Eugene Levy: Razzies double dip

It might’ve taken a quarter-century, but the nominations for the Golden Raspberry Awards can finally claim to represent more of the Hollywood status quo than the Oscar ceremony it was established to ridicule – which must be a consequence of Tom Green, Ben Affleck and Halle Berry making the effort in the last few years to personally collect their trophies. The contention of Eugene Levy as Worst Supporting Actor for his performances in The Man and Cheaper By the Dozen 2 – two movies shot around these parts – should qualify as a career pinnacle for the SCTV veteran, whose recent bounty of post-American Pie roles ranging from New York Minute (as “Max Lomax”) to Bringing Down the House (as “Howie Rottman”) were left unrewarded. (The straight-to-video American Pie Presents Band Camp was not eligible for Razzie recognition.) Also nominated in the Supporting Actor category is a homeboy whose awfulness has accrued way more vitriol, having already won the category three years ago – Hayden Christiensen for Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith. Those hoping middle-aged nebbishness can triumph over that Anakin Skywalker twink can apply for voting privileges in the Raspberry guild – the $15 membership is three times the price of the estimated $4.97 value of the gold spraypainted Super 8 reel that serves as the Razzie statue. (But maybe it will help motivate them to create a website that’s not as unusable as the films are unwatchable.) Next up for Mr. Levy is another Christopher Guest-directed improv mockumentary, For Your Consideration, which is about a troupe of lousy actors garnering movie award season buzz. The Razzies will be dispensed March 4.