by Mark Krawczyk
Hello everyone, Mark “The Movieman” here reporting for We Live Film. We are less than twenty-four hours away from knowing this year’s Oscar nominations which I feel may contain a few surprises. What are probably not going to be surprises to any Filmster are the Razzie Nominations. Every year the Razzies “celebrate” what is the worst in cinema for the year. Like with any awards show, some of these nominations can be debated about but there will be far fewer debates about this list than with this year’s Oscar nominees.
This year the Razzies have a new category, “The Razzie Redeemer Award”. This award goes to previous Razzie award winners who went on to do far better movies and better performances. Do you think any of the following films were unfairly nominated? Are there any missing from the list? Let your voice be heard Filmsters and comment below.
Now here are this year’s Razzie nominees:
Worst Picture
- Left Behind
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Transformers: Age of Extinction
- Saving Christmas
- Legend of Hercules
Worst Actor
- Nicolas Cage in Left Behind
- Kirk Cameron in Saving Christmas
- Kellan Lutz in The Legend of Hercules
- Seth MacFarlane in A Million Ways to Die in the West
- Adam Sandler in Blended
Worst Actress
- Drew Barrymore in Blended
- Cameron Diaz in The Other Woman and Sex Tape
- Melissa McCarthy in Tammy
- Charlize Theron in A Million Ways to Die in the West
- Gaia Weiss in The Legend of Hercules
Worst Supporting Actor
- Mel Gibson in The Expendables 3
- Kelsey Grammer in The Expendables 3, Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return (voice only), Think Like a Man Too and Transformers: Age of Extinction
- Shaquille O’Neal in Blended
- Arnold Schwarzenegger in The Expendables 3
- Kiefer Sutherland in Pompeii
Worst Supporting Actress
- Cameron Diaz in Annie
- Megan Fox in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Nicola Peltz in Transformers: Age of Extinction
- Bridgette Cameron Ridenour in Saving Christmas
- Susan Sarandon in Tammy
Worst Screen Combo
- Any two robots, actors (or robotic actors) in Transformers: Age of Extinction
- Kirk Cameron and his ego in Saving Christmas
- Cameron Diaz and Jason Segel in Sex Tape
- Kellan Lutz and either his abs, his pecs or his glutes in The Legend of Hercules
- Seth MacFarlane and Charlize Theron in A Million Ways to Die in the West
Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel
- Annie
- Atlas Shrugged: Part III
- The Legend of Hercules
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Transformers: Age of Extinction
Worst Director
- Michael Bay for Transformers: Age of Extinction
- Darren Doane for Saving Christmas
- Renny Harlin for The Legend of Hercules
- Jonathan Liebesman for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Seth MacFarlane for A Million Ways to Die in the West
Worst Screenplay
- Left Behind (screenplay by Paul LaLonde and John Patus, based on the novel by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins)
- Saving Christmas (written by Darren Doane and Cheston Hervey)
- Sex Tape (screenplay by Kate Angelo, Jason Segel and Nicholas Stoller, story by Kate Angelo)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (screenplay by Josh Appelbaum, André Nemec and Evan Daugherty, based on the characters created by Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman)
- Transformers: Age of Extinction (screenplay by Ehren Kruger, based on Hasbro’s Transformers action figures)
Razzie Redeemer Award
- Ben Affleck (From RAZZIE “Winner” for Gigli to Oscar for Argo)
- Jennifer Aniston (From 4-Time RAZZIE Nominee to SAG Award Nominee for Cake)
- Mike Myers (From RAZZIE “Winner” for The Love Guru to Documentary Director of Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon)
- Keanu Reeves (From 6-Time RAZZIE Nominee to Critically Acclaimed John Wick)
- Kristen Stewart (From RAZZIE “Winner” for The Twilight Saga to the Art House Hit Camp X-Ray)
