"DREAM HOUSE" GETS 0% AT ROTTEN TOMATOES

Dream House rates 0% on Rotten Tomatoes' Tomatometer

Although it's only a handful of Reviews that have come in, things are looking rather grim for Toronto-filmed Horror Dream House by Jim Sheridan.  It had the Pedigree: a great Director, an Oscar-calibre Cast of Daniel Craig, Naomi Watts and Rachel Weisz.  I was planning to see it, but likely now won't touch it with a ten-foot poll.

The Orlando Sentinel's Roger Moore says, "So much is just so...obvious.". The New York Daily News' Joel Neumaier notes, "More than likely, though, it will be recalled as one of the strangest movies the current James Bond (Craig) and the Oscar-winning actress have ever made.".  Variety unfortunately didn't have much better news, stating "Daniel Craig does everything to dispel comparisons to Stanley Kubrick's The Shining with a finely tuned performance, but the film flattens as it tries to explain his character's psychological state.". 

Reviews from many Key Players are still rolling-in, but this is pretty much the final blow for the troubled $60 million Film distributed in Canada by eOne Films which in the U.S. had gone through a hard-fought battle to get a PG-13 rating, but alas the MPAA upheld its decision to keep it Restricted. Also, the Horror has been pushed-back multiple times now after original plans to release it earlier in the year.  Re-shoots were ordered in Oakville (just west of Toronto) too this past Winter, accounting for some of those delays.  Terribly sad.

Will this be enough to deter you from seeing it?

THE CAST OF "SEX & THE CITY 2" WIN WORST ACTRESS AT THE RAZZIES

Still from Sex and the City 2

LOL.  The 31st annual RAZZIE Awards were held yesterday in Hollywood, honouring the worst in Film from 2010.  The ultimate honour of Worst Picture went to M. Night Shymalan's The Last Airbender; the Filmmaker also won Worst Director.

What was unique about this year's Awards was that Worst Actress was awarded to a group of four Actresses collectively: Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis for their work on Sex and the City 2.  Unlike many of the evening's other Winners though, Sex and the City 2 at least was a commercial success, earning $288 million worldwide at the Box Office.  Worst Actor went to Ashton Kutcher for his work on Valentine's Day and The Killers last year - both completely forgettable.

Worst Supporting Actor honours went to Jackson Rathbone of The Twilight Saga, who has the distinction of also appearing in The Last Airbender.  Jessica Alba was awarded Worst Supporting Actress for her work on Valentine's Day, The Killer Inside Me and Little Fockers.

Visit The RAZZIES' official website for more.

(Photo credit: Warner Bros.)

"TWILIGHT: ECLIPSE" AND JENNIFER ANISTON TOP RAZZIE NOMINATIONS

Official Razzie Awards Logo

Honouring the absolute worst in Cinema in 2010, The Razzies are something I look forward to every year. The nominations are released one day before Oscar nominations are announced and the Awards Ceremony is held the day prior to the Oscars also in Hollywood.

Topping this year's Worst Movie race are both The Twilight Saga: Eclipse with nine nominations and also The Last Airbender 3-D. Following in third is Sex and the City 2 with a total seven nominations - each of its Stars received a nomination for Worst Actress in a collective grouping.

Jennifer Aniston is a prime candidate for Worst Actress this year with two clunkers in The Bounty Hunter and The Switch. Many are wondering if she will follow in the example of Oscar/Razzie-double Winners Sandra Bullock and Halle Berry who actually attended the Ceremony to accept their Award.

For a complete list of nominees, click here. 

(Photo credit: Razzies.com)

SANDRA BULLOCK ACCEPTS RAZZIE AWARD FOR WORST ACTRESS

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times for Sandra Bullock who attended the annual Golden Raspberry Awards (The Razzies) at Barnsdall Theatre in Los Angeles on the eve of The Oscars.  Bullock graciously accepted the Worst Actress award for her performance in All About Steve in which she plays single and tactless Crossword Puzzlemaker Mary Horowitz.  Bullock told the Associated Press, “I think this is an extraordinary award....and I didn’t realize that, in Hollywood, all you had to do was say you’d show up, and then you’d get the award. If I’d known that, I would have said I was appearing at the Oscars a long time ago."

But 2009 was also a fantastic year for Bullock who had two massive blockbuster hits in The Proposal and The Blind Side, the latter in which she is favoured to win her first Oscar tonight.  She was nominated for Golden Globe Awards for both those films also by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.  If Bullock were to win tonight she would be following in the footsteps of Halle Barry who was the last actress to win that illusive Oscar/Razzie double for her performance in Monster's Ball, and then the clunker known as Catwoman. Not an easy feat to accomplish by any means.  Good luck Sandra, the Mavenati are all rooting for you!

Click here to view a full list of winners at last night's Razzie Awards.  (Photo credit: Associated Press)