Category: Million Dollar Baby

By Bernie McCoy –  March 4, 2005   (MAR 4) What did “Million Dollar Baby” do for the sport of Women’s boxing? It set the stage for what could be the biggest and most lucrative fight in the sport. The movie, first and foremost, established Lucia Rijker as the new “face” of Women’s boxing. Before the

By Bernie McCoy –  February 21, 2005   It was probably “Boyz ‘ N the Hood” that did it for me….the movie that ended my dependence on movie critics. I remember reading one breathless critique that called the movie the “most realistic look at life in the inner city.” My problem with that assessment was that