Rain Man

Photo: AMPAS / Hfpa It's that time of year again folks as the Golden Globe winners have been announced and there were certainly some surprises and that's what makes this little yearly feature so much fun. Just how often do the Golden Globe winners match up with the eventual Oscar winners? Can they be used to determine who will go home with the golden knight or are they best left to figure out who won't be going home with hardware from the Academy? Luckily, I am making it easier for you to figure that out for yourself as I bring you the latest update to my "Globes vs. Oscars" column, something I have done for the last few years (2005, 2007, 2008). This will take a look at how the past 24 years of Golden Globe winner history compare to the Oscars. Will this give you an idea of who will win? Let's see... Best
Brad Brevet

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Cinema Retro columnist David Savage takes a look at Hollywood's most dubious career achievement.
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Elizabeth Berkley in Showgirls: the film that inspired Whoopi Goldberg to say she hadn't seen this many poles abused since WWII.
In the run-up to this year’s Razzie nominations, to be announced Wednesday, January 21st for 2008’s “honorees” for the worst achievements in moviemaking, the longlist buzz is already getting press. If it’s any indication, 2008 must have been a stink-bomb banner year for movies as it’s rare for the press to report on the worst movies of the year just-passed, before the nominations are even announced.
Among the films emerging as leading contenders for 2008’s gold-plated raspberry statuette -- always bestowed on the eve of the “other” gold-plated statuette ceremony -- are: The Love Guru, Mike Myers’ laughless Bollywood debacle; Speed Racer, Disaster Movie,
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It caused a craze for aviator sunglasses and bomber jackets, increased applications to the Air Force and Navy and had guys calling each other “Goose”, “Iceman” and “Maverick”, and yet the masculine merits of 1986’s Top Gun continue to be popular with modern audiences. The aviation actioner has been voted the most loved Tom Cruise film earning a quarter of votes in a poll by cinema advertisers Pearl & Dean. More popular than Far and Away? Did not see that one coming.
Top Gun, the tale of Lt. Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell (Cruise) a dare-devil pilot at a top naval flying school beat 1988’s Oscar-winner Rain Man which scored 20 per cent of the votes and Mission: Impossible which came third with 15 per cent. “Top Gun is a cult classic film with long lasting appeal for many film fans,” commented Kathryn Jacob, chief executive of Pearl & Dean. “This poll shows Tom Cruise is a firm favourite with cinema-goers,

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