Mathew Ferguson on April 4th, 2009

Four American college students (Eli, Ned, Timothy, Oliver) travel deep into the harsh desert of Arizona to undergo the trials presented by the Keepers of the Skulls. If they succeed then eternal life is theirs.
Of course, such a gift comes with a steep price: two of the four must be sacrificed … one by murder, [...]

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Mathew Ferguson on February 14th, 2009

The title is suggestive, yes? You’re probably thinking hot girls and sex stories that start “I always thought being a postman was boring until the day I delivered a package to University student dorm …”
Yeah, no.
Back when the old Hef with his absurdly young girlfriends was young Hugh Hefner and he was launching Playboy (first [...]

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Mathew Ferguson on January 31st, 2009

If you don’t feel like reading my awesome and altogether brilliant book review of Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaimen then perhaps some videos reviews suit you better.
What is with the black and white? Urgh.

She does eventually get to the review

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Fight Club is one of the incredibly few book-to-movie adaptations where both are awesome, yet still significantly different in plot. Their endings are different (in a big way). Events are different. However, you can watch the movie and read the book and easily like both. There is none of that … oh but they changed [...]

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I’m a sucker for superheroes and as for the dark side of super-powers and origin tales — mmm, tasty. Who Can Save us Now? delivers a whole lot of awesome wrapped up in one book. Featuring 22 short stories from some very talented writers and some very cool illustrations, this book is a pleasure to [...]

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Good Omens is one of those books that once you start reading it you are suddenly struck down with the fear of “what if I had died before reading this?”
It is simply so good it is possible it could alter the fabric of space and time and if you’re not careful, thoughts from you now [...]

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