Rock Shox Tora

Advantages: Price, stiffness, travel, durability
Disadvantages: Average weight

...Rock Shox seem to have the budget corner of the fork market well and truly cornered and this latest tora is no exception. Other manufacturers budget forks are cheap, heavy, flexy and not very pleasant to ride on but the tora blows away all these expectations. It comes in at a sensible (but no lightweight) weight, but makes up for this with excellent lateral stiffness. The travel is extremely plush for a fork in this price range and absorbs both small trail bumps as well as large drops with ease. This particular U Turn model allows adjustable travel and the fork features both V brake mounts as well as an IS disk mount. Rock Shox are known for their reliability and with regular servicing this fork should last a very long time. Simply brilliant for the money...

chorscroft 16.06.2009 · Read review
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Review of Rock Shox Tora 302 U-Turn 2008

Sid and Nancy.. Love Kills

Advantages: Gary Oldman rocks, you can scare your kids into not doing heroin!!
Disadvantages: The start of the film is pants, Chole Webb's portrayal of Nancy makes you cringe

...Sid and Nancy.. a match made in hell or a match that was so perfect it just couldn?t last? For those of you out there who don?t really know who Sid and Nancy are, here is a little biography: Sid Vicious (real name John Simon Richie) was the replacement bass guitarist for the 1970?s punk-rock band, The Sex Pistols. Sid was a drug addict, addicted to cocaine and other narcotics but until he met Nancy, has never touched heroin. Sid became an idol for punk rockers because of his bad lad ways and was adored by his record company.. not so much by his fellow band members due to Sid?s inability to play the right song, not being in time and missing gigs. However, non of that really occurred until Nancy showed up? Nancy Spungen was a junkie who sold/supplied and took heroin on a very regular basis. She was an American who told her friends...

lizrow 06.05.2007 · Read review
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Review of Sid And Nancy (DVD)

Another Sid Meier Classic

Advantages: Good playability, Historical details
Disadvantages: Very dated graphics

...Colonization is another game written by the undisputed king of the turn based strategy game genre. Following the same sort of line as the Civilisation series, Sid Meier takes us on a historical trip to the year 1492, and the colonization of the America's. Being an old game now, the system requirements of this game are very low. In fact this should run quite smoothly on anything over 100MHz. 16MB RAM is also plenty, and hard drive space required is very minimal by todays standards. No 3D cards or anything like that is required either. Installation is straight forward and you just follow the onscreen instructions, and it will install very easily indeed. When the game starts up, you are given a few options. These are start a new game. Start a new game in America, which then gives you the chance to colonize the America's in your own...

pumfster 06.03.2003 · Read review
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Review of Sid Meier's Colonization (PC)

  Rock Star

Advantages: Well thought out story
Disadvantages: sometimes shallow

...seemed very surprised and gave me a funny look when I told her it was for me that worried me for a start. The story was interesting because firstly it centred on the lives of three very different contrasting characters that, only shared a wonderful talent. It was fascinating to see what happened to them as the novel went chronologically through all the highs and lows of their lives, all the main developments that went to make them all Rock Stars. Yes in some ways it was shallow, the way these fortunate people enjoyed such a lavish lifestyle. Full of beautiful young men and women who?s only leisure time pursuit seemed to be having sex. Luckily these scenes were not too graphic in the author?s descriptions of them; instead she left quite a bit of it to your own imagination which was fine by me. The story built up well leading to a very...

CPTDANIELS 22.04.2009 · Read review
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Review of Rock Star - Jackie Collins

THE ROCK!

Advantages: read opp
Disadvantages: read opp

...In 1996, Michael Bay directed the box office smash hit "The Rock", starring Nicholas Cage, Sean Connery and Ed Harris. Although quite a old film, I once again saw this film last week, and I cant seem to get bored of it. Michael Bay is a brilliant director, his story telling, action sequences and special effects always make a film watchable. The Plot: The film revolves around a group of rogue marines, who fed up with the American governments support for war veterans, decide to plot revenge on their own government. Led by Francis X. Hummel (Ed Harris), the marines steal VX nerve gas from a military base. They then find themselves taking hostages at Alcatraz Island, were guided tours are now present. The marines take control of the island, planting the VX nerve gas al over the island ready to launch if needed. Now knowing...

jaygami1986 27.10.2008 · Read review
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Review of The Rock (DVD)

Mind You Fingers Sid`s About

Advantages: Really good story for the whole family to get involved
Disadvantages: none

...My family love You`re not so Scary Sid , my son recieved this as a birthday gift and every evening before bed he has to have this story. You`re not so Scary Sid is a hardback book and has a puppet running through the book which will fit an adults hand as well as a childs. Scary Sid lives in a cave and he loves to be scary so he roars a lot which send my son into fits of laughter! In the story your child is encouraged to sit on their hands and peep through their fingers. After a lot of roaring the question is asked "Do you think Sid is as scary as he says he is?" This is when you child gets to roar back at Sid! Sid of course isn`t so scary and he starts to cry and wants to go home , this is when my son usually dries the monster eyes and gives him a kiss! Then we find Sid at home eating his favourite dinner Fish Fingers...

lazytowner 02.02.2009 · Read review
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Review of You're Not so Scary Sid - Sam Lloyd

Sid Meiers Railroads

Advantages: Straight forward control scheme
Disadvantages: Difficult to get the hang of

...General outline: Sid Meiers Railroads is a strategy game in which you build tracks between towns and cities to transport various goods and passengers between locations to make money. Each town or city has varying inputs and outputs, for instance, one city may demand wine, however, the wine isn't directly available to transport - instead you must find a vineyard in which grapes can be acquired and then transport them to a settlement that as the ability to convert the raw material into a product, only then, can you finally supply the product to the city. This process applies for all resources in the game: each can be converted into a more advanced resource which will allow you to make more money when supplied to cities that have that particular demand. Gameplay: The idea behind this game is a simple one: you develop a network...

Mudchild 29.12.2006 · Read review
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Review of Sid Meier's Railroads (PC)

Rock ON!!!

Advantages: Great game, lots of music, levels
Disadvantages: None

...Guitar Hero 3 - Legends of Rock!!! My husband and I love our Wii and are always looking for new games and when Guitar Hero came out we knew we had to get it. I had heard about it alot from other people and from reading reviews for other games systems so was excited when I saw it had come out for Wii. We bought the game pack from Argos for £69.99, a bit steep for a new computer game but bear in mind that you are not only getting a game but also the hardware to go with it, namely the guitar. The guitar is plastic and I would say almost as big as a real guitar but not quite. It looks and feels like a real guitar so already the game has an authentic feel to it. It comes with a strap that you can detach and that allows you to put over your head and hold onto the guitar safely, much like a real one. When you first start out...

Spottydog11 04.09.2008 · Read review
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Review of Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Wii)

Rock God!!

Advantages: An awesome game that will keep you hapy
Disadvantages: Bit expensive!

...cannot name all of these songs but know that most are good old fashioned rock songs. Some are newer than others but still are all great choices for this game. Here are some examples: 3's and 7's - Queens of the Stone Age Knights of cydonia - Muse Paint it black - Rolling stones One - Metallic Sabotage - beastie boys Bulls on parade - Rage against the machine Even flow - pearl jam The metal - tenacious D Sunshine of your love - Cream There are also many classics. Most of the songs are performed by the actual bands but some are impersonators. Its quite hard to notice however! Also you are going to face people like Slash , Tom morello and Big Lou in battles. Battles are similar to playing a normal song. Here however you do not get star power. If you manage to play certain notes in order you get a weapon. You use weapons in the same...

rob1001 20.08.2008 · Read review
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Review of Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Wii)

* Let's Rock At Camp! *

Advantages: Teens will like it!
Disadvantages: Does'nt Feature much of the Jonas Bros!

...Being a High School Musical fan , when I heard that there was a new 'music' film out , I just had to see what Disney had come up with and whether it was live up to the success of High School Musical. Camp Rock is an American Disney Channel Original movie released in the United Kingdom on September 1st 2008. The film was directed by Mathew Diamond and stars a few already 'well known' children's entertainers , including the American boyband The Jonas Brothers and Demi Lovato. Running time of this movie is ninety four minutes (four minutes over one hour and a half). This movie is a U which means it can be seen by children of all ages! The film is about a girl called Mitchie who is a performer ; her dream is to become a professional. She has heard about a performing summer camp called 'Camp Rock' , and so really wants to spend...

xdonzx 11.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Camp Rock (DVD)