37th Floor At Sunset: Music For Mondophrenetic - David Toop

Advantages: Masterful performances, pacing, visually stunning, touching story.
Disadvantages: May lack something without knowlege of the first film.

...I am a relative newcomer to the world of Before Sunrise and Before Sunset. Even though the first film, released in 1995, has built up a large cult following since it's release, I had to admit that until fairly recently, I was rather oblivious to it all. However, a number of people kept advising that I see it, and eventually I did, and was completely blown away. The simple tale of characters falling in love over the course of one night had so much more depth than I possibly could have imagined. Once I had seen the first, I was going to have to see the second, even though I have never encountered a sequel that managed to live up to the first film. However, one thirty mile trip into London to see it later, and I'm happy to say that this is the first sequel I've ever seen that manages to be equal the first film in every way, and in some... Read review

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Advantages: Hip and trendy decor, good location, great value for money
Disadvantages: Might be too trendy, seems to market itself towards a party crowd

...could have done without the latter, as I was then worried that the people on either side of me would take advantage and play their music very loud; the hotel certainly struck me as one that would appeal to party animals, whereas I like to go to bed at a sensible hour. The hotel has a restaurant and cocktail bar, we didn?t eat here but we did tend to start our evening with a quick drink in the cocktail lounge before we hit the Sunset Strip. We noted that it attracted non-residents as well as residents and we found the service friendly and the prices reasonable. In-room service is available from 7am until about midnight, we used it for breakfast and we found this to be reasonably priced and the food was high quality. It was a great tart to every day. Conclusion The only issue we encountered during this stay was when it came to... Read review

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Advantages: An awsome game...
Disadvantages: So few...

...I have never been that serious a gamer. Only casually playing things like Age of Empires, Grand Theft Auto on the computer, and a few games on the Nintendo Wii. My friend, Jam, however, has always been rather heavily into his games, and always had a good number installed on his custom built PC. It wasn?t until I played this one game on his computer, that I got hooked. Killing Floor. It was an instant hit with me, and after a while, he brought me a copy (so he could play it against someone he knew). The Basics of the Game Killing Floor is an online, co-op horror survival, first person shooter game, which means that you control the character that is shooting ? typically viewing the two arms of the character. The aim of the game, is to kill specimens, which are different types of ?zombie?. ?set in the devastated cities... Read review

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