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. Please post your picks in each category in the comments section below, and whichever clunkers get the most votes will make my ballot: Read More...
The last time Mike Myers starred in a comic film creation all his own, the entirely forgettable "Austin Powers in Goldmember," the flick opened to a stellar $73 million weekend at the box office. That was six years ago and as we just learned over the weekend, a lot can change in that kind of time.
It's a blockbuster brawl this weekend as two of the biggest names in laughdom take each other on at the box office...so which of the big-budget comedies will snag your hard-earned dollars?
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Why Did 'The Love Guru' Bomb? We Ask The Guru Himself, Deepak Chopra
Posted 8/4/08 12:41 pm EST by Jennifer Vineyard in Commentary
It bombed, says Deepak Chopra, because Myers got too mired in gross-out jokes.
"'The Love Guru' didn't work well because Mike Myers addresses a teenage audience, and he was trying to mix it up with metaphysics," Chopra told MTV News. "Humor mixed with spirituality can work, if it's done well. But frankly speaking, this was not a good attempt."
Chopra, who counts Myers as a friend, knew well in advance that the comedian was planning to poke him at him with his character of Guru Maurice Pitka. Read More...
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