Watching Worst Films: Recent Episodes
Watching Worst Films
Join Jericho Reid and Kyle Schimanski on their quest to watch every Golden Raspberry Worst Picture Winner.
Each week we'll be tackling another year in Razzie history, discussing the worst movies Hollywood has to offer and giving our takes on the award that nobody wants to win.
Another Razzie-winner is crowned and we're back with another episode. It's the silly old bear but not like you've ever seen him before, with Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey!
Then stay tuned for a second half where we cover the rest of the awards, discuss the return of the online ceremony and coin the phrase "Pyjama Cameo".
Music by Bruce Charles
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It's an incredibly special episode this week as we interview John Wilson, the founder of the Razzies.
Join us for a chat as we speak about how the Golden Raspberry Awards grew from John's living room to an organisation known (and feared) across the globe. You'll hear incredibly anecdotes from throughout Razzie history, the official criteria for what makes a film Razzie-worthy and what comes bottom of John's own worst films ranking.
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It's time for our 2023 Razzie predictions so tune in for a first half where we humiliate ourselves by getting everything wrong and then a second half where we react to the nominations and make our guesses about who will take home this year's coveted Golden Raspberry.
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It all comes to an end as we present our definitive ranking of the worst Razzie winners, our takes on the worst actors and directors, along with the lessons we've learned along the way.
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At last we present our special on the worst British movies so tune into the first half for an at-length discussion of Mrs Brown's Boys D'Movie before a second half where we cover some of the other worst films this island has produced.
Music by Bruce Charles
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We welcome Marni back to the podcast for our final episode on Gary Marshall's holiday trilogy. If you're at a loss for how to spend New Year's Eve then this episode has all sorts of ideas, such as getting trapped in a lift with Ashton Kutcher, going to Bali with Zac Efron or having a child with Seth Myers.
Change to your advertised programming due to Kyle's unexpected abscence. Normal programming will resume in 2024. Thanks for your support and Happy New Year!
Music by Bruce Charles
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We continue our Razzie wrap up with a discussion of some of the films and individuals we think were lucky to emerge (mostly) unscathed.
Unsurprisingly this is going to involve Jericho and Kyle ranting at length about some old favourites...
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It's our Madonna special as we discuss the most successful actress in Razzie history and her 2011 Masterpiece W.E.
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We present our special on one of the Razzie greats and an all-time legend of cinema, Adam Sandler. Join us for a comprehensive discussion of the Sandman's entire filmography, including his many friends and collaborators. And then maybe you could play with your cock and balls for mamma?
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The Razzie quest is done but it only took us back to the 1980s. On this very special episode we discuss a selection of bad films from the Pre-Razzie era, including talk about the Stinker Bad Movie Awards and the Golden Turkey Awards.
Due to technical issues, Kyle sounds like he has been abducted by aliens for the first half of the podcast. Sound quality improves halfway through and next week should see the return of the crystal clear WWF audio you've come to expect.
Music by Bruce Charles
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Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the cinema...
We discuss the worst of the first 10, 20, 25 and 30 years of the Razzies. There's a lot of talk about old favourites, along with a look ahead to the coming year and what you can expect in the event of our untimely deaths.
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It's all been building to this, the journey comes to an end as we cover the first ever Razzie Worst Picture, 1980's Can't Stop The Music.
Along with extensive discussion of the Village People, you'll get talk about the strongest Worst Director category ever, early appearances for some Razzie favourites and the usual Paul Thomas Anderson love-in.
Music by Bruce Charles
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This week we look at auteur Rena Riffel's Showgirls 2: Penny's From Heaven. We make a pitch for Showgirls 3, question why this film wasn't sued by Disney and learn why women are like bananas.
Music by Bruce Charles
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It's all been building up to this. We at last watch Tom Green's Razzie-winning masterpiece, Freddy Got Fingered.
After a first half full of treasures and jewels, stay tuned for the second half where we discuss the strongest line-up in Stinker History and buy our tickets for the Cruise-Askew.
Music by Bruce Charles
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Strap in as we blast off to the year 3000, gold is now one of the most valuable resources on the planet, humans are no longer the dominant species, Earth is now a battlefield.
We at last cover 2000's Battlefield Earth, potentially making some libelous comments about John Travolta in the process. If you're listening Mr Travolta's lawyer, it was all parody. We hope you enjoyed the episode! Feel free to contact us with non-legal queries at watchingworstfilms@gmail.com or follow us on social media @watchingworst.
Music by Bruce Charles
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Kyle's sick this week so Jericho flies solo for mini-episode on Coke Daniels' Karen.
