Time for the 36th Golden Raspberry Awards (or Razzies). For those who don’t know what the Razzie awards are, there another awards show which take place around the Academy Awards (or Oscars) with the biggest difference being that instead of celebrating the best films of the year, it focuses on the worst films of the year. This is an award which films and filmmakers don’t want to win. Below are the nominations as well as my predictions. I’ve linked movies which I’ve seen to their respective reviews. I will admit that I haven’t seen as many as these movies as I have all the other nominated movies. I will update my predictions if I see more movies before the awards ceremony.
Worst Picture
Prediction: Fantastic Four
Winner: Fantastic Four, Fifty Shades of Grey
Worst Actor

Johnny Depp, Mortdecai

Jamie Dornan, Fifty Shades of Grey
Kevin James, Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2

Adam Sandler, The Cobbler and Pixels
Channing Tatum, 
Jupiter Ascending
Prediction: Johnny Depp, Mortdecai
Winner: Jamie Dornan, Fifty Shades of Grey
Worst Actress

Katherine Heigl, Home Sweet Hell

Dakota Johnson, Fifty Shades of Grey
Mila Kunis, Jupiter Ascending
Jennifer Lopez, The Boy Next Door
Gwyneth Paltrow, Mortdecai

Prediction: Jennifer Lopez, The Boy Next Door
Winner: Dakota Johnson, Fifty Shades of Grey
Worst Supporting Actor
Chevy Chase, Hot Tub Time Machine 2 and Vacation

Josh Gad, Pixels and The Wedding Ringer
Kevin James, Pixels
Jason Lee, Alvin & The Chipmunks: Road Chip

Eddie Redmayne, Jupiter Ascending
Prediction: Eddie Redmayne, Jupiter Ascending
Winner: Eddie Redmayne, Jupiter Ascending
Worst Supporting Actress

Kaley Cuoco, Alvin & The Chipmunks: Road Chip and The Wedding Ringer

Rooney Mara, Pan
Michelle Monaghan, Pixels
Julianne Moore, Seventh Son

Amanda Seyfried, Love the Coopers and Pan
Prediction: Rooney Mara, Pan
Winner: Kaley Cuoco, Alvin & The Chipmunks: Road Chip and The Wedding Ringer

Worst Remake/Rip-Off/Sequel

Alvin & The Chipmunks: Road Chip
Hot Tub Time Machine 2

Human Centipede 3 (Final Sequence)

Prediction: Fantastic Four
Winner: Fantastic Four
Worst Screen Combo
All Four “Fantastics,” 
Fantastic Four

Johnny Depp and His Glued-On Mustache, Mortdecai
Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson, Fifty Shades of Grey

Kevin James and EITHER His Segue OR His Glued-On Mustache, Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2

Adam Sandler and Any Pair of Shoes, The Cobbler
Prediction: All Four “Fantastics”, Fantastic Four
Winner: Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson, Fifty Shades of Grey

Worst Director

Andy Fickman, Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2

Tom Six, Human Centipede 3 (Final Sequence)

Sam Taylor-Johnson, Fifty Shades of Grey

Josh Trank, Fantastic Four

Andy and Lana Wachowski, Jupiter Ascending
Prediction: Josh Trank, Fantastic Four
Winner: Josh Trank, Fantastic Four
Worst Screenplay

Fantastic Four
 (screenplay by Simon Kinberg, Jeremy Slater and Josh Trank, based on the Marvel comic book by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby)
Fifty Shades of Grey
 (screenplay by Kelly Marcel, Based on the Novel by E. L. James)
Jupiter Ascending (screenplay by Andy and Lana Wachowski)
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 (screenplay by Kevin James and Nick Bakay)
Pixels (screenplay by Tim Herlihy and Timothy Dowling, story by Herlihy, based on a work by Patrick Jean)
Prediction: Fantastic Four
 (screenplay by Simon Kinberg, Jeremy Slater and Josh Trank, based on the Marvel comic book by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby)
Winner: Fifty Shades of Grey
 (screenplay by Kelly Marcel, Based on the Novel by E. L. James)
Razzie Redeemer Award
Elizabeth Banks (from Razzie “winning” director for Movie 47 to directing the 2015 hit Pitch Perfect 2)
M. Night Shyamalan (perennial Razzie nominee & “winner,” director of The Visit)
Will Smith (for following up After Earth with Concussion)
Sylvester Stallone (all-time Razzie Champ, award contender for Creed)
Prediction: Sylvester Stallone
Winner: Sylvester Stallone
I went 4 for 10 here which isn’t very good. Better luck next year I guess. I’m sure there will be a lot more less than desirable movies by then.
The EIC of the coincidentally-named keithlovesmovies.com. A Canadian who prefers to get out of the cold and into the warmth of a movie theatre.
