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About this Member

I have an insane amount of books, films and computer programs/games floating around my house. I thought I'd start sharing my views on some of them.

I have worked as a professional writer/reviewer in the past, and I'm now an educationalist. I know that some people think my reviews are a little on the short side, but I believe brevity to be the soul of wit - particularly online. I'm not knocking long reviews - sometimes they're necessary, but there's nothing I hate more than rambling, pointless monologues, or back-of-the-packet regurgitations - things I do occasionally see.

I like the concept of this site, and I really do enjoy reading and rating the reviews.

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Reviews by bookguy (last 20)

Review	Community Rating	Total Readings
Category: Movie DVD Cat, smoker, wager, troll - that's all you need to know Reviewed: Cat's Eye (DVD) Rating:	Very useful	70 Created: 11/09/09 Last Updated: 11/09/09
Not peepshow, but Reviewed: Creepshow (DVD) Rating:	Very useful	67 Created: 08/09/09
Escape from New Lanark Reviewed: Doomsday (DVD) Rating:	Very useful	48 Created: 27/08/09 Last Updated: 27/08/09
What happens in Vegas... Reviewed: The Hangover (DVD) Rating:	Very useful	64 Created: 07/07/09
The third cut is the deepest. Reviewed: Hannibal (DVD) Rating:	Very useful	42 Created: 30/06/09
'Monk' light? Reviewed: Psych - The Complete First Season (DVD) Rating:	Very useful	110 Created: 28/02/09 Last Updated: 28/02/09
Retro Space Kitsch a gogo Reviewed: Buck Rogers In The 25th Century - Series 1 (DVD) Rating:	Very useful	95 Created: 16/02/09
Heil Hitler, already... Reviewed: Valkyrie (DVD) Rating:	Very useful	169 Created: 13/02/09 Last Updated: 14/02/09
Classic Hitch. Reviewed: The Lady Vanishes (DVD) Rating:	Very useful	115 Created: 10/02/09
Don't hold the front page! Reviewed: Scoop (DVD) Rating:	Very useful	89 Created: 08/02/09
Slow boat to Aswan Reviewed: Poirot - Agatha Christie's Poirot - Death On The Nile (DVD) Rating:	Very useful	124 Created: 04/02/09 Last Updated: 04/02/09
Fearsome funnyfaces Reviewed: The Strangers (DVD) Rating:	Very useful	92 Created: 22/12/08
In the zone... Reviewed: The Third Man (DVD) Rating:	Very useful	111 Created: 17/12/08 Last Updated: 17/12/08
Blazing Sun Reviewed: Plein Soleil (DVD) Rating:	Very useful	147 Created: 26/11/08 Last Updated: 10/12/08
Powerful but challenging. Reviewed: Marat / Sade (DVD) Rating:	Very useful	117 Created: 18/11/08
+++INPUT HUMAN BLOOD+++ Reviewed: Evilspeak (DVD) Rating:	Very useful	98 Created: 14/11/08 Last Updated: 14/11/08
...from my cold dead hands! Reviewed: The Omega Man (DVD) Rating:	Very useful	91 Created: 01/10/08 Last Updated: 01/10/08
Vroom Vroom... Argh! Reviewed: Death Race 2000 (DVD) Rating:	Very useful	77 Created: 12/09/08
Category: Health Products The eyes have it. Reviewed: Specsavers Opticians Rating:	Very useful	76 Created: 02/07/09 Last Updated: 02/07/09
Category: PC Game Bite me, this sucks...etc...etc Reviewed: Power of Destruction (PC) Rating:	Very useful	35 Created: 02/06/09
Category: Printed Book Who watches the... Reviewed: Watchmen - Alan Moore Rating:	Very useful	103 Created: 27/02/09
Very tasty, Mr Box... Reviewed: The Devil In Amber - Mark Gatiss Rating:	Very useful	101 Created: 08/01/09
The deadliest game Reviewed: Chasm City - Alastair Reynolds Rating:	Very useful	82 Created: 21/10/08
Space hard. Reviewed: Revelation Space - Alastair Reynolds Rating:	Very useful	76 Created: 13/10/08
King's outlook Reviewed: Danse Macabre - Stephen King Rating:	Very useful	74 Created: 10/10/08
Mixed Herrings. Reviewed: Mondegreens: A Book of Mishearings - Jacquie Wines Rating:	Very useful	93 Created: 08/10/08 Last Updated: 08/10/08
The Sherlock Holmes of the supernatural. Reviewed: The Casebook of Carnacki the Ghost Finder - William Hope Hodgson Rating:	Very useful	119 Created: 26/09/08
Cthulhu Calls. Reviewed: The Necronomicon - Howard Phillips Lovecraft Rating:	Very useful	133 Created: 14/09/08 Last Updated: 14/09/08
Venetian draughts. Reviewed: Vaporetto 13 - Robert Girardi Rating:	Very useful	73 Created: 12/09/08
Category: Xbox Games Psych up! Reviewed: PSI-Ops The Mindgate Conspiracy (Xbox) Rating:	Very useful	87 Created: 24/10/08

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Member Statistics

dooyoo member since	04/08/08

Premium Reviews	49
Express Reviews	0
Comments Written	126
Reviews Rated	1133
Crowns	0

Community Ratings	1627
Very useful	1489
Useful	135
Somewhat useful	3

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Paul