Razzies Announce Nominees For Worst Movies of 2023

As is custom, the day earlier than the Oscar nominees are introduced, the Razzie Awards’ annual nominations are introduced as properly, “honoring” the worst within the cinema for the calendar 12 months.

This 12 months’s nominees are dominated by some very worthy “contenders,” together with my very own decide for the worst movie of 2023: Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood & Honey. Different “prime” nominees embody the fairly horrible Expend4bles (main all movies with seven nominations) and The Exorcist: Believer (5 nominations).

After all, this being the Razzies, although, there have been some odd decisions and a few very low cost photographs. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Future obtained two nominations and in each instances of their official launch, the Razzies made enjoyable of its title for some inexplicable motive, calling it Indiana Jones and The Dial of…Nonetheless Beating a Useless Horse as soon as and Indiana Jones and the Dial of…Can I’m going house now? one other time.

Now, I favored Dial of Future; it was no Raiders of the Misplaced Ark but it surely additionally wasn’t Kingdom of the Crystal Cranium. However some individuals didn’t prefer it; I assume sufficient individuals who vote on the Razzies didn’t prefer it, as a result of they nominated it. However why make enjoyable of its title? It’s a wonderfully positive title.

I’m additionally confused why Meg 2: The Trench and Shazam! Fury of the Gods could be nominated for Worst Image of the 12 months however not nominated for Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-Off, or Sequel? They’re each sequels and they’re each one of many worst motion pictures of the 12 months … so doesn’t that routinely make them one of many worst prequels/remakes/rip-offs/sequels of the 12 months too? That doesn’t make any sense. (The Razzies nominated Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania and the aforementioned Indiana Jones in that class of their place.)

That’s the Razzies for you, I assume. As all the time, I proceed to really feel like unhealthy motion pictures deserve higher awards. Right here’s the total checklist of this 12 months’s Razzie nominees. The “winners” will likely be introduced the night time earlier than the Academy Awards, Saturday March 9.

Worst Image
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
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, The Pope’s Exorcist
Sylvester Stallone, Expend4ables

Worst Display Couple
Any 2 “Cruel Mercenaries,” Expend4bles
Any 2 Cash-Grubbing Traders 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 house now?
Shazam! Fury of the Gods
Winnie the Pooh: Blood & Honey