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Retrospective: Worst Picture/Best Picture – Wild Wild West and American Beauty (1999)

Jeff Beachnau August 3, 2020

“My biggest regret in seeing this film is that wish I could have warned you earlier not to see it. I’m sure there are several... Read More

Retrospective: Worst Picture/Best Picture – An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn and Shakespeare in Love (1998)

Jeff Beachnau July 31, 2020

“In short, “Burn Hollywood Burn” represents just about everything that can possibly be bad about a movie. It should be mandatory viewing for film students... Read More

Retrospective: Worst Picture/Best Picture – Striptease and The English Patient (1996)

Jeff Beachnau November 26, 2019

Striptease – “However the entire thing ended up being a mess, and I can only hope I can erase the image of Burt Reynolds in... Read More

‘Gotti,’ ‘Happytime Murders,’ Trump Administration lead 2019 Razzie Nominations

Erik Anderson January 21, 2019

The Golden Raspberry Awards have announced their nominees on the eve of the Oscar nominations. The 39th Razzies, which honor the worst films of the year... Read More

Retrospective: Worst Picture/Best Picture Series – Shining Through and Unforgiven (1992)

Jeff Beachnau March 6, 2016

In 1992, Liam Neeson starred in two WWII films, in one he played a Nazi villain, and in the other he played a Nazi with... Read More

Retrospective: Worst Picture/Best Picture Series – Hudson Hawk and Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Jeff Beachnau July 20, 2015

The 80s was a good decade for Jodie Foster and Bruce Willis. Jodie won an Oscar for The Accused and Bruce starred in the hit... Read More

Retrospective: Worst Picture/Best Picture Series – Cocktail and Rainman (1988)

Jeff Beachnau March 12, 2015

Cockman: or (The Unexpected Virtue of Autism) Tom Cruise began his film career in 1981 and soon he became the heartthrob everyone knows him to... Read More

Retrospective: Worst Picture/Best Picture Series – Under the Cherry Moon & Howard the Duck and Platoon (1986)

Jeff Beachnau June 14, 2014

“A Duck, a Soldier, and a Prince Walk Into a Bar” A rare occurrence happened in 1986; the Razzies awarded two films as the Worst... Read More

Retrospective: Worst Picture/Best Picture Series – Leonard Part 6 and The Last Emperor (1987)

Jeff Beachnau June 13, 2014

1987 brought us two visually compelling films with two iconic lead characters. One film is about one of the most powerful men in the world... Read More

Retrospective: Worst Picture/Best Picture Series – Rambo: First Blood Part II and Out of Africa (1985)

Jeff Beachnau May 29, 2014

Rambo: First Blood Part II and Out of Africa were both released in 1985, two action packed motion pictures that blew audiences away. In one... Read More