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This is a discussion board about almost anything. Here you can meet interesting people, hear different opinions, and engage in small talk. The only requirement is that the subject is interesting!

Movie Review: Spellbound (2002)

A film by Jeffrey Blitz Spellbound is an Academy Award nominated film (Best Documentary) that focuses on eight children who are competing in the 1999 National Spelling Bee. We are given a look at the kids as they prepare for the Regional Spelling Bee. Each kid wins the regional and goes on to...

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Book Review: The Phantom Menace - Terry Brooks

Author Terry Brooks was given the task to write the book adaptation of the first Star Wars prequel movie: The Phantom Menace . The novel is based on the screenplay by George Lucas. As with any other book there are good things and bad things about this novel. In this case, the good and the bad are...

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Movie Review: Shrek 2 (2004)

A film by Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury, Conrad Vernon Shrek 2 is the animated follow-up to 2001 s enormously successful Shrek . In the first film, Shrek (Mike Meyers) went on a quest, accompanied by a donkey (Eddie Murphy) to rescue the Princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz) from a dragon. While the...

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Book Review: Demon Lord of Karanda - David Eddings

Book 3 of the Mallorean This book continues the quest of King Belgarion to rescue his kidnapped son from the hands of Zandramas. Picking up right where King of the Murgos left off, Garion and company (Belgarath, Polgara, Sadi. C Nedra, Silk, etc) head off to the continent/Empire of Mallorea under...

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Movie Review: Grease (1978)

A film by Randal Kleiser Danny (John Travolta) and Sandy (Olivia Newton John) have a summertime romance in the late 50 s, but it ends when the summer does and Sandy has to go back to Australia. It is time for a new school year at Rydell High, and Danny is a Senior. He is a member of the T-Birds...

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Movie Review: A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

A film by Wes Craven It s only a dream. Isn t that what we tell ourselves when we have a nightmare? It s only a dream and dreams can t hurt you. But what if they can? What if it is when you fall asleep that you are the most at risk? This is the idea that Wes Craven plays with in the horror...

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Movie Review: Kicking & Screaming (2005)

If you have seen any of the films fostered by The Mighty Ducks, or that original movie, you know the plot of the latest effort of Will Ferrell, Kicking & Screaming. Ferrll is Phil Weston, a vitamin store owner in Chicago. He has issues (going back to his childhood) with his father, played...

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Movie Review: A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2

Five years after the events of the first Elm Street movie, Fred Krueger (Robert Englund) is back. Jesse Walsh (Mark Patton) and his family have moved into the house that was previously owned by Nancy s family. The legend around school is that Nancy went crazy after seeing her boyfriend murdered...

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Book Review: Children of God Go Bowling - Shannon Olson

Children of God Go Bowling is Shannon Olson s second novel and it is the follow up to her wonderful first novel Welcome to My Planet . Like her debut novel, Children of God Go Bowling features a protagonist who is also named Shannon Olson. Shannon is a very likable character (though a bit...

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Movie Review: Hamlet (1948)

A film by Laurence Olivier The word masterpiece is thrown around far too often these days, but for years I have heard that this version of Hamlet is Olivier s masterpiece. Recently I had the opportunity to see this masterpiece and for the first time I saw Olivier at work. I was impressed...

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