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Question of the week: what is the worst movie ever?

2 April 2012 Rob Buckley 8 Comments

Adam Sandler’s film Jack and Jill is now officially the worst movie ever, being the first movie to win in each of the Razzie’s 10 categories. So today’s question is simple:

Do you agree? Is Jack and Jill the worst movie ever or can you think of an even worse one?

Answers below or on your own blog, please

The full trailer for the new Total Recall

2 April 2012 Rob Buckley Post a comment

We’ve had the teaser trailer for the trailer and now we have the full thing: it’s Colin Farrell remembering it for us wholesale in the new version of Total Recall. What do you think? Better than the Arnie version? Closer to the original story?

Mondays’ “Marilyn Munster found, Martin Sheen to play Charlie Sheen’s dad and a Community feud” news

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Doctor Who

White Heat‘s David Gyasi to guest on Doctor Who
David Yates says the movie is still happening

Film

Colin Farrell out of Arthur and Lancelot
Chris Columbus to adapt Home Front
Mia Wasikowska to play Madame Bovary
Amanda Peet joins Identity Thief

Trailers

Trailer for Seth MacFarlane’s Ted with Mark Wahlberg and Mila Kunis

International TV

Swedish TV to adapt The Last Sami
Freemantle working on modern Fire of London drama

UK TV

Friday ratings: 2012 gets nearly 1m viewers
No new Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle until 2014
Imogen Thomas to guest on Shameless as herself [NSFW]
Universal acquires Breakout Kings [subscription required]

US TV

A Community feud
Martin Sheen to play Charlie Sheen’s dad on Anger Management
Trailer for season 3 of The Big C
Whitney Houston’s daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown joins Tyler Perry’s For Better or Worse
Ben Cross joins Banshee
Private Practice‘s Erin Way joins Alphas
Dermot Mulroney joins Enlightened
Drop Dead Diva‘s Ben Feldman joins Mad Men
Thursday ratings: Community steady
Friday’s ratings: Fringe picks up

US TV pilots

Charity Wakefield to play Marilyn Munster on Mockingbird Lane
Sara Rue joins Jimmy Fallon comedy pilot
FX developing Inside, produced by Philip Seymour Hoffman

Friday’s “Bones renewed, ITV2 orders witches, CBC cuts, S4C to go Danish and Eddie Murphy in Twins sequel?” news

30 March 2012 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Film

Gerard Butler for Motor City?
Eddie Murphy to join Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito for Triplets?

Trailers

Trailer for Alex Kurtzman’s People Like Us, with Chris Pine and Elizabeth Banks
Trailer for House at the End of the Street with Jennifer Lawrence

Canadian TV

Canadian government slashes CBC and NFB funding

UK TV

Jeremy Piven confirmed for, Katherine Kelly joins Mr Selfridge
ITV2 orders Switch, starring Lacey Turner as one of four witches, from Being Human makers
S4C to emulate Denmark and create worldwide programming [subscription required]
BBC1 Daytime commissions modern day Nicholas Nickleby [subscription required]

US TV

Bones renewed for eighth season
Elias Koteas to guest on Unforgettable finale
Alex O’Loughlin to only miss one episode of Hawaii Five-0
Chazz Palminteri, Ed Begley Jr and Chris Vance all returning to Rizzoli & Isles
Wednesday ratings: Whitney and Are You There Chelsea? end low, Bent steady
Elizabeth Banks returning to 30 Rock
More House of Cards casting

US TV pilots

L&O:LA‘s Regina Hall joins Martin Lawrence comedy

Ron Burgundy would like to make an announcement

29 March 2012 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Anchorman 2 is a go! Ron Burgundy himself said so on Conan last night.

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Question of the week: what is the worst movie ever?

The full trailer for the new Total Recall

Mondays’ “Marilyn Munster found, Martin Sheen to play Charlie Sheen’s dad and a Community feud” news

Friday’s “Bones renewed, ITV2 orders witches, CBC cuts, S4C to go Danish and Eddie Murphy in Twins sequel?” news

Ron Burgundy would like to make an announcement

The Umbrella Academy and The Terminal List

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