A year in review

An irreverent look at the best and worst of 2003.

Hardest working directors
ROBERT RODRIGUEZ
Spy Kids 3-D; Once Upon A Time in Mexico
WACHOWSKI BROTHERS
Matrix Reloaded; Matrix Revolutions
RON SHELTON
Dark Blue; Hollywood Homicide
Best plot twist
SWIMMING POOL
Worst plot twist
IDENTITY
Most twisted plot
PARTY MONSTER
What plot?
KILL BILL
Best comeback
BOB NEWHART
Legally Blonde 2; Elf
Worst comeback
DEMI MOORE
Charlie's Angels 2
The cleanest swimming pool award
NICOLAS CAGE
for retrieving that leaf in Matchstick Men (costarring Alison Lohman).
Runner up
CHARLOTTE RAMPLING
for retrieving that body in Swimming Pool.
Least fluent in another language
BILL MURRAY
Lost in Translation
Most fluent in another language
UMA THURMAN
Kill Bill
Runner up
EUGENE LEVY
for his straight trippin' grasp of ebonics (Bringing Down the House)
Bad move
THE HAUNTED MANSION
COLD CREEK MANOR
DUPLEX

Good move
UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN
The Avril Lavigne award for worst spelling
2 FAST 2 FURIOUS
Runners up
LILYA 4-EVER
DYSFUNKTIONAL FAMILY
CRADLE 2 THE GRAVE
Best spellers
THE KIDS IN SPELLBOUND
Best impersonation of a rock star
JACK BLACK
School of Rock
Best impersonation of a rock star in a pirate movie
JOHNNY DEPP
Pirates of the Caribbean
Most eligible to join The Blue Man Group
ALAN CUMMING
X2: X-Men United
Least eligible
THE HULK
Hulk
Most likely to be rented by Donald Rumsfeld
TEARS OF THE SUN
Least likely to be rented by Donald Rumsfeld
BUFFALO SOLDIERS
Best special effect
THE BEACHED WHALES
(made by carpenters) in Whale Rider
Worst special effect
THE HULK
Hulk
Most likely to break 'Battlefield Earth' record at the golden raspberry awards
GIGLI
Fire the hair stylist
JUSTIN GUARINI
From Justin to Kelly
HALLE BERRY
X2: X-Men United
DREW BARRYMORE
Duplex
EUGENE LEVY
A Mighty Wind
BEN AFFLECK
Gigli
JOHNNY DEPP
Pirates of the Carribbean