1992 Alternate Oscars

Lot of good choices for best picture in 1992. The Academy went with Clint Eastwood's classic Western, Unforgiven, and who am I to blow against the wind?

Other choices include Quentin Tarantino's first feature, Reservoir Dogs; Merchant and Ivory's Howards End (note: no apostrophe!) which won Emma Thompson an Oscar; and Spike Lee's Malcolm X which should have won Denzel Washington an Oscar — it's the best performance of his illustrious career.

I'm also a fan of Army of Darkness, the hilarious sci-fi horror cult comedy starring Bruce Campbell's chin; A Few Good Men which pits Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson in a courtroom battle worthy of Perry Mason; The Last of the Mohicans, an action-adventure flick so exciting it might mislead you into thinking James Fenimore Cooper can write (he can't); and Robin Williams going manically nuts as the genie in Disney's Aladdin.

But don't sleep on Enchanted April, a quiet comedy of manners about four completely incompatible women who flee rainy 1930s London for a vacation in sunny Italy and find something they've forgotten existed — happiness. A personal favorite.

Have at it.

My choices are noted with a ★. A tie is indicated with a ✪. Historical Oscar winners are noted with a ✔. Best foreign-language picture winners are noted with an ƒ. A historical winner who won in a different category is noted with a ✱.