Cameron Diaz, 'Transformers' and Kirk Cameron Lead 2015 Razzie Nominations

With the Academy Award nominations coming up as a celebration of the year's best films, it means the time is here to also "honor" the crappiest films to plague theaters. Yes, it's time for the annual Razzie Award nominations, when a group of mean-spirited folk swing at the low hanging fruit that are the most obviously terrible movies.

This year it's Cameron Diaz who comes out the big loser with three nominations (including Worst Actrss) for four different movies: The Other Woman, Sex Tape, and Annie, the last one they probably threw in just for the easy trifecta. Michael Bay's Transformers: Age of Extinction is obviously in the mix multiple times for Worst Movie, Worst Director, Worst Screen Combo, and Worst Screenplay. While sometimes these awards are around just to take cheap shots at celebs, it's hard to dispute the presence of Pompeii, Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas debacle, and The Legend of Hercules.

This year they're doing something different and offering the Redeemer Award to someone who has made a big screen comeback after stinking up the joint far too often. That list is actually pretty cool with Kristen Stewart, Ben Affleck, and Jennifer Aniston having made significant strides, at least according to the Razzie team.

The Razzie winners will be named on February 21st.

Worst Picture
- "Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas"
- "Left Behind"
- "The Legend of Hercules"
- "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"
- "Transformers: Age of Extinction"

Worst Actor
- Nicolas Cage, "Left Behind"
- Kirk Cameron, "Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas"
- Kellan Lutz, "The Legend of Hercules"
- Seth MacFarlane, "A Million Ways to Die in the West"
- Adam Sandler, "Blended"

Worst Actress
- Drew Barrymore, "Blended"
- Cameron Diaz, "The Other Woman," "Sex Tape"
- Melissa McCarthy, "Tammy"
- Charlize Theron, "A Million Ways to Die in the West"
- Gaia Weiss, "The Legend of Hercules"

Worst Supporting Actress
- Cameron Diaz, "Annie"
- Megan Fox, "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"
- Nicola Peltz, "Transformers: Age of Extinction"
- Brigitte Ridenour, "Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas"
- Susan Sarandon, "Tammy"

Razzie Redeemer Award
- Ben Affleck
- Jennifer Aniston
- Mike Myers
- Keanu Reeves
- Kristen Stewart

Worst Supporting Actor
- Mel Gibson, "The Expendables 3"
- Kelsey Grammer, "The Expendables 3," "Legends of Oz," "Think Like a Man Too," "Transformers: Age of Extinction"
- Shaquille O'Neal, "Blended"
- Arnold Schwarzenegger, "The Expendables 3"
- Kiefer Sutherland, "Pompeii"

Worst Director
- Michael Bay, "Transformers: Age of Extinction"
- Darren Doane, "Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas"
- Renny Harlin, "The Legend of Hercules"
- Jonathan Liebesman, "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"
- Seth MacFarlane, "A Million Ways To Die in the West"

Worst Screen Combo
- Kirk Cameron and his ego, "Saving Christmas"
- Seth MacFarlane and Charlize Theron, "A Million Ways to Die in the West"
- Any two robots, actors (or robotic actors), "Transformers"
- Cameron Diaz and Jason Segel, "Sex Tape"
- Kellan Lutz and either his abs, pecs or glutes, "Legend of Hercules"

Worst Screenplay
- "Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas"
- "Left Behind"
- "Sex Tape"
- "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"
- "Transformers: Age of Extinction"

  Worst Remake, Rip-off or Sequel
- "Annie"
- "Atlas Shrugged: Who Is John Galt?"
- "The Legend of Hercules"
- "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"

Read More

Trailer for 'Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas' is a Holiday Disaster

Are you one of those people who secretly burns with the heat of a thousand suns whenever someone says "Happy Holidays" rather than "Merry Christmas?" Well so does Kirk Cameron, and his movie Saving Christmas is apparently made just for you and whoever else believes in the fictional "war on Christmas."

The trailer for Saving Christmas is...to put it bluntly, fucking pathetic. Pathetic not only in message, because it supposes something that doesn't remotely exist, but also in content. It's apparently a holiday comedy or something but damned if there's a laugh in it anywhere. And what's with the Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas title, anyway? Does he fancy himself the whackjob version of Tyler Perry or Lee Daniels? Granted, his name has become synonymous with a certain uneducated fanaticism but this is ridiculous. When he openly laments that some people want to tear down every manger scene (nobody wants that, by the way) it's like Bill O'Reilly wrote the screenplay himself. 

And maybe if O'Reilly had written it this would be worth checking out but instead it's Chester Harvey and Darren Doane providing the screenplay, with the latter directing. Doane was at the helm of the Kirk Cameron documentary, Unstoppable, which I'm sure was absolutely scintillating stuff. Why didn't that win any awards? Oh...because it was only out for one night as a stream exclusive to Liberty University.  Who needs a frat party when you can watch a documentary on the guy from Growing Pains? I've probably spent too much time on this movie I'll hopefully never have to see but it struck me how the film is trying to make some of the same points about consumerism as A Charlie Brown Christmas, only in a way that's both insulting and defeating of its own purpose. Ugh, whatever.  Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas opens November 14th, probably closes the same day, and when it does they can just blame the Hollywood atheists. Here's the trailer and synopsis:


This Christmas, have your family join with Kirk Cameron’s family and dive headfirst into all the dancing, celebration, feasting, imagination, and traditions that glorify the true “reason for the season.” KIRK CAMERON’S SAVING CHRISTMAS is an engaging story that will leave the audience with an understanding of a biblical basis for our celebrations, and the inspiration to stand strongly against a culture that wants to trivialize and eliminate the faith elements of this holy season. So take in the splendor; take in the majesty; take in the story. Take it all in … and let’s put Christ back in Christmas! KIRK CAMERON’S SAVING CHRISTMAS is in theaters for a limited engagement beginning November 14.

Read More