Some bad movies should carry a leper's bell to warn off ticket buyers. Such a contagion is Charlie St. Cloud, a load of mawkish swill starring Zac Efron (bereft of the talent he showed in Me and Orson Welles). As Charlie, Efron plays catch every day at sunset with his younger brother, Sam (Charlie Tahan). The problem? Sam died in a car accident. Director Burr Steers, who guided Efron through the witless 17 Again, bathes this mush in golden light. But you can't shine a turd. Charlie falls in love with a pretty sailor (Amanda Crew). But even she's half dead. The movie is dead on arrival.

“Help Me”

Joni Mitchell wrote and recorded this song for her album Court and Spark, but she had to switch from her regular band to make the song sound exactly the way she wanted. "I had attempted to play my music with rock & roll players," she told Rolling Stone. "They’d laugh, 'Awww, isn't that cute? She's trying to teach us how to play.'" Mitchell switched to a jazz band, Tom Scott’s L.A. Express, and scored the biggest hit of her career in the process.