B. O’Malley’s Oscar Picks 1999

Best Director, Using Index Cards and Picnic Baskets
Daniel Myrick and Ed Sanchez, The Blair Witch Project

Best Picture, Kevin Smith’s Mind
Dogma

Best Sentimental Performance, Non-Robin-Williams
John Ratzenberger as Mr. Potato Head, Toy Story 2

Best Reason to Mispronounce “Jan de Bont.”
The Haunting

Outstanding Performance by a Cocker Spaniel
Julia Roberts, Runaway Bride

Outstanding Performance by a Bitchy Child
Haley Joel Osment, The Sixth Sense

Best Camping
The Blair Witch Project

Picture Best Representing a Carl’s Jr. Hamburger
Superstar

Award for Casting Accuracy
Rosie O’Donnell as Terk the Ape, Tarzan

Best Underground Director
Stanley Kubrick, Eyes Wide Shut

Best Picture, Based on Someone Else’s Picture
The Blair Witch Project

Best Picture Andy Kaufman Didn’t See
Julien Donkey-Boy

Picture With the Most White People In It
Summer of Sam, dir. Spike Lee

Best Crawl-Into-A-Celebrity’s-Head-And-Finally-Understand-What-He’s-Thinking Picture
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace

Best Midget
Kevin Costner, Message in a Bottle

Best Performance by a Solicitor of Whores
Hugh Grant, Notting Hill

Best Actor, Hands Down
Ahmed Best as Jar Jar Binks, Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace

Best Performance By A Smoker
Heather Donahue, The Blair Witch Project

Best Picture With “American” In Title
American Lame-O, The Life and Times of George Lucas (U.K.)

Best Consistent Display of One Single Emotion
Matt Damon, The Talented Mr. Ripley

Film Alex Trebek Most Disappointed In
Double Jeopardy

Hustler’s Hottest Adult Film of 1999
Jenna Blows Skywalker Ranch But George Likes Men

Best “Matrix-esque” Film
The 13th Floor

Shortest Film
8mm

The Indie Credibility Award for Tackling Cliche Situations with Immeasurable Mediocrity
20 Dates

Best Film James Cameron Saw All Year
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace

B. O’Malley’s Oscar Picks 1998

Best Movie About Water
Halloween: H20

Wisest Use of Leonardo DiCaprio
The Man In The Iron Mask

Best Movie Having to Do With Circular Things
tie: Sphere and Rounders

Honorary “We’re Not Gonna Take It!” Award
Dee Snider’s Strangeland

Best Asian Transvestite Exploitation Film
Mulan

Best Picture With A Number in the Title That’s Between 1,999 and 2,003
Blues Brothers 2000

Best Talking Parrot Movie
Spice World

Best Film That Needed Robert DeNiro & Joe Pesci
Kundun

Best Reason to Staple Richard Linklater to A Wall
The Newton Boys

Best Title
Meet the Deedles

Best Title (Original)
Meet the Feebles (1989)

Best Editing While Smoking Rock Crack Cocaine
Armageddon

Best Robert Rodriguez Film of 1998
El Mariachi (1993)

Tightest Pants
Uma Thurman, The Avengers

Best Bug Movie
The Wizard of Oz Special Edition

Best Heist Movie
Psycho (the remake)

Best Example of Hollywood Nepotism in Action
Jake Kasdan, The Zero Effect

Best Impersonation of A Bug
Woody Allen, Antz

Best Impersonation of Woody Allen
Kenneth Branagh, Celebrity

Best Short Subject
Godzilla

B. O’Malley’s Oscar Picks 1997

Best Actor
Martin Sheen, Spawn

Best Tibet Movie
Raiders of the Lost Ark (video)

Best Irish Steerage Drowning Scenes

Mr. Magoo

Best Southern Lawyer Movie
tie: Volcano and Dante’s Peak

Niftiest Lesbian Overtones in a Film or Short Subject

Alien Resurrection

Best Post-Apocalyptic Kevin Costner Movie
Half-Baked

Best Three Hours Spent Playing Videogames in Lobby
Jackie Brown

Best Ship Disaster Special Effects
Speed 2: Cruise Control

Best Bees
Ulee’s Gold

Best Director
Martin Scorcese, Boogie Nights

Film With Most Annoying Black Dude
Chris Tucker, The Fifth Element

Film With Most Annoying White Dude

Robert Guillame, Benson: The Motion Picture

Best Romance Picture Set at Sea

Amistad

Best Picture, Drunk
Lost Highway

Best Picture Aboard A Doomed Vessel
Home Alone 3

Lifetime Achievement Award
Bob Hope (sayanora, Bob!)

B. O’Malley’s Oscar Picks 1996

Most Fart Noises Made While Watching It
The English Patient

Best Restored Jabba The Hutt Scene
The People Vs. Larry Flynt

Best Actor in Yet Another Retarded or Handicapped Role
Geoffrey Rush, Shine

Deadest David Lynch Actor
Jack Nance

Gay Peoples’ Choice Award
Batman and Robin

Picture That Harmed Race Relations the Most
Them Filthy, Filthy Asian Folks

Best Film About a Crippled Pornographer
Secrets and Lies

Best Star Wars Taco Bell Kids Meal Toy
“Balancing Boba Fett”

Best Reason For Napalming Hollywood
Selena

Best Fat Person Makeup Effects
George Lucas, LA Times interview

Best Supporting Dog
Dalmation #45, 101 Dalmations

Least Media Attention
Benson: The Motion Picture