2008 Razzie Award Nominations

Bad movies. Bad actors. Really bad choices. Each year, the Razzies — the “Golden Raspberry Awards” — pull a bizarro version of the Oscars, honoring the very worst in film. And they’ve just announced their nominees for their 28th annual celebration. If Lindsay Lohan can sober up long enough to drive, she’s invited. And if Eddie Murphy […]

BOX OFFICE UPDATE: Cloverfield Crushes Early

UPDATE: With an estimated $46 million box-office gross, Cloverfield has broken the record for the four-day Martin Luther King Jr. weekend.
27 Dresses earned an estimated $27.3 million (that’s a pretty strong second). The Bucket List finished third. Mad Money, released on fewer screens than the other two premieres, grossed a little over $9 million. (estimates courtesy Variety)
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If Friday box office is […]

SUNDANCE SPOTLIGHT: “American Teen” Makes Lotsa Friends

UPDATE (1/23/08): After Fox Searchlight presented a bid that later expired, Paramount Vantage acquired American Teen for an estimated $1 million, according to Variety. The rights are for worldwide distribution, excluding the U.K.
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First, a disclaimer: We are not at the Sundance Film Festival. We love to research, email and dig out the details for you, but didn’t swing out to Utah […]

BOX OFFICE BATTLE: “Cloverfield” Creatures vs. “27 Dresses” Dames

The first cinematic battle royale of 2008 is set for this weekend: The marauding monsters of Cloverfield (left) and the wedded women of 27 Dresses (below). Think of it as the big-screen version of the weekend’s NFL Championship Games.
SEE OUR BOX OFFICE UPDATE (1/19/08)
A new era thriller vs. a romantic comedy. Cloverfield theaters will be filled with hype-happy guys that haven’t […]

Warner Says No Go on Justice League

How will George Miller, one of the world’s more diverse directors, handle a universe full of superheroes? It’ll now be a while before comic fans find out in Justice League, and not even Superman can do that planet-spinning thing to make time go any faster.
This one’s interesting to more than just the Comic Con conniption type, primarily […]

Brad Renfro Dead at 25

It’s sad when a person in the (semi) limelight can’t learn from history.  Tonight, Brad Renfro, an actor with both potential and substance abuse problems, was found dead in his home. He was 25.
Yeah, he was trying to get sober. Yeah, he had been drinking last night. And yeah, he’d suffered more mistakes and arrests than seen […]