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Archive for May, 2006

Review: X-Men: The Last Stand

“3″ Is Still Good CompanyÂ
It is very rare that the third movie of a trilogy stands up to comparison to the first two. X-Men: The Last Stand holds up very well, if you keep your expectations in check. Bryan Singer directed the first 2 X-Men movies, Brett Ratner this last one, and I suspect […]



Popsugar was our first source for the celeb news of the weekend - Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have welcomed a baby girl, Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt. Popsugar credits PEOPLE.com. The child was born on May 27, at night, in the African country of Namibia.
Our friend Kerry Cheeseboro offers up some nice audio commentary […]



Emasculation Proclomation

So, it seems the men of America are being “whipped” into remission. A new spate of ads have featured men defending different inherent facets of their manliness. Burger King has a new “Manthem” where adult boys proclaim their right to hate salads and quiche and prefer double cheeseburgers. Miller Lite presently has a campaign where […]



The AP is carrying a story about a recent surge in IPO filings. This past Friday marked the highest daily number of IPOs filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in six years, with 10 companies registering to sell their stocks on the U.S. markets (the average number of IPOs filed with the SEC has […]



As CNNMoney notes, The Wall Street Journal reported that Wall Street is abuzz with anticipation of a big announcement from the 75-year-old investment guru at the upcoming annual shareholders meeting in Omaha.
Berkshire has built up a cash pile of $45 billion and Buffett has said more than once that he wants to spend billions of […]



We’re Live…Again

CandidCritic went live in July of 1999.  Pathetically, here’s what we looked like back then:
http://web.archive.org/web/19991129052251/http://candidcritic.com/
We made a substantial upgrade from there:
http://web.archive.org/web/20020120153428/http://candidcritic.com/
 And now, we’ve relaunched as a blog. Enjoy…