Blended, The Expendables 3, Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas, The Legend of Hercules, A Million Ways to Die in the West and Transformers 4: Age of Extinction were among the movies recognized as cinematic swill when the Razzie Award nominations were announced.
"Hollywood was not happy with box-office returns for 2014, their lowest-grossing year in recent history," a message on the awards' website said. "Despite a handful of high-grossing hits, there were way more major misses -- movies based on recycled premises and re-worked concepts that were already tired a decade or more ago, the cinematic equivalent of re-treaded tires. Those are the films The Golden Raspberry Awards have annually 'saluted' since 1980."
"Winners" are to be announced Feb. 21 -- Oscar Eve -- at a ceremony in Los Angeles.
The nominees are --
WORST PICTURE
Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas
Left Behind
The Legend of Hercules
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Transformers 4: Age of Extinction
WORST REMAKE, SEQUEL OR RIP-OFF
Annie
Atlas Shrugged: Part 3
The Legend of Hercules
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Transformers 4
WORST DIRECTOR
Michael Bay Transformers 4
Darren Doane Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas
Renny Harlin The Legend of Hercules
Jonathan Liebesman Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Seth MacFarlane A Million Ways to Die in the West
WORST ACTOR
Kirk Cameron Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas
Nicolas Cage Left Behind
Kellan Lutz The Legend of Hercules
Seth MacFarlane A Million Ways to Die in the West
Adam Sandler Blended
WORST ACTRESS
Drew Barrymore Blended
Cameron Diaz The Other Woman, Sex Tape
Melissa McCarthy Tammy
Charlize Theron A Million Ways to Die in the West
Gaia Weiss The Legend of Hercules
WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Mel Gibson The Expendables 3
Kelsey Grammer The Expendables 3, Think Like a Man Too
Shaquille O'Neal Blended
Arnold Schwarzenegger The Expendables 3
Kiefer Sutherland Pompeii
WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Cameron Diaz Annie
Megan Fox Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Nicola Peltz Transformers 4
Susan Sarandon Tammy
Bridgette Ridenour Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas
WORST SCREENPLAY
Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas
Left Behind
Sex Tape
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Transformers 4