And so, as is traditional now on the eve of the Oscar nominations, we come to one of the more lighthearted and less serious awards: the Golden Raspberrys (Razzies), dishonouring the worst in film in 2018.
Here are the full nominations for the 39th Annual Razzie Awards
WORST PICTURE
Gotti
The Happytime Murders
Holmes & Watson
Robin Hood
Winchester
WORST ACTRESS
Jennifer Garner (Peppermint)
Amber Heard (London Fields)
Melissa McCarthy (The Happytime Murders and Life of the Party)
Helen Mirren (Winchester)
Amanda Seyfried (The Clapper)
WORST ACTOR
Johnny Depp (Voice Only) (Sherlock Gnomes)
Will Ferrell (Holmes & Watson)
John Travolta (Gotti)
Donald J. Trump (As Himself) (Death of a Nation and Fahrenheit 11/9)
Bruce Willis (Death Wish)
WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Jamie Foxx (Robin Hood)
Ludacris (Voice Only) (Show Dogs)
Joel McHale (The Happytime Murders)
John C. Reilly (Holmes & Watson)
Justice Smith (Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom)
WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Kellyanne Conway (As Herself) (Fahrenheit 11/9)
Marcia Gay Harden (Fifty Shades Freed)
Kelly Preston (Gotti)
Jaz Sinclair (Slender Man)
Melania Trump (As Herself) (Fahrenheit 11/9)
WORST SCREEN COMBO
Any Two Actors or Puppets (Especially in Those Creepy Sex Scenes) (The Happytime Murders)
Johnny Depp & His Fast-Fading Film Career (Sherlock Gnomes)
Will Ferrell & John C. Reilly (Holmes & Watson)
Kelly Preston & John Travolta (Gotti)
Donald J. Trump & His Self Perpetuating Pettiness (Death of a Nation & Fahrenheit 11/9)
WORST REMAKE, RIP-OFF or SEQUEL
Death of a Nation
Death Wish
Holmes & Watson
The Meg
Robin Hood
WORST DIRECTOR
Etan Cohen (Holmes & Watson)
Kevin Connolly (Gotti)
James Foley (Fifty Shades Freed)
Brian Henson (The Happytime Murders)
The Spierig Brothers (Winchester)
WORST SCREENPLAY
Death of a Nation
Fifty Shades Freed
Gotti
The Happytime Murders
Winchester
So it's a four-way tie between Gotti, Holmes & Watson, The Happytime Murders, and Death Of A Nation for most nominations (each with 6)
Nothing for Venom. Nada. Zip. This surprises me. Joint-top nominations for The Happytime Murders? That does not surprise me. As for the other categories, everything seems pretty standard as the Razzies go. Slating for the Fifty Shades... films? Check. Raging contempt for Johnny Depp? Check.
In case anyone's wondering, Death Of A Nation is a 'docudrama' which- and I kid you not- compares the dramatic fracturing of the US over the presidency of Abraham Lincoln and the presidency of Donald Trump. A film which has the tagline: 'Can we save America a second time?' It's written and directed by 'documentarian' and convicted felon Dinesh D'Souza whose last film- Hillary's America: The Secret History Of The Democratic Party- did a massive hatchet job on Democrats in general and Clinton in particular and got similarly panned at the 2017 Razzies. Unsurprisingly, and with a depressing inevitability, D'Souza received a full pardon by Trump in 2018. I look this shit up so you don't have to. You're welcome, random people of the Internet.
The Razzies winners will be announced on Saturday February 23rd 2019 (ie. the day before the Oscars).
Right, after all of this malarkey, it just leaves the big one: the 91st Academy Awards, whose nominations will be announced tomorrow (Tuesday 22nd January). I am still weighing up my predictions for the main six categories- several categories are wide open- but I will post them later today (once I've actually made a decision).
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