Posts by Dan Kois

October 13, 2011
RazzieWatch: The Five Biggest Razzie Disappointments of 2011

You know, awards seasons are difficult. Sometimes a movie comes down the pike that seems, for one reason or another, like Razzie bait. Maybe its premise is so stupid that one can only assume the movie was made as part of an elaborate Producers-type scheme. Maybe it’s a remake of a fondly remembered film from […]
September 29, 2011
RazzieWatch: Why Human Centipede 2 Won’t Be Nominated for Worst Picture

You know, Grantland’s RazzieWatch is just one of a vibrant community of Razzie experts, from Razzie Corner to the MCN Gurus o’ Garbage. Even the august New York Times is in the game these days, with the new “Crapetbagger” blog. After all, the only thing more fun than watching the Razzies is talking about the […]
September 22, 2011
RazzieWatch: Is Drive a Razzie Dark Horse?

This weekend, one movie divided America like no other. Though Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn’s film Drive finished a solid No. 3 at the box office, it seems audiences weren’t as enamored of this inaction thriller as critics (or the Cannes jury, which awarded Refn their Best Director prize). While Drive’s Tomatometer stands at 91 […]
September 15, 2011
Profile of a Razzie Lock: Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star

When did we first realize that Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star might be something special? We admit it, we came to the movie late. It doesn’t even appear in our first Worst Picture predictions, made back in July. But, like every Razzie expert out there, we found ourselves hearing more and more whispers […]
September 8, 2011
RazzieWatch: Which Twilight Star Will Win Worst Supporting Actor?

Or, rather, will it be a supporting vampire, or a supporting werewolf? With its plentiful stock of wolfcake and bloodsuckers, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 is a bonanza for a category that’s often among the Razzies’ most predictable. Due to a fluke of scheduling, though, the name-brand Supporting Actors the Razzies typically […]
August 25, 2011
RazzieWatch: Who Will Win Worst Supporting Actress?

Once upon a time, it was easy for a working actress to pad her résumé with a Razzie for Worst Supporting Actress. Just pick a terrible script, play your wafer-thin girlfriend/wife/mom/coworker role as woodenly as possible, and then walk away with the gold(-painted raspberry). Hell, Faye Dunaway won a Razzie in 1993 for The Temp, […]
August 18, 2011
RazzieWatch: Which Movie Will Win Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off, or Sequel?

The dog days of August are upon us. In your office, every day is like Sunday; in your neighborhood, swings creak in the wind, the children who usually occupy them cavorting on a beach 300 miles away. The city is as empty of humanity as the third act of a zombie movie. The good news: […]
August 11, 2011
RazzieWatch: Worst-Director Showdown

What do Stanley Kubrick, John Huston, Sylvester Stallone, and Prince have in common? They’ve all been nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director! The Razzies have always prided themselves on nominating a mix of directors for the industry’s biggest prize. Sure, actors (Kevin Costner, Dan Aykroyd, Eddie Murphy) who step behind the camera […]
August 4, 2011
RazzieWatch: Who Will Win Worst Actress?

Now that it’s August, the worst movie month of the year, it’s time to get serious about the Razzies, people. Worst Actress is traditionally the most difficult Razzie category to predict, because the performances are the most widely varied. Will nominations go to Oscar nominees slumming it (as when Diane Keaton was nominated for 2007’s […]
July 26, 2011
RazzieWatch: Smurfs and Aliens

We’re skipping the usual predictions this week because this week’s releases have us too excited. It’s Christmas in July for RazzieWatch, as Hollywood trots out two turkeys with serious Razzie heat on the same day. It could well be … the Crapture! (Of course we haven’t seen either of these movies, so it’s possible that […]

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