Advantages: Nice guest rappers like Ghostface and Raekwon turn up at AFTERPARTY and THE TURN respectively.
Disadvantages: The lyrics from Method man are disgusting and the musical production is revolting! SAY WHAT?

...*************************************************************************** * THE WU TANG CLAN ALBUMS: TICAL 0: THE PREQUEL The Method Man Album Collection - Part I Author: DJprimo Published by drkdjprimo for DIJEH inc. / Works of Art *********************************************************************** ***** INTRODUCTION Two years ago on Ciao.co.uk, I informed that Cappadonna is a Hip Hop artist who is native to Staten Island, a New York City suburb in the USA. I also mentioned in my music review of The Yin And The Yang album that Cappadonna had numerous collaborations with Wu-Tang Clan lyricists on various classic records. Now meet Method Man ( real name: Clifford Smith ), another USA rapper who hails from Staten Island like Cappadonna. He is one of the original... Read review

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Advantages: Powerful retelling of world-shaking events by a distinguished author
Disadvantages: Unsympathetic, self-conscious, self-absorbed

...What do you do when you come away from reading a book convinced that it is of literary importance, and having been absorbed by it throughout, but without having liked it? Write a review on Ciao, of course, to explore and explain your ambivalence. Which is why I am here reviewing Gao Xingjian’s autobiographical novel One Man’s Bible. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * “It was not that he didn’t remember that he once had another sort of life….” This is the opening line of One Man’s Bible, and it sets the agenda in more than one respect. This is a novel of remembrance, of the past relived and reinterpreted in the present, of the present overshadowed and transmuted by the past. But this opening line is already set in the past, harking back to a more distant past again, thus hinting both at the ongoing power of what has... Read review

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Advantages: cast / acting / special fx
Disadvantages: few that I can think of

...Spider-Man 2 Review The best superhero film yet? You’re going to hear a lot of critics telling you that Spider-Man 2 is so much better than Spider-Man. This I think is a little unfair as it, at least in part, diminishes the original. And let’s not forget that was a very good film indeed. It was especially notable when so many other films that year were below par. The original X-Men film for instance, (which was of course thankfully followed up by a far superior sequel) the rather confused Daredevil and a tedious first (and hopefully only) big screen outing for the Hulk. Direction and Cinematography Sam Raimi’s direction is assured and often stylish but did anyone else notice that the framing of almost the entire film seems to be really up close? 75% of the time the tops of people’s heads were cut off. It looked like the projector... Read review

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Advantages: Good characters
Disadvantages: Some bad plot decisions

...Some of Marvel Comics’ longest running series are surprisingly unsophisticated. When Iron Man’s creators designed the character thirty nine years ago, I doubt for one moment that they ever considered he would remain as popular as he has. A founding member of The Avengers, Iron Man has been a core member of the Marvel Universe for longer than Spiderman. THE COMIC Iron Man’s first appearance was in the Silver Age title Tales of Suspense #39 in 1963. Such was his popularity that not long after this, the core title Iron Man was published, and has continued to run ever since, clocking up over 400 issues in three different volumes. THE ORIGIN OF IRON MAN Billionaire industrialist Anthony Stark, chairman of the world’s largest weapons and munitions manufacturer was a victim of his own product. Struck... Read review