Blaikie was named as House Leader, while continuing as International Trade Critic and adding the Intergovernmental Affairs portfolio.

He was also named as the NDP's National Defence Critic, and was front and centre in pushing the Liberals to not participate in the Iraq War, in opposing Canadian participation in ballistic missile defence, and in asking questions about the rules of engagement and changing role of Canadian troops in Afghanistan.

Blaikie continued as Deputy Leader and Defence Critic, and was also named as Health Critic.

Critic Roger Ebert's review was four out of four stars ; at the end of the year, he named it the best film of 1999.

On January 18, 2006, Stéphane Dion, the new leader of the Liberal Party named Bagnell the Critic for Northern Affairs in his Shadow Cabinet.

After being sworn in as the MP for Calgary Centre North on July 16, Conservative Party Leader Stephen Harper named Prentice to the Shadow Cabinet as the Official Opposition Critic for Indian and Northern Affairs.

" In 2008 and 2010 he was named the Marian and Andrew Heiskell Visiting Critic at the American Academy in Rome.

In January, 2009, Irwin Cotler was named Special Counsel on Human Rights and International Justice for the Liberal Party, under Michael Ignatieff, and subsequently Critic for Human Rights.

In May 2011, Cotler was named Justice and Human Rights Critic by interim Liberal leader Bob Rae.

On April 27, 2007, Thibault was named Liberal Critic for Competitiveness and the New Economy by Liberal leader Stéphane Dion.

Upon re-election to Parliament in 2004, Mr. Zed was named Chair of the Committee on Public Safety and National Security reviewing the Anti-terrorism Act and also served on the Standing Committees on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics, and the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities serving as Official Opposition Critic.

Interim leader Bob Rae named McGuinty as the Liberal Party's Critic for Natural Resources in June 2011.

On January 18, 2007 Holland was named the Critic for Natural Resources in Dion's shadow cabinet.

The Liberal Party won a minority government nationally, and Fletcher was named as Senior Health Critic in the Official Opposition.

When the Liberals lost power in 2006, Fry was named as Critic for Sport Canada in the Liberal shadow cabinet.

In 2011, as the Liberals lost their designation as Official Opposition, Fry was named Liberal Critic for Health.

On September 20, 2011, interim Opposition Leader Nycole Turmel also named her Deputy Critic for Justice.

In April 2012, the new Opposition Leader Thomas Mulcair named her Official Opposition Critic for Justice.

The Futon Critic named it the 50th best episode of 2003, saying " the final Buffy from Joss Whedon's pen was a reason to celebrate in 2003: back was the snappy dialogue we've come to expect from the show over the years.

Borotsik was subsequently named as party whip and Critic for Agriculture, Indian Affairs and the Canadian Wheat Board.

Critic Roger Ebert named I. O. U. S. A.

Screwattack named it the second worst Mario game of all time., while others were much more positive, like The Video Game Critic, who gave it an A rating, calling it " a satisfying mix of strategy and arcade action " and " a must have for Virtual Boy owners.

The Futon Critic named it the 4th best episode of 2004, saying " The series finale was filled with tons of great " holy shit " moments-Illyria's reaction to Wesley's death alone should be required watching for everyone-but the closing moments cut right to the heart of what the show has always been about: the good fight ( and the quest for redemption itself ) is always a constant struggle.

In 2009, Richards was named Pop Critic for The Washington Post.

In 1988 the British artist and friend of Weizenbaum Brian Reffin Smith created and showed at the exhibition ' Salamandre ', in the Musée du Berry, Bourges, France, two art-oriented ELIZA-style programs written in BASIC, one called ' Critic ' and the other ' Artist ', running on two separate Amiga 1000 computers.

Critic Georg Lukács points to middling main characters like Ivanhoe in Sir Walter Scott's other novels as one of the primary reasons Scott's historical novels depart from previous historical works and better explore social and cultural history.

" Critic Robin Wood found it one of the few horror films to possess " the authentic quality of nightmare ".

Critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine describes Talking Heads as being " one of the most critically acclaimed bands of the ' 80s, while managing to earn several pop hits.

Critic Steve Huey calls it " perhaps Tom Waits's most cohesive album ... a morbid, sinister nightmare, one that applied the quirks of his experimental ' 80s classics to stunningly evocative — and often harrowing — effect ... Waits ' most affecting and powerful recording, even if it isn't his most accessible.

* Holt, Jim, Say Anything, one of his Critic At Large essays from The New Yorker, ( August 22, 2005 )

Critic W. H. Helm calls one " the French Dickens " and the other " the English Balzac ".

Critic Lloyd Goodrich praised the work as “ one of the most poignant and desolating pieces of realism .” The work is the first of a series of stark rural and urban scenes that uses sharp lines and large shapes, played upon by unusual lighting to capture the lonely mood of his subjects.

Critic Pare Lorentz wrote, " The Warner brothers have declared war on Germany with this one.

Critic Gunther Schuller declared, " On one point there is universal agreement: Tatum's awesome technique.

Critic Emerson Dameron writes that the song is " one of the most terrifying, riveting, absurd things I ’ ve ever heard.

He gave assistance to William Beloe in one or two articles in the British Critic, and probably wrote also in the Analytical Review and the Critical Review.

Critic Dave Marsh called it " one of the best live albums ever made.

Critic Dave Marsh, in The Rolling Stone Record Guide ( 1979 ), called Zevon " one of the toughest rockers ever to come out of Southern California ".

Critic Dennis Schwartz called the film, " A fresh smelling film noir directed with great skill by George Marshall from the screenplay of Raymond Chandler ( the only one he ever wrote for the screen, his other films were adapted from novels of others and, ironically, film adaptations of his novels were all written by other screenwriters ).

Critic Roger Ebert wrote in his review, " The best shot in this film is the first one.

Critic David Shipman thought Novak's performance " little more than competent ", while David Thomson described it as " one of the major female performances in the cinema ".

Critic Ned Chaillett has described Sink the Belgrano !, a critical take on the Falklands War, which premiered at the Half Moon Theatre, in Stepney, on 2 September 1986, as " a diatribe in punk-Shakespearean verse "; and Berkoff himself described it as " even by my modest standards ... one of the best things I have done ".

The principles of what would be known as the Aesthetic Movement were partly traceable to him, and his effect was particularly felt on one of the movement's leading proponents, Oscar Wilde, who paid tribute to him in The Critic as Artist ( 1891 ).

Critic Leonard Maltin observed that Disney Studios made several attempts to recreate the appeal and success of Mary Poppins ( 1964 ), and that this was one of their least successful endeavors.

Critic Andrew Dickos wrote that " the touchstone of Preston Sturges ' screenwriting lies in the respect paid to the play and density of verbal language " and " establishes the standard of eloquence as one of poetry, of a cacophony of Euro-American vernacularisms and utterances, peculiarly -- and appropriately -- spoken with scandalous indifference.

Critic Christopher Null wrote of the film, " One of the ' 70s juiciest entries into the horror genre, The Abominable Dr. Phibes is Vincent Price at his campy best, a former doctor and concert organist ( go figure that one out yourself ) who is exacting revenge on the nine doctors he blames for botching his wife's surgery, which ended with her death.

Critic Thomas Ward called this recording " one of the most astonishing accomplishments in all of twentieth century music.

Critic Peter Marrow wrote: " As it stands, the story's ending makes no sense – forcing one to try to look for something left unsaid.

Critic Fred Patten is one of the main supporters of the strip.