The Spirit Misses Razzie Nomination By A Hair [Razzies]
The nominations for all of the worst movies of 2008 are out. And lucky, lucky Frank Miller missed the nominations for the worst movie in the history in the world by a few days.Unfortunately, The Spirit came out too late to make the Razzie nomination ballot, according to the site:ALTHOUGH IT FLOPPED TOO LATE to MAKE OUR NOMINATING BALLOT, WE THOUGHT ITS UNDER ACHIEVEMENTS EARNED IT a PLACE on OUR FORUM. Frank Miller is a lucky man, but I'm not going to forget the sins this movie committed that easily. See yo

2008 Razzie Nominating Ballot Calls Into Question Seriousness of Awards
The esteemed membership of the Razzie voting committee received their 2008 nominating ballots in the mail yesterday afternoon — and controversy abounds! While the official list of nominees for the year's worst movies and acting won't be released until January 21, the names on the ballot from which serious-minded voters are expected to choose are laughable at best.Never mind egregious omissions like Seven Pounds, the winner of Vulture's Critics' Poll for 2008's crappiest film, and The Spirit, which las

2008 Razzies Nominations Announced
I’m not a hige fan of the Academy Awards or any of those serious awards ceremonies if I’m honest. I know that’s probably not a good career move as a movie blogger but it’s the truth so what the hell. I just can’t get excited about giving awards to actors who have already been paid a huge amount of money to Star in the movies. It’s like they need even more praise and reward than they already get just for being a celebrity. So what I prefer is those spoof awards ceremonie

Pick 2008's Worst Movies
Every year as Golden Globes are shined and Oscars are polished, there is one award that no celebrity is interested in receiving: The Golden Razzie, which goes to the year's worst movies and actors. Actually, I shouldn't say "no celebrity" since in 2005 Halle Berry awesomely ascended the stage to claim her worst actress prize for "Catwoman" - check out this clip of her reflecting on the moment. Anyhoo, this year's nominees have been released and, per usual, the choices are pretty spot on, although, Reese

Razzie Award Nominations - The Worst Movies and Performances of 2008
The 29th Annual Razzie Award Nominations have been released. For those who don’t know, the Razzies cellebrate the worst films and performances of the year. I’m surprised to see the hate for Rambo and Sylvester Stallone, which were nominated for Worst Picture, Worst Actor, Worst On Screen Couple (Sylvester Stallone & His Ego… very funny), Worst Director, Worst Sequel and Worst Career Achievement as a lot of my friends enjoyed that film. I’ve included my personal choices below in bold.

2008 ‘Razzies’ Nominees Include Indy 4, Paris Hilton And Tom Cruise - How Would You Vote?
Is it just me, or was 2008 one of the worst years for movies ever? Well folks, the time has finally come to vent. It’s one of my favorite days of the year, as my Razzie ballot just arrived in the mail. As a registered voter, I take my obligation very seriously, and it’s always interesting to see what the annual awards for bad filmmaking have nominated for the worst of the worst. Here’s your chance to help me vote! Below are the newly-released nominations for the 29th Annual Razzie awards

Vulture’s Critics’ Poll: The Complete Ballots
Ballots for the Vulture critics' poll were collected in three ways. Many critics responded to our requests with lists of their worst movies of the year. Many other critics had already published such lists. Finally, for critics who did not respond telling us they did not want to participate, or were unreachable, we combed through their 2008 reviews to find their most memorable pan.Every mention of a film earned that film one point, with a bonus point awarded if a critic named the film the absolute worst of t

The Worst Films of 2008
As we do every first Monday of the New Year, today we look back on the worst films of 2008. It’s hard to say that it was any better or worse than previous years — the 10 worst are bad in any year. But there were a few familiar faces from previous years, specifically Golden Pajiba’s mainstays like Uwe Boll, and the Movie Movie directing tandem, Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer. For the third year in a row, Larry the Cable Guy also makes the list. If there is a silver lining, it

