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Archive for December, 2001

Week 16 Football Picks

Another week, another bad job by the Critic, as 6-8-1 attests. At least Osama Bin Laden looks like hell.
The Picks . . .
Saturday
Baltimore +1 over TAMPA BAY
There is no gray area about how people feel about the Bucs, either you are with them and think they have finally turned the corner, or you think Tony […]



A Few Stocking Stuffers

If you saw last week’s Holyfield-Ruiz bout, you are probably as sorry as the Critic.
The fight was scored a draw, and while some have argued that Holyfield should have won, the decision was defensible. Neither fighter did anything to deserve the bout.
The only thing missing was ballroom music to go with the dancing.
The Critic has […]



Vanilla Sky
THE SKINNY
A supposedly narcissistic and vain media exec’s life is upended after snubbing his sexy yet disturbed girl friend one too many times.
THE BOTTOM LINE
Not much to see other than Cameron Diaz.
THE QUICK REVIEW
Vanilla Sky isn’t a bad film. In fact, its first forty minutes, which play out as well as any strong character-driven […]



Giant Jerk

What a greedy bastard Barry Bonds is.
Bonds recently announced that he will be appearing at a baseball card show in Atlantic City. The announcement caused some excitement because this past season Bonds became a member of the vaunted 500 home run club, and many collectors collect baseballs signed only by players who have reached the […]