Torment And Toreros - Marc & The Mambas

Marc

Advantages: Great for Bolan fans
Disadvantages: none

From his early days as Marc Feld to his name change to Marc Bolan he had dreamt of being the Superstar he eventually climbed to be, almost since he left the womb. From John's Children ( his first band ) to Tyrannosaurus Rex in the late sixties, he slumbered with the elves and danced with legendary creatures on camomile lawns. He saw his destiny on a silver cloud and sliver clouds don't lie. He was by no means your contemporary Rock Star, he almost lived in the fantasy worlds he had read about in the early years, fixated on dreams and things that couldn't be, but then don't we all a little. He certainly didn't lack in the ego stakes either, but that can be said for pretty much most Rock Stars. This album takes you on Marc's Trip from the soft acoustics of Tyrannosaurus Rex to the much more raunchy electronic tones of T.Rex, from 1969 to ...

donf18 18.01.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Legend Lives, The - Marc Bolan

Tormented by a Lack of Quality

Advantages: That scene with the eyeball.
Disadvantages: Poor quality, direction, writing, performances and effects.

a throwback and feels like it has been ripped-off from an old John Carpenter score. ?Tormented? is a failure of a horror comedy that shoots itself in the foot by trying to be ?down with the kids?. The direction suffers from juddering shifts in tone, the writing lacks any original twists and showcases a lack of characterisation and a poor grasp of dialogue. The acting is of variable quality and shows what happens when a director doesn?t give a young cast enough support. It isn?t funny enough to be considered a comedy or scary enough to count as a comedy. Oddly I suspect it will appeal to the fifteen to eighteen year-old demographic, if only because of the cast. But for hardcore horror fans, there?s nothing to trouble your dreams. ...

afy9mab 14.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Tormented (DVD)

Torment by Wire

Advantages: A thriller as a thriller should be - thrilling!!!
Disadvantages: Some sadistic sexualnature in the book, but it is fitting with the story

THE TORMENT OF OTHERS VAL Mcdermid For those of you who don't know, Val McDermid is the creator of the popular TV series called 'Wire in the Blood 'with actor Robson Green. This book is one of her Tony Hill books; he is a criminal psychologist and profiler who constantly finds himself helping the police to solve monstrous, heartless and often sexually motivated killings. The 'Torment of Others' isn't the first of the Tony Hill novels, and it clearly follows some major events for the characters, so maybe it would be best to read the series in order if possible. Having said that this is the first of the books that I have read and it proved that it certainly can be read on its own as it doesn't take long to work out the relationships between the characters. The story takes place in the fictional City ...

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Review of The Torment of Others - Val McDermid