Two minds are often better than one, and when it comes to the cultural and leisure products that we enjoy on our downtime, a rich conversation expressing two people's impressions of a film, book or stage production can be as entertaining as it is informative for an observer. In a format pioneered by the late Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert, the two-person review can be extended to any entertainment, recreational or cultural product or event. Review a book, movie or play you've recently enjoyed (or even disliked) with someone else. Debates here will concern the world of entertainment, including broadcast media (film, television, radio, Internet) and live (theater, opera, performance art), and interviews will profile those involved in the world of arts and entertainment.

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  • Paranormal Activity, directed by Oren Peli

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    Updated on Feb 28, 2010

    Katie and Micah, two young lovers living the privleged life in modern San Diego, California, become curious about the resurgence of supernatural activity in their home. Though Micah works to intensify the strange events to a level that will make a good YouTube video, Katie only wants to get away. Will they discover the true nature of what haunts their perfect home, in time?


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  • 24, Season 8

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    Arts/Entertainment > Television

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    Updated on Feb 27, 2010

    The TV show 24 on FOX is on its 8th season.  Thus far, ther has already been numerous deaths, manipulation with international law, and many side stories to keep the viewer interested.  What do you think about season 8?


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  • The Blind Side

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    Updated on Feb 26, 2010

    Rated: PG-13

    Running time: 2 hours, 6 minutes

    Directed by: John Lee Hancock

    Written by: John Lee Hancock, based on the book by “The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game” by Michael Lewis

    Starring: Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw, Quentin Aaron, Kathy Bates, Lily Collins, Jae Head

    Even though the first thing The Blind Side offers us is an explanation of the game and the importance of the left tackle, the voice over provided by Sandra Bullock lets us know that this film - while about football - is also all about Bullock playing Leigh Anne Tuohy.  When the good-hearted spitfire Leigh Anne is driving her brood home from a school event and spots the lumbering Michael Oher sloshing through the rain and finds out he’s as homeless as he looks, she insists he hop in and come home with them.  Michael quickly becomes a part of the family, but slowly opens up.  He’s bright, but not the best student; so the Tuohy’s hire a tutor, Miss Sue (Kathy Bates).  He’s a wall of a guy and fiercely protective, but not an instant natural at football; so Leigh Anne, her son SJ (Jae Head) and Coach Cotton (Ray McKinnon) take turns teaching him skills.  His mother’s a crack addict and can’t help him or herself; so the Tuohy’s adopt him.  The Blind Side, based on the non-fiction book, “The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game” by Michael Lewis, is a story of a seemingly saintly rich white family who takes in a homeless African-American teenager who eventually goes onto NFL glory.  It’d be a pretty unbelievable story…if it weren’t true.


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  • The Vancouver Olympics

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    Arts/Entertainment > Television

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    Updated on Feb 25, 2010

    The winter Olympics have started in Vancouver, BC. Now is the time when all of America comes together to watch sports they only care about every four years. 


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  • Movie Review: 2012

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    Updated on Feb 17, 2010

    Roland Emmerich directs his latest End of the World movie, 2012, a special effects-laden disaster pic heavy on effects, light on the special.

    John Cusack leads a superb cast of actors (including Danny Glover, Amanda Peet, Chiwetel Ejifor, Thandie Newton, Oliver Platt and Woody Harrelson), playing a failed novelist trying to get his estranged family to safety, while the world self-destructs around him.  Danny Glover is the esteemed President trying to keep the country calm.  And Woody Harrelson plays a crazy environmentalist who fortold the end of the world (natch).

    Just as he did in The Day After Tomorrow, Emmerich creates City-crushing earthquakes, texas-sized explosions, volcanic eruptions that would make Krakatoa jealous and Tsunami after mighty Tsunami, for viewers who enjoy watching scenes of urban landscapes and famous landmarks get demolished.  All the usual disaster movie cliches are in effect, including: adorable young moppets put in peril, the crying wife, the wacky survivalist who knew all along, the dog that just won't die, the slimy bureacrat who cares only of money and power and not of the people that are dying RIGHT OUTSIDE, doors that won't close in time, last-second rescues, emotional family reunions, unexpected heroism and debris.  Lots of debris.

    2012 may mark the end of the world, but here it just marks an average special FX blockbuster.


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  • Zombieland, directed by Ruben Fleischer

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    Updated on Feb 17, 2010

    After a fast food hamburger contaminated with mutated Mad Cow disease transforms America into a land infested with feverish cannabilistic plague victims, a young World of Warcraft survivor travels the ravaged landscape, battling his way to Columbus, Ohio. Enroute young Jesse develops a booklet of tips for surviving the plague, and bands together with three more strange people who escaped the zombie hordes -- so far.


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  • Valentine's Day (2009)

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    Arts/Entertainment > Movies/Film

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    Updated on Feb 16, 2010

    Valentine's Day, the commercial holiday, is loaded with high expectations.  Valentine's Day, the commercial movie, is loaded with stars.  The holiday is all about showing your love.  The movie is all about showing off your cast.  Could a movie that has so many celebrities be more than hype?  Could it actually be a decent romantic comedy with a gooey caramel center?


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