The ideal

Display multiple category “latest posts” on a page:

<div id="reviews">
	<?php
         $blog_query = 'showposts=5&cat=210&paged='.$paged;
	$posts = query_posts($blog_query);
	while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
		How you want your post to look here:
	<?php endwhile; ?>
    </div>

Have I been able to get this to work?

Nope.