And the envelope please....

Yes, rather belatedly here are our annual gongs for movies that came our way over the past 12 months or so, more or less. So without further ado, the envelopes please as we present the coveted 2002 Bugsies.…

Worst comedy pairing:
Chris Rock and Anthony Hopkins, Bad Company

Most ludicrous basis for a flimsy storyline:
Bad Company: That a fast-talking ghetto slimebag (Chris Rock) could successfully masquerade as an identical twin brother who has spent years living in Prague as a top-shelf art expert but dealing in weapons of mass destruction with some of the most evil Russian-speaking men ever put on this planet. Yeah, sure.

Worst casting in a male role:
Kevin Spacey as Quoyle in The Shipping News

Worst lapse in continuity:
Possession, for the two sea-bound trawlers clearly in frame behind and to the right of Aaron Eckhart that sink without trace after the camera momentarily switches to, and then back from, Gwyneth Paltrow.

The "Why did they bother remaking this" award:
The directors of the Bugsie academy advise a tie for the first time in the history of this category:
The Time Machine
The Count of Monte Cristo

Worst sequel involving a lead actor who can't act:
Blade 2

Film that should have ended about a good half-hour before it did:
The Hard Word

Film that ended with no discernible ending:
The Navigators

Child star who made a big splash but may never be heard of again:
Nicholos Houl, About a Boy.

Worst excuse by the producers as to why their product turned out to be a crock of shit.
Molokai: "Please be tolerant as we had trouble making it."

Worse lapse in cinematography:
The action sequence in Wind Talkers, when Nicholas Cage and his platoon are piling out of their ambushed truck and right beside them is the perfect shadow of your standard issue steadycam, grey, one for the use of.

Worst accent attempted in any movie not starring Meryl Streep:
David Wenham, Molokai

Actress most likely to make a series of turkeys that totally belie her apparent genius:
Cate Blanchett: Charlotte Grey, Heaven

Worst Actor, Worst Actress, Worst Director, Worst Film
The directors of the Bugsie academy advise that for the first time in the history of this category, all have come from the one film.
Swept Away: What was that bloke's name again, Madonna. Guy Ritchie.

Passable terrorist action flick if only for the fact that the ticking bomb actually goes off at the start of the movie and a little part of the US is actually blown away:
Sum of All Fears

Most gratuitous wet T-shirt shot in a film really aimed at youngsters:
Kirsten Dunst, Spider-Man.

Most enjoyable villain, based on the Alan Rickman scale:
Willem Dafoe, Spider-Man

Supernatural film that actually made some sense if you thought hard enough about it:
K-Pax

Supernatural film that made no sense at all:
The directors of the Bugsie academy advise a tie for the first time in the history of this category:
The Ring, Signs

Worst movie based on farting:
Thunderpants.

Naughtiest movie that probably would not have lasted a week if everyone hadn't talked about its eventual banning:
Baise-Moi