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Worst Summer Blockbusters Ever

Matt Cantor — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 17:35:21 CDT

The summer blockbuster: proof that, when it comes to movies, budget is often inversely proportional to quality. In Time , Everett Rosenfeld and Gilbert Cruz reflect on the worst of the worst: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen : Director Michael Bay’s only priority: explosions. Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace : “This...

Worst Picture Razzie Goes to...

Mark Russell — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 05:16:15 CST

Before Hollywood can honor its best and most majestic at tonight's Oscars, the Razzies got to dishonor the, uh, not-so-good yesterday. Per the LA Times , this year's biggest stinkers were: The Last Airbender: Worst Picture, Worst Director (M. Night Shyamalan), Worst Screenplay, and, in a new category, Worst Eye-Gouging Mis-Use...

Why This Summer's Box Office Sucked

Kevin Spak — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:40:00 CDT

As summer officially winds to a close, the sad state of the summer box office becomes official: From the first weekend of May through Labor Day, about 552 million headed to multiplexes. That's the lowest figure since 1997, reports the New York Times in a look at the lessons that...

8 TV Shows Set to Become Movies

Evann Gastaldo — Sun, 30 May 2010 17:05:00 CDT

Sex and the City 2 may have gotten downright awful reviews, but that doesn’t mean you must give up hope for all future TV-to-movie projects. The Frisky takes a look at eight that are particularly exciting: The Smurfs : Seems like a terrible idea…until you hear that Neil Patrick Harris is...

Moviegoers More Into Shrek Than Sex

Sun, 30 May 2010 14:51:14 CDT

Movie audiences are showing more appetite for Shrek than sex over Memorial Day weekend. The animated sequel Shrek Forever After remained the No. 1 movie for a second weekend with $43.3 million from Friday to today. The film raised its domestic total to $133.1 million.

10 More Movies Critics Detested

Evann Gastaldo — Sun, 30 May 2010 07:39:27 CDT

Admit it: You’re having a ball reading the absolutely scathing Sex and the City 2 reviews . So is Andrew O'Hehir, and to celebrate, he recalls 10 of the worst-reviewed recent films, on Salon : Battlefield Earth : One critic predicted this L. Ron Hubbard sci-fi adaptation would be “hailed as the worst...

Sex and the City 2 Opens Strong

John Johnson — Fri, 28 May 2010 16:01:49 CDT

Eh, who cares if critics think it's god-awful . Sex and the City 2 is off to a strong start for the Memorial Day weekend. The movie took in $14.2 million yesterday, which puts it on track to exceed expectations of a $60 million holiday weekend, says the Hollywood Reporter...

Everyone Hates SATC 2 —a Lot

Evann Gastaldo — Fri, 28 May 2010 09:10:50 CDT

The reviews for Sex and the City 2 are in…and it’s possible they’re actually worse than the awful early reviews . The moans practically jump from the page: “Call this sequel callow, garish, ghastly, grisly or grotesque—and it is all of those things, plus borderline-interminable at 146 minutes," writes Joe...

Sex and the City 2 'Brainless, Pointless'

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 25 May 2010 11:05:00 CDT

Sex and the City 2 premiered in New York last night, and the early reviews are not good, to say the least. Read on—or, if you’d rather see the red carpet fashions from the premiere, click here . “The only thing memorable about Sex and the City 2 is the...