The Story: A struggling actor whose father is dying of cancer tries to keep his life — and family — together. The Lowdown: With a pile of needless quirk, here’s a movie that feels like rudimentary indie filmmaking from a decade ago, only more insufferable and out-of-touch.

The Story: A married couple accidentally lets their raunchy sex tape escape into the outside world. The Lowdown: A flatly directed, wholly unfunny R-rated comedy that’s devoid of edge, laughs or even titillation.

The Story: With humanity nearly wiped out by disease and supersmart apes living in the wilderness, human survivors and their intelligent simian counterparts attempt to build an uneasy alliance. The Lowdown: Deceptively goofy and far too self-important, the attempt to be a thoughtful, intelligent spectacle isn’t enough to give a free pass to what amounts…

The Story: After discovering her husband’s infidelity, a down-on-her-luck former fast-food employee and her alcoholic grandmother set off on a road trip. The Lowdown: An ugly, unfunny comedy of the supposedly raunchy R-rated variety that’s little more than noisy and grating.

The Story: On their final night living together, three best friends find an extraterrestrial that shadowy government agents are after. The Lowdown: While it has its heart in the right place, this tween adventure flick is far too derivative and far too distracting within the confines of its found footage artifice to be more than…

The Story: Giant robot Optimus Prime must stop an old nemesis and his former allies — mankind. The Lowdown: A loud, noisy, stupid and incredibly angry movie that’s far too long and only occasionally interesting thanks to its screwy worldview.

The Story: Two groups of friends head to Vegas for a wedding — and bachelor and bachelorette parties. The Lowdown: A meandering, overstuffed rom-com that is innocuous at best, but force-feeds its points and is often too shrill and aimless to work.

The Story: Officers Schmidt and Jenko head undercover again, this time at college. The Lowdown: Not as fresh as the original, the movie’s more interesting as a parody of Hollywood franchises and a critique of gay panic in buddy cop flicks, but doesn’t have much going for it as a comedy.

The Story: Two teens suffering with the effects and after-effects of cancer fall in love. The Lowdown: A goopy, manipulative little movie that suffers from inefficient plotting, flat direction, a milquetoast disposition and some truly wrongheaded story decisions.

The Story: Documents America’s obesity epidemic and the various nefarious causes of it. The Lowdown: A well-intentioned, occasionally convincing doc that simply goes on too long, often losing focus.

The Story: Two single parents and their kids end up on the same African safari. The Lowdown: An unsurprisingly puerile and needlessly sentimental comedy from Adam Sandler.

The Story: A struggling sports agent tries to take two kids from India and turn them into baseball pitchers as a last ditch effort at becoming a success. The Lowdown: A generally harmless movie with a skewed emotional center and milquetoast plotting.

The Story: Dorothy returns to Oz to save its inhabitants from an evil court jester. The Lowdown: A chintzy, corny little animated movie with zero spark or inspiration that totally relies on the reputations of other movies.

The Story: The travels of disparate pilgrims on the Camino de Santiago, a famous spiritual path in Spain. The Lowdown: A gentle, well-meaning documentary that will appeal to those interested in the Camino but few others.

The Story: A man sets out for revenge, only to become entangled in an even more treacherous mess. The Lowdown: A curious little movie on the difficulties of vengeance that has some good ideas, but eventually does little to set itself apart.

The Story: A woman finds out the man of her dreams is actually married, and she and the wife become reluctant friends. The Lowdown: An overlong, unfunny and eventually despicable shot at the raunchy, female-centric comedy.

The Story: In dystopian Detroit, an undercover cop and a criminal with a heart of gold must bust into a cordoned off slum and deactivate a nuclear device. The Lowdown: Dumb, convoluted actioner that manages to be incredibly boring in the bargain — despite all the fistfights and car chases.

The Story:  The story of a young boy who claims he went to heaven after nearly dying in surgery and his father’s (who is also a pastor) struggle to accept the tale. The Lowdown: A surprisingly theologically even-handed film that’s unfortunately dull, with no dramatic push behind it.

The Story: A man finds himself haunted by a demon. The Lowdown: A crass, obvious and generally stupid send-up of popular horror movies.

The Story: A rare blue macaw named Blu and his family head off into the wilds of the Amazon.  The Lowdown: A wholly acceptable, palatable, colorful and unmemorable animated flick.