The Playlist's Worst Films Of 2008
Culture keeps dumbing down and aiming more and more for the crotch of the lowest common denominator, right? Big fucking surprise. Obviously it's because the bleating sheep of society are by and large an incredibly stupid herd and 2008 didn't disappoint the ham and eggers/joe jobbers who love a base blow 'em up spectacle, a painfully unfunny comedy, or a special effects laden disaster with no story. The more basic, the better. Without further ado, the WORST films of 2008 as picked by The Playlist members. If

2009 Summit Pictures Preview: ‘New Moon,’ ‘Push,’ ‘Knowing,’ ‘Brothers Bloom,’ ‘Sorority Row,’ More
CHICAGO– Summit Pictures sent over release dates, cast & crew, and synopsis information for their entire 2009 slate and even included a few available images for their upcoming slate.The 2009 Summit films with available production stills include “Push,” “Knowing,” “Next Day Air,” “The Brothers Bloom,” “Sorority Row,” and “Astro Boy”. 2009 pictures without images released yet but with film information below include “The Hurt Locke

Vanessa Likes To Dress Up For The Paps...
We all like to look good in photos don’t we? Whilst most celebrities inevitably get papped looking their absolute worst, Vanessa Hudgens has developed a habit of trying to look her best all the time. The High School Musical star, who is currently dating teen heartthrob Zac Efron, recently revealed: "I have some of the clothes that my character Gabriella wears in the movie in my actual closet. I'd be like, 'Wow, I have to have that!' I love fashion. Having paparazzi there is almost an excuse to

"New Moon" News: Vanessa Hudgens in for Leah?
Image: Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron; Newscom Tags: Chris Weitz, disney channel stars, disney stars, film, High School Musical, leah in new moon, Movies, new moon rumors, Twilight, Twilight sequel, vampire films, vampire movies, vampire romance, Vanessa Hudgens, Vanessa Hudgens i... [Read original...] Try These Related Topics High School Musical Monique Coleman

MSN produces surpringly somewhat accurate list on the year 2008
Maybe 2007 left us spoiled. With future classics like "Zodiac," "No Country for Old Men" and "There Will Be Blood" gracing our screens, 2008, so far, feels a little less ... significant. But that was on first glimpse; now that we've dug in and really looked back through the entire year, we can safely say (and the year's not over yet) that 2008 has been interesting, unexpected -- especially when it comes to performers.Comedians who are usually funny, like Mike Myers and Will Ferrell, were outshined by actors

Shrek the Third Blu-Ray Review
So now even the ogres are turning Blu!  Shrek the Third, the third film in the Shrk series (could you tell?) comes out on Blu-Ray on September 23.  As the third film in a series you may want to call it a trilogy.  I hesitate to because lately if franchises are doing well enough they no longer stop at three. By now we have all seen the Shrek films and most of us have a pretty basic idea what the film is, a collection of warped fairy tales for kids with a bit of adult humor mixed in.  We have our stars o

Target presents AFI Night at the Movies
Yesterday, after being away from the public eye for some time (except for the occasional paparazzi-photos circulating on the web), Cameron Diaz attended a new event! She attended the AFI Night at the Movies, hosted by Target. Other actors in attendance were big names such as Dustin Hoffman, Denzel Washington, Jim Carrey, Jodie Foster, Keanu Reeves, Mike Myers, Sean Connery and Shirley MacLaine. Cameron looked gorgeous in a white check shirt, skinny jeans and a pair of red heels. I’ve added 156 photos

Zac Efron Voices Adult Swim’s “Robot Chicken”
Zac Efron sheds his goody-two-shoes image to voice the character of lounge singer “Billy Joel” in this new clip from Adult Swim’s animated series Robot Chicken. In the show, the 21-year-old former High School Musical star beats a sailor over the head with a beer bottle, dumps his body in the ocean and manically laughs about it. Zac even gets to belt out his own rendition of Billy Joel’s “The Piano Man”! But in the end… his character gets brutally (but

