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The 10 Worst Films of 2016

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BY KEVIN CARR

If you read my previous post about how 2016 wasn’t as bad as you thought it was… well, this is the post that will make the counter-argument. Of course, any year is filled with truly awful and terrible movies. While making any movie takes a huge effort, it seems to be easier for Hollywood to crank out bad movies. Still, I had to go see all of these movies so you don’t have to.

It’s not that 2016 had any more bad movies, but there was something unique about this year. The big reason is if you look at the end of the list, you’ll see some very competently made movies. However, it’s these movie’s cores that are rotten, and that’s the heart and soul of a film. Sure, throw a lot of money at a movie, and you could still end up with a pile of stank.

Anyway… on with the stank from 2016!…
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The 10 Worst Films of 2015

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BY KEVIN CARR

Every year as I look back on the greatest films to come out in the past twelve months, I can’t help but also lament about the worst films that pierced through my eyeballs. I suppose it says something that my shortlist for the worst films of the year is generally about twice as long as that of the best films. However, I’ve come to expect as much from the waning side of mediocrity.

Some say that a worst-of-the-year list is mean-spirited – or worse yet, the social media’s own critical N-word: schadenfreude. (Gasp!) However, I say to bring it on. Since I had to sit through these hours of dreck, I earned my right to call them out for what they are…
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The 10 Worst Films of 2014

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BY KEVIN CARR

One of my favorite things to do at the end of the year is to hurl my venom at the worst movies I’ve been forced to watch for the last twelve months. Sure, everyone likes good films, but it’s turning the screws to the life-sucking, waste-of-space movies that really makes things fun. In 2014, we have seen an unfortunate return of the dreaded found-footage movie (though fortunately, few of these made any significant profit this year). There’s also some sequels in the mix that lived down (or below) the originals. It wasn’t a banner year for bad films, per se, but there was no shortage of them (and Tyler Perry only made it to the dishonorable mentions this year, which is nice).
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The 10 Worst Films of 2013

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BY KEVIN CARR

As enjoyable as it is to watch the best films of the year, it’s equally enjoyable assembling the list of the worst films of the year. They may have been torture to sit through, but these movies provide an outlet for rage pent up over the course of the year. They’re boring, they’re sometimes offensive, they’re often difficult to sit through. The worst of the year list isn’t just an announcement. It’s catharsis. And Tyler Perry made it on my list twice…
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The 10 Worst Films of 2012

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BY KEVIN CARR

While publicists and the film industry itself eagerly await the bevy of Best Films lists from critics, they’re less excited about our lists for the bottom of the barrel. But when there’s arguably more films that can make it on a Worst Films list, this can be a cathartic act for people like me. Where my Best Films list inevitably contains several animated titles, a new trend has shown up on my Worst Films list. Check out numbers 1, 2 and 3 and question whether I want to see another shaky-cam movie in the near future.
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The 10 Worst Films of 2011

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BY KEVIN CARR

As the year ends, many critics rush to build a list of top films from the past twelve months. While I do that myself (and you can check it out here), it’s sometimes more fun (or at least more cathartic) to compile a hate-filled rant that masquerades as a Worst of the Year list. Like any year, there have been plenty of terrible movies, but here is the sour cream of the crop for 2011.
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Second Reel Episode 15 – The Worst of 2010

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On This Episode: Kevin welcomes a slate of ten guests for a completely random, unscientific yet totally awesome list of the ten worst films of 2010.

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The 10 Most Mediocre Films of 2010

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BY KEVIN CARR

This past year had some good films. It also had some great films. And yes, it had some bad films as well. Such is the case for any year, but what stood to me the most was the wash of mediocre movies that hit the screens. These were films that were okay to watch but not great. They defined “meh” and just didn’t rise above any sort of scrutiny. Not much more can be said about the entries to this list, except for the fact that they were all just stunningly okay.
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The 10 Worst Films of 2010

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BY KEVIN CARR

10. CONVICTION
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Each year, some films try so hard to win awards that they become mockeries of themselves. “Conviction” was such a movie, featuring a woman trying to exonerate her brother for murder. Like last year’s “Amelia,” no amount of good acting from Hillary Swank could save this film from the wash of award movie cliches that were thrown at the screen.
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The Worst Films of the Decade (2000-2009)

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10. Norbit (2007)
After being nominated for an Oscar, Eddie Murphy bounced back to remind the cinematic world that he still made some of the worst movies imaginable. It may have been a hit, but like the hideous spoofs of Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, it only proved that at the right time, the public likes absolute crap.

9. Blair Witch 2: Book of Shadows (2000)
Although it induced nausea in moviegoers around the world, The Blair Witch Project was a bona fide indie hit that was a pretty neat film when all was said and done. However, in the wake of spoofs done by everyone from Chris Rock to porno producers, the sequel to this cinematic innovator reached levels of suck only consistently seen in Uwe Boll’s film repertoire.
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Kevin Carr’s Worst of 2009

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It’s been a long year with both good and bad movies throughout. Fat Guy Kevin Carr lays down his picks for the worst films of 2009.
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Second Reel Episode 5 – The Worst of 2009

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On This Episode: Kevin welcomes a slate of ten guests for a completely random, unscientific yet totally awesome list of the ten worst films of 2009.

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The 10 Worst Films of 2009

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10. All About Steve
Sandra Bullock had three movies in 2009, two of which have garnered award nominations. This is the other one. She plays a crossword puzzle writer who falls in “love” with a news cameraman and then stalks him from job to job. It’s a non-traditional romantic comedy that fails because it ignores the formula… and the characters are just plain stupid.

9. My Sister’s Keeper
Nick Cassavetes, who gave us the weepy drama “The Notebook,” directs this adaptation of Jodi Picoult’s novel about a family that creates a child to be an organ and tissue farm for their other daughter who is dying of leukemia. It’s overly manipulative and has some of the cheesiest plot points and line deliveries ever.
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The 10 Worst Films of 2004

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BY KEVIN CARR

1. Alexander
What in God’s name was Oliver Stone thinking? This three hour nightmare takes one of the most powerful figures in history and reduces him to a squandering pervert. The most amazing thing about “Alexander” is that someone, somewhere actually thought it was a good idea.

2. Wicker Park
This remake of a French film bored me to tears. Starring the ever-unsympathetic Josh Hartnett in a story about lust triangles and the good kind of stalkers, “Wicker Park” was too fantastic to believe and too dull to watch ever again.
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