Blogcritics Author: Craig Lyndall

Movie Review: The Dark Knight Is Very Good, Not Perfect

Craig Lyndall — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:22:46 EDT

The Dark Knight was very good, but I think it could have been perfect.
I am guessing compared to most of the reviews that will be written about The Dark Knight, this one could end up being misconstrued as the one that smashes the film. I want to make sure that doesn't happen by addressing it right here and now. There is something I want you all to remember as you read the rest of this review. The Dark Knight is...

In Defense of the NBA Suspending Darius Songaila

Craig Lyndall — Mon, 5 May 2008 14:07:09 EDT

The NBA had every right to suspend him for his hit on LeBron James.
The reason that I feel like writing about this at all is that as the media cycle has come around on this Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Washington Wizards first-round matchup, and the prevailing opinion that Wizards forward Darius Songaila should not have been suspended for Game 6 has now become an unarguable fact in the media. I heard Steve Czaban talk...

What About Dwyane Wade?

Craig Lyndall — Thu, 7 Feb 2008 23:30:52 EST

Shaq is gone. So what does that mean for Dwyane Wade?
I don't know if any of you know this by now, but Shaquille O'Neal has been traded to the Phoenix Suns in exchange for Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks. You would have had to dig pretty deeply into the sports websites to find any mention of it. But seriously folks, I know it is big news in Phoenix, but why isn't there anything being said in Miami?I...

Bitterness Sets in for Browns Fans

Craig Lyndall — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 18:00:29 EST

The Browns earned everything they got. The Titans did not.
I was all set to just keep this whole situation positive. The Cleveland Browns have been a pleasant surprise all season. They started horrendously. They ran Charlie Frye out of town after the first week of the season against Pittsburgh. And then things started happening. Derek Anderson emerged as a legit starter at QB. The offensive line proved to...

Seth Rogen Brings Real Heat to Kevin Smith Flick

Craig Lyndall — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 11:12:16 EST

Kevin Smith's directing career could propel even further uphill with Seth Rogen.
Kevin Smith has written a new movie and it is set to start filming sometime in January in Pittsburgh, where he previously filmed Dogma. I am a die-hard Kevin Smith fan as are many people, and my expectations for Zack and Miri Make A Porno are through the roof. Smith has signed on Seth Rogen to play Zack and Elizabeth Banks to play Miri. Smith...

Randy Moss Proves Critics Right

Craig Lyndall — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 14:21:01 EST

Randy Moss' monster season serves as his own indictment.
Part of the trend where the New England Patriots are slowly becoming the biggest enemies in all of sports is the Randy Moss story. If it were a different guy and a different team, everyone would be giving Randy Moss huge praise for the gaudy numbers and attitude makeover that he has experienced this season. As a member of the New England Patriots...

Browns Cancel My Zen-like Moment

Craig Lyndall — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:24:15 EST

I had resigned myself to defeat as the Browns snapped me out of it.
The Browns game was all but lost. I had already gone "Zen" with the fact that they were going to lose as has become my custom ever since the Indians loss in the ALCS sealed the worst sports year in sports fan history. You see, I have to just go "Zen" with it because my spiritual being can't possibly handle the downward propulsion that is the...

The Most Ingenious Way to Fix College Football

Craig Lyndall — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 10:32:47 EST

College football is broken but they have no incentive to fix it. Until now!
College football is broken. Everyone knows it and almost everyone wants to fix it. Unfortunately, because the bowl games are so profitable, we continue to live with the BCS instead of having a playoff system in place to settle the score on the field. Everyone knows that playoffs are the solution, and yet it won't happen because there's very...

Cavaliers Fans Have Had It With Hughes

Craig Lyndall — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 15:12:00 EST

Even the most loyal Cleveland fans have given up on Hughes.
Larry Hughes was a huge free agent signing for the Cleveland Cavaliers a couple years ago. By huge, I mean his contract and certainly not the "results" in the box score from games that Hughes isn't sitting out with injuries. To call Hughes a disappointment is like calling Katrina scattered showers. Hughes was supposed to be a legit running...

Why Doesn't CBS Have All NFL Games in HDTV?

Craig Lyndall — Mon, 1 Oct 2007 16:52:36 EDT

With the pervasiveness of HDTV, why doesn't the nation's most popular sport still doesn't show all its games in HD?
Yesterday's Cleveland Browns game was a pleasantly surprising victory over the Ravens, but as is too often the case it was an unpleasant surprise once I tuned in CBS. For the second week in a row a message from our local CBS affiliate was scrolling across the bottom of the screen stating that yesterday's game wasn't being produced in high...