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

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

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 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

Razzie Nominations Serve A Shocking Snub To 'The Spirit' [Snubs]
newVideoPlayer("/spirit_consid.flv", 506, 423,""); We've just had a look at the official nomination ballot for the Razzies, and we're still reeling from the unexpected shutout of frontrunner The Spirit.We'd had high expectations that no film could surpass The Spirit's unimpeachable Razzie campaign, which featured a 15% fresh Tomatometer rating, a viral "For Your Consideration" ad, and Samuel L. Jackson in a series of fur coats and Nazi costumes. And yet! MTV writer Larry Carroll got his hands on the offici

The Spirit Snubbed At The Razzies??
We posted the Razzies nominations so robotically yesterday we didn't even think of the films that could possibly get snubbed from the Razzies, the award ceremony that honors that most poorly made and insipid films of the year. After all, tracking the worst is pretty easy and the Razzies do a pretty good job each year.A lot of the obvious, usual deserving suspects were nominated, "Speed Racer," "The Love Guru," "The Day The Earth Stood Still," Keanu Reeves, Sylvester Stallone, Tom Cruise ("Valkyrie"), Ashton

Defamer Talks To The Razzies Founder About The Shocking 'Spirit' Snub [Defamer Interviews]
How, we wondered yesterday, could the Razzies have overlooked the tailor-made star bombThe Spirit for inclusion on their annual dishonor roll of nominees? We went straight to Razzies founder John Wilson for the scoop.DEFAMER: So the nominees that emerged yesterday weren't official yet? JOHN: What happened is we have press members on our mailing list, and this guy Larry Carroll from MTV's Movie Blog apparently misunderstood and thought that was a final list. And it kind of went viral for us.So what was it, i

Tom Cruise, Reese Witherspoon On Razzie Ballots
LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- It's awards season and the ballots are out - for the Razzie Awards, the annual ceremony awarding the worst films and performances of the year. The nominee long lists for the 29th Annual Razzie Awards were released on Wednesday, and include such stars as Tom Cruise ("Valkyrie"), Mark Wahlberg and Keanu Reeves in the Worst Actor category and movies such as "Speed Racer," "High School Musical 3" and Paris Hilton's "The Hottie & The Nottie" for Worst Picture. Paris is up for W

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

Razzie Awards 2009 Nominations
The 29th Annual Razzie Awards have mailed out ballots containing the nominees for the worst films of 2008. Some nominations seem undeserved, but some others like “Disaster Movie,” “Rambo,” and “The Love Guru” are totally justified. I can understand nominations for Zac Efron, Sly Stallone and OH! Adam Sandler! Wait, where is Sandler’s “Zohan” at the list!? OK, but why Tom Cruise in “Valkyrie“? You can say he’s crazy, I mean

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

The 2008 Razzie Nominations: Worst of the year in film
The 2008 Razzie Award nominations have been released, chronicling the year’s worst films and performances. There were so many stinkers to choose from - I’d bet it’s harder to pick the nominees for this than it is the Oscars and Golden Globes. This year’s big “winners” include the movie Speed Racer, which has topped many critics’ “Worst” lists, while frontrunners for worst actor/actress include Dane Cook, Larry the Cable Guy, Cameron Diaz and...

Paris Hilton Nominated for Worst Actress Award
Paris Hilton has been nominated as the worst actress of 2008 at this years Razzie awards. Yikes! Paris has some stiff competition. She’s up against Jessica Alba, The cast of The Women, Camilla Belle, Cameron Diaz, Kate Hudson, Diane Keaton, Jennifer Connelly, Zooey Deschanel, Vanessa Hudgens, Eva Longoria-Parker, and Reese Witherspoon. Other categories include Worst Picture, [...]

30 Fantastic Movies To Watch (Or Avoid) This Year [2009 Movie Preview]
Is this the greatest time to be a fan of science fiction movies? No fewer than 30 SF films are hitting theaters, and at least a dozen could be great. Here's our 2009 movie forecast.Note: As always, this includes a few fantasy movies that are set in the present day, involve technology, or feature an urban setting. Feel free to let us know what we missed!January:Outlander (Jan. 23)What's it about? An alien (Jim Caviezel) crashlands in the middle ages, and has to rally a bunch of Viking warriors to fight an es

The Golden Raspberry Award Nominees
Movie hunks Tom Cruise, Mark Wahlberg and Keanu Reeves have been named and shamed on the ballot of this year's initial Golden Raspberry Award nominees. The trio is among those up for the Worst Actor dishonor at the Razzies ceremony on the eve of the Oscars. The ballot nominations, which were announced on Wednesday, also feature Meet the Spartans, Speed Racer , High School Musical 3, The Happening, Meet Dave and Paris Hilton's The Hottie & The Nottie as the Worst Film nods. Meanwhil

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

2008: Thank God That's Over [The Clip Show]
For this, our final post of 2008, join Defamer in recalling the heroes, history and other Earth-shattering phenomena that raised the bar for years of pop culture to come.

Matt Lucas - Lucas Seeks Help From Myers Murphy For New Movie
British funnyman Matt Lucas has taken inspiration from Eddie Murphy and comedic actor Mike Myers for his new LITTLE BRITAIN movie. The funnyman has revealed plans for a ...

Nobel Hopeful Steven Spielberg Brokered Fragile Peace Between Spike Lee and Clint Eastwood [It Can Now Be Told]
During this year's NBA Finals, a courtside power summit at Staples Center provided stirring insight into the intimate camaraderie between Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and Eddie Murphy. (You might recall Sylvester Stallone joining in when Katzenberg visited the men's room.) We're learning even more today about that alliance, which, in addition to Spielberg's orotund ref-hating, influenced detente in ways not seen since Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill converged at Yalta. The stakes: Peace between dire

Matt Lucas & David Walliams Working On A Big Screen Venture
Matt Lucas and David Walliams are working on a Hollywood movie in which both will appear as multiple characters. The Little Britain stars are working on a script with the Dreamworks studio – but the film has not yet been given the green light. However, Lucas would not be drawn on too many details details. ‘We've got an idea that excites us that we hope will appeal to audiences in lots of different countries,’ he told BBC News. ‘The two of us will play five or six characters that

Vanessa Hudgens to Join ‘New Moon’ Cast ?
Could “High School Musical” star Vanessa Hudgens be trading in her Disney Magic for some Vampire Magic instead? Entertainmentwise has sparked rumors are circulating that the 20 year old Disney alum might sign on to play the coveted role of Leah Clearwater in the “Twilight” sequel “New Moon.” The character of Leah is a Native [...]

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

Lucas seeks help from Myers + Murphy for new movie
Matt Lucas has taken inspiration from Eddie Murphy and comedic actor Mike Myers for his new Little Britain movie.

Lucas seeks help from Myers & Murphy for new movie
LITTLE BRITAIN star Matt Lucas has taken inspiration from Eddie Murphy and comedic actor Mike Myers for his new movie.