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Critics' reviews are a reliable guide to a movie's quality. Of course they are! Take a site like metacritic.com, which aggregates film (and music and book, etc) reviews from all over the web, and ranks them with a score. If you can't judge a film's dramatic and aesthetic quality from reading a number of critic rev

Musicians should not refrain from cursing on stage. Depends on what the musician is cursing about, I suppose. A tough audience? An irritating fan jumped onstage? A bottle thrown? Any of these are trigger mechanisms for a stream of curse words to come a-flowing. Musicians (or plumbers or architects) all ha

UNKNOWN: Are The Beatles the greatest rock and roll band of all time?

UNKNOWN: Do you like sports movies?

UNKNOWN: Should the government withdraw funding for art it considers offensive?

UNKNOWN: Is Michael Moore's portrayal of the American health care system accurate?

UNKNOWN: Should Michael Moore have taken 9/11 workers to Guantanamo Bay?

UNKNOWN: Should consumers have the option to purchase cable TV channels individually?

UNKNOWN: Was it a good decision for NBC to move Jay Leno to primetime?

UNKNOWN: Do political parodies influence elections?

UNKNOWN: Is it acceptable for people to wear fur?

UNKNOWN: What effect does music piracy have on the music industry?

UNKNOWN: Is Saturday Night Live's depiction of David Paterson appropriate?

UNKNOWN: What effect do celebrities who advocate on behalf of social issues have on the overall cause?

UNKNOWN: Is it acceptable for celebrities to sell photos of their children to magazines?

UNKNOWN: Should onscreen smoking be a factor in MPAA ratings?

UNKNOWN: Is it acceptable for directors to present altered versions of historical events?

UNKNOWN: Is India a good vacation destination?

UNKNOWN: Do you enjoy traveling?

UNKNOWN: Should Congress delay the transition to digital TV?

UNKNOWN: Are awards a valid measure of a film's worth?

UNKNOWN: Is the concert stage an appropriate venue to promote political views?

UNKNOWN: Are celebrities obligated to behave as role models?

UNKNOWN: Did Michael Jackson's death merit the media coverage it received?

UNKNOWN: Should O.J. Simpson's book, "If I Did It," be published?

UNKNOWN: Are awards a valid measure of an actor's talent?

UNKNOWN: Will printed books become obsolete?

UNKNOWN: Should art depicting religious figures in an offensive manner be censored?

UNKNOWN: Is going on strike a viable option for the Screen Actors Guild?

UNKNOWN: Are the "Harry Potter" books anti-Christian?

UNKNOWN: Can graffiti be considered art?

UNKNOWN: Is the Writers Guild of America strike justified?

UNKNOWN: Should minimum weight restrictions be placed on models?

UNKNOWN: Does Oliver Stone's film 'W.' offer a fair depiction of George W. Bush?

UNKNOWN: Should Congress guarantee permanent funding to the Public Broadcasting Service?

UNKNOWN: Which actor is the best James Bond?

UNKNOWN: Are the young female stars of 90210 too thin?

UNKNOWN: Should theaters allow parents to bring their babies into movies?

UNKNOWN: Should antitrust regulators allow Ticketmaster and Live Nation to merge?

UNKNOWN: Should Heath Ledger receive a posthumous Academy Award nomination for his role in "The Dark Knight"?