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This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-matt2050 Recent reviews written by member matt2050 en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_450837974660?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author matt2050 - I have been a Madonna fan for many years now.  With baited breath I anticipate each and every album she releases.  She has had countless hit songs, albums, tours, ect...So I was a little nervous when I heard the first single from her eleventh... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~450837974660 Sun, 9 Nov 2008 20:08:10 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_450837974660?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_444327890564?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author matt2050 - In 1981 Jackie Collins published "Chances" a sprawling 800 pages saga which told the tale of the Santangelo clan. It began in the early 1900'swith Gino Santangelo, a young punk kid who charms the ladies, slowly coming into power with bootlegging and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~444327890564 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:41:25 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_444327890564?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_437643087492?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author matt2050 - Jackie Collins is well known in the annals of fiction as the reigning queen of trash literature. For 40 years now the woman has held a firm grip on both her readers and the #1 spot on The New York Times bestseller list. But are her novels any good?... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~437643087492 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:19:01 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_437643087492?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_225199099524?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author matt2050 - 1992's "Basic Instinct" will forever stand as one of the high water marks for quality in the erotic thriller genre for several reasons. Sure there was Sharon Stone's much publicized nudity, but the film itself was so well made and had such a good script... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~225199099524 Sun, 2 Apr 2006 20:34:34 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_225199099524?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_172776722052?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author matt2050 - While the "Scissor Sisters" are a force to reckoned with in the U.K., sadly, they are not terribly well known here in the U.S. Fortunately, that is changing as more and more people are becoming aware of the "Sisters", and, like them or hate them, many... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~172776722052 Wed, 9 Feb 2005 01:50:06 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_172776722052?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_160852119172?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author matt2050 - Clive Barker is an author that I hold in the highest of esteem. His work is primarily noted as being horror, but that is something of a misnomer, as each of his novels and short stories manages to incorporate horror, drama, thrills and chills, romance,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~160852119172 Sun, 7 Nov 2004 02:49:47 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_160852119172?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_152762683012?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author matt2050 - Michael Slade's 1984 debut novel, "Headhunter", is perhaps the greatest horror debut ever. Yes, that is a very, very questionable statement, but it was for me one of the most outrageous and shockingly perverse horror/thrillers. At the finale to that... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~152762683012 Sun, 22 Aug 2004 01:49:19 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_152762683012?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_140190453380?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author matt2050 - Since 1984, when his debut novel, "Headhunter", was first unleashed upon unsuspecting readers, Michael Slade has produced some of the finest horror fiction available. He rivals Clive Barker as an author who can write scenes of extreme violence, gore,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~140190453380 Sat, 15 May 2004 17:20:31 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_140190453380?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_137120550532?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author matt2050 - After Michael Slade's rather muted, sedate, and ultimately disappointing 2000 novel, "Burnt Bones", I had wondered if the master of the horror/thriller/police procedural had lost that special something. That something to turn an ordinary horror plot... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~137120550532 Sat, 17 Apr 2004 19:04:54 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_137120550532?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_135113707140?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author matt2050 - Michael Slade has turned the Special X series he created on it's ear with this 7th novel. It is a book full of many things, most notable being it's connection, weak however it may be, to the famous, and popular, James Bond 007 crop of films. While the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~135113707140 Wed, 31 Mar 2004 02:22:39 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_135113707140?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_131327954564?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author matt2050 - "American Life" may just be Madonna's most controversial album ever. Perhaps even more so than 1989's "Like a Prayer" or 1992's "Erotica". This is Madonna as we have never seen her before. She is laid bare at our feet, and her singing begs us to look... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~131327954564 Thu, 26 Feb 2004 18:17:39 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_131327954564?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_130115145348?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author matt2050 - "Primal Scream", author Michael Slade's sixth novel in his long running Special X series, is a return to the rip roaring horror that marked Slade's first two novels, but sadly disappeared after "Ripper" in 1994. It contains some of Slade's most tight... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~130115145348 Tue, 17 Feb 2004 15:27:49 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_130115145348?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_129562152580?