Weekend Box Office: \"Milk\" stays strong...
Hollywood A-lister Jennifer Aniston ("Marley & Me"), Adam Sandler ("Bedtime Stories"), Brad Pitt ("The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"), Tom Cruise ("Valkyrie"), Will Smith ("Seven Pounds") and Jim Carrey ("Yes Man") are among those with top 10 movies over the holiday season - all with films in wide release playing in thousands of theaters. Then there is the number 16 film for the weekend, "Milk," starring Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, James Franco, Emile Hirsch and others. Still playing in just 309 locations i

13 WTF Moments From ‘The Day The Earth Stood Still’ Remake
I finally got out to see The Day The Earth Stood Still remake, starring Keanu Reeves and Jennifer Connelly. I made sure to see it in IMAX because from what I could tell from the preview footage, the special effects are amazing and would definitely be heightened by the IMAX experience. I’m a big fan of the original 1951 film by director Robert Wise and not so keen on remakes, which is why I wasn’t running out to see this movie when it was released in early December. The story centers

'Marley & Me' Wins Again, 'Button' In Third
LOS ANGELES — Jennifer Aniston, Owen Wilson and their little dog have not lost their box office bite. The family tale "Marley & Me," starring Aniston and Wilson as owners of an adorably mischievous pooch, took in $24.1 million to finish as the No. 1 movie for a second-straight weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday.The 20th Century Fox flick raised its total to $106.5 million since opening Christmas day.With no new wide releases, the weekend shaped up largely like the previous one, with Disney'

Chez Pazienza: One Last Look Back: The 10 Most Ridiculous, Shameful, or Generally Unfortunate People and Events of 2008 (and What They Mean for 2009)
Well, it could've been worse.As 2008 mercifully ends, we're left to ponder a year in which the real and the surreal were pretty much indistinguishable, where insanity actually became tedium, and where every silver lining was eclipsed by a brand new dark cloud. Sure, O.J.'s going to prison, but think about the absurdist comedy-of-errors it took to finally put him there. Yeah, gas is technically affordable again, but who has money to make car payments -- and for that matter, will anyone in Detroit still be in

Which Summer Movies Did The Writers' Strike Hit Hardest? [Movies]
Last year, Hollywood's writers went on strike for 14 weeks, and genre television took tremendous damage as a result. But movies didn't emerge unscathed, either — we just won't see the fallout until this year.When the studios decided to wait out the striking writers, they put a lot of big genre TV shows in jeopardy. Some emerged almost unscathed — Lost was able to go back and finish its fourth season — but several others took major damage. For example, Heroes had to end its second season early, leaving

I LIKE TO WATCH: Don’t Mess With The Zooey
Michael Cyril Creighton talks about this week’s DVD releases, including Paranoid Park, You Don’t Mess With The Zohan, and The Happening! Paranoid Park is all about turning your head slowly. Zohan might actually be a biography of Michael’s life, and Michael gives us a special alternate soundtrack to The Happening. All in less than four minutes!!! Posted on 10/10/08 5:00pm | Permalink | Categories: Entertai

Promises Promises for the New Year - The Bachelor, Gossip Girl and More
I'm pooped from the holidays and while I really need/want to catch up at the movies (and I'm postponing my Best of Movies 2008 list until I see a few more films), I really need a night at home and get back to my beloved TV! I didn't even realize ABC burned off a new Eli Stone last week and NBC burned off another Lipstick Jungle but now ALL the craziness begins as tons of shows return over the next few weeks and a bunch of new ones start (see my updated Tapeworthy sidebar for the list). So much to look forwa

Not A Patch [Eye Patches]
Inspired by Tom Cruise's turn in Valkyrie, New York brings us a gallery of "Great Moments In Eye Patches." Did you know that in fact one can get custom eye patches in a variety of designs, colors, even shapes? [New York]