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 yr.

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

Of course, this being the Razzies, although, there have been some odd decisions and a few very low cost photographs. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny obtained two nominations and in each circumstances of their official launch, the Razzies made enjoyable of its title for some inexplicable motive, calling it Indiana Jones and The Dial of…Still Beating a Dead Horse as soon as and Indiana Jones and the Dial of…Can I am going dwelling now? one other time.

Now, I preferred Dial of Destiny; it was no Raiders of the Lost Ark nevertheless it additionally wasn’t Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. But some folks didn’t prefer it; I suppose sufficient individuals who vote on the Razzies didn’t prefer it, as a result of they nominated it. But why make enjoyable of its title? It’s a superbly tremendous title.

I’m additionally confused why Meg 2: The Trench and Shazam! Fury of the Gods can be nominated for Worst Picture of the yr however not nominated for Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-Off, or Sequel? They’re each sequels and they’re each one of the worst films of the yr … so doesn’t that mechanically make them one of the worst prequels/remakes/rip-offs/sequels of the yr 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 suppose. As all the time, I proceed to really feel like dangerous films deserve higher awards. Here’s the total checklist of this yr’s Razzie nominees. The “winners” will probably be introduced the night time earlier than the Academy Awards, Saturday March 9.

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, Fast 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 Last Dance
Jennifer Lopez, The Mother
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, Five Nights at Freddy’s

Worst Supporting Actor
Michael Douglas, Ant Man & The Wasp: Quantumania
Mel Gibson, Confidential Informant
Bill Murray, Ant Man & The Wasp: Quantumania
Franco Nero, The Pope’s Exorcist
Sylvester Stallone, Expend4ables

Worst Screen Couple
Any 2 “Merciless Mercenaries,” Expend4bles
Any 2 Money-Grubbing Investors Who Donated to the $400 Million
for Remake Rights to The Exorcist
Ana de Armas & Chris Evans (who flunked Screen Chemistry), Ghosted
Salma Hayek & Channing Tatum, Magic Mike’s Last 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…Still Beating a Dead Horse
Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey

Worst Director
Rhys Frake-Waterfield, Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey
David Gordon Green, 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 am going dwelling now?
Shazam! Fury of the Gods
Winnie the Pooh: Blood & Honey