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Sites, sounds and thoughts from the Critic’s trip to the left coast.
Pac Bell Park is as good as advertised. The Critic was there the night Barry Bonds hit number 501 into McCovey’s Cove. The park is a gem, beautiful on the inside and out. The old time scoreboard on the brick wall outfield fence […]

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Director: Ted Demme (Beautiful Girls, The Ref)
Cast: Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, Ray Liotta, Rachel Griffiths, Paul Reubens
Rating: R
Run Time: 124 minutesÂ
THE SKINNY
The true story of a young man who works with Colombian drug traffickers to smuggle cocaine into the United States in the 1970s.
THE BOTTOM LINE
Johnny Depp is terrific and the story of […]

The Oscars are in Need of a Lift:
A Shot of Silicone Should Do the Trick

Despite the drawing power of the show’s host, Steve Martin, and a guarantee by producer Gil Martin that the show would be significantly shorter than last year’s 4 hour 8 minute marathon, the Oscars broadcast on ABC last Sunday night was […]