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author matt2050 - Madonna. The name is recognizable the world over. And the woman herself is an enigma. She is an artist who is ever changing and constantly retooling her image. Her music is some of the best ever produced. The songs from her early days as a pop... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~129562152580 Thu, 12 Feb 2004 17:26:36 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_129562152580?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_129240370820?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author matt2050 - As I progressed through the novels of Michael Slade, a noted Canadian lawyer who specializes in dealing with psychos and maniacs, several things became obvious to me. In a Slade novel anything can happen. Any one of the many characters can be killed... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~129240370820 Mon, 9 Feb 2004 21:58:25 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_129240370820?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_129088065156?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author matt2050 - Welcome back to the fold Sladists, for our author has given us a novel so filled to the brim with gore, sex, horrific images and cruel sadistic violence that your head may very well explode before the shocking conclusion! While that description may... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~129088065156 Sun, 8 Feb 2004 15:54:21 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_129088065156?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_128676564612?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author matt2050 - Ghoulish violence and over the top gore, around the bend plot twists, nightmarish villains, and of course more history of Canada than you could shake a stick at, and you have author Michael Slade's third novel in his ever popular Special X series,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~128676564612 Wed, 4 Feb 2004 21:28:42 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_128676564612?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_128428183172?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author matt2050 - In 1984, Michael Slade published one of the most sickly compelling debut novels ever, "Headhunter". That was a book grounded in reality, and the horrors that it presented were jaw droppingly scary, and at times Slade racheted up the tension and suspense... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~128428183172 Mon, 2 Feb 2004 21:02:37 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_128428183172?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_128402230916?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author matt2050 - A hooker is just released from jail following her arrest for prostitution in Canada. She walks down the street and a car pulls up next to her. She gets in. When police find her body, much later, that is all they find. Her head has been severed from... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~128402230916 Mon, 2 Feb 2004 17:02:17 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_128402230916?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_121229577860?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author matt2050 - With "Blood Canticle", the 10th novel in Anne Rice's long running "The Vampire Chronicles" series, the author seems ready to end it all and call it quits with this one. Both creatively and emotionally, is there anywhere else to go that we have not yet... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~121229577860 Mon, 8 Dec 2003 20:47:09 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_121229577860?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_118646345348?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author matt2050 - The bi*ch is dead! Yes, that's right folks, you heard me right; Miriam Blaylock, the most powerful, seductive, sexual and dangerous vampire of all time has been killed by her ex-lover, C.I.A. Agent Paul Ward. If you can remember back to "The Last Vampir... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~118646345348 Fri, 14 Nov 2003 20:08:01 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_118646345348?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_117789200004?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author matt2050 - The meanest bi*tch of a vampire is back, teeth bared and body ready for action as legendary vampiress Miriam Blaylock, first introduced in Whitley Strieber's landmark medical cum horror novel, "The Hunger". "The Hunger" came out way back in 1981, and in... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~117789200004 Thu, 6 Nov 2003 19:21:20 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_117789200004?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_117010370180?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author matt2050 - Eternal life is a boon for those who have it, but the cost of said life is deathly high. And death does indeed figure into this eternal life, as blood, a powerful source, is needed to keep you alive. I am, of course, speaking about those most feared cre... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~117010370180 Wed, 29 Oct 2003 17:02:34 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_117010370180?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_116851576452?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author matt2050 - For many years now, Anne Rice has been my favorite author. Note that I say favorite, not best. Although I love her tales of vampires, witches, and S & M, she is not what you would call a woman of high literary merit. That is not to say she has no talen... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~116851576452 Tue, 28 Oct 2003 04:06:59 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_116851576452?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_94906322564?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author matt2050 - Joel Schumacher's "Phone Booth" is finally being released after being delayed because of the D.C. sniper attacks, and I am happy to report that this is an amazingly well done thriller, that pushes the bounds of believability, but never goes so far... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~94906322564 Fri, 4 Apr 2003 23:12:17 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_94906322564?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_94785015428?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author matt2050 - I write this review in defense of Argentine born director Gaspar Noe's subversive and deeply affecting look and violence and love, "Irreversible". Here is a film that is likely to be the most controversial film in easily a decade, which is no small feat... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~94785015428 Thu, 3 Apr 2003 19:03:06 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_94785015428?linkin_id=8003929