The Truth

I’ve been had again by the reviews. The critics said The Wrestler was terrific, a masterpiece. Really? Eh, guess what, The Wrestler was terribly boring and predictable and I never got attached to a single character in the film. I didn’t give a damn about anyone, no attachment at all.

The Action

Can we consider the wrestling scenes action?

What’s good about it?

What’s bad about it?

You’ll Like It If

I have a feeling the die hard wrestling fans liked, and will like the film.

What I learned

Women over 40 and men over 50, can still have wicked bodies.

The Verdict

Sure, seeing a naked Marisa Tomei was pleasant, she rocks a stripper pole 10/10, and watching a steroid ridden Rourque parade in his tights for 2 hrs was different, but …. was The Wrestler really any good?

No, not really. The performances were good, but the movie blew. Why hollywood had such a boner for The Wrestler is beyond me.

The List

To be eligible for ranking on the list, the movie had to bring out a number of emotions in me. Anger, sleep, boredom, astonishment, bewilderment and the urge to punch my enormous 52″ LCD. Several movies did this to me this 2008 movie year, some of them I hated so much that I generally dislike anyone who enjoyed them.

Without any further hesitation, avoid these movies if you haven’t already.

Indiana Jones 4

Why it sucked : Harrison Ford, Shia LaBeouf, Karen Allen. All three took the level of suck to a new plateau for this film. The entire writing team expected you to have a level of idiocy x 10 , and you did. The money this putrid film too in was mesmorizing and sickening, proving that the masses of movie goers really are sheep. Read my full review

Quantum of Solace

Take a legendary franchise, add a goofy looking Daniel Craig and give him superhuman powers, and voila.. the new James Bond is born. I almost punched my LCD a dozen times while watching this festering pile of dog crap, it was beyond pathetic in every aspect. With every overdramatic scene, I wished death upon James Bond and if you enjoyed this film, I hate you too. Read my full review

Meet The Spartans

There was no excuse for Meet The Spartans, and there never will be.

The Love Guru

A pathetic display of cramming unfunny jokes, voices and characters down our collective throats.

X-Files : I Want To Believe

I want to believe this is all a sick nightmare. I want to believe David Duchovny is above doing any more bad X-File movies, but he isn’t. I want to believe Aliens took over production, and made the movie unwatchable.. there’s no other explanation you could have to turn such a wonderful, brilliant series into such a disaster motion picture. I thought Gillian Anderson may show us her boos in this film, and give me a reason to like it a bit, but no… no boobs at all.

88 Minutes

Al Pacino took 88 minutes of my life, I’ll never get back. Read about the movie

Over Her Dead Body

Its too bad Eva Longoria never said she would make this movie, over her dead body, then she did… and .. you get the idea.. give this film to someone you hate. Read about the movie

Righteous Kill

Al Pacinoi makes my list two times in 2008, but perhaps only because he never made a third movie. His name in the movie is “Rooster”. Need I say more? Al Pacino’s face could be used as an alternative to a stomach pump. Read about the movie

Zack and Miri Make a Porno

Zack and Miri almost made the cut, but couldn’t quite escape the dubious award of making my Worst Movies of 2008 award. Seth Rogan’s routine is old, boring and predictable and Banks never gets naked for her role. I couldn’t deal with the predictability and uneventfulness this film had to offer. Read the original review.

Transporter 3

You would think in order for there to be a Transporter 3, the previous two would have had to be good films. Wrong. Transporter 3 carries the Fail that lies within the first two, and delivers and epic amount of fail only Jason Statham could deliver. Its like watching a male stripper pretend to be Superman for one and half hours, and film left me all dirty inside. Great movie if you have a man crush on Statham, one of the worst movies of 2008 if you expected a decent action movie. Read the review

Hulk

Hulk! OMG! You suck at movie reviews! I can hear it now, how can I place such a blockbuster in this list? Listen, Hulk was a boring love story, with corny action moments and lackluster characters. Hulk still looks like a dull animation, and the action in the film was next to nothing. If you like love stories, you loved this film. because thats all it was. Read the review

You Don’t Mess With The Zohan

‘Nuff said! Read the preview

Speed Racer

I watched it the first time, and it was bad. I stole some of my father’s LSD and tried watching it again, and it still was bad. Speed Racer was a bad movie, really bad.

