Surfer Dude

December 26, 2008 at 12:52pm PST

Let's get the painful worst out of the way first so we can end this year on the high note of what was great.

Worst
1. Hounddog
A terribly written, amateurishly directed, horrendously acted, self-important parable about lost innocence rife with Adam and Eve symbolism; the film’s major claim to fame is the rape of 12-year-old Dakota Fanning. To call it offensively bad is to be kind. 

September 12, 2008 at 9:37am PST
Photos: Anchor Bay Entertainment

Surfer, Dude is, quite simply, one of the worst movies ever made. It makes Blue Crush look like Citizen Kane.

July 24, 2008 at 2:46am PST
Photos: splashnewsonline.com

New dad Matthew McConaughey hangs ten in Malibu. What’s with the rash guard? Why is McConaughey covering up his money maker, that fine body of his?

Is this what fatherhood has turned him into? Selfish, selfish, selfish.

Matthew’s new movie Surfer, Dude is set to hit theaters this fall. We watched the trailer on YouTube and, we’re sad to report, it looks about as enjoyable and stimulating as a debate with Paris Hilton about the virtue of low-lights vs. high-lights.

F. Gary Gray's latest effort, Law Abiding Citizen, starring Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler, is a knockout! Exhilirating, wry and breathcatchingly paced, it's a stellar accomplishment for everyone involved. Hell yeah you should see it!

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Scott Hicks, the director of Shine, and Clive Owen teamed up for this gloriously beautiful if underwhelming project. It's not that it's bad, it's just not that memorable and with such supreme talent attached, I was hoping for and expecting a lot more.

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Oh, Diablo Cody, why'd you have to do it? I love you so long...and then you made this. Megan Fox does what she always does, she looks hot. At least there's that. Sophmoric, unfunny and obsessively idiosyncratic, it's a painful movie going experience.



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Chocolate and peanut butter. Spaghetti and meatballs. Bobcat Goldthwait and profanity. Two great tastes that taste great together. Gone is the Bobcat of the Police Academy movies and in his stead is a fantastic writer-director who's able to orchestrate the most brilliantly, hilarious vulgarity imaginable. World's Greatest Dad is a fantastic dark comedy (very dark) that features Robin Williams' best performance since Good Will Hunting. See it!

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