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.

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