Cloverfield whupped on its competition at the box office this weekend and set a record for January. As Reel Hub noted on Friday, people couldn't decide if they loved it or hated it, which means the movie was at least interesting. 27 Dresses seemed like the kind of movie Julia Roberts would have turned down back in the days when she was shooting all those bridal movies like Runaway Bride and My Best Friend's Wedding.

Speaking of chick flicks Julia Roberts wouldn't touch with a ten-foot-pole, Mad Money, starring Diane Keaton, Queen Latifah, and Katie Holmes, opened at a sad number seven. To give you an idea of how bad that is, know that Mad Money's weekend total barely beat the total for Alvin and the Freaking Chipmunks. Perhaps it shouldn't have been released at all. Rotten Tomatoes revealed that it received only 18% in positive nods from reviewers, and the movie scored only slightly better at Metacritic.

If you want to see Diane Keaton in something good, go see Sleeper tonight. But the real loser in all that isn't Keaton or Queen Latifah--it's Katie Holmes. Keaton can rest her laurels on her past films, and Queen Latifah has the superhuman ability to bounce back from whatever dreck she winds up in (Taxi, anyone?). Wasn't this movie supposed to be Holmes' triumphant return to the big screen? We'd much rather see her run the Boston Marathon than act all ditsy-cute in Mad Money.

Regarding Cloverfield's success, those who make movies should get a wake-up call that American's aren't completely stupid. They won't accept recycled scripts that read like various scripts shuffled together. Sheer creativity will trump a big name and a big budget every time.

Speaking of bad movies and lazy filmmakers, nominations for the Razzies, which honor the worst of the year in cinema, are out. Lindsay Lohan and Eddie Murphy lead the pack for their trashtastic turns in I Know Who Killed Me and Norbit, respectively.

Holmes somewhat excited in a promo image from Mad Money. Bostonist fights the urge to be mean.