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TV & Movies From a digitized-to-death Disney remake to a Christmas movie that's a real lump of coal — Peter Travers picks the year's bottom of the cinematic barrel Hollywood
swill flooded the multiplex in such large quantities this year that it’s difficult to confine the number of worsts to 10. The public enemy No. 1? How about the tendency of major studios to
remake and rejigger, to prequelize and sequelize until the very notion of originality is obliterated from the landscape. But why kick a dead horse — of D.O.A. franchise entries like _Men in
Black International_ — when the major offenders were from filmmakers who should have known better yet willingly squandered real possibilities. Here are the worst films that 2019 had to
offer. Read this list and actually weep. * ‘THE LION KING’ Jon Favreau’s photo-realistic rip-off of Disney’s 1994 animated classic reps a toxic trend — it’s a corporate product minus heart,
soul, and any hint of originality. * ‘THE KITCHEN’ Melissa McCarthy, Elisabeth Moss, and Tiffany Haddish — they’re three wives who take over for their racketeering husbands when the men get
thrown into the slammer — bury their talents in a misbegotten Seventies mobster movie that’s a true criminal offense. * ‘GEMINI MAN’ Oscar winner Ang Lee gets so caught up in making Will
Smith a digitalized younger version of himself in this misbegotten sci-fi/clone thriller that he forgets to craft a watchable movie. * ‘THE GOLDFINCH’ Donna Tartt’s novel and an all-star
cast (including Nicole Kidman, Jeffrey Wright, Finn Wolfhard and Ansel Elgort) go down in flames in what’s arguably the worst literary adaptation in decades. * ‘WHERE’D YOU GO, BERNADETTE?’
Even Cate Blanchett and director Richard Linklater can’t energize this lifeless take on Maria Semple’s joyous book about a woman who suddenly “disappears” and sends her family on a wild
goose chase. * ‘THE DEAD DON’T DIE’ Indie-film giant Jim Jarmusch never, ever screws up. This DOA zombie comedy — starring Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Tilda Swinton, Tom Waits and a number of
other regular collaborators — says otherwise. What the hell happened here? * ’21 BRIDGES’ _Black Panther_‘s Chadwick Boseman shuts down New York to catch drug dealers and dirty cops. Too bad
he didn’t shut down this no-thrills thriller instead. * ‘MIDWAY’ Roland Emmerich depicts this crucial World War II naval battle by bombing us with cardboard characters (someone should
personally apologize to Woody Harrelson, Patrick Wilson, Mandy Moore, Dennis Quaid and the rest of the cast) and phony FX. It’s a bomb, alright. * ‘GLASS’ What happens when M. Night
Shyamalan jams the characters from _Split_ and _Unbreakable_ into one doubled-up sequel? An incoherent, god-awful mess. * ‘LAST CHRISTMAS’ Justice demands oblivion for this indigestible
blend of holiday rom-com and ghost story with zero-chemistry lovers (_Game of Thrones’_ Emilia Clarke, _Crazy Rich Asians’_ Henry Golding) and zero reason to exist.