Ah, Oscars Eve. A day for last-minute preparations, looking over acceptance speeches, sorting out outfits, and generally hoping your name follows the famous declaration "And the Oscar goes to..."
As is traditional, the Golden Raspberry Awards are also handed out on this day, to dishonour the worst in cinema of the previous year. And this year, as well as the undeniable stink of cinematic effluence, there's a definite whiff of both blood and honey as well...
Here are this year's "winners"
Worst Picture: Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood And Honey
Worst Director: Rhys Frake-Waterfield (Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood And Honey)
Worst Actor: Jon Voight (Mercy)
Worst Actress: Megan Fox (Johnny & Clyde)
Worst Supporting Actor: Sylvester Stallone (Expend4bles)
Worst Supporting Actress: Megan Fox (Expend4bles)
Worst Remake, Sequel Or Rip-Off: Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood And Honey
Worst Screen Combo: Pooh and Piglet as Blood-Thirsty Slasher/Killers (Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood And Honey)
Worst Screenplay: Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood And Honey
Razzie Redeemer: Fran Drescher
This year's Razzie Redeemer, Fran Drescher, was previously nominated for Worst Actress at the Razzies for the as-bad-as-it-sounds romantic comedy The Beautician And The Beast (1997). However, as the current president of SAG/AFTRA (the American actors' union), she has been rightly praised for her strong leadership throughout the 2023 actors' strike.
Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood And Honey was the big winner, taking home five awards (and "winning" each category it was nominated in). Expend4bles takes home two Razzies, including another win for Sylvester Stallone. As the French say, "plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose".
Congratulations (commiserations?) to the "winners".
So, that just leaves the big one: the 96th Academy Awards. I'll be posting my predictions for who will win in six major categories tomorrow afternoon. And, much like today, there'll be one particular movie that's going to come up a lot...
