Below Average

150. Imperium - Adequate procedural unfolds with probably more white supremacism than you can tolerate. Full Blu-ray Review

149. Cardboard Boxer - Homelessness drama produces mixed reactions as it treads a fine line between empathy and exploitation. Full Blu-ray Review

148. Everybody Wants Some!! - Richard Linklater's authentic recreation of time and place is wasted on insufferable bros. Full Blu-ray + DVD Review

147. Bleed for This - Generic, uninspired boxing tale relies on underwhelming over-the-top caricature. Full Film Review

146. How to Be Single - A fairly routine ensemble romantic comedy that at least does not insult. Full Blu-ray Review

145. 20th Century Women - Thoughtful but ultimately underwhelming personal storytelling. Full Blu-ray Review

144. Me Before You - A nice-looking but unremarkable and insulting romance. Full Blu-ray Review

143. The Boy - A January horror movie to be sure, but a passably unsettling one at that. Full Blu-ray + DVD Review

142. Green Room - Backwoods horror tale is refreshingly original but hard to endure. Full Blu-ray Review

141. Eye in the Sky - Drone warfare thriller gladly avoids convention, but is too inert to appreciate. Full Blu-ray + DVD Review

140. One More Time - An okay but relatively unremarkable indie drama about an aging musician and his family. Full DVD Review

139. Florence Foster Jenkins - One iffy joke is stretched remarkably thin in the true story of a unique singer. Full Blu-ray + DVD Review

138. A Bigger Splash - A knowingly messy and unusual character study. Full Blu-ray + DVD Review

137. The Bronze - Raunchy gymnastics comedy is not without some value. Full Blu-ray Review

136. Money Monster - Heavy-handed real-time thriller tries a little too hard to be timely and relevant. Full Blu-ray Review

135. Inferno - Mediocre mystery thriller threequel does little to justify returning to this well. Full Blu-ray Review

134. Barbershop: The Next Cut - A well-intentioned but not so graceful discussion of contemporary issues facing Chicago and the rest of the nation. Full Blu-ray Review

133. Miracles from Heaven - Polished yet corny faith-based drama. Full Blu-ray Review

132. The Mermaid - It's not terribly easy to understand the appeal of this silly environmental fantasy that shattered box office records in China. Full Blu-ray Review

131. Last Days in the Desert - A decidedly different but overwhelmingly slow and dry Jesus film. Full DVD Review

130. High-Rise - A unique and creative start gives way to uninteresting madness. Full Blu-ray Review

129. Captain Fantastic - Offbeat indie holds your interest, even as its smug characters rub you wrong for two hours.

128. Into the Forest - An unusually believable, genre-bending apocalypse film. Full Blu-ray Review

127. Neruda - Turgid drama about the Chilean poet's political fugitivism fails to truly grab you.

126. Miss Sloane - An overlong and heavy-handed drama about modern lobbying. Full Film Review

125. Free State of Jones - Unpleasant Civil War revolt drama fails to provoke much of a reaction.

124. Puerto Ricans in Paris - A breezy buddy comedy-international mystery. Full Blu-ray Review

123. The Man Who Knew Infinity - Indian mathematician biopic is a perfectly average drama. Full Blu-ray Review

122. Mr. Church - A saccharine but well-intentioned drama. Full Blu-ray Review

121. Hands of Stone - Boxing biopic holds your interest without distinguishing itself in a major way. Full Blu-ray Review

120. The Infiltrator - An okay crime drama built largely on a fine Bryan Cranston performance. Full Blu-ray Review

119. Jack Reacher: Never Go Back - A lesser supporting cast yields the diminished returns of a largely unwanted sequel. Full 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray Review

118. Come and Find Me - An adequate yet forgettable disappearance thriller/romantic dramedy. Full Blu-ray Review

117. The Legend of Tarzan - A visually striking but narratively underwhelming adventure. Full Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray + DVD Review

116. I Am Not Your Negro - Historical study of race in America via author's reflections on assassinated friends merits attention but seems hopeless.

115. The Handmaiden - Interestingly constructed Korean drama has more style than substance. Full DVD Review

114. Certain Women - Distinctive storytelling is equal to the sum of its moderately engaging parts.

113. Bridget Jones's Baby - Untimely sequel is not the disaster you might anticipate. Full Film Review

112. Rules Don't Apply - Entertaining but disjointed passion project falls short of satisfying. Full Film Review

111. Masterminds - Unusual real life heist makes for a relatively entertaining comedy. Full Blu-ray + DVD Review

110. Keeping Up with the Joneses - Suburban spy comedy is as spry as it needs to be. Full Film Review

109. Central Intelligence - A routine yet entertaining buddy action comedy. Full Blu-ray Review

108. X-Men: Apocalypse - Uncharacteristically underwhelming installment cools off the superhero franchise's hot streak.

107. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children - A new source still provides more of Tim Burton's old whimsy.

106. The Salesman - Eventually grabs your attention with revenge ruminations, but it's a slow, bumpy ride there.

105. Tumbledown - An investable yet unremarkable indie dramedy. Full Blu-ray Review

104. Tanna - Narratively familiar drama is markedly different culturally. Full Blu-ray Review

103. Jane Got a Gun - Compelling western deserved a better fate. Full Blu-ray Review

102. The Angry Birds Movie - Gently diverting without any attempt to stretch itself creatively. Full Blu-ray + DVD Review

101. The Adderall Diaries - A creative and thought-provoking drama despite a challenging adaptation source. Full Blu-ray Review

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