Fools Gold

If there was any excuse to have a movie with Matthew McConaughey running around with his shirt off, this was it. Throw in an untalented Kate Hudson in her bikini, and you’ve got a perfect film for… well.. for the Rainbow Coalition. How do Matthew and Kate still get cast in the same movie after How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days ?

The Happening

The irony in a movie called “The Happening” when nothing actually happens, is either brilliant or tragic, and I haven’t figured out which one it is. The only thing for sure, is M. Night Shyamalan’s filmmaking career is almost, and thankfully.. over. Read the preview

Drillbit Taylor

Anything with Owen Wilson has “Epic Failure” written all over it, but Drillbit Taylor took the level of suck to an elite status. Drillbit Taylor was.. unforgivable and I feel like I have been vitimized by Hollywood. I remember lying in the middle of the room in the fetal positoin, sobbing.. asking for a higher power to make the pain stop. Read the review

Just Missed The Cut

The following films just barely missed the cut from being one of the worst films in 2008

Son of Rambo
Death Race,
Semi-Pro.
Prom Night
Punisher Warzone
I am Legend {Late 2007 Release}
Run, Fat Boy, Run
Superhero Movie
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Leatherheads
10,000 BC

Look forward to next year.

VOD

With VOD you are able to access hundreds of movies including new releases and your favorite classics, instantly! You have the ability to choose in the comfort of your own home anytime. And don’t sweat the bad weather as VOD is your no-hassle choice for spontaneous home movie entertainment. Always paying late fees on rentals? With VOD there are no returns and associated late fees to worry about. In addition, you are able to pause, rewind and fast-forward as you watch; it works like a DVD player without having to buy any extra equipment!

The Scoop

Wesley’s (James McAvoy) life is over – his pathetic, old one, anyway… Fortunately, it is all because of a girl. Enter sizzling-hot Fox (Angelina Jolie), who crashes into his life and introduces him to the Fraternity, a secret society of assassins, lead by the mysterious Sloan (Morgan Freeman). Seems Wes’s long-lost father was killed while working for the Fraternity and Wes has been selected to target the rogue member who murdered him. But before he can complete his assignment, Wes must first uncover the dark secrets behind the Fraternity in order to determine his own destiny.

The Contest

Tell us your favorite Angelina Jolie character, or role, and you can win some fantastic prizes from the movie Wanted! We have a Wanted tshirt, noise cancellation headphones and a Wanted pen to send your way!

To help you out, here’s our list of her best roles :
Fox – Wanted
Christine Collins – Changeling
Grendel’s Mother – Beowulf
Maiane Pearl – A Mighy Heart
Jane Smith – Mr & Mrs Smith
Franky – Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Lara Croft – Lara Croft Tomb Raider
Sara ‘Sway’ Wayland – Gone in Sixty Seconds

The Scoop

A couple struggle to visit all four of their divorced parents on Christmas Day. When Brad and Kate are busted heading out of the country at Christmas, instead of visiting their respective families, they have to endure the worst case scenario. They have to spend the holidays with all their parents, who are divorced.. one at a time.

They discover more about their past then they care to reveal to each other discover a few uncomfortable situations with some old friends.

When upscale, happily unmarried San Francisco couple Kate and Brad find themselves socked in by fog on Christmas morning, their exotic vacation plans morph into the family-centric holiday they had, until now, gleefully avoided. Out of obligation–and unable to escape–they trudge to not one, not two, but four relative-choked festivities, increasingly mortified to find childhood fears raised, adolescent

Starring

Vince Vaughn, Reese Witherspoon, Kristin Chenoweth, John Favreau, Jon Voight, Rovert Duvall. Special appearances from Tim McGraw and Dwight Yokam

Reminds me of

Meet The Parents

Official Site

Four Christmases

Trailer

Four Christmases Official Trailer

The Scoop

The rise of national socialism in Germany should not be regarded as a conspiracy of madmen. Millions of “good” people found themselves in a society spiralling into terrible chaos. A film about then, which illuminates the terrors of now.

