Shashank London, UK www.shanx.com. Movies, I love movies. Then there's: Photography, Creative/Copy Writing, Design & Architecture, International Relations, REITs, Palmistry, Horses, Yoga, Ayurvedic Massage, Culinary experiments of several kinds, PHP, SuSE, MySQL/Oracle, Downtempo/Acid jazz...and so forth.
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The best notebook on the market in late 2006
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Reviewed Sony Vaio SZ
I would sooner share my toothbrush than my PC, so I naturally maintain egregiously exacting expectations from what my laptop. Having owned Dell clunkers of alRead more...
CLONES ARE PEOPLE TWO!
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Reviewed The Island
Don’t get me wrong. The Island is as stark a reminder as any of Hollywood’s target demographic--teenagers--but it takes an intriguing premise based Read more...
EXCELLENT OPENING, CHEWY MIDDLE, DUD FINALE
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Reviewed Taking Lives
Artfully done movies that go poof thanks to juvenile plots are so much more tragic than outright silly films. Taking Lives must’ve been among the most stRead more...
CONFIDENT BUILD-UP TO AN ULTIMATELY DANK FINALE
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Reviewed Dark Water
I am not typically fond of dark gloomy films illuminated by 12 watt bulbs; they reek of B-grade all over. Still, if one closed one’s eyes and thought harRead more...
GIDDY GOOD FUN IF YOU LIKE ACTION SLICK AND SWEAT
Reviewed Ong Bak - Muay Thai Warrior
After Bruce Lee we had Jacky Chan, then Jet Li, then a couple of wannabes from ’’Wu Xia’’ capers. Enter Tony Jaa from Thailand. The story Read more...
FUNNY FOR 1/2 ITS LENGTH THEN A FOG OF INDECISION
Reviewed Heartbreakers Movie
For a chick-flick, the film does well to aim no higher than some shallow raunchy old fun. There is enough air in the beginning romp to draw you in. It is onlyRead more...
I LIKE MY STEAKS RARE TOO, BUT SOME MEAT IS USEFU
Reviewed Broken Flowers
Oh boy. Enough with the artifice of minimalism. Murray’s latest bare-bones entry seems like a quick slide down to being a one-trick pan-faced pony. Lost Read more...
UNEXCEPTIONAL DESPITE SOME SOIL-YOUR-PANTS MOMENT
Reviewed The Exorcism of Emily Rose
For a film that twiddles with the horror genre this must be among the more refreshing Hollywood efforts after a throng of half-nosed Japanese remakes. Yet, fRead more...
EXPLOSIVE COWBOY RIDE THRU SPACE
Reviewed Serenity
Little surprise to see the polarized votes for this gritty sci-fi thriller. This is no breezy glide through the outer world. You will either adore its unusualRead more...
FUN FAMILY FLICK FOR WHAT IT IS
Reviewed Eight Below
A Disney film usually works when it doesn’t punch above its weight. Eight Below doesn’t, and is hence quite hunky-dory for light family entertainmenRead more...
SPELLBINDING EXPOSE OF A MACABRE WORLD
Reviewed Lord of War
Some viewers may pooh-pooh the marked Hollywood glibness to its narrative, or the minor liberties it takes with factual minitiae, but Lord of War is no mean fRead more...
Plagiarized music [as usual]
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Reviewed Zinda Songs
The kudos to the putative ground-breaking ’lounge’ music by Strings is, sadly yet again, misplaced. Not only is the movie an inspiration, so is the Read more...
Fast-Paced & Thrilling Drama
Reviewed Raid 2
Raid was one of my favorite movies when it came out. It was thrilling and insightful, giving us a glimpse of how white collar crimes take place. Watching its Read more...
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I've been using SZ for about 9 months now at work, and liked it so much that I got it for myself for home, this time a Core2Duo. It's worth the cost if you travel a lot and are a heavy user. If you don't meet both of those criteria then I'd recommend something a little low profile, such as a 512MB F Read More...
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Commented on Sav123's review
I think you will find that very few companies offer truly 'international warranties'. Dell is usually the best in this area, and even with them, my Japan purchased Latitude had issues getting serviced in the US (where for some reason many customer support number messages were in Spanish). My exp Read More...
Commented on RAGHUBHAI's review
I'm amazed he's still going strong! I remember him from the late 80s, when the big TV-remote warfare in our living rooms centered around two channels -- Doordarshan, and the very novel Doordarshan Metro (this was my five-year spell in Orissa). Gurdas Mann used to be THE man to watch in those New Yea Read More...
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Nishanu--thanks for the note, your vigilance is flattering. Amazon does not prohibit reviewers from repurposing their own content. It is unclear if MouthShut offers any specific policy to picket-fence posts that have been made elsewhere (I am happy to be pointed to any material), but logically it do Read More...
Commented on diver's review
Very rich review. The passion in the review reflects the reviewed. To me, true sportsmanship is in the manic calm a player can sport in the most testing of times. Think Pete Sampras for instance. My money is and will be on Dravid as the true heir to Gavaskar. A true champion in every sense of the wo Read More...
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Hi--I am much busier on Amazon as you will note: http://shanx.com/amazon
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