The 2018 How Dare You Awards
Worst Title:
A-X-L (WINNER!)
Mama Mia! Here We Go Again
Peppermint
Solo: A Star Wars Story
The Hurricane Heist
Most Unnecessary Sequel:
Johnny English Strikes Again
Super Troopers 2 (WINNER!)
The Equalizer II
The Girl in the Spider’s Web
The Strangers: Prey at Night
Movie That Took Itself Way, Way Too Seriously:
A Wrinkle in Time (WINNER!)
Avengers: Infinity War
Mortal Engines
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
White Boy Rick
Biggest Disappointment:
A Wrinkle in Time (WINNER!)
Holmes & Watson
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
The Predator
Vice
Least Successful Reboot or Remake:
Death Wish
Ocean’s Eight
Overboard (WINNER!)
The Predator
Tomb Raider
Most Forgettable Performance by an Oscar Winning Actress:
Kim Basinger: Fifty Shades Freed (WINNER!)
Cher: Mama Mia! Here We Go Again
Whoopi Goldberg: Nobody’s Fool
Marcia Gay Harden: Fifty Shades Freed
Nicole Kidman: Aquaman
Most Forgettable Performance by an Oscar Winning Actor:
Jim Broadbent: Paddington 2 (WINNER!)
Jamie Foxx: Robin Hood
Morgan Freeman: The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Gary Oldman: Hunter Killer
Forest Whitaker: Black Panther
Movie You Least Wanted to See:
AXL (WINNER!)
Hunter Killer
Johnny English Strikes Again
Mortal Engines
The Hurricane Heist
Title That Best Fits a Porno Movie:
Borg vs. McEnroe
Chappaquiddick
Pacific Rim: Uprising (WINNER!)
The Meg
The Mule
Most Formulaic:
Hunter Killer: Imagine Hunt for Red October or Crimson Tide but 90% less entertaining
Second Act: Can someone with street smarts show Madison Ave. how it’s done? Jenny from the block thinks so.
Skyscraper: The Rock plays Bruce Willis and is trying to not Die Hard in Skyscraper
The Commuter: We have a new formula all its own. A Liam Neeson action movie released in January, February, or March (WINNER!)
Venom: The origin story of a comic book character. Just not a great one.
Most Ridiculous Concept:
A-X-L: is a top-secret robotic dog that has advanced artificial intelligence created by the military and is befriended by a teen and they have a special bond based on trust, loyalty, and compassion.
Mortal Engines: Hundreds of years after civilization was destroyed by a cataclysmic event, a feral and fiercely driven young woman must stop London, a giant predator city on wheels. (WINNER!)
The Spy Who Dumped Me: Two friends will unwittingly become entangled in an international conspiracy once one of them is dumped by their spy boyfriend.
The Hurricane Heist: A team of 30 well-armed mercenaries have decided to loot the local treasury facility in New Hope, Alabama during a category 5 Hurricane.
Uncle Drew: After entering his team into the street ball tournament in Harlem and somehow losing his team to Nick Kroll, Dax forms a new team of senior citizen basketball players to win the big game.