Good is one man’s journey during the Nazi regime set against his chaotic private life. Based on the play by CP Taylor, Good forces us the question the nature of humanity and whether in such circumstances a person can remain good.

Starring

Viggo Mortensen

Reminds me of

Valkyrie

Official Site

http://www.goodthefilm.com/

Ouch

But it’s still embarrassing to watch somebody who has given two of the more interesting and inventive lead performances of recent years flailing so hard to elevate something so low.

Adam Nayman – Reviewer at Eyeweekly

The Scoop

Three Jewish brothers escape from Nazi-occupied Poland into the Belarussian forest, where they join Russian resistance fighters and endeavor to build a village in order to protect themselves and others in danger.

Based on the true story of the Bielski partisans, covered by author Nechama Tec in the book Defiance: The Bielski Partisans. They do manage to build a village and save some 1,200 Jews and other fugitives.

Starring

Daniel Craig, George MacKay, Liev Schreiber, Jamie Bell, Allan Corduner

Reminds me of

Schindler’s List, Magneto, The Great Escape, The Dirty Dozen

Official Site

Defiance

Oh The Irony

The only surviving Bielski brother, Aron was jailed in 2007. As of June 2008, together with his wife Henryka Bell, Aron Bielski is facing a sentence of up to 90 years imprisonment.

Now 80 and known as Aron Bell, he and his wife Henryka, 58, are accused of tricking Janina Zaniewska into giving them control of more than $250,000 in various bank accounts.

According to police, the couple took the woman to her native Poland after telling her she was going on holiday, but instead dumped her in a nursing home there before returning to Florida and spending virtually all her money.

The charges against the couple carry up to 90 years in prison but Mr Bell’s legal team insist he strongly denies the allegations and said the old woman was going senile.

Trailer

http://www.defiancemovie.com/

We Think

The movie leaves out incredible amounts of historical detail and facts such as .. oh.. a little thing called “the Naliboki massacre”. Also, in reality, the resistance mostly chose to flee the German troops rather than fight them as indicated in the trailer and plot. Hollywood is sugarcoating a disgusting time in history and giving an uninformed movie audience more lies

The Scoop

A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children.

I’m a sucker for any movie with a 50’s theme. Ah the 50’s, a time when men were men and women had class. A time when respect meant something, pride was respected and well.. morals existed.

Anyways, Revolutionary road takes us along the journey of a young couple trying to cope with life in the 50’s. The struggles of raising a family and alcohol issues. Winslet and DiCaprio are reunited once again in a more serious Drama this time around. More serious than Titanic? Guess I really should reconsider my interpretation of the film.

Winslet is in desperate need of a change in life, so is Frank. April decides to move to France to live our her dream, while Frank tries to keep the life they have together.

Starring

Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Kathy Bates

Reminds me of

Titanic. Rose and Jack are back together, how could it not remind me of anything else?

Revolutionary Road Official Site

Revolutionary Road

Revolutionary Road Trailer

Revolutionary Road

The Scoop

Based on actual events, a plot to assassinate Hitler is unfurled during the height of WWII. At the absolute height of World War II, German generals hatch a daring plan to assassinate Adolf Hitler and effectively render the German war machine impotent.

Reminds me of

Every other Tom Cruise movie, just a different niche. He’s a hero, just saving the world. Cruise is trying to prove to the world he’s a real actor, not just a pathetic action star. But is the world willing to listen?

Valkyrie Official Site

Valkyrie

Trailer

The Scoop

A family comedy about a hotel handyman whose life changes when the lavish bedtime stories he tells his niece and nephew start to magically come true.

Sandler discovers the children control the stories as well and has to endure their imagination, as well as his own.

Official Site

Trailer now online!
Bedtime Stories

Starring

Adam Sandler, Keri Russell, Courteney Cox

We Think

Its going to be a huge success.