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

“High School Musical 3” Receives a Razzie Award
A Razzie is one award you do not want to receive, but “High School Musical 3” and its stars are on the Razzie award list. Here’s the scoop: Worst Actor: Zac Efron, Dane Cook, Larry the Cable Guy, Eddie Murphy, Al Pacino, Keanu Reeves, Sylvester Stallone, Tom Cruise (Valkyrie), Will Ferrell, Ashton Kutcher, Mike Myers, Adam Sandler, Mark Wahlberg Worst Actress: Paris Hilton, Jessica Alba, The cast of ‘The Women,’ Camilla Belle, Cameron Diaz, Kate Hudson, Diane Keaton, Jen

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Tarantino’s 'Inglourious Basterds' Due Aug. 21
A press release was quietly issued yesterday announcing that Quentin Tarantino’s World War II epic, Inglourious Basterds, will be released through The Weinstein Company (TWC) and Universal on August 21, 2009. The hush-hush flick stars Brad Pitt. Samuel L. Jackson, Mike Myers and Cloris Leachman tells the tale of a group of World War II Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally kill

Cinematical's 25 Lamest of 2008!
What good would a 25 Hottest of 2008 list be without a 25 Lamest of 2008 list to complement it? That's right, in addition to scouring all the year's news for what was hot, we did the same for what was not ... hot. What irritated us to no end? Who had a horrible year at the movies? What person, place or thing would we happily ship off to a galaxy far, far away? Chipping it to help dissect 2008 were Cinematical's Erik Davis, Scott Weinberg, Eric D. Snider, Monika Bartyzel, Jessica Barnes, Eugine Novikov, Will

Last Call to win The Spirit Movie Visual Companion
This is your last call to enter and win the fantastic companion book for The Spirt. This go around we are giving away a copy of The Spirit: The Movie Visual Companion Will Eisner’s classic comics character makes the leap to the screen in this spectacular new live-action movie written and directed by Frank Miller (Sin City, 300), and starring Gabriel Macht as The Spirit, Samuel L. Jackson as his psychotic arch-nemesis The Octopus, and Eva Mendes and Scarlett Johansson as alluring femmes fat

New Tom Cruise Valkyrie Posters
Below from PosterGeek you can checkout a whole slew of new posters for Valkyrie. I have to say the first poster released months ago is by far the best ( its on the far right below ) In a country in the grips of evil, in a police state where every move is being watched, in a world where justice and honor have been subverted, a group of men hidden inside the highest reaches of power decide to take action. Based on the true story of Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg and the daring and ingenious plot

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

Tom Cruise speaks about Jett Travolta's death
Tom Cruise stopped by The View yesterday to promote his new film Valkyrie. He ended up speaking about the death of his fellow Scientologist John Travolta's son Jett, according to People:"I just don't have the words for it," says Cruise. "It's just horrific. Here you have a man, both of them doting parents, they're wonderful people and…" As for speculation that the Travoltas did not seek medical help for Jett, who had a history of seizures, because of their Scientology beliefs, Cruise, also a Scientologi

Keanu Reeves goes to Broadway
What better way to ring in the New Year than to see some gorgeous pictures of Keanu Reeves!  The gorgeous sci-fi star was spotted checking out “August Osage County” on Broadway earlier this week. Keanu was lovely to his fans who posed for pictures and asked for autographs.

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

Kenneth Branagh and Timothy Spall bring UK drama gems to US TV
There were good tidings for American fans of British drama this week, brought by some of the UK's finest acting talents. Kenneth Branagh, Ian McKellen and Timothy Spall were in LA with news of their exciting new projects, which will air this spring on the US' Public Broadcasting Service. Kenneth, who shares the big screen with Tom Cruise in Valkyrie, hits US TV in murder mystery Wallander. Three episodes of the drama, in which he plays a troubled Swedish dectective, are scheduled to air in

Tom Cruise Clears Up Scientology Rumors
Tom Cruise tells the women of "The View" that the Scientology rumors surrounding the death of John Travolta and Kelly Preston's son, Jett, are simply "not true." Barbara Walters asks Cruise to address the "criticism" that in the religion of Scientology, members do not take medication or go to the hospital. "That's just not true," the 'Valkyrie' star says. "It's actually the opposite." Cruise is a close friend to Travolta and both men are prominent members of the Church of Scientology. Jett, 16

Tom Cruise to Attend Dutch Film Premiere
Tom Cruise is all geared up and ready to head out to Amsterdam for the film premiere for Valkyrie. This will all take place on January 22, 2009 at the Tuschinski Cinema. Tom will be with Bryan Singer, the director, Halina Reijn and Dutch actress Carice van Houten. For those that don’t know Tom Cruise played Colonel von Stauffenberg in an attempt to assassinate Hitler. Tom is very proud of this movie and believes it is one we could all learn from, but not only that as a child he loved to

Tom Cruise May Appear on “Friday Night With Jonathan Ross”
Tom Cruise will be heading to London soon to promote his new film “Valkyrie”. He is in talks with BBC to appear on Friday Night With Jonathan Ross, who is coming back after his three month suspension. He was suspended after appearing on BBC’s radio show, which afterwards received 42,000 complaints. He has been warned to tone down his language and crude remarks. BBC is trying to keep any controversy from building up and they see Tom as a “safe” guest, who is unlikely to create any dr

Tom Opens Up About the Travoltas' Tragedy on The View
Suri Cruise was tuckered out last night returning home with her parents after Katie's performance, but a cookie seemed to brighten things up today for a girls' afternoon of shopping at Uniqlo and Dean & DeLuca. Tom wasn't able to join their retail adventures, as he was at The View to chat about Valkyrie. His appearance on the show prevented him from attending Jett Travolta's memorial service, but Tom did open up to the ladies about the tragedy. He said, "I just don't have the words for it. It's just horrifi

Tom Cruise may jump onto Jonathan Ross's couch
Tom Cruise is rumoured to be the headline guest on Jonathan Ross's first show back after his suspension. It's already been revealed that Franz Ferdinand, Lee Evans and Stephen Fry will feature on Friday Night With Jonathan Ross when the show resumes on January 23, but one of the guest slots was not confirmed. The Daily Mail claims that the actor, who is in London that week for the premiere of Valkyrie, is in talks with show producers. Jonathan was suspended after he and Russell Br