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xfmjunky

xfmjunky

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Self-righteous, egotistical, sociopathic, opinionated, bored, Man Utd. supporting vegetarian wannabe singer-songwriter.
  • Mi, England
  • member since November 25, 2007

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  • Scribblings of a Madcap Shambleton
    • Rated 5 stars

    “Nothing can possibly prepare you for the sensory onslaught of this wild imagination ... except possibly the Mighty Book of Boosh. Peppered with narratives in prose and lyric, Fielding goes it alone in this compendium of artwork loosely organised into themes and forms that should delight and intrigue anyone who is guilty of writing the occasionally overcomplicated sentence.”

    xfmjunky wrote this review Tuesday, December 27, 2011. ( reply | permalink )
  • The Crow: Special Edition
    • Rated 5 stars

    “Every inch the masterpiece that its billed as. The new special edition contains new sequences which add greater contrast to a work which otherwise balances exposition and mystery very well. Fans of the Brandon Lee film will be bowled over by the violence and depth of its source material.”

    xfmjunky wrote this review Tuesday, December 27, 2011. ( reply | permalink )
  • Alan Moore's The Courtyard
    • Rated 5 stars

    “A marvel - the depth of Moore's talent seem to know no bound.”

    xfmjunky wrote this review Wednesday, October 26, 2011. ( reply | permalink )
  • The Whitsun Weddings
    • Rated 4 stars

    “Brilliant collection of observations seeking - and finding - a near-religious beauty in the mundane, everyday existence of non-metropolitan 1960s England.”

    xfmjunky wrote this review Monday, August 29, 2011. ( reply | permalink )
  • Cash
    • Rated 4 stars

    “A brilliant insight into the life of a legend. There's no hint of ghost-writer Patrick Carr in this intimate recollection of the many colourful events of Cash's life, right up to the patchy hotch-potch conclusion; the books only fault and no-doubt one which its author happily forced through. Cash chronicles his life from the toil of his cotton-farming youth through his addiction troubles, professional successes, failures up to his 1990s artistic rebirth. Non-music lovers may find this an uninteresting read after the first 100 pages but this is essential reading for those who know and love Cash's musical work.”

    xfmjunky wrote this review Saturday, August 27, 2011. ( reply | permalink )
  • Lord of the Flies
    • Rated 4 stars

    “Heavily read in schools in the UK, its easy to forget just how powerful and believable Golding's tale of deserted post-war British schoolboys is. Psychology, politics and theology all roll around in this steaming, bloodthirsty little volume”

    xfmjunky wrote this review Friday, August 26, 2011. ( reply | permalink )
  • The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
    • Rated 4 stars

    “Doubtlessly a modern classic; Haddon will probably never surpass the success of this novel. The Curious Incident works on many levels as a postmodern work questioning the reliability of the narrative voice but its place in contemporary culture lies in its raising awareness and understanding of autism amongst its millions of readers.”

    xfmjunky wrote this review Sunday, August 21, 2011. ( reply | permalink )
  • Spider-Man Blue HC

    Spider-Man Blue HC

    by Jeph Loeb
    • Rated 5 stars

    “An truly excellent story. I ordinarily consider Spider-Man to be more of a soap opera than a superhero comic but Blue maximises Peter Parker's personal turmoil without turning him into a caricature. Many confuse Spidey's sharp-tongue for a childishness but Loeb has a distinctly adult Peter Parker narrate the tale of his own first love and growing friendship with Harry Osborne in retrospect. Loeb freely renders some breathtaking double-page NYC skyline action as well as re-drawing John Romita Sr's famous entrance of Mary Jane Watson. Only a stuck-up, blinkered purist would find this book unlovable.”

    xfmjunky wrote this review Friday, August 19, 2011. ( reply | permalink )
  • Enemies Amongst Us
    • Rated 4 stars

    “Common sense would dictate that such cross-over titles do not immediately mean a story that is the sum of its parts but Enemies Among Us proves just how this could be precisely the case. Perhaps a little too much action at the expense of the personal self-questioning of both Batman and Superman's respective philosophies, but this is tempered by some brilliant artwork, not least an evil Batman reminiscent of the Otherworld vampire Batman. ”

    xfmjunky wrote this review Saturday, August 13, 2011. ( reply | permalink )
  • Skellig
    • Rated 3 stars

    “Inoffensive (despite expletives) story for kids with some well-worked references to Blake and some classical literature. A boy moves house and makes two new friends, one is a precocious girl who is home-schooled and the other appears to be a dying man in the garage. Mostly event-driven, Skellig lacks the pace that most young readers would probably engage with more than the short chapters.”

    xfmjunky wrote this review Thursday, August 11, 2011. ( reply | permalink )
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