John Wilson started the Razzies in 1981 after sitting through a double-feature of CAN’T STOP THE MUSIC and XANADU. What began in his living room with a press release to the media has become an institution as it takes pot shots at films that have the budget and filmmakers that can do better. Not that… Read More »
The 2022 Razzie Awards — John Wilson Interview
It is with both delight and relief that I am able to report that nothing can stop the Razzies ™. The pandemic may have put the kaibosh on the much anticipated 40th anniversary celebration of this valuable public service, but John Wilson’s brainchild has yet to miss a year since 1980 in naming and shaming films… Read More »
The Razzies Celebrate 40 Years of Schlock — John Wilson Interview
Click here to listen to the interview. The annual interview with Head Berry, John Wilson, founder of the Golden Raspberry Awards Foundation, is one of the high points of my year. Now celebrating its 40th year of giving bad films what they deserve, the Razzies will mark the occasion by taping its ceremony for later broadcast. If you’ve… Read More »
The 2019 Razzie Awards
Click here to listen to the interview. As I say every year, the only film awards that are bestowed strictly on merit are the ones handed out by the Golden Raspberry Awards Foundation, better known as The Razzies. This valuable public service created and still run by Head Berry John Wilson gives a resounding smack… Read More »
2018 Razzie Awards — John Wilson Interview
Click here to listen to the interview. When sitting through a very, very bad movie, I always have the consolation of knowing that John Wilson and his valuable public service, The Razzies, will take care of getting even for me. Now in its 38th year, Wilson’s brainchild has become an awards season tradition by bestowing the… Read More »
2017 Razzie Awards — John Wilson Interview
I always look forward to my annual interview with John Wilson. Especially when I’m sitting through one of the very, very bad movies that will be singled out for the Razzie treatment. Now in its 37th year, the Razzie Awards, which he founded as a lark in his living room, have lost none of their… Read More »
John Wilson’s Guide to the 36th Annual Razzie Awards
I always look forward to my annual interview with John Wilson, founder, driving force, and Head Berry of the Golden Raspberry Awards Foundation. Arguably the only film award given strictly on merit, the Razzie singles out the worst of the worst that big studios foist on an innocent public, and as someone who sits through… Read More »
35th Annual Razzie Awards — John Wilson is Still Fighting the Good Fight
I learned a long time ago that it’s pretty much impossible not to get facetious with the founder and Head Berry of the Golden Raspberry Awards Foundation. John Wilson, author, raconteur, and bringer down of bloated egos, began his valuable public service 35 years ago, and through the years his righteous drubbing of all that… Read More »
John Wilson Presents the 2011 Razzie Awards
I’ve interviewed John Wilson, founder and Head Berry of the Golden Raspberry Awards Foundation, every year since 1997. The award, the Razzie, given in a variety of categories to single out the worst of the worst from the previous year’s cinematic flops, is an antidote to the hoopla surrounding those other awards shows. In particular,… Read More »
John Wilson Bestows the 2012 Razzie Awards
What I like best about my annual interview with John Wilson, founder of and driving force behind The Golden Raspberry Award Foundation isnt the sport he makes of the previous years worst films. Though there is plenty of pointing and laughing during the phone conversation, the best part for me is the intelligent way Wilson… Read More »