CollegeRoadTrip Tagged Articles at Cinematical

As the season marches on, 'for your consideration' ads litter the trades and various awards analysis websites. However, there aren't nearly enough campaigns for the year's worst performances.

You have your obnoxious kids (Jaden Smith in The Day The Earth Stood Still, Logan Lerman in Meet Bill). You have your touched individuals who straddle the line between functional and, ahem, 'full retard' (Sophie Okonedo in The Secret Life of Bees, Omar Benson Miller in Miracle at St. Anna, David Morse in Hounddog). You've got your guys that give 'insane' a bad name (Jason Butler Harner in Changeling, Donny Osmond in College Road Trip), and you've got your girls that give English a bad name (Ahney Her in Gran Torino, Natalya Rudakova in Transporter 3).

Oh, and then there's just about the entire cast of The Happening. (If I had to pick just one person, though, I'd go with the gardener who babbles on about hot dogs. The man's priceless.)

So, unless we're about to let Witless Protection sweep the Razzies, what were some of your least favorite performances of the year?

Will Ferrell's 70s basketball comedy came in first for the weekend, but pulled in a lot less loot than most people had expected. The Other Boleyn Girl's modest success pushed the flick to fourth place, with the rest of the top five filling out with holdovers from previous weeks. Last week's other new release, Penelope, took in only $3.8 million which earned it the ninth place spot. Here's the rundown:

1. Semi Pro: $15 million
2. Vantage Point: $12.8 million
3. The Spiderwick Chronicles: $8.7 million
4. The Other Boleyn Girl: $8.2 million
5. Jumper: $7.5 million

More after the jump ...

Hope everyone's Thanksgiving was a good one. Why not grab yourself a turkey sandwich (might I suggest Italian bread with stuffing and perhaps a little mayo) and join me as we explore wildlife (in every sense of the word) in modern cinema.

Cloverfield
A giant monster rampaging through New York? Life doesn't get much wilder than that. While this full length trailer has more footage than we saw with the teaser that premiered last Summer with Transformers, we still don't get to see the monster that decapitates the statue of liberty. J.J. Abrams is obviously playing it close to the vest, and I doubt there will be an official look at the monster until the movie hits theaters on January 18. After all the buildup, though, how can anything live up to the hype? Anyway, the Quicktime version is up on the Apple website, and it's presumably much nicer looking than the bootlegged Youtube version Erik was warning people away from a few days ago.

Strange Wilderness
A badly produced TV wildlife show ("sharks can only be found in two places on earth: the Northern and Southern Hemispheres") is on the verge of cancellation, so its hosts go looking for the legendary Sasquatch to boost ratings. With a cast that includes Steve Zahn, Justin Long, and Superbad's Jonah Hill, this has the potential to be really funny, and that bit in the trailer with the laughing shark just kills me. The movie even has Ernest Borgnine who, based on the number of upcoming films IMDB lists for him, doesn't let the fact that he's 90 slow him down much.

It's good to see Will Sasso making a solid name for himself. While I remember the British Columbia native most from his time as Derek Wakaluk on the Canadian teen show, Madison, you probably recognize him from his long stint on MadTV. But there's also tons of movies as well -- such as Ernest Goes to School, Beverly Hills Ninja, Drop Dead Gorgeous and Best in Show. He's currently got a stint in Richard Kelly's long-awaited Southland Tales, and has now lined up two polar opposite roles.

The Hollywood Reporter has posted that Disney has signed him to co-star with Martin Lawrence as a fellow officer and best friend in a flick called College Road Trip. Lawrence plays the dad to a girl hitting the road to find the perfect college (rumored to star Raven), and he goes with her to keep her in line. Obviously, this is nice, family-friendly fare, or at least, teen-friendly fare. The complete opposite of this total Disney role, he's also signed to star in an indie film called For Christ's Sake, with Jed Rees (Men with Brooms), Sara Rue (who looks completely different these days) and Alex Borstein (Family Guy). In this one, he plays a porn producer who is looking for cash for his next movie. He decides to try to get the money from his brother, the priest. Obviously, he wouldn't get it for telling the truth, so he lies and says he is ill and needs the cash for treatment. (Sasso is also producing the film.) Well, if you want to keep you options open, there's nothing like following up a Disney teen film where you play a cop, with an indie flick that has you making porn and lying to priests!