This weekend in ‘Playing With Fire,’ John Cena earns his tough-guy credentials by going through the ritual of playing a softie.

Here’s an entertaining list of the worst offerings to grace theaters this summer.

The swollen field of Democratic hopefuls offers few of the items coveted by collectors — unless you envision a time when glass cases are erected to display tote bags from elections past. 

Disney’s sequel-driven market dominance will only continue, as the company has not only broadened its reach but cemented its formula.

Although it draws attention for being an anti-Trump news outlet, the network is working to deflect attention away from its severe audience flight.

Hollywood attempted to extort the state of Georgia over its heartbeat abortion bill. Now that it passed, their script has changed.

Activist-peddled environmental hysterics are leading to nonsensical calls for plastic straw emojis to be banned. Prosecute the emoji thought crimes!

When the weekend totals came in, ‘Unplanned’ managed to earn more than double the projections, totaling $6.11 million. That means it features in more theaters this weekend.

Based on the reasons given for blocking Fox News, the Democrats have even more cause to remove the News Net from its debate schedule.

Liam Neeson has built a career on wielding guns in Hollywood-created action movies, but he still demonizes gun owners and manufacturers.

While the Academy is happy to crow about diversity, another kind of intolerance remains at play regarding films like ‘Roma.’

After a heavy investment of money and time, the company has wrapped the Johnnie Walker brand around a movement that many regard as anti-Semitic.

After a scandal breaks, how should a movie company deal with all the films that are in production and slated for release?

No matter how intent Golden Globe producers were at eliding politics, celebrities were not going to let their time elapse without grandstanding.

There was plenty of garbage released into theaters in 2018, so recognizing those misfires is always a lark.

‘Rogue One’ star Diego Luna will reprise his role as Rebel super spy Cassian Andor in a spy thriller for Disney’s new streaming service.

An earlier entry in the slasher realm is actually a touchstone in the genre: ‘The Town That Dreaded Sundown.’ It’s the last time I felt a visceral combination of fright and thrill from a film.

Critics pegged ‘Venom’ as not just a lower-rung Marvel film, but as one of the worst comic book films ever. Is it really that bad? Yes.

For this cinema cynic, who glories in the misfires and crater-producing duds, there is not as much wreckage to pick through this year, but there are still ample failures to be found.

Forget the greats, let’s take a look in the dumpster behind the 2017 theater for the failures and rejects.