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The Razzies Shockingly Decide That The Love Guru Was Bum

by Stuart Heritage on January 21, 2009 3 Comments

We certainly wouldn’t like to be Mike Myers right now – although, granted, that’s mostly to do with his haircut.

But part of it is because of the Razzies. The nominations for this year’s Razzies have been announced, and Mike Myers’ woeful mishap The Love Guru has swept the board, earning nods for Worst Screenplay, Worst Director, Worst Actor, Worst Actress, Worst Supporting Actor and Worst Movie.

But it’s not all bad news for Mike Myers, because The Happening has also been nominated plenty of times, and if it doesn’t win everything then we promise to do a dirty protest somewhere.

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MOVIE REVIEW: The Happening

by hecklerspray staff on July 1, 2008 6 Comments

M. Night Shyamalan's latest effort looked to be the return to darker, more suspense filled territory after Lady In The Water drowned with critics and audiences alike.

Unfortunately while the premise suggests that in this film shit happens, we're unhappy to say that, while score one for pun usage, it turns out that Happening's shit.  

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Creased or Folded? hecklerspray Tells You the Way it is

by Chris Laverty on June 27, 2008 4 Comments

The first lot good; the second not so good.

Folded:

  • Dark Beige (Mathew Clifton’s very funny Onion-esque blog. Start petitioning the BBC for ‘Dimewatch’ right now)
  • Old Skool R&B (perfect for the hot weather we don’t currently have)
  • The Happening (why does everyone hate this? Because everyone tells them to)

Creased:

  • Matthew McConaughey (remember when this guy had a promising career back in 1996? Long time ago)
  • Zezi (Channel 4’s latest: a fat bird with an attitude)
  • George Lamb (friend of Zezi: bow tie, grey, needs a haircut)
  • Opticians (they force you to have another eye test every couple of months just to get some contact lenses. And guess what? Your prescription hasn’t changed in the slightest!!)
  • Useless Royal Mail (don’t post anything that you want to arrive on time or, actually, anything you want to arrive at all)


The first lot good; the second not so good. Folded: * Hannah Sandling (beyond cute cutie) * Dark Beige (Mathew Clifton’s very funny Onion-esque blog. Start petitioning the BBC for ‘Dimewatch’ right now) * Old Skool R&B (perfect for the hot weather we don’t currently have) * The Happening (why does everyone hate this? Because everyone tells them to) * GTA IV Does The Naked Gun (inspired) Creased: * Matthew McConaughey (remember when this guy had a promising career back in 1996? Long time ago) * Zezi (Channel 4’s latest: a fat bird with an attitude) * George Lamb (friend of Zezi: bow tie, grey, needs a haircut) * Opticians (they force you to have another eye test every couple of months just to get some contact lenses. And guess what? Your prescription hasn’t changed in the slightest!!) * Useless Royal Mail (don’t post anything that you want to arrive on time or, actually, anything you want to arrive at all)

Ooh, It’s A Trailer For The Happening By M. Night Shyamalan!

by Stuart Heritage on February 5, 2008 2 Comments

Chances are if anyone asks you about films you're looking forward to seeing in 2008, you'll say Iron Man or The Dark Knight or even – if you're weird – A Quantum Of Solace.

What you probably won't say is "that M. Night Shyamalan film about the plants that make people kill themselves." But tough shit, because here's a trailer for that movie anyway. It's called The Happening, it opens on Friday 13 June, and there's no way on Earth it can be as bad as The Lady In The Water, right?

Well, let's just hold our horses about that, shall we? The trailer for The Happening shows a bunch of people committing suicide for no reason – which just happens to be a fairly similar scenario to what we all started doing when we heard that M. Night Shyamalan was making another movie.

What evil spirit is causing all these deaths in The Happening? Well, it's plants, obviously. The plants are doing it. Hopefully that's not the big M. Night Shyamalan twist in The Happening, otherwise we've spoilt it. But, yeah, it's the plants. 

Chances are if anyone asks you about films you're looking forward to seeing in 2008, you'll say Iron Man or The Dark Knight or even - if you're weird - A Quantum Of Solace. What you probably won't say is "that M. Night Shyamalan film about the plants that make people kill themselves." But tough shit, because here's a trailer for that movie anyway. It's called The Happening, it opens on Friday 13 June, and there's no way on Earth it can be as bad as The Lady In The Water, right? Well, let's just hold our horses about that, shall we? The trailer for The Happening shows a bunch of people committing suicide for no reason - which just happens to be a fairly similar scenario to what we all started doing when we heard that M. Night Shyamalan was making another movie. What evil spirit is causing all these deaths in The Happening? Well, it's plants, obviously. The plants are doing it. Hopefully that's not the big M. Night Shyamalan twist in The Happening, otherwise we've spoilt it. But, yeah, it's the plants.