The 2016 Dellies

The 2015 Dellies

The Sunshine Blogger Award AND a Liebster!

Liebster Award, part 3

The 2014 Dellies

Liebster Award, part 2

Liebster Award

The 35th Annual Razzies "Winners"

What About the Razzies? (2015 Edition)

Versatile Blogger Award

John at Hitchcock's World saw fit to nominate for the Versatile Blogger. Rather than questioning his judgement like I should, I'll humbly accept. After all, it's my first one of these blogger awards that go around every year. I'm getting a bit misty thinking about it...

I just feel so appreciated right now...

Oh...ahem...um...okay...I'm good.

The first thing I'm supposed to do in order to officially accept this award is thank the person that nominated me and link back to their blog. John, thank you very very much.

Next, I'm supposed to nominate 15 other bloggers and tell them about it. I read a number of blogs, so coming up with 15 shouldn't be a problem...except I want to nominate blogs I haven't seen already receive this particular honor. If I nominate you and you have already gotten this, take it in stride like the pro you are. My nominees (alphabetical, so don't get pissed about not being at the top):

The Cinematic Spectacle
Dan the Man's Movie Reviews
Flick Chicks
Flights, Tights, and Movie Nights
Jeffrey K. Lyles' Movie Files
Karamel Kinema
Keith & the Movies
Life vs. Film
Mettel Ray
My FilmViews
A Space Blogyssey
Surrender to the Void
Two Dollar Cinema
Vic's Movie Den
Wandering Through the Shelves

Finally, I'm supposed to spout off seven interesting facts about me. Hmmm...not sure there are seven things, but I'll give it a shot.


1. Legend has it that I learned to walk by following around the little girl in my neighborhood whom I had a crush on. I can neither confirm nor deny this tidbit of info, but I can openly admit I was in love with the same girl for the first 15 years of my life. We were friends, but she never loved me back. Sad, but true.

2. The only movie I ever cried over was the 1979 version of The Champ. I was eight years old and damn if didn't rip me apart. I've not shed a single tear over a movie since...but I've never watched The Champ again, either.

3. I might actually break down and cry if my beloved New York Knicks actually win an NBA title.

4. I went to high school with Fredro Starr. If you don't know who that is, he started as a member of the rap group Onyx and later became an actor with a rather lengthy career (nearly 50 credits according to imdb.com). His biggest movie was probably Save the Last Dance. We knew each other, but weren't friends. We hardly ever spoke, actually. So no, I've not seen nor spoken to him since those days. Just something I think is interesting.

5. I won my school spelling bee in sicsth grade. See what I did there?

6. I am a published poet.

7. During one particular summer in the 80s, my brother and I watched Rocky III at least a dozen times. Each time we acted out the training montage scene between Rocky and Apollo.

So there's seven things. Before exiting stage left, I'll thank John one last time for nominating me. In my head, I'll pretend that he speaks for the entire movie blogosphere and take this award as proof that...

What About the Razzies?

With all the buzz over the Oscars this past weekend, the Razzies were once again overlooked. I mean, it's understandable. One show honors Hollywood's best and brightest while the other takes a look at the smelly stuff you stepped in.

You can check out their site by clicking here. For those of you who are lazy like me, here's a quick rundown of the nominees and "winners" (in red):

Worst Screenplay
Movie 43
After Earth (my review)
Grown Ups 2 (my review)
The Lone Ranger
A Madea Christmas

Worst Director
The 13 people who directed Movie 43
Dennis Dugan (Grown Ups 2)
Tyler Perry (A Madea Christmas and Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor)
M. Night Shyamala (After Earth)
Gore Verbinski (The Lone Ranger)

Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-Off, or Sequel
The Lone Ranger
Grown Ups 2
The Hangover Part III (my review)
Scary Movie 5
The Smurfs 2 (my review)

Worst Screen Combo
Jaden Smith and Will Smith (After Earth)
The entire cast of Grown Ups 2
The entire cast of Movie 43
Lindsay Lohan and Charlie Sheen in Scary Movie 5
Tyler Perry and either Larry the Cable Guy or that worn out wig and dress in A Madea Christmas

Worst Supporting Actress
Kim Kardashian (Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor) (my review)
Salma Hayek (Grown Ups 2)
Katherine Heigl (The Big Wedding)
Lady Gaga (Machete Kills)
Lindsay Lohan (InAPPropriate Comedy and Scary Movie 5)

Worst Supporting Actor
Will Smith (After Earth)
Chris Brown (Battle of the Year)
Larry the Cable Guy (A Madea Christmas)
Taylor Lautner (Grown Ups 2)
Nick Swardson (Grown Ups 2)

Worst Actress
Tyler Perry (A Madea Christmas)
Halle Berry (The Call and Movie 43) (my review of The Call)
Selena Gomez (The Getaway)
Lindsay Lohan (The Canyons)
Naomi Watts (Diana and Movie 43)

Worst Actor
Jaden Smith (After Earth)
Johnny Depp (The Lone Ranger)
Ashton Kutcher (Jobs)
Adam Sandler (Grown Ups 2)
Sylvester Stallone (Bullet to the Head, Escape Plan, and Grudge Match)

Worst Picture
Movie 43
After Earth
Grown Ups 2
The Lone Ranger
A Madea Christmas


Okay, who else didn't realize that Lindsay Lohan appeared in three movies in 2013? That astounding fact aside, it looks like Movie 43 was the big "winner," here. Other than my lack of actual hate for Grown Ups 2 and the fact I thought Halle Berry was pretty good in The Call, I've got no qualms with these. Well, I would like to have seen some representation of Baggage Claim, A Good Day to Die Hard, and Beautiful Creatures, but maybe that's just me. Any thoughts on these?