Paper Towns

At the time of this writing, early estimates for the weekend box office have Ant-Man edging out Pixels for the top spot in this week’s top 10. That could change. With less than $1 million separating the films, Pixels may very well slide into first place tomorrow, winning one very close competition. But even if it does claim ultimate victory, it doesn’t change the fact that Pixels’ opening weekend is a massive disappointment and another nail in the coffin of Adam Sandler’s career.

I want to believe in the goodness of Paper Towns, the new film based on the novel by The Fault in Our Stars author John Green — but it’s difficult because it kind of looks like another one of those Manic Pixie Dream Girl movies where a lost boy just needs the most magical, perfect girl to teach him how to live. It could still be cute, and judging by the latest trailer, it probably is; it’s just that we’ve seen this story a lot already.