![Essentiel Elements Bathe : Skincare Bar [ Fresh Neroli ]](https://marcellee.com/posts/136032.jpg)
This Skincare Bar is cute enough at the start, but it’s the lather that matters and you seem to get less the more you use it. That makes for a frustrating Bathe despite its dainty appearance and Fresh Neroli scent. It would work better as a hand soap.
my rating : 2 of 5
People expecting this Punch; a Big Game Energy drink; to taste like something akin to carbonated Pineapple juice will be disappointed. There is a hint of the fruit; one of my favorites. What you mostly get though is a sweet but odd and off-putting flavor that almost suggests the beverage is spoiled.
my rating : 2 of 5
I don’t think I’ve ever had a Snow Cone; maybe as a little kid; but I’d hope it tastes a lot better than this Energy Drink; one of the worst in the G Fuel line-up. The flavor is similar to how dumpster garbage tends to smell, which is quite repulsive. You can put it in the freezer to enhance the concept, but it won’t do much for the taste.
my rating : 2 of 5
![video review : The Kids In The Hall [ Season 1 ]](https://marcellee.com/posts/133867.webp)
This is Season 1 not of the original but the Amazon Original version of The Kids In The Hall, but it should’ve been edited down to one decent episode. The full eight-part set is bloated with filler; comedy bits that aren’t funny. It does bring back the original cast members and theme music, but nostalgia can only take you so far before you hit the wall.
my rating : 2 of 5
2022
This is supposed to be a new MC Shan album; the long-awaited follow-up to Play It Again; but it’s more like the crude demo version. Even as a mixtape, its artistic blunders and technical flaws would be inexcusable. Songs just cut off. Some are so old, you can hear the scratches from the CDs they were ripped from. Shan still has Bars, so the title rings true, but it sounds like this project was recorded, mixed and mastered by a crackhead.
my rating : 2 of 5
2017
Creepshow 3, which should’ve come out in 1992; the first two were fours years apart; is worse than 2 but better than 1. The best story is the simplest; the one about The Professor’s Wife. It at least has a decent story arc. The Radio and The Haunted Dog are downright stupid, though the latter’s protagonist does manage to provide some laughs.
my rating : 2 of 5
2006
Honeydew is sweet and suspenseful, well on its way to being a good horror movie, for about the first half hour. That’s when you start to realize too much time is going by without anything (significant) happening. From there it’s a mundane affair as couple Riley and Sam get served by a crazy hag named Karen and her scrawny dining partner.
my rating : 2 of 5
2020
The first song; El Tiburón by Proyecto Uno; is fun. You may as well go home after that because this Latin Booty Party; which the cover suggests attracts the same crowd, in the same clothes and poses, as last year’s Booty Bass Party; falls apart from there. The DJ plays mostly crappy rap songs. The other exceptions include Esa Morena and the ending Mega Mix, but I doubt most people will make it that far.
my rating : 2 of 5
1998
It’s not really the Black Beans that are the problem here. Neither is it the “medium heat” brought on by the addition of “real aged cayenne peppers”. It’s the tangy taste of the sauce, which, given an impressively short ingredients list; “No high fructose corn syrup” and the like; the culprit of must be the vinegar.
my rating : 2 of 5
![audio review : a DM Records compilation : Bass Sound Off USA [ Volume 2 ]](https://marcellee.com/posts/132509.jpg)
The cover car looks better. I’d take a dark convertible over a neon green Beetle any day of the week. This second Volume of Bass Sound Off; I wonder if they’ll drop the “USA” like they did with the Bass Explosion series; is otherwise about as bad as the first. Bass 305 at least brought a couple of good songs. Bass Alliance; the “DJ” this time around; can’t manage a single one.
my rating : 2 of 5
1997
audio review : Bass Sound Off USA [ Volume 3 ]
audio review : Bass Sound Off USA [ Volume 4 ]
![audio review : a DM Records compilation : Bass Sound Off USA [ Volume 1 ]](https://marcellee.com/posts/132493.jpg)
This would’ve been better as an EP of new Bass 305 songs. There are clunkers; namely the two with Noise in the title; but Get Close and Searching For Love are good. The problem is that they’re presented in a “continuous mix” with numerous speaker Tests which serve as nothing more than filler. You can exclude the DJ Trippy stuff at the end, but then you’re missing out on Self Transcendence.
my rating : 2 of 5
1997
audio review : Bass Sound Off USA [ Volume 2 ]
audio review : Bass Sound Off USA [ Volume 3 ]
audio review : Bass Sound Off USA [ Volume 4 ]
The concept is fun and the girl is hot, but the cover is tacky. The same can be said for the album itself. Some of the rap songs are among the worst I ever heard. Even the Bass 305 tracks are booty. The most amusing bit is when Trent Partidge, Cruising In Miami, encounters “one of those suckers”. He also provides the best song; Round And Round; but the best bit of music can be found on the Bass Invaders chorus.
my rating : 2 of 5
1997