Awards season is right here, which implies it is usually time for the annual Golden Raspberry Awards. The Razzies, which goals to (dis)honor the least profitable movies of the yr, has introduced nominations for its forty fourth version.
Probably the most-nominated movie is “Expend4bles,” the fourth entry within the action-packed, however critically underwhelming, “The Expendables” franchise. It acquired seven nominations. Tied for second place with 5 noms are “The Exorcist: Believer,” the revival of the traditional horror sequence, and “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey,” a blood-soaked tackle everybody’s favourite honey-loving bear. Two big-budget superhero films, DC’s “Shazam! Fury of the Gods” and Marvel’s “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,” each bought 4 nominations.
Final yr, Andrew Dominik’s “Blonde” led the competitors with eight nominations, happening to bag the prize for worst image. The group additionally felt compelled to situation an apology final yr after nominating then-11-year-old actor Ryan Kiera Armstrong within the class of worst actress for her efficiency within the horror remake “Firestarter.” The nod was met with sharp criticism, with unique “Firestarter” star Drew Barrymore saying it “makes my blood boil.”
“We consider a public apology is owed Ms. Armstrong, and want to say we remorse any harm she skilled on account of our selections,” Razzies founder John Wilson wrote in a press release. “We now have by no means supposed to bury anybody’s profession. It’s why our Redeemer Award was created. All of us make errors, very a lot us included. Since our motto is ‘Personal Your Unhealthy,’ we notice that we ourselves should additionally dwell as much as it.”
The Razzies additionally discovered itself compelled to situation one other act of penance final yr, naming a particular award to Bruce Willis. With quite a few direct-to-video actioners lately, the actor had grow to be such a Razzie common that the awards group created a class of “worst efficiency by Bruce Willis in a 2021 film.” After Willis and his household publicly disclosed the actor’s struggles with aphasia, a language dysfunction that causes mind harm, the Razzies rescinded the class.
Based in 1981, Razzie nominations at the moment are decided by a choose committee earlier than ballots are issued to the membership. Anyone can grow to be a voting member of the Razzies by paying an annual payment of $40 or a lifetime membership of $500. Even with these funds rolling in, although, the group’s antiquated official website nonetheless appears to be formatted for web customers from greater than a decade in the past.
See the total record of this yr’s nominations beneath.
WORST PICTURE
The Exorcist: Believer
Expend4bles
Meg 2: The Trench
Shazam! Fury of the Gods
Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey
WORST ACTOR
Russell Crowe / The Pope’s Exorcist
Vin Diesel / Quick X
Chris Evans / Ghosted
Jason Statham / Meg 2: The Trench
Jon Voight / Mercy
WORST ACTRESS
Ana de Armas / Ghosted
Megan Fox / Johnny & Clyde
Salma Hayek / Magic Mike’s Final Dance
Jennifer Lopez / The Mom
Dame Helen Mirren / Shazam! Fury of the Gods
WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Kim Cattrall / About My Father
Megan Fox / Expend4bles
Bai Ling / Johnny & Clyde
Lucy Liu / Shazam! Fury of the Gods
Mary Stuart Masterson / 5 Nights at Freddy’s
WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Michael Douglas / Ant Man & The Wasp: Quantumania
Mel Gibson / Confidential Informant
Invoice Murray / Ant Man & The Wasp: Quantumania
Franco Nero (as “The Pope”) The Pope’s Exorcist
Sylvester Stallone / Expend4ables
WORST SCREEN COUPLE
Any 2 “Cruel Mercenaries” / Expend4bles
Any 2 Cash-Grubbing Buyers Who Donated to the $400 Million for Remake Rights to The Exorcist
Ana de Armas & Chris Evans (who flunked Display Chemistry) / Ghosted
Salma Hayek & Channing Tatum / Magic Mike’s Final Dance
Pooh & Piglet as Blood-Thirsty Slasher/Killers(!) in Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey
WORST PREQUEL, REMAKE, RIP-OFF or SEQUEL
Ant Man & The Wasp: Quantumania
The Exorcist: Believer
Expend4bles
Indiana Jones and The Dial of…Nonetheless Beating a Useless Horse
Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey
WORST DIRECTOR
Rhys Frake-Waterfield / Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey
David Gordon Inexperienced / The Exorcist: Believer
Peyton Reed / Ant Man & the Wasp: Quantumania
Scott Waugh / Expend4bles
Ben Wheatley / Meg 2: The Trench
WORST SCREENPLAY
The Exorcist: Believer
Expend4bles
Indiana Jones and the Dial of…Can I’m going dwelling now?
Shazam! Fury of the Gods
Winnie the Pooh: Blood & Honey
