Archive for January, 2010

Top critics gave Jackie Chan’s ‘Spy Next Door’ movie pretty bad reviews. Lionsgate pictures unleashed it’s new Jackie Chan comedy/action flick, “The Spy Next Door” in theaters today. It also stars: Madeline Carroll, Alina Foley, George Lopez, Billy Ray Cyrus, Amber Valletta, and Katherine Boecher. The movie critics sure didn’t like this one. They mostly gave it Cs and one D,stating their dislike of the film.

Ty Burr from the Boston Globe gave it a C-. He said, “Burnt toast, clogged toilets, and life lessons ensue.” Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave it a C-. He stated, “Jackie Chan is 55. Just sayin’.”

Michael Phillips over at the Chicago Tribune rated it a C-. He stated, “It’s hard to imagine anyone being offended, except fans of good comedy.” Bill Gibron at Filmcritic.com gave it a D. He said it was, “egregiously dumb.” Read the rest of this entry »

‘The Lovely Bones’ movie gets mediocre reviews from top critics. Dreamworks Pictures released it’s new,interesting drama, “The Lovely Bones” in wide release today after a limited release back in early December. It stars: Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz, Susan Sarandon, Stanley Tucci, Michael Imperioli,and Saoirse Ronan Most of the top movie critics seemed to think that it was missing a certain element,giving it pretty mediocre reviews.

Peter Travers at Rolling Stone gave it 4 stars. He said, “All this is conveyed in the remarkable performance of Ronan, an Oscar nominee for Atonement. She and Tucci — magnificent as a man of uncontrollable impulses — help Jackson cut a path to a humanity that supersedes life and death.”

A.O. Scott from The New York Times gave it 3 stars. He stated, “The filmmakers’ evident affection for the book expresses itself as a desperate scramble to include as much of it as possible, which leaves the movie feeling both overcrowded and thin.” Read the rest of this entry »

Top movie critics give ‘The Book Of Eli’ movie really good reviews. Warner Bros. Pictures has released its new action/adventure movie, “The Book of Eli” today,which stars Denzel Washington, it’s a very unique role for him. Top movie critics in the biz appear to have really liked the movie. They’ve given it some really good reviews with mostly B’s across the board.

Ty Burr from the Boston Globe gave it a C. He said, “The Book of Eli is The Road with twice the plot, four times the ammunition, and half the brains; it’ll probably make 10 times the money.”

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave it a B rating. He stated, “very watchable. You won’t be sorry you went.” Michael Phillips over at the Chicago Tribune gave it a B,stating, “Establishing its storytelling rules clearly and well, the film simply is better, and better-acted, than the average end-of-the-world fairy tale.” Read the rest of this entry »

Lady Gaga got very sick & canceled Purdue University concert last night. According to TMZ, singing sensation, Lady Gaga got very sick last night,and was forced to cancel her Purdue University concert last night at the last minute,and the sickness is unknown. They say Lady Gaga was forced to cancel her concert at Purdue University due to a mystery illness. Purdue EMTs went to the Elliott Hall of Music in order to attend Lady Gaga’s concert,but her people turned them away. Lady Gaga boarded her tour bus and left the campus

Also, both of her opening acts did a performance before the audience was told that Lady Gaga would not be performing. However, the concert has been rescheduled for January 26. In other Lady Gaga news, she was spotted topless and just hangin out on a rooftop in South Beach, Florida on New Year’s eve. Read the rest of this entry »

Jimmy Kimmel rips Jay Leno for taking ‘Tonight Show’ back from O’Brien. ABC talk show host,Jimmy Kimmel really ripped into Jay Leno when he did a satellite guest appearance on Jay’s show last night. He made a lot of playful jokes about Jay taking “The Tonight Show” back from Conan O’Brien.

Jay asked him a couple of questions and Jimmy responded with answers that came back to Jay Leno stealing his “Tonight Show” back. Jay asked Jimmy what’s the best prank he ever pulled,and he said, “The best prank I ever pulled was, I told a guy that five years from now, I’m gonna give you my show,and then five years came, I gave it to him. Then I took it back almost instantly.” Read the rest of this entry »

Popstar,Justin Bieber seen in London almost flippin the bird. TMZ posted this picture (above) of the new popstar sensation, Justin Bieber. They say he’s in London today,and it almost appeared that he was flippin us the bird or middle finger, but they explained that it was actually a standard,innocent Lilo & Miley approved peace sign. Never seen a peace sign like that before. They should probably consider a different one as it incredibly resembles the “flip of the bird” sign. Read the rest of this entry »

Jay Leno gets ‘The Tonight Show’ back & Conan O’Brien is officially out. According to TMZ, Jay Leno has struck a new deal with NBC to get “The Tonight Show” back,and Conan O’Brien is officially on the outs since he wrote his letter the other day,stating that he does not want to continue with “The Tonight Show” if it’s bumped to a later time slot.

They say Jay Leno has made a new deal with NBC that will give him “The Tonight Show” in the 11:35pm to 12:35am time slot. NBC had to renegotiate Jay’s contract because his old contract originally stated that he was guaranteed the 10pm time slot,and that would have been a breach of contract,otherwise. Read the rest of this entry »

American Idol 9 contestant reported to have long criminal record. TMZ reports that recent American Idol Hollywood hopeful, Skiiboski apparently has a criminal record that reads a mile long. They say they’ve obtained five mugshots (above) from his arrests in Florida. His history report from the Orange County Corrections Department said these crimes happened between 2005 and 2009. His real name is Antonio Wheeler,but he goes by “Skiiboski” on the show. Read the rest of this entry »

‘American Idol’ security hauled crazy Atlanta contestant off the set. Fox’s hit show “American Idol” returned last night with their Atlanta auditions,and their security team had to haul crazy Atlanta,Georgia contestant, Lamar Royal off the set. He was shocked that the judges said he couldn’t sing,and afterwards, he had some very harsh words for the judges. It was really funny.

Basically, at the beginning of the clip (below), Lamar said he adored Mary J. Blige,and that he’s willing to accept any criticism from the judges. However, after he gave his pitchy performance, he couldn’t understand why the judges didn’t like him. Mary J. Blige told him that he needed to get some humility and stop exalting himself. Read the rest of this entry »

‘American Idol’ contestant sang funny ‘Pants On The Ground’ in Atlanta. Last night, Fox’s “American Idol” came back to show the Atlanta, Georgia auditions,and contestant Larry Platt performed a unique song that he wrote. It’s called “Pants on the Ground,” and the performance was even funnier and crazier than the title. He told the judges the song is about, “me pullin pants up.” Also, he is 62 years old,which is way over the show’s age limit of 28. That also gets addressed later on in the clip (below).

Larry started singing the song’s lyrics that went “Pants on the ground,pants on the ground. Lookin like a fool with your pants on the ground. With the gold in your mouth,hat turned sideways,pants hit the ground. Call yourself a crew,kept lookin like a fool,walkin downtown with your pants on the ground.” Read the rest of this entry »