Music by Bruce Charles
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Two Sandmen for the price of one, as at long last we cover Adam Sandler's 2011 classic, Jack and Jill.
C'mon, listen! Do it for mamma.
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This year we bring the 90s to a close with 2004's Catwoman, which Jericho uses as an excuse to talk about Chris Nolan slightly more than usual.
Then it's off to an action packed second half featuring Great Alexanders, babies which are super and the crimes of Britney Spears.
Music by Bruce Charles
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Snoochie boochies listeners! It's all been building up to this. The dynamic duo tackle the (mostly) complete filmography of Kevin Smith, with a couple TV projects, a music video and a tweet for good measure.
Music by Bruce Charles
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This week we rejoin our old friends, the Dereks for a supernatural tale of murder and cuckoldry! That's right, John and Bo are back with more things to work through in Ghosts Can't Do It!
Music by Bruce Charles
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We're back with the first part of another double bill as we introduce you to Ford Fairlane: Rock N Roll Detective, along with a whole cast of crazy characters.
Now excuse me while I kiss this guy.
Music by Bruce Charles
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Join us Under The Cherry Moon as we party like it's 1986 with Prince. Then stay tuned for the second half where we discuss Stephen King's Christines, Robin Williams on a Tropical Island and the return of Coughlin's Law.
Music by Bruce Charles
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You Will Believe A Duck Can Emote
We cover the first half of 1986 with Howard the Duck. Featuring xtensive discussion of George Lucas, puppets and anatomically correct duck penises.
Prince, you've got a lot to live up to.
Music by Bruce Charles
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If you thought this Santa didn't have muscles, you'd be so wrong.
Music by Bruce Charles
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Saddle up your giant robot spiders and join us for a ride out to the Wild Wild West, on an episode that features Jon Peters talk (which is justified for a change!), along with Sandman debate and an extensive discussion of a certain Episode I.
Music by Bruce Charles
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Have a seat and enjoy the show as we discuss the epic conclusion to the Twilight Saga. There will be Lee Pace talk, imprinting confusion and a Sandman Split.
Music by Bruce Charles
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Don't bro me if you don't Nomi! If ever a film's reputation preceded it, it's this one. Time to meet Paul Verhoeven's Showgirls.
Music by Bruce Charles
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This week we watched Movie 43, a film which promised Bob Odenkirk and delivered balls on a neck, Chris Pratt defecating on his ex-wife and Johnny Knoxville murdering Gerard Butler twice.
Music by Bruce Charles
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For the first time we present a special centred around a person, rather than a film. It's time for us to take on the undisputed heavyweight champion of the Razzies, Sylvester Stallone.
Music by Bruce Charles
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This week we cover An Alan Smithee Film, which is an Alan Smithee film. Then stay tuned for a second half where two men in their thirties speak at length about toys they had growing up. Premium content!
Music by Bruce Charles
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Mariska Hargitay listeners! On this episode we are joined by special guest Sophie Fordyce to discuss 2008's The Love Guru.
Music by Bruce Charles
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Listeners, have you ever found yourself wondering "Is a cat a dog?"
Well wonder no more as on this episode we are joined by guest Jade Nicholas to uncover the mysteries of 2019's Cats.
Music by Bruce Charles
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For the first time in the history of the internet, two men discuss Star Trek. We go back to where it all began with Star Trek V, the film that inspired the podcast.
Music by Bruce Charles
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It's time for another special and we use this opportunity to watch 2023's Hypnotic. Robert Rodriguez does Chris Nolan? What could possibly go wrong?
Music by Bruce Charles
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It's 2016 again and we take a trip to Hillary's America to discover the Secret History of the Democratic Party. That's right, it's another conservative documentary! Stay with us for the second half as we discuss the year's other heavyweights: Batman Vs Superman, Suicide Squad and a Grandpa that is dirty like you wouldn't believe!
Music by Bruce Charles
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Catch the excitement! Catch the adventure! Catch the Hawk!
It's the return of Bruno this week as we watch Hudson Hawk and discuss the year of 1991.
Music by Bruce Charles
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Airbenders! Get your airbenders! One of a kind! Once they're gone they're gone!
Two men who have no experience of the beloved cartoon discuss M. Night Shyamalan's 2010 adaption The Last Airbender.
Music by Bruce Charles
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"Going to be a short episode this week" as we don't have much to say about Basic Instinct 2 before delving into the cinematic delights of 2006 and some of our old favourites. We've got Schneider, we've got Lohan, we've got Lonely Little Ladies' Men In The Water. What more could you ask for?
Music by Bruce Charles
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We're joined once again by guest Marni Weinstein as we watch another Garry Marshall holiday anthology film. So get ready to spend Mother's Day with your old friends Jennifer Aniston, Julia Roberts and Ted Lasso.
Music by Bruce Charles
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President of the Kevin Costner fan club, Isaiah Berra joins the podcast to mount a stirring defence of 1997's three hour post-apocalyptic epic while in the second half, a freeze comes to town.
Music by Bruce Charles
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This year your favourite bad movie connoisseurs are off to 1984 and Bolero, starring Bo Derek, directed by John Derek who-
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Music by Bruce Charles
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It's turkey time as we watch 2003's Gigli, widely considered one of the worst films of all time. So jump on in to find out whether we agree and hear our takes on a year which features not one but two Spring Break movies.
Music by Bruce Charles
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This episode we are joined by Cindy Begel, Razzie-winning writer of The Flintstones.
She share stories from throughout the development of the project, discusses her experience collaborating with 34 colleagues and explains how she finally received her Razzie, twenty nine years later.
Music by Bruce Charles
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Step into our mind palace as we talk you through 2018's comedy classic, Holmes & Watson. Then stay tuned for an action-packed second half as discuss the most inappropriate Wilhelm Screams and uncover a conspiracy that threatens to shake everything you knew about the Razzies to the core.
Music by Bruce Charles.
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This week Kyle introduces us to LL Leon P, the lowest-rated SNL film, otherwise known as The Ladies Man.
Music by Bruce Charles
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We do a little three hour Striptease for you as we tackle one of the weirdest films we've watched before. Then a bumper second half as Kyle presents his alternate 1996 Razzies.
Music by Bruce Charles
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We present our up to the minute take on Blonde, the least deserving Razzie-winner in history? Strange episode as we struggle to critique a movie that has no place featuring on this podcast. But stick around for the second half where you can hear the results of our predictions and find out who will be crowned the King of the Razzies.
Music by Bruce Charles
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This week we're off to Korea with 1981's Inchon, with a production infinitely more interesting than the film. Also on this episode: the return of an old friend, a number of opportunities for Kyle to speak about Casino Royale and a discussion of some of the omissions from 2002.
Music by Bruce Charles
Get Swept Away on a romantic cruise with your two favourite podcast hosts where nothing can possibly go wrong... This episode also notable for Jericho and Kyle spending the entire second half ranting about Star Wars and James Bond.
Music by Bruce Charles
"Do we get to win this time?" You be the judge as we watch John Rambo's second outing in First Blood Part II. As you can expect, there's much outrage from Kyle, much Arnie talk from Jericho and also a number of references to Paulie's Robot from the other big Stallone film of 1985. Also we become potentially the first podcast to discuss Aberdeen attraction Ramboland (RIP 1985-2013).
Music by Bruce Charles
What better way to celebrate Valentine's Day than with an entire movie devoted to it? We're joined by guest Marni Weinstein to discuss the 2010 Razzie-winning film Valentine's Day. Listen in for the answers to such questions as: how many roses are sold each Valentine's Day? What pasttime connects clowns and adulterers? And who did we unamimously crown as the MVP of this film?
Music by Bruce Charles
Guest Cieran McCusker joins the podcast to finish watching a movie he started five years ago, as we cover 2017's The Emoji Movie. If you've ever wondered what's hidden in the dark recesses of a teenage boy's phone then this is the podcast for you!
Music by Bruce Charles
We're joined on the podcast by Darren Doane, Razzie-winning director of Saving Christmas. We chat about the intersection between punk rock and faith-based cinema, the procedure of finding out you've been nominated for a Razzie and what other Razzie-winning film Darren has a connection to.
Music by Bruce Charles
It's awards season which means we're bringing you our 2022 Razzie preview. In the first half of the episode we make our predictions, then in the second half see how wrong we got it as we react to the nominations.
Music by Bruce Charles
You can't rely on anyone else to know who killed you these days, which is why it's so important to do it yourself. On this episode we attempt to set the record for most mentions of David Lynch in a single podcast, we talk about a great year for Chuck cinema and we go off on extended Rick & Morty riffs, which were recorded before recent revelations.
Music by Bruce Charles
On this episode we cover 1994 and Color of Night, a film that doesn't actually feature that much night. However it does feature Bruce Willis' penis, barracuda advice and one of the Razzies' funniest death scenes.
Music by Bruce Charles.
What does it take to change the essence of a man? Find out on this week's special as we cover the work of Steven Seagal with his directorial debut, On Deadly Ground.
Music by Bruce Charles.
On this episode we cover Leonard Part 6, the spy parody that isn't much of a spy film and isn't much of a parody. If that wasn't bad enough, it also stars Bill Cosby.
Thankfully in the second half, you can look forward to our weekly discussion of Sylvester Stallone's nomination, an Elaine May love-in and a Garbage Pail Kids loath-in.
Music by Bruce Charles
It's our holiday special and we get a little help from our friend Kirk Cameron to put the Christ back into CHRISTmas. That's right, it's 2014 and we're Saving Christmas. So come on in, grab an empty mug of hot chocolate, learn about the hidden symbolism of candy canes, find out who is putting Jesus in the corner and discover why the real Santa was a bad dude.
Music by Bruce Charles.
For the first time in WWF history, we bring you an episode longer than the film. That's how inspiring we found Dirty Love and the year of 2005.
So come on in to find your white pony, discover which world landmark has a Razzie and help us solve the case of Mike Bigelow: Mystery Directorio.
Music by Bruce Charles
This week we cover 1992's Shining Through, also known as the decade's other Liam Neeson movie set in Nazi Germany.
Jericho founds the Legendary Sunflower Fanclub and Kyle makes a startling confession about Sylvester Stallone. All this and more inside!
Music by Bruce Charles
It's our second special which means it's time for your check up from Michael Morbius M.D.
That's right, we're tackling 2022's other leading Razzie contender, Morbius. What do Bob Dylan and Dr Michael Morbius have in common? Did Dr Michael Morbius create the coronavirus? How much does Kyle wish we were watching Blade instead? The answers to all these questions are inside...
Music by Bruce Charles
This week we watch The Lonely Lady, the story of a woman who is chewed up and spat out by the Hollywood machine, starring an actress who would never work again.
Also on this episode, Kyle has some choice words for Mr Razzie (please come on the show) and Jericho discovers some repressed childhood trauma.
Music by Bruce Charles
We know you've been biting your lips in anticipation but part two of our 2015 double bill is here at last! Buckle in for our discussion of Fifty Shades of Grey where we'll attempt to get to the bottom of mysteries like: Why does Christian never takes his jeans off? Who cleans the Red Room? Where does he keeps his X-Box and stuff? Music by Bruce Charles
Unfortunately 2015 Razzie voters found it too hard to separate Fantastic Four and Fifty Shades of Grey so this week it's clobbering time as we bring you our first double bill.
Who knew a film that gives you Homer Simpson, Tim Heidecker and Chet Hanks within the first five minutes could be so disappointing?
Part Two- Fifty Shades of Grey to come on Friday.
Music by Bruce Charles
Wow! We've got one hell of an episode here for you folks. By the end of this podcast you'll have heard Absolute Proof that the 2020 Golden Raspberry was stolen.
Listen in for our growing resentment towards Mr Razzie and new levels of "This is not a film."
Also: due to Jericho forgetting when the midterms were, we're bringing you this episode out of sequence. Join us next week for Fant4astic Shades of Grey.
Music by Bruce Charles
On this episode we take a trip to a place called Kokomo with 1988's Cocktail.
So pour yourself a drink, sit back and enjoy!
Music by Bruce Charles
For our first special, we tackle our tip for the 2022 Razzies, My Son Hunter. Join us as we watch Breitbart's cutting expose about President Joe Biden, his son Hunter and their shared love of sitting in limosines.
Fittingly, laptop issues led to poorer sound quality than usual. However normal service will resume next week.
Music by Bruce Charles
Do you know what's worth fighting for, when it's not worth dying for?
Find out on this episode where we tackle Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, a film which transformed our brains from a mass of grey and white matter into a pile of useless mush.
Music by Bruce Charles
This week we journey off to 1981 and the second Razzie Worst Picture Winner, Mommie Dearest. We also cover one of the most contentious years for nominees with Heaven's Gate, Tangerine Dream and Daniel DeVito all receiving nominations.
Warning: This episode may contain wire hangers.
Music by Bruce Charles
We have a proposal for you, and we can’t promise that it's decent...
Join us for a trip back to 1993 and hear our pitches for an Indecent Proposal remake, a stirring defence of Last Action Hero and a warning against the Stallone curse.
Music by Bruce Charles.
On our first episode we discuss the most recent Razzie winner, Diana: The Musical. A touching tribute to the People's Princess or a car crash of cringe? We give you our verdict on the Razzie-worthiness of Diana and its slew of nominations, as well as a discussion of the other categories and the cinematic lowlights of 2021.
Note: This episode was recorded before recent unfortunate events regarding the monarchy.
Music by Bruce Charles.