As the year ends, many critics rush to build a list of top films from the past twelve months. While I do that myself (and you can check it out here), it’s sometimes more fun (or at least more cathartic) to compile a hate-filled rant that masquerades as a Worst of the Year list. Like any year, there have been plenty of terrible movies, but here is the sour cream of the crop for 2011.
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Rated PG-13
Opens: December 9, 2011
Studio: New Line Cinema
Starring: Halle Berry, Jessica Biel, Jon Bon Jovi, Abigail Breslin and Chris “Ludacris” Bridges
Directed by: Garry Marshall
Kevin says New Year’s Eve SUCKS!
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This Week: Kevin invites Devindra Hardawar from Slashfilmcast into the Magical Studio in the Sky. In a strange twist of events, the conversation goes first into a discussion of technology, then into a uncharacteristically relevant and respectful talk about the movies of the week. Kevin and Devindra chat about the odd paths of David Gordon Green’s career with The Sitter and roll their eyes at New Year’s Eve. Then they lament Kevin not loving Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy before moving into the infamous (and unnaturally clean) middle segment to talk box office and answer a Facebook question. After laying out a Fat Guy Five, Kevin and Devindra rattle through the DVD Rundown and send the audience on its way into the great beyond.
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NEW YEAR’S EVEDecember 6, 2011
STARRING
Ashton Kutcher as RANDY
Hilary Swank as CLAIRE MORGAN
Sarah Jessica Parker as KIM
Josh Duhamel as SAM
Jessica Biel as TESS BYRNE
Michelle Pfeiffer as INGRID
Zac Efron as PAUL
Katherine Heigl as LAURA
Robert De Niro as STAN HARRIS
Directed by: Garry